| title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
| Elkan Lubliner, American | Glass, Montague, 1877-1934 | en | | | | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction; Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction; Clothing workers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction | 2008-12-05 |
| The Best Ghost Stories | Various | en | | Introduction--"The Fascination of the Ghost Story", by Arthur B. Reeve -- The Apparition of Mrs. Veal, by De Foe -- Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book, by James -- The Haunted and the Haunters, by Bulwer-Lytton -- The Silent Woman, by Kompert -- Banshees -- The Man Who Went Too Far, by Benson -- The Woman's Ghost Story, by Blackwood -- The Phantom Rickshaw, by Kipling -- The Rival Ghosts, by Matthews -- The Damned Thing, by Bierce -- The Interval, by O'Sullivan -- Dey Ain't No Ghosts, by Butler -- Some Real American Ghosts. | | | 2006-03-01 |
| Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 | Various | en | | The Dark Side of Antri / Sewell Peaslee Wright
The Sunken Empire / H. Thompson Rich
The Gate to Xoran / Hal K. Wells
The Eye of Allah / Charles Willard Diffin
The Fifth-Dimension Catapult / Murray Leinster
The Pirate Planet (Part 3 of 4) / Charles Willard Diffin | Bates, Harry, 1900-1981 [Editor] | Science fiction, American -- Periodicals; Science fiction -- Periodicals | 2009-10-05 |
| Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 | Various | en | | Old Crompton's Secret / Harl Vincent
Spawn of the Stars / Charles Willard Diffin
The Corpse on the Grating / Hugh B. Cave
Creatures of the Light / Sophie Wenzel Ellis
Into Space / S. P. Meek
The Beetle Horde (Part 2 of 2) / Victor Rousseau
Mad Music / Anthony Pelcher
The Thief of Time / S. P. Meek | Bates, Harry, 1900-1981 [Editor] | Science fiction -- Periodicals; Science fiction, American -- Periodicals | 2009-04-26 |
| The Best American Humorous Short Stories | | en | Edited and introduced by Alexander Jessup | The little Frenchman and his water lots -- The angel of the odd -- The schoolmaster's progress -- The Watkinson evening -- Titbottom's spectacles -- My double; and how he undid me -- A visit to the asylum for aged and decayed punsters -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- Elder Brown's backslide -- The hotel experience of Mr. Pink Fluker -- The nice people -- The Buller-Podington compact -- Colonel Starbottle for the plaintiff -- The duplicity of Hargraves -- Bargain day at Tutt House -- A call -- How the widow won the deacon -- Gideon. | | | 2004-02-01 |
| Eventide
A Series of Tales and Poems | Afton, Effie, 1829-1887 | en | | Wimbledon; or, the Hermit of the Cedars -- Scraggiewood, a tale of American life -- Alice Orville; or, life in the South and West -- Come to me when I'm dying -- Ellen -- I'm tired of life -- Lines to a friend, on removing from her native village -- Ho for California! -- N. P. Rogers -- Lines -- Henry Clay -- The soul's destiny -- Lines to a married friend -- New England Sabbath bells -- My heart -- Our Helen -- My bonnet of blue -- Dark-browed Martha. | | | 2006-12-26 |
| Odd Numbers
Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe | Ford, Sewell, 1868-1946 | en | | Goliah and the purple lid -- How Maizie came through -- Where Spotty fitted in -- A grandmother who got going -- A long shot on DeLancey -- Playing Harold both ways -- Cornelia shows some class -- Doping out an odd one -- Handing Bobby a blank -- Marmaduke slips one over -- A look in on the goat game -- Mrs. Truckles' broad jump -- Heiney takes the gloom cure -- A try-out for Toodleism -- The case of the Tiscotts -- Classing Tutwater right -- How Hermy put it over -- Joy riding with aunty -- Turning a trick for Beany. | | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American | 2008-09-04 |
| Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 | Various | en | | Out of the Dreadful Depths / Charles Willard Diffin
Murder Madness (Part 2 of 4) / Murray Leinster
The Cavern World / James P. Olsen
Brigands of the Moon (Part 4 of 4) / Ray Cummings
Giants of the Ray / Tom Curry
The Moon Master / Charles Willard Diffin | Bates, Harry, 1900-1981 [Editor] | Science fiction -- Periodicals; Science fiction, American -- Periodicals | 2009-08-29 |
| Children of Our Town | Wells, Carolyn, 1862-1942 | en | | | | City and town life -- Juvenile poetry; Children -- Juvenile poetry; Children's poetry, American | 2008-08-25 |
| Anting-Anting Stories
And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos | Kayme, Sargent | en | | The anting-anting of Captain Von Tollig -- The cave in the side of Coron -- The conjure man of Siargao -- Mrs. Hannah Smith, nurse -- The fifteenth wife -- "Our lady of Pilar" -- A question of time -- The spirit of Mount Apo -- With what measure ye mete -- Told at the club -- Pearls of Sulu. | | Philippines -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; United States -- History -- Philippine-American War -- Fiction; Americans -- Philippines -- Fiction | 2008-02-26 |
| Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 | | en | From the series: Original narratives of early American history | Michaelius, by Jonas Michaelas -- Novum Belgium, by Isaac Jogues -- Journal of New Netherland -- Representation of New Netherland, by Adriaen van der Donck -- Van Tienhoven's answer, by Cornelius Van Tienhoven -- Bogaert: Letter of Johannes Bogaert to Hans Bontemantel -- Letters of the Dutch ministers to the Classis of Amsterdam, by Johannes Megapolensis, Samuel Drisius, and Henricus Selyns. | Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 [Editor] | | 2002-04-01 |
| Frederick Douglass
A Biography | Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932 | en | | | | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895; African American abolitionists -- Biography; Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography; Slaves -- United States -- Biography; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century | 2004-02-01 |
| The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War | Abel, Annie Heloise | en | | | | Indians of North America -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Indians of North America -- Indian Territory -- History; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Indian | 2004-06-01 |
| Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton -- On the decay of the art of lying -- About magnanimous-incident literature -- The grateful poodle -- The benevolent author -- The grateful husband -- Punch, brothers, punch -- The great revolution in Pitcairn -- The canvasser's tale -- An encounter with an interviewer -- Paris notes -- Legend of Sagenfeld, in Germany -- Speech on the babies -- Speech on the weather -- Concerning the American language -- Rogers. | | Short stories; Essays | 2004-09-16 |
| Behind the Scenes
or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House | Keckley, Elizabeth, 1818-1907 | en | | | | Slavery -- United States; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882; Keckley, Elizabeth, ca. 1818-1907; Women slaves -- United States -- Biography; African American women -- Biography | 2008-03-31 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) | Various | en | | Anatole Dubois at de Horse Show, by Amsbary -- The Billville Spirit Meeting, by Stanton -- The British Matron, by Hawthorne -- The Champion Checker-Player of Ameriky, by Riley -- Colonel Sterett's Panther Hunt, by Lewis -- A Cry from the Consumer, by Nesbit -- The Curse of the Competent, by Finn -- Darby and Joan, by Honeywood -- The Day We Do Not Celebrate, by Burdette -- The Deacon's Masterpiece; or, The Wonderful "One-Hoss Shay", by Holmes -- The Deacon's Trout, by Beecher -- A Disappointment, by O'Reilly -- Distichs, by Hay -- Down Around the River, by Riley -- Enough, by Masson -- The Experiences of the A.C., by Taylor -- The Feast of the Monkeys, by Sousa -- The Fighting Race, by Clarke -- The Grammatical Boy, by Nye -- Grizzly-Gru, by Ironquill -- John Henry in a Street Car, by McHugh -- Laffing, by Billings -- A Letter from Mr. Biggs, by Howe -- A Medieval Discoverer, by Nye -- Melons, by Harte -- The Menagerie, by Moody -- Mrs. Johnson, by Howells -- The Muskeeter, by Billings -- My Grandmother's Turkey-Tail Fan, by Peck -- Myopia, by Rice -- An Odyssey of K's, by Nesbit -- The Old Maid's House: In Plan, by Phelps -- The Organ, by Beecher -- Partingtonian Patchwork, by Shillaber -- Pass, by Ironquill -- The Pettibone Lineage, by Fields -- A Psalm of Life, by Cary -- The Purple Cow, by Burgess -- The Quarrel, by Kiser -- Similar Cases, by Gilman -- Simple English, by Rose -- Spelling Down the Master, by Eggleston -- Stage Whispers, by Wells -- Teaching by Example, by Saxe -- The Tragedy of It, by Noble -- The Turnings of a Bookworm, by Wells -- Wanted--A Cook, by Dale -- What Mr. Robinson Thinks, by Lowell -- When Albani Sang, by Drummond -- When the Frost is on the Punkin, by Riley -- Why Moles Have Hands, by Culbertsonn -- Wouter Van Twiller, by Irving -- The Yankee Dude'll Do, by Kiser. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-05-28 |
| Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature | Various | en | | Selections from the Experiences of the A.C. -- Dobbs His Ferry -- Father Higgins's Preferment -- Fred Trover's Little Iron-Clad -- Mr. Bluff Discourses on the Country and Kindred Themes -- Garden Ethics -- Captain Ben's Choice -- Street Scenes in Washington -- Selections from Transcendental Wild Oats -- Conversational Depravity -- The Tower of London -- Science and Natural History -- From the "Lecture" -- Our Tavern -- A Piece of Red Calico -- Aunt Pen's Funeral -- The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County -- Ben Thirlwall's School-days -- Selections from a Brace of Boys -- A Rivermouth Romance. | | | 2005-04-08 |
| Flower Fables | Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 | en | | The frost king, or, The power of love -- Eva's visit to fairy-land -- The flower's lesson -- Lily-Bell and Thistledown -- Little Bud -- Clover-Blossom -- Little Annie's dream, or, The fairy flower -- Ripple, the water-spirit -- Fairy song. | | Fairy tales -- United States; Children's stories, American; Short stories; Flowers -- Juvenile fiction; Flowers -- Juvenile poetry; Fairies -- Juvenile poetry | 1994-09-01 |
| Southern Stories
Retold from St. Nicholas | Various | en | | His Hero, by Minor -- Jericho Bob, by King -- How We Bought Louisiana, by Coffin -- The City that Lives Outdoors, by Harwood -- Queer American Rivers, by Spearman -- The Watermelon Stockings, by Hegan -- The "'Gator", by Moore -- The Earthquake at Charleston, by Gibson -- Hiding Places in War Times, by Gore -- St. Augustine, by Stockton -- Catching Terrapin, by Kappes -- "Locoed", by Marshall -- A Divided Duty, by Cassidy -- The "Walking-Beam Boy", by Stofiel -- The Creature with No Claws, by Harris. | | Southern States -- Juvenile fiction; Southern States -- Juvenile literature | 2007-12-06 |
| As We Go | Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 | en | | Our president -- The newspaper-made man -- Interesting girls -- Give the men a chance -- The advent of candor -- The American man -- The electric way -- Can a husband open a wife's letters? -- A leisure class -- Weather and character -- Born with an 'ego' -- Juventus mundi -- A beautiful old age -- The attraction of the repulsive -- Giving as a luxury -- Climate and happiness -- The new feminine reserve -- Repose in activity -- Women--Ideal and real -- The art of idleness -- Is there any conversation? -- The tall girl -- The deadly diary -- The whistling girl -- Born old and rich -- The 'old soldier' -- The island of Bimini -- June. | | | 2004-12-05 |
| Walden | Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 | en | | | | Civil disobedience; Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods; Wilderness areas -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods; Natural history -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Solitude | 1995-01-01 |
| Sovereign Grace
Its Source, Its Nature and Its Effects | Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899 | en | | The fountain of grace -- Saved by grace alone -- Possessing, and 'working out' -- Grace abounding to the chief of sinners -- Law and grace -- Grace for living -- Grace for service -- "A chime of Gospel bells" -- Gospel dialogues. What it is to be a child of God / Mr. Moody and Rev. Marcus Rainsford -- How to become a Christian / Mr. Moody and Rev. Marcus Rainsford -- What it is to be converted / Mr. Moody and Mr. Radstock. | | Sermons, American -- 19th century; Grace (Theology) -- Sermons | 2009-12-12 |
| Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby | Norris, Kathleen Thompson, 1880-1966 | en | | Poor, dear Margaret Kirby -- Bridging the years -- The tide-marsh -- What happened to Alanna -- The friendship of Alanna -- "S is for shiftless Susanna" -- The last Carolan -- Making allowances for mamma -- The measure of Margaret Coppered -- Miss Mix, kidnapper -- Shandon Waters -- Gayley the troubadour -- Dr. Bates and Miss Sally -- The gay deceiver -- The rainbow's end -- Rosemary's stepmother -- Austin's girl -- Rising water. | | American fiction -- 20th century; Short stories | 2003-08-01 |
| The Life and Adventures of Nat Love
Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick" | Love, Nat, 1854-1921 | en | | | | West (U.S.) -- Biography; Love, Nat, 1854-1921; African American cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- Biography | 2007-05-28 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) | Various | en | | Abou Ben Butler, by Paul -- The Advertiser, by Field -- After the Funeral, by Bailey -- The Apostasy of William Dodge, by Waterloo -- The Ballad of Grizzly Gulch, by Irwin -- Banty Tim, by Hay -- The Bear Story, by Riley -- The Book-Canvasser, by Anonymous -- A Bully Boat and a Brag Captain, by Smith -- The Bumblebeaver, by Cox -- Casey at the Bat, by Thayer -- Chad's Story of the Goose, by Smith -- Colonel Carter's Story of the Postmaster, by Smith -- Comic Miseries, by Saxe -- The Coquette, by Saxe -- De Gradual Commence, by Amsbary -- Evening, by Holmes -- The Fairport Art Museum, by Thanet -- The Famous Mulligan Ball, by Stanton -- The Genial Idiot Discusses the Music Cure, by Bangs -- Grains of Truth, by Nye -- Her Valentine, by Hovey -- It Pays to be Happy, by Masson -- James and Reginald, by Field -- Jones, by Osbourne -- Latter-Day Warnings, by Holmes -- Lost Chords, by Field -- Love Sonnets of an Office Boy, by Kiser -- The Martyrdom of Mr. Stevens, by Quick -- The Merchant and the Book-Agent, by Anonymous -- The Modern Farmer, by Appleton -- The Mosquito, by Bryant -- Mr. Dooley on the Game of Football, by Dunne -- My First Cigar, by Burdette -- My Philosofy, by Riley -- The Octopussycat, by Cox -- The Old Settler, by Mott -- The Owl-Critic, by Fields -- The Paintermine, by Cox -- Shonny Schwartz, by Adams -- The Society Upon the Stanislaus, by Harte -- So Wags the World, by Warner -- A Spring Feeling, by Carman -- The Talking Horse, by McIntyre -- The Thompson Street Poker Club, by Carleton -- Thoughts fer the Discuraged Farmer, by Riley -- "Tiddle-iddle-iddle-iddle-bum! bum!", by Nesbit -- Unconscious Humor, by Wetherell -- Up and Down Old Brandywine, by Riley -- Verre Definite, by Amsbary -- Wasted Opportunities, by Greene -- The Weddin', by Hartswick -- The Welsh Rabbittern, by Cox -- When the Allegash Drive Goes Through, by Day -- The Wild Boarder, by Cox. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-09-18 |