title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Woman's Trials
Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us | Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885 | en | | A lesson of patience -- I didn't think of that -- Taking boarders -- Plain sewing; or, how to encourage the poor -- Jessie Hampton -- The New Year's Gift -- Aunt Mary's preserving kettle -- Home at last -- Going home. | | | 2003-11-01 |
Dutch Courage and Other Stories | London, Jack, 1876-1916 | en | | Preface -- Dutch courage -- Typhoon off the coast of Japan -- The lost poacher -- The banks of the Sacramento -- Chris Farrington: Able seaman -- To Repel Boarders -- An Adventure in the upper sea -- Bald-face -- In Yeddo bay -- Whose business is to live. | | | 2004-12-24 |
The Daughter of the Storage
And Other Things in Prose and Verse | Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 | en | | The daughter of the storage -- A presentiment -- Captain Dunlevy's last trip -- The return to favor -- Somebody's mother -- The face at the window -- An experience -- The boarders -- Breakfast is my best meal -- The mother-bird -- The amigo -- Black Cross farm -- The critical book-store -- A feast of reason -- City and country in the fall -- Table talk -- The escapade of a grandfather -- Self-sacrifice: a farce-tragedy -- The night before Christmas. | | Short stories; Poetry | 2009-09-18 |