title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Bronze Eagle
A Story of the Hundred Days | Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, 1865-1947 | en | | | | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815 -- Fiction; Elba (Italy) -- Fiction | 2008-07-03 |
The Renaissance
Studies in Art and Poetry | Pater, Walter, 1839-1894 | en | | Preface -- Two early French stories -- Pico della Mirandola -- Sandro Botticelli -- Luca della Robbia -- The poetry of Michelangelo -- Leonardo da Vinci -- The school of Giorgione -- Joachim du Bellay -- Winckelmann -- Conclusion. | | Arts, Renaissance; Renaissance; Renaissance -- Italy | 2000-11-01 |
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes
Detective Stories | | en | | The Purloined Letter
The Black Hand
The Biter Bit
Missing: Page Thirteen
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Rope of Fear
The Safety Match
Some Scotland Yard Stories; from "Criminals and Crime". | French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936 [Editor] | Ghost stories; Detective and mystery stories; Short stories | 2008-12-13 |
Condensed Novels | Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 | en | | Handsome is as handsome does -- Lothaw -- Muck-a-muck -- Terence Denville -- Selina Sedilia -- The ninety-nine guardsmen -- The dweller of the threshold -- The haunted man -- Miss Mix -- Guy Heavystone -- Mr. Midshipman Breezy -- John Jenkins -- No title -- Being a novel in the French paragraphic style -- Fantine -- La femme -- Mary Mcgillup. | | | 2000-08-01 |
Travels in France during the years 1814-15
Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. | | en | | | | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815; Alison, Archibald, Sir, 1792-1867; France -- Description and travel; Paris (France) -- History -- Capitulation, 1814 -- Personal narratives; France -- History -- 1789-1815 | 2008-12-04 |
International Short Stories: French | | en | | A piece of bread -- The elixir of life -- The age for love -- Mateo Falcone -- The mirror -- My nephew Joseph -- A forest betrothal -- Zadig the Babylonian -- Abandoned -- The guilty secret -- Jean Monette -- Solange -- The birds in the letter-box -- Jean Gourdon's four days -- Baron de Trenck -- The passage of the Red Sea -- The woman and the cat -- Gil Blas and Dr. Sangrado -- A fight with a cannon -- Tonton -- The last lesson -- Croisilles -- the vase of clay. | | | 2004-01-01 |
The French Twins | Perkins, Lucy Fitch, 1865-1937 | en | | | | World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Juvenile fiction; Twins -- Juvenile fiction | 2003-05-01 |
Wrecked but not Ruined | Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 | en | | | | Family -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction; Frontier and pioneer life -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction; French-Canadians -- Juvenile fiction; Canada -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-11-06 |
The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont | Barr, Robert, 1850-1912 | en | | | | Detective and mystery stories, English; Humorous stories, English; Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction; French -- England -- London -- Fiction | 2006-09-25 |
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo | Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 | en | | | | Autobiography; Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885; Authors, French -- 19th century -- Biography | 2001-02-01 |
The Last of the Mohicans
A Narrative of 1757 | Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 | en | | | Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945 [Illustrator] | Bumppo, Natty (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Historical fiction; Adventure stories; Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction; Mohegan Indians -- Fiction; United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Fiction; War stories | 2009-01-01 |
Perils and Captivity
Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 177 | | en | | | Maxwell, Patrick [Translator] | Picard family; Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison, b. 1728?; Méduse (Ship); Shipwrecks -- South Atlantic Ocean; Amazon River -- Description and travel; Africa, North -- Social life and customs -- 18th century; Africa, French-speaking West -- Social life and customs -- 18th century | 2007-09-28 |
The Virginians | Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 | en | | | | Inheritance and succession -- Fiction; Americans -- England -- Fiction; Brothers -- Fiction; Twins -- Fiction; United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Fiction; Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760 -- Fiction; Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction; Historical fiction; Domestic fiction | 2005-05-01 |
Suspended Judgments
Essays on Books and Sensations | Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963 | en | | The art of discrimination -- Montaigne -- Pascal -- Voltaire -- Rousseau -- Balzac -- Victor Hugo -- Guy de Maupassant -- Anatole France -- Paul Verlaine -- Remy de Gourmont -- William Blake -- Byron -- Emily Brontë -- Joseph Conrad -- Henry James -- Oscar Wilde -- Suspended judgment. | | French literature -- History and criticism; English literature -- History and criticism | 2008-11-05 |
Contes choisis de la famille | | fr | | Le loup et l'homme -- Le violon merveilleux -- Le renard et les oies -- Le renard et le chat -- Le docteur universel -- La douce bouillie -- Le loup et le renard -- Les trois frères -- L'aïeul et le petit-fils -- Le clou -- Le petit pâtre -- Le paysan et le diable -- Le linceul -- La mort la plus douce por les criminels. | | Fairy tales -- Germany; Fairy tales; Children's stories, German -- Translations into French; Folklore -- Germany | 2004-05-01 |
Great Sea Stories | Various | en | | Spanish Bloodhounds and English Mastiffs, By Kingsley -- The Club-Hauling of the Diomede, By Marryat -- The Cruise of the Torch, By Scott -- The Merchantman and the Pirate, By Reade -- The Mutiny of the Bounty, By Anonymous -- The Wreck of the Royal Caroline, By Cooper -- The Capture of the Great White Whale, By Melville -- The Corvette Claymore, By Hugo -- The Merchants' Cup, By Bone -- A Storm and a Rescue, By Russell -- The Sailor's Wife, By Loti -- The Salving of the Yan-Shan, By Stackpoole -- The Derelict Neptune, By Robertson -- The Terrible Solomons, By London -- El Dorado, By Masefield. | French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936 [Editor] | | 2006-05-16 |
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775
With Numerous Illustrative Notes | Tomlinson, Abraham | en | | | | Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775; Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775; United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives | 2007-02-21 |
Dramatic Romances | Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 | en | | Introduction -- Incident of the French Camp -- The Patriot -- My Last Duchess -- Count Gismond -- The Boy and the Angel -- Instans Tyrannus -- Mesmerism -- The Glove -- Time's Revenges -- The Italian in England -- The Englishman in Italy -- In a Gondola -- Waring -- The Twins -- A Light Woman -- The Last Ride Together -- The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A Child's Story -- The Flight of the Duchess -- A Grammarian's Funeral -- The Heretic's Tragedy -- Holy-Cross Day -- Protus -- The Statue and the Bust -- Porphyria's Lover -- "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came". | | | 2003-07-01 |
Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands
from 1809 to 1815 | Kincaid, J. (John), 1787-1862 | en | | | | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Personal narratives, British; Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) -- Biography; Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Kincaid, J. (John), 1787-1862; Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Personal narratives, British | 2009-05-29 |
The Conquest of New France
A chronicle of the colonial wars | Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948 | en | | | Johnson, Allen, 1870-1931 [Editor] | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); United States -- History -- King William's War, 1689-1697; United States -- History -- Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713; United States -- History -- King George’s War, 1744-1748; United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | 2002-02-01 |
A Tale of Two Cities | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 | en | | | | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction; British -- France -- Paris -- Fiction; French -- England -- London -- Fiction; Executions and executioners -- Fiction; Lookalikes -- Fiction; Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799 -- Fiction; London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction; Historical fiction | 1994-01-01 |
And Even Now | Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956 | en | HTML | A relic (1918) -- "How shall I word it?" (1910) -- Mobled king (1911) -- Kolniyatsch (1913) -- No. 2. The Pines (1914) -- A letter that was not written (1914) -- Books within books (1914) -- The golden drugget (1918) -- Hosts and guests (1918) -- A point to be remembered by very eminent men (1918) -- Servants (1918) -- Going out for a walk (1918) -- Quia imperfectum (1918) -- Something defeasible (1919) -- "A clergyman" (1918) -- The crime (1920) -- In homes unblest (1919) -- William and Mary (1920) -- On speaking French (1919) -- Laughter (1920). | | | 1999-11-01 |
High Adventure
A Narrative of Air Fighting in France | Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951 | en | | | | Aeronautics, Military; Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951; Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, French; France. Armée. Escadrille Lafayette -- Biography; Fighter pilots -- France -- Biography | 2008-02-11 |
The Lilac Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | The Shifty Lad -- The False Prince and the True -- The Jogi's Punishment -- The Heart of a Monkey -- The Fairy Nurse -- A Lost Paradise -- How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves -- The Ring of the Waterfalls -- A French Puck -- The Three Crowns -- The Story of a Very Bad Boy -- The Brown Bear of Norway -- Little Lasse -- 'Moti' -- The Enchanted Deer -- A Fish Story -- The Wonderful Tune -- The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother -- The One-Handed Girl -- The Bones of Djulung -- The Sea Ring's Gift -- The Raspberry Worm -- The Stones of Plouhinec -- The Castle of Kerglas -- The Battle of the Birds -- The Lady of the Fountain -- The Four Gifts -- The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok -- The Escape of the Mouse -- The Believing Husbands -- The Hoodie-Crow -- The Brownie of the Lake -- The Winning of Olwen. | | Folklore; Fairy tales | 2002-10-01 |
The Lilac Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | The Shifty Lad -- The False Prince and the True -- The Jogi's Punishment -- The Heart of a Monkey -- The Fairy Nurse -- A Lost Paradise -- How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves -- The Ring of the Waterfalls -- A French Puck -- The Three Crowns -- The Story of a Very Bad Boy -- The Brown Bear of Norway -- Little Lasse -- 'Moti' -- The Enchanted Deer -- A Fish Story -- The Wonderful Tune -- The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother -- The One-Handed Girl -- The Bones of Djulung -- The Sea Ring's Gift -- The Raspberry Worm -- The Stones of Plouhinec -- The Castle of Kerglas -- The Battle of the Birds -- The Lady of the Fountain -- The Four Gifts -- The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok -- The Escape of the Mouse -- The Believing Husbands -- The Hoodie-Crow -- The Brownie of the Lake -- The Winning of Olwen. | Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941 [Illustrator] | Fairy tales; Folklore | 2009-02-16 |