title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Counts of Gruyère | De Koven, Anna, 1860- | en | | | | Gruyère, Counts of; Gruyère (Switzerland) -- History | 2007-08-06 |
Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children | Cooke, Flora J. (Flora Juliette), 1864-1953 | en | | | | Children's stories; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Nature -- Mythology -- Juvenile literature; Mythology, Classical -- Juvenile literature | 2009-12-29 |
Lecture on the Aborigines of Newfoundland
Delivered Before the Mechanics' Institute, at St. John's,
Newfoundland, on Monday, 17th January, 1859 | Noad, Joseph, 1823-1898 | en | | | | Beothuk Indians; Indians of North America -- Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador -- History; Indians of North America -- Origin | 2005-02-21 |
Chopin and Other Musical Essays | Finck, Henry Theophilus, 1854-1926 | en | | Chopin, the greatest genius of the pianoforte -- How composers work -- Schumann, as mirrored in his letters -- Music and morals -- Italian and German vocal styles -- German opera in New York. | | Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849; Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856; Music; Music -- History and criticism | 2006-06-12 |
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know | Various | en | | A Child's Dream of a Star, By Dickens -- The King of the Golden River or, The Black Brothers, By Ruskin -- The Snow Image: A Childish Miracle, By Hawthorne -- Undine, By Friedrich -- The Story of Ruth -- The Great Stone Face, By Hawthorne -- The Diverting History of John Gilpin, By Cowper -- The Man Without a Country, By Hale -- The Nürnberg Stove, By Ramee -- Rab and His Friends, By Brown -- Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, By Austin. | Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1845-1916 [Editor] | | 2005-07-08 |
The Wild Man of the West
A Tale of the Rocky Mountains | Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 | en | | | Webb, Archibald, 1887-1944 [Illustrator] | Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Animals -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction; Mothers and sons -- Fiction; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Outdoor life -- Fiction; Rocky Mountains -- Juvenile fiction | 2008-02-15 |
In Times Like These | McClung, Nellie L., 1873-1951 | en | | The war that never ends -- The war that ends in exhaustion sometimes mistaken for peace -- What do women think of war [not that it matters] -- Should women think? -- The new chivalry -- Hardy perennials! -- Gentle lady -- Women and the church -- The sore thought -- The land of the fair deal -- As a man thinketh -- The war against gloom. | | Women -- Social and moral questions; Women -- History; Women -- Social conditions; Women -- Canada; Women -- Conduct of life | 2009-11-24 |
At Aboukir and Acre
A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt | Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902 | en | | | | Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801 -- Campaigns -- Egypt -- Juvenile fiction; Egypt -- History -- French occupation, 1798-1801 -- Juvenile fiction; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-08-02 |
The Unseen World and Other Essays | Fiske, John, 1842-1901 | en | | The unseen world -- "The tomorrow of death" -- The Jesus of history -- The Christ of dogma -- A word about miracles -- Draper on science and religion -- Nathan the Wise -- Historical difficulties -- The famine of 1770 in Bengal -- Spain and the Netherlands -- Longfellow's Dante -- Paine's "St. Peter" -- A philosophy of art -- Athenian and American life | | | 1998-10-01 |
Pirates | Johnson, Charles, fl. 1724-1736 | en | | | | Pirates -- Biography; Pirates -- History -- 17th century | 2008-01-27 |
Seaport in Virginia
George Washington's Alexandria | Moore, Gay Montague | en | | | | Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Alexandria; Alexandria (Va.) -- History; Alexandria (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | 2009-12-23 |
Minnie's Pet Horse | Leslie, Madeline, 1815-1893 | en | | | | Children and animals -- Juvenile fiction; Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Pets -- Social aspects -- Juvenile fiction; Horses -- Juvenile fiction; Shetland pony -- Juvenile fiction | 2008-09-14 |
The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" | Davidson, George | en | | | | Great Britain. Army. Infantry Division, 29th -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain; World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Great Britain | 2008-05-05 |
Cleopatra | Haggard, Henry Rider, 1856-1925 | en | | | | Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C. -- Fiction; Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C. -- Fiction | 2006-03-28 |
Remember the Alamo | Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston, 1831-1919 | en | | | | Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Fiction; Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836 -- Fiction; Western stories; War stories | 2008-06-29 |
Ungava | Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 | en | | | | Fur traders -- Juvenile fiction; Survival skills -- Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Hudson Bay -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Eskimos -- Juvenile fiction; Outdoor life -- Juvenile fiction; Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-06-06 |
Blown to Bits
The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago | Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 | en | | | | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Hermits -- Juvenile fiction; Islands -- Juvenile fiction; Canoes and canoeing -- Juvenile fiction; Friendship -- Juvenile fiction; Pirates -- Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Hunting -- Juvenile fiction; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Murder -- Juvenile fiction; Malay Archipelago -- Juvenile fiction; Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-11-06 |
Blown to Bits
or, The Lonely Man of Rakata | Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 | en | | | | Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Canoes and canoeing -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Friendship -- Juvenile fiction; Hermits -- Juvenile fiction; Hunting -- Juvenile fiction; Islands -- Juvenile fiction; Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Juvenile fiction; Malay Archipelago -- Juvenile fiction; Murder -- Juvenile fiction; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Pirates -- Juvenile fiction | 2005-03-13 |
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself | Bibb, Henry, 1815-1854 | en | | | | Slavery -- Kentucky -- History -- 19th century; Bibb, Henry, b. 1815; Slaves -- United States -- Biography; Slaves -- Kentucky -- Social conditions -- 19th century | 2005-03-17 |
Fix Bay'nets
The Regiment in the Hills | Fenn, George Manville, 1831-1909 | en | | | Groome, William H. C. [Illustrator] | Great Britain. Army -- Colonial forces -- India -- Juvenile fiction; India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Historical fiction; Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction | 2009-01-27 |
The Prairie Chief | Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 | en | | | | Christian life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Hunting -- Juvenile fiction; Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction; Missionaries -- Juvenile fiction; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Outdoor life -- Juvenile fiction; Trappers -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-06-06 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | African Americans -- Biography; African Americans -- Folklore; Slavery -- South Carolina; Slaves -- South Carolina -- Biography; Slaves -- South Carolina -- Social conditions | 2007-05-17 |
The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' | Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel | en | | | | Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost; Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Knowledge -- Astronomy; Epic poetry, English -- History and criticism; Astronomy in literature | 2009-03-29 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | African Americans -- Biography; African Americans -- Folklore; Slavery -- South Carolina; Slaves -- South Carolina -- Biography; Slaves -- South Carolina -- Social conditions | 2006-07-26 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | Slaves -- South Carolina -- Social conditions; Slaves -- South Carolina -- Biography; Slavery -- South Carolina; African Americans -- Biography; African Americans -- Folklore | 2009-02-24 |