title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Tiger and Tom and Other Stories for Boys | Various | en | | Tiger and Tom -- Those Scars -- Coals of Fire -- Lyman Dean's Testimonials -- Bert's Thanksgiving -- The Boy and His Spare Moments -- Will Winslow -- Only This Once -- The Right Decision -- The Use of Learning -- Jamie and His Teacher -- With a Will, Joe! -- Effects of Disobedience -- Stand By the Ship -- A Faithful Shepherd Boy -- Dick Harris; or the Boy-Man -- The Way of Safety -- Roger's Lesson -- Bert's Monitors -- A Morning Thought -- The Two Clerks -- Ten Minutes' Delay -- The Premium -- Where the Gold Is -- Taking Him in Hand -- Overworked Boys -- The Best Fun -- Somebody's Mother -- Waiting for the Grist -- A Boy's Lesson in Dishonesty -- A Picture of God -- If You Are Only Honest -- Six Things Behind -- The Old Brown Hand. | | | 2004-06-01 |
The Lesson of the Master | James, Henry, 1843-1916 | en | | | | | 1997-05-01 |
Monkey Jack and Other Stories | | en | | Monkey Jack -- A pair of friends -- A rain-y day -- The quarrel -- Old winter -- The hard lesson -- Rob Jackson's dog -- The wives of Brixham -- Agrippa -- Frank's boy -- Joey's exploit. | Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924 [Editor] | | 2004-04-01 |
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 |
Paste Jewels | Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922 | en | | The emancipation of Thaddeus -- Mr. Bradley's jewel -- Unexpected pomp at the Perkins's -- An object-lesson -- The Christmas gift of Thaddeus -- A strange banquet -- Jane. | | | 2004-11-20 |
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 |
A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson | Morris, William, 1834-1896 | en | | | | Ball, John, d. 1381 -- Fiction; Great Britain -- History -- Peasants' Revolt (Tyler's Insurrection), 1381 -- Fiction; Matthias I, King of Hungary, 1443-1490 -- Fiction; Peasant uprisings -- Fiction; Historical fiction | 1995-11-01 |
The Garden Party and Other Stories | Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923 | en | | At the bay -- The garden party -- The daughters of the late colonel -- Mr and Mrs Dove -- The young girl -- Life of Ma Parker -- Marriage a la mode -- The voyage -- Miss Brill -- Her first ball -- The singing lesson -- The stranger -- Bank holiday -- An ideal family -- The lady's maid. | | Short stories, New Zealand; New Zealand -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 1998-08-01 |
Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales | Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921 | en | | Montezuma's castle -- The amateur championship -- The tragedy of the White Tanks -- Too close for comfort -- The strange powder of the Jou Jou priests -- An Aztec mummy -- A lesson in chemistry -- An interesting ghost -- The mound of eternal silence -- The story of a bad Indian -- A queer coincidence -- The story of an insane sailor -- The elixir of life -- The Voodoo idol -- An Arizona episode -- One touch of nature. | | | 2008-10-22 |
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 |
Yorksher Puddin'
A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the
Pen of John Hartley | Hartley, John, 1839-1915 | en | | Frozen to Death -- Pill Jim's Progress Wi' Johns Bunion -- Moravian Knight's Entertainment -- Sperrit Rappin -- Ther's a Mule I' th' Garden -- A Neet at "Widup's Rest" -- Tinklin' Tom -- Th' New Schooil Booard -- Tha Caps me Nah! -- Nay Fer Sewer! -- Th' Battle o' Tawkin -- "Owd Tommy" -- It Mud ha' been War -- Ha a Dead Donkey Towt a Lesson -- One, Two, Three -- Sammy Bewitched -- Hard to Pleeas -- Ratcatchin' -- Owd Moorcock -- Peace Makkin -- Awr Emma-A False Alarm -- Niver Judge by Appearances -- Mi First Testimonial -- Five Paand Nooat -- Silly Billy -- Put up wi' it -- A Queer Dream -- The Mystery of Burt's Babby -- Mak th' best on't -- Mrs Spaiktruth's Pairty -- Why Tommy isn't a Deacon -- One Amang th' Rest -- What's yor Hurry? -- Ha Owd Stooansnatch's Dowter gate Wed -- Th' New Railrooad -- Mose Hart's Twelvth Mess -- Th' Hoil-i'th'-Hill Statty -- Owd Dawdles -- Property Huntin' -- Abraham's Sparrib -- A Run ovver th' Year | | | 2006-04-14 |
Men of Invention and Industry | Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 | en | | Phineas Pett : beginnings of English shipbuilding -- Francis Pettit Smith, practical introducer of the screw propeller -- John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer -- John Lombe, introducer of the silk industry into England -- William Murdock, his life and inventions -- Frederick Koenig, inventor of the steam-printing machine -- The Walters of the "Times" : invention of the Walter press -- William Clowes : book-printing by steam -- Charles Bianconi : a lesson of self-help in Ireland -- Industry in Ireland : through Connaught and Ulster to Belfast -- Ship-building in Belfast / by E.J. Harland, engineer and shipbuilder -- Astronomers and students in humble life : a new chapter in the "Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties". | | Inventors -- Biography; Industrial arts -- Biography | 1996-11-01 |
Small Means and Great Ends | | en | | Small means and great ends. -- Mary Ellen. -- The dead child to its mother. -- Hope. -- The young soldier. -- The stolen children. -- My grandmother's cottage. -- The first oath. -- The fairy's gift. -- A lesson taught by nature. -- Florence Drew. -- Shechem. -- "Are we not all brothers and sisters?" -- Fortune-telling. -- The boy who stole the nails. -- The childless mother. -- The motherless child. -- Faith. -- The snow-birds. -- Mount Carmel. -- The philosophy of life. -- The starving poor of Ireland. -- The sabbath school festival. -- Nelly Grey. -- The four evangelists. -- May-Day. -- The snow-drop. --Caging birds. | Adams, M. H. (Mary Hall), 1816-1860 [Editor] | Children's stories; Children's poetry; Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Christian life -- Juvenile fiction | 2004-03-01 |
The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls | Various | en | | The King's Daughter -- The Old Brown House -- A Story for School Girls -- What One Lie Did -- Two Ways of Reading the Bible -- Courtesy to Strangers -- Live for Something -- Jennie Browning -- Past and Future -- Anna's Difficulty -- Company Manners -- Confide In Mother -- They Took Me In -- The Little Sisters -- A Valuable Secret -- Telling Mother -- A Story of School Life -- How Bess Managed Tom -- A Little Girl's Thoughts -- Careless Gracie's Lesson -- Vicarious Punishment -- Patty's Secret -- Mopsey's Mistake -- A Girl's Song -- Carrie's Marks -- Susie's Prayer -- The Stolen Orange -- Wee Janet's Problem -- Bertha's Grandmother -- Putting Off Till To-morrow -- Nothing Finished -- What's The Use -- Susy Diller's Christmas Feast -- The Barn That Blossomed -- I Shall Not Want -- How Dorothy Helped the Angel -- One Girl's Influence -- Two Kinds of Service -- Duty and Pleasure -- The Dangerous Door -- The Golden Windows -- Trust Always: Never Fret -- The New Life -- The Impossible Yesterday -- A Child's Puzzle -- How She Showed She Was Sorry. | | | 2004-08-06 |