title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Hills of Hingham | Sharp, Dallas Lore, 1870-1929 | en | | The hills of Hingham -- The open fire -- The ice crop -- Seed catalogues -- The dustless-duster -- Spring ploughing -- Mere beans -- A pilgrim from Dubuque -- The honey flow -- A pair of pigs -- Leafing -- The little foxes -- Our calendar -- The field of fodder -- Going back to town -- The Christmas tree. | | | 2006-06-23 |
Mr. Rabbit's Wedding
Hollow Tree Stories | Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937 | en | | Little Jack Rabbit and Bunty Bun -- Cousin Redfield and the molasses -- Mr. Bear's early spring call -- Mr. Jack Rabbit brings a friend -- Mr. Rabbit's wedding. | Condé, J. M. [Illustrator] | | 2009-02-25 |
The Pleasures of Ignorance | Lynd, Robert, 1879-1949 | en | | The pleasures of ignorance -- The herring fleet -- The betting man -- The hum of insects -- Cats -- May -- New Year prophecies -- On knowing the difference -- The intellectual side of horse-racing -- Why we hate insects -- Virtue -- June -- On feeling gay -- In the train -- The most curious animal -- The old indifference -- Eggs: an Easter homily -- Enter the spring -- The daredevil barber -- Weeds: an appreciation -- A juror in waiting -- The three-halfpenny bit -- The morals of beans -- On seeing a joke -- Going to the derby -- This blasted world. | | | 2004-09-12 |
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English | Various | en | | The Romantic Philosophers--Fichte, Schelling, and Schleiermacher. By Frank Thilly -- Schleiermacher: On the Social Element in Religion. -- Gottlieb Fichte: The Destiny of Man. -- Addresses to the German Nation. -- von Schelling: On the Relation of the Plastic Arts to Nature. -- Later German Romanticism. By George H. Danton -- von Arnim and Brentano: The Boy's Magic Horn. (selections) -- Grimm: The Frog King, or Iron Henry -- The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids -- Rapunzel -- Haensel and Grethel -- The Fisherman and His Wife -- Arndt: Song of the Fatherland. -- Union Song. -- Körner: Men and Knaves. -- Lützow's Wild Band. -- Prayer During Battle. -- von Schenkendorf: The Mother Tongue. -- Spring Greeting to the Fatherland. -- Freedom. -- Uhland: The Chapel. -- The Shepherd's Song on the Lord's Day. -- The Castle by the Sea. -- Song of the Mountain Boy. -- Departure. -- Farewell. -- The Hostess' Daughter. -- The Good Comrade. -- The White Hart. -- The Lost Church. -- Charlemagne's Voyage. -- Free Art. -- Taillefer. -- Suabian Legend. -- The Blind King. -- The Minstrel's Curse. -- The Luck of Edenhall. -- On the Death of a Child. -- von Eichendorff: The Broken Ring. -- Morning Prayer. -- From the Life of a Good-for-nothing. -- von Chamisso: The Castle of Boncourt. -- The Lion's Bride. -- Woman's Love and Life. -- The Women of Weinsberg. -- The Crucifix. -- The Old Singer. -- The Old Washerwoman. -- The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl. -- Hoffmann: The Golden Pot. -- Motte-Fouqué: Selections from Undine. -- Hauff: Cavalryman's Morning Song. -- The Sentinel. -- Rückert: Barbarossa. -- From My Childhood Days. -- The Spring of Love. -- He Came to Meet Me. -- The Invitation. -- Murmur Not. -- A Parable. -- Evening Song. -- Chidher. -- At Forty Years. -- Before the Doors. -- von Platen-Hallermund: The Pilgrim Before St. Just's. -- The Grave of Alaric. -- Remorse. -- Would I were Free as are My Dreams. -- Sonnet. | | | 2004-07-12 |
Ballads of Peace in War | Earls, Michael, 1873-1937 | en | | His light -- The countersign -- A hill o' lights -- Off to the war -- The towers of Holy Cross -- Always Maytime -- The storyteller -- My father's tunes -- A song -- A ballad of France -- To one in success -- The lifelong war -- Linden Lane -- The boundaries of a house -- Attainment -- The philosophers -- Preparedness ( The Drummer Boy -- The Sailor) -- War in the North -- The happy time -- The time of truce -- Bethlehem -- A Vow-Day flower -- The tree in the tenement yard -- Old Hudson rovers -- A winter minster -- The dark little rose -- The monk Maelanfaid -- The young adventurers -- The fountain of youth -- The Bonnie Prince O'Spring -- On a train -- The Columbine -- Two Seanichies -- The Green brigade -- Alleluia Height. | | | 2002-07-01 |
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 | Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 | en | | The Old Maid -- The Awakening -- In the Spring -- The Jennet -- Rust -- The Substitute -- The Relic -- The Man with the Blue Eyes -- Allouma -- A Family Affair -- The Odalisque of Senichou -- A Good Match -- A Fashionable Woman -- The Carnival of Love -- A Deer Park in the Provinces -- The White Lady -- Caught -- Christmas Eve -- Words of Love -- A Divorce Case -- Who Knows? -- Simon's Papa -- Paul's Mistress -- The Rabbit -- The Twenty-Five Francs of the Mother Superior -- The Venus of Braniza -- La Morillonne -- Waiter, A "Bock" -- Regret -- The Port -- The Hermit -- The Orderly -- Duchoux -- Old Amable -- Magnetism. | | French fiction -- Translations into English; Short stories, French -- Translations into English | 2005-12-22 |
The Verse-Book of a Homely Woman | Inchfawn, Fay, 1880- | en | | The long view -- Within my house -- The housewife -- To mother -- In such an hour -- The daily interview -- The little house -- The house-mother -- A woman in hospital -- In convalescence -- Homesick -- On washing day -- When baby strayed -- If only... -- Listening -- The dear folks in Devon -- The reason -- Two women -- The prize fight -- The home lights -- To an old teapot -- To a rebellious daughter -- For mothering! -- Little fan -- The naughty day -- To a little white bird -- Because -- When he comes -- Early spring -- The witness -- In Somerset -- Song of a woodland stream -- Luggage in advance -- At the cross roads -- Summer met me -- The carrier -- The lad's love by the gate -- The thrush -- In Dorset dear -- The flight of the fairies -- The street player -- On All Soul's Eve -- The log fire -- God save the king. | | English poetry; Housewives -- Poetry | 2002-10-01 |
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes | | en | | The Life of Heinrich Heine. By William Guild Howard -- Dedication. -- Songs. -- A Lyrical Intermezzo. -- Sonnets. -- Poor Peter. -- The Two Grenadiers. -- Belshazzar. -- The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar. -- The Return Home. -- Twilight. -- Hail to the Sea. -- In the Harbor. -- A New Spring. -- Abroad. -- The Sphinx. -- Germany. -- Enfant Perdu. -- The Battlefield of Hastings. -- The Asra. -- The Passion Flower. -- The Journey to the Harz. -- Boyhood Days. -- English Fragments--Dialogue on the Thames; London; Wellington. -- Lafayette. -- The Romantic School. -- The Rabbi of Bacharach. -- The Life of Franz Grillparzer. By William Guild Howard -- Medea. -- The Jewess of Toledo. -- The Poor Musician. -- My Journey to Weimar. -- Beethoven as a Letter Writer. By Walter R. Spalding -- Beethoven's Letters. | | | 2004-05-01 |
The Grey Fairy Book | | en | | Donkey Skin -- The Goblin Pony -- An Impossible Enchantment -- The Story of Dschemil and Dachemila -- Janni and the Draken -- The Partnership of the Thief and the Liar -- Fortunatus and his Purse -- The Goat-faced Girl -- What came of picking Flowers -- The Story of Bensurdatu -- The Magician's Horse -- The Little Gray Man -- Herr Lazarus and the Draken -- The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles -- Udea and her Seven Brothers -- The White Wolf -- Mohammed with the Magic Finger -- Bobino -- The Dog and the Sparrow -- The Story of the Three Sons of Hali -- The Story of the Fair Circassians -- The Jackal and the Spring The Bear -- The Sunchild The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch -- Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye, or the Limping Fox -- The Unlooked for Prince -- The Simpleton -- The Street Musicians -- The Twin Brothers -- Cannetella -- The Ogre -- A Fairy's Blunder -- Long, Broad, and Quickeye -- Prunella. | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 [Editor] | Fairy tales; Folklore | 2004-10-01 |
Our Boys
Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors | Various | en | | The Cat-tail Arrow. by Bates -- He couldn't say no. -- The Christmas monks. by Wilkins -- Teddy and the echo. by Bates -- Song of the Christmas stockings. by Sidney -- Joe Lambert's ferry. by Eggleston -- The Christmas gift. by Thaxter -- Some educated horses. -- Questions. by Lawrence -- The bravest boy in town. by Nason -- The wolf and the goslings. by Harris -- The bishop's visit. by Nason -- The first step. -- Bingen on the Rhine. by Norton -- Osito. by Stealey -- The little lion-charmer. by Fleming -- The boy to the schoolmaster. by Wheeler -- Won't take a baff. by Eytinge -- One way to be brave. by Rollins -- The mystery of spring. by Dodge -- Midsummer words. by Whitney -- Paul Revere's ride. by Longfellow -- Two Persian schoolboys. by Safford -- Do you know him?; The weaver of Bruges, by Dinsmoor -- The man in the tub. by Stone -- The little gold miners of the sierras. by Miller -- Old Godfrey's relic. by Hayne -- Evan Cogwell's ice fort. by Beman -- How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix. by Browning -- A hero. -- Teddy the Teazer -- Jojo's petition. by Hall. | | | 2005-07-01 |
The Literary World Seventh Reader | | en | | Rip Van Winkle, by Irving -- The Great Stone Face, by Hawthorne -- The Courtship of Miles Standish, by Longfellow -- The Friendship of Nantaquas, by Johnston -- Harry Esmond's Boyhood, by Thackeray -- The Family Holds Its Head Up, by Goldsmith -- The Little Boy in the Balcony, by Grady -- Ariel's Triumph, by Tarkington -- The Cloud, by Shelley -- New England Weather, by Twain -- The First Snowfall, by Lowell -- Old Ephraim, by Roosevelt -- Midwinter, by Trowbridge -- A Georgia Fox Hunt, by Harris -- Rain and Wind, by Cawein -- The Southern Sky, by Maury -- Daffodils, by Wordsworth -- Dawn, by Everett -- Spring, by Timrod -- Among the Cliffs, by Craddock -- A Deal in Bears, by Hyne -- Lochinvar, by Scott -- In Labrador, by Wells -- The Bugle Song, by Tennyson -- The Siege of the Castle, by Scott -- Sea Fever, by Masefield -- A Greyport Legend, by Harte -- A Hunt Beneath The Ocean, by Verne -- Under Seas, by Tolstoi -- A Voyage to the Moon, by Poe -- The Great Stone of Sardis, by Stockton -- A Stop At Suzanne's, by Clover -- The Making of a Man, by Locke -- In Flanders Fields, by McCrae -- In Flanders Fields (An Answer), by Galbraith -- A Ballad Of Heroes, by Dobson. | | | 2006-11-05 |
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) | Various | en | | Abou Ben Butler, by Paul -- At Aunty's House, by Riley -- Bill's Courtship, by Stanton -- A Bully Boat and a Brag Captain, by Smith -- A Committee from Kelly's, by Belden -- The Co-operative Housekeepers, by Flower -- The Drayman, by O'Connell -- The Dutiful Mariner, by Irwin -- Especially Men, by Chester -- Farewell, by Taylor -- The Funny Little Fellow, by Riley -- Going Up and Coming Down, by Tucker -- Have You Seen the Lady?, by Sousa -- Her "Angel" Father, by Flower -- The Itinerant Tinker, by Macauley -- It Pays to be Happy, by Masson -- Latter-Day Warnings, by Holmes -- Lectures on Astronomy, by Phoenix -- A Letter from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son, by Lorimer -- The Marriage of Sir John Smith, by Cary -- Melinda's Humorous Story, by McHenry -- Miss Legion, by Taylor -- The Mosquito, by Bryant -- Mr. Dooley on Expert Testimony, by Dunne -- Mr. Hare Tries to Get a Wife, by Culbertson -- Musical Review Extraordinary, by Phoenix -- My First Cigar, by Burdette -- My Ruthers, by Riley -- A Night in a Rocking-Chair, by Field -- Old Grimes, by Greene -- A Piano in Arkansas, by Thorpe -- Quit Yo' Worryin', by Culbertson -- Rollo Learning to Play, by Burdette -- The Runaway Boy, by Riley -- The Set of China, by Leslie -- Simon Starts in the World, by Hooper -- The Spring Beauties, by Cone -- The Strike of One, by Flower -- Suppressed Chapters, by Wells -- Tiddle-Iddle-Iddle-Iddle-Bum! Bum!, by Nesbit -- Whar Dem Sinful Apples Grow, by Culbertson -- Willy and the Lady, by Burgess -- The Woman Who Married an Owl, by Culbertson. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-09-18 |
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 |