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Sketches of Travel in Normandy and MaineFreeman, Edward Augustus, 1823-1892enHutton, William Holden, 1860-1930 [Commentator]Normandy (France) -- Description and travel; Maine (France) -- Description and travel; Architecture -- France -- Normandy; Architecture -- France -- Maine2008-03-13
Off-Hand Sketches A Little Dashed with HumorArthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885enThe circuit-preacher -- The protest -- Retrenchment; or, what a man saved by stopping his newspaper -- Hunting up a testimonial -- Trying to be a gentleman -- Taking a prescription -- The Yankee and the Dutchman; or, I'll give or take -- A tipsy parson -- Much ado about nothing; or, the reason why Mrs. Todd didn't speak to Mrs. Jones -- Almost a tragedy -- That John Mason -- A new way to collect an old debt -- A shocking bad memory -- Driving a hard bargain -- Out of the frying-pan into the fire; or, the love of a house -- Marrying a count -- Job's comforters; or, the lady with the nerves -- The code of honour -- Treating a case actively.2003-11-01
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and GreenJerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927enReginald Blake, financier and cad -- An item of fashionable intelligence -- Blasé Billy -- The choice of Cyril Harjohn -- The materialisation of Charles and Mivanway -- Portrait of a lady -- The man who would manage -- The man who lived for others -- A man of habit -- The absent-minded man -- A charming woman -- Whibley's spirit -- The man who went wrong -- The hobby rider -- The man who did not believe in luck -- Dick Dunkerman's cat -- The minor poet's story -- The degeneration of Thomas Henry -- The city of the sea -- Driftwood.Short stories, English; Manners and customs -- Fiction2000-06-01
Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and SketchesBaring, Maurice, 1874-1945enOrpheus in Mayfair -- The Cricket Match -- The Shadow of a Midnight -- Jean Francois -- The Flute of Chang Liang -- "What is Truth?" -- A Luncheon-Party -- Fete Galante -- The Garland -- The Spider's Web -- Edward II. At Berkeley Castle -- The Island -- The Man Who Gave Good Advice -- Russalka -- The Old Woman -- Dr. Faust's Last Day -- The Flute-Player's Story -- A Chinaman on Oxford -- Venus -- The Fire -- The Conqueror -- The Ikon -- The Thief -- The Star -- Chun Wa.Short stories; Fiction2006-04-04
Sketches of Our Life at SarawakMcDougall, Henriette, 1817-1886enMcDougall, Henriette, 1817-1886 -- Travel -- Malaysia -- Sarawak; Sarawak -- Description and travel2008-12-19
The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in AndalusiaMaugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965enMaugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965 -- Travel -- Spain -- Andalusia; Andalusia (Spain) -- Description and travel2008-11-13
The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain lifeParkman, Francis, 1823-1893enWest (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893 -- Travel -- West (U.S.); Indians of North America -- West (U.S.); Oregon National Historic Trail; California National Historic Trail; West (U.S.) -- History -- To 18482006-04-27
Hospital SketchesAlcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888enUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Career in nursing; Military nursing -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Nurses -- United States -- Biography; Military hospitals -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women; Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century; Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century2003-03-01
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.)VariousenAn Arkansas Planter, by Read -- The Auto Rubaiyat, by Kauffman -- A Ballade of the "How To" Books, by Davies -- The Bohemians of Boston, by Burgess -- The Courtin', by Lowell -- The Crimson Cord, by Butler -- The Diamond Wedding, by Stedman -- Dislikes, by Holmes -- A Dos't o' Blues, by Riley -- The Dying Gag, by Ford -- Elizabeth Eliza Writes a Paper, by Hale -- Garden Ethics, by Warner -- The Genial Idiot Suggests a Comic Opera, by Bangs -- Hans Breitmann's Party, by Leland -- The Hired Hand and "Ha'nts," by Laughlin -- In Elizabeth's Day, by Rice -- In Philistia, by Carman -- A Letter from Home, by Irwin -- The Little Mock-Man, by Riley -- Little Orphant Annie, by Riley -- Mammy's Lullaby, by Gillilan -- Maxioms, by Wells -- Morris and the Honorable Tim, by Kelly -- Mr. Stiver's Horse, by Bailey -- My First Visit to Portland, by Downing -- My Sweetheart, by Peck -- The New Version, by Lampton -- Our New Neighbors at Ponkapog, by Aldrich -- The Plaint of Jonah, by Burdette -- The Retort, by Morris -- The Rhyme of the Chivalrous Shark, by Irwin -- Rollo Learning to Read, by Burdette -- Selecting the Faculty, by Hall -- Southern Sketches, by Arp -- The Tower of London, by Ward -- A Traveled Donkey, by Taylor -- The Tree-Toad, by Riley -- The Two Automobilists, by Wells -- The Two Business Men, by Wells -- The Two Housewives, by Wells -- The Two Ladies, by Wells -- The Two Young Men, by Wells -- Uncle Simon and Uncle Jim, by Ward -- Wamsley's Automatic Pastor, by Crane -- Wild Animals I Have Met, by Wells.Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor]American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor2006-07-01
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X)VariousenAraminta and the Automobile, by Loomis -- At Aunty's House, by Riley -- The Backsliding Brother, by Stanton -- Biggs' Bar, by Sutherland -- A Bookworm's Plaint, by Scollard -- Breitmann in Politics, by Leland -- A Concord Love Song, by Roche -- Contentment, by Holmes -- The Demon of the Study, by Whittier -- Der Oak Und Der Vine, by Adams -- A Double-Dyed Deceiver, by O. Henry -- Dum Vivimus Vigilamus, by Paul -- The Evidence in the Case of Smith vs. Jones, by Clemens -- Fall Styles in Faces, by Irwin -- "Festina Lente", by Burdette -- The Genial Idiot Discusses Leap Year, by Bangs -- The Great Prize Fight, by Clemens -- Had a Set of Double Teeth, by Day -- The Height of the Ridiculous, by Holmes -- Her Brother: Enfant Terrible, by Sabin -- Hezekiah Bedott's Opinion, by Whicher -- His Grandmother's Way, by Stanton -- The Invisible Prince, by Harland -- The Jackpot, by Ironquill -- Jacob, by Cary -- Johnny's Pa, by Nesbit -- A Lay of Ancient Rome, by Ybarra -- Little Bopeep and Little Boy Blue, by Peck -- Love Song, by Leland -- Maxims, by Franklin -- The Meeting, by Riser -- Mister Rabbit's Love Affair, by Stanton -- A Mother of Four, by Tompkins -- A Mothers' Meeting, by Bridges -- Nevada Sketches, by Clemens -- A New Year Idyl, by Field -- An Old-Time Singer, by Stanton -- Oncl' Antoine on 'Change, by Amsbary -- Our Hired Girl, by Riley -- Plain Language from Truthful James, by Harte -- A Poe-'em of Passion, by Lummis -- Possession, by Lampton -- The Real Diary of a Real Boy, by Shute -- The Reason, by Ironquill -- Rubaiyat of Mathieu Lattellier, by Amsbary -- Settin' by the Fire, by Stanton -- A Shining Mark, by Ironquill -- "There's a Bower of Bean-Vines", by Cary -- To Bary Jade, by Adams -- Tom's Money, by Spofford -- The Trial that Job Missed, by Harris -- Trouble-Proof, by Sabin -- Uncle Bentley and the Roosters, by Carruth -- Unsatisfied Yearning, by Munkittrick -- What Lack We Yet, by Burdette -- When Lovely Woman, by Cary -- The Whisperer, by Ironquill -- Why Wait for Death and TimeWilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor]American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor2008-01-26




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