title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
There's Pippins and Cheese to Come | Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen), 1878-1934 | en | | There's pippins and cheese to come -- On buying old books -- Any stick will do to beat a dog -- Roads of morning -- The man of Grub Street comes from his garret -- Now that spring is here -- The friendly genii -- Mr. Pepys sits in the pit -- To an unknown reader -- A plague of all cowards -- The asperities of the early British reviewers -- The pursuit of fire. | | | 2003-11-01 |
Journeys to Bagdad | Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen), 1878-1934 | en | | Journeys to Bagdad -- The worst edition of Shakespeare -- The decline of night-caps -- Maps and rabbit-holes -- Tunes for spring -- Respectfully submitted, to a mournful air -- The chilly presence of hard-headed persons -- Hoopskirts and other lively matter -- On traveling -- Through the scuttle with the tinman. | | | 2006-12-12 |
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen | Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 | en | | Robert Owen -- James Oliver -- Stephen Girard -- Mayer A. Rothschild -- Philip D. Armour -- John J. Astor -- Peter Cooper -- Andrew Carnegie -- George Peabody -- A. T. Stewart -- H. H. Rogers -- James J. Hill. | | United States -- Biography; Businessmen -- Biography; France -- Biography; Great Britain -- Biography | 2007-11-22 |
Ten Boys from History | Sweetser, Kate Dickinson, -1939 | en | | Stephen and Nicholas: boy crusaders -- Peter of Haarlem: the boy who saved his country -- David: the shepherd boy -- Louis Seventeenth: the boy king who never reigned -- Edward the Black Prince: the boy warrior -- Tyrant Tad: the boy in the White House -- Hugh of Lincoln: the boy chorister -- David Farragut: the boy midshipman -- Mozart: the boy musician. | Williams, George Alfred, 1875-1932 [Illustrator] | | 2007-11-28 |
Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels | Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 | en | | Winsome Winnie; or, Trial and temptation -- John and I; or How I nearly lost my husband -- The split in the cabinet; or, The fate of England -- Who do you think did it? or, The mixed-up murder mystery -- Broken barriers; or, Red love on a blue island -- The kidnapped plumber; a tale of the new time -- The blue and the grey; a pre-war war story -- Buggam Grange; a good old ghost story. | | Humorous stories, Canadian; Parodies | 2007-02-20 |
Chimney-Pot Papers | Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen), 1878-1934 | en | | The chimney-pots -- The quest of the lost digamma -- On a rainy morning -- "1917" -- On going afoot -- On livelihoods -- The tread of the friendly giants -- On spending a holiday -- Runaway studies -- On turning into forty -- On the difference between wit and humor -- On going to a party -- On a pair of leather suspenders -- Boots for runaways -- On hanging a stocking at Christmas. | Endell, Fritz August Gottfried, 1873- [Illustrator] | | 2008-07-04 |
Land of the Burnt Thigh | Kohl, Edith Eudora, 1884- | en | | | Voorhies, Stephen J. [Illustrator] | Kohl, Edith Eudora, b. 1884; Frontier and pioneer life -- South Dakota; Farm life -- South Dakota -- History; Pioneers -- South Dakota -- Biography; South Dakota -- Social life and customs; South Dakota -- Biography | 2008-01-17 |
Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association | Intercollegiate Peace Association | en | | Foreword / C. F. Thwing -- The Intercollegiate peace association / S. F. Weston -- The conflict of war and peace / Paul Smith -- The United States and universal peace / G. P. Wishard -- The evolution of world peace / L. T. Pennington -- The waste of war--the wealth of peace / A. F. Young -- The hope of peace / S. H. Howe -- The Roosevelt theory of war / P. V. Blanshard -- National honor and vital interests / Russell Weisman -- The evolution of patriotism / P. B. Blanshard -- Certain phases of the peace movement / Calvert Magruder -- The assurance of peace / V. M. Welsh -- Education for peace / F. J. Lyons -- National honor and peace / Louis Broido -- The new nationalism and the peace movement / R. D. Lucas -- Man's moral nature the hope of universal peace / Victor Morris -- The task of the twentieth century / Harold Husted -- The present status of international arbitration / Bryant Smith. | Weston, Stephen Francis, 1855-1935 [Editor] | Peace; War | 2009-10-01 |
Autumn Leaves
Original Pieces in Prose and Verse | | en | Images of the original pages are available through the Wright American Fiction Project of the Library Electronic Text Service of Indiana University. http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/web/w/wright2/ | Christmas Revived -- In the Churchyard at Cambridge. A Legend of Lady Lee -- The Little South-wind -- Lines Written at the Close of Dr. Holme's Lectures on English Poetry -- Aunt Molly. A Reminiscence of Old Cambridge -- The Sounds of Morning in Cambridge -- The Sounds of Evening in Cambridge -- To the Near-sighted -- Flower's from a Student's Walks -- Miseries. No. 1 -- Miseries. No. 2 A Dark Night -- Miseries. No. 3 Twine -- Miseries. No. 4 Fresh Air -- Farewell -- Innocent Surprises -- The Old Sailor -- Laughter -- To Stephen -- The Old Church -- "Something than Beauty Dearer" -- A Tale Found in the Repositories of the Abbots of the Middle Ages -- The Sea -- Fashion -- A Growl -- To Jenny Lind -- My Herbarium -- The Ostrich -- Cows -- The Home-beacon -- The Fourth of July -- From the Papers of Reginald Ratcliffe, Esq. | Abbot, Anne Wales, 1808-1908 [Editor] | | 2005-11-30 |
The Best Short Stories of 1920
and the Yearbook of the American Short Story | | en | | The other woman / Sherwood Anderson -- Gargoyle / Edwina Stanton Babcock -- Ghitza / Konrad Bercovici -- The life of five points / Edna Clare Bryner -- The signal tower / Wadsroth Camp -- The parting genius / Helen Oale Crew -- Habakkuk / Katharine Fullerton Gerould -- The judgment of Vulcan / Lee Foster Hartman -- The stick-in-the-muds / Rupert Hughes -- His job / Grace Sartwell Mason -- The rending / James Oppenheim -- The dummy-chucker / Arthur Somers Roche -- Butterflies / Rose Sidney -- The rotter / Fleta Campbel Springer -- Out of exile / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- The three telegrams / Ethel Storm -- The Roman bath / John T. Wheelwright -- Amazement / Stephen French Whitman -- Sheener / Ben Ames Williams -- Turkey red / Frances Gilchrist Wood. | O'Brien, Edward Joseph Harrington, 1890-1941 [Editor] | Short stories, American; American fiction -- 20th century | 2007-07-17 |
Notes on Life and Letters | Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 | en | | Part I-Letters: Books-1905 -- Henry James-an appreciation-1905 -- Alphonse Daudet-1898 -- Guy de Maupassant-1904 -- Anatole France-1904 -- Turgenev-1917 -- Stephen Crane-a note without dates-1919 -- Tales of the sea-1898 -- An observer in Malaya-1898 -- A happy wanderer-1910 -- The life beyond-1910 -- The ascending effort-1910 -- The censor of plays-an appreciation-1907 -- Part II-Life: Autocracy and war-1905 -- The crime of partion-1919 -- A note on the Polish problem-1916 -- Poland revisited-1915 -- First news-1918 -- "Well done"-1918 -- Tradition-1918 -- Confidence-1919 -- Flight-1917 -- Some reflections on the loss of the Titanic-1912 -- Certain aspects of the admirable inquiry-1912 -- Protection of ocean liners-1914 -- A friendly place. | | | 1997-12-01 |