title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes | | en | | Feodor Jagor's Travels in the Philippines (the out-of-print 1875 English translation corrected from the original German text) -- The state of the Philippines in 1810, by Tomas de Comyn (William Walton's 1821 translation modernized) -- Manila and Sulu in 1842, by Com. Chas. Wilkes (Narrative of U.S. exploring expedition 1838-42, v. 5) -- Manila in 1819, by Lieut. John White (from the "History of a voyage to the China Sea") -- The peopling of the Philippines, by Doctor Rudolf Virchow (O. T. Mason's translation; Smithsonian institution 1899 report) -- People and prospects of the Philippines, by an English merchant, 1778, and a consul, 1878 (from Blackwood's and the Cornhill magazine) -- Filipino merchants of the early 1890s, by F. Karuth. | Craig, Austin, 1872- [Editor] | | 2004-01-01 |
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. | | en | | The Life of Goethe. By Calvin Thomas -- Greeting and Departure. -- The Heathrose. -- Mahomet's Song. -- Prometheus. -- The Wanderer's Night-Song. -- The Sea-Voyage. -- To the Moon. -- The Fisherman. -- The Wanderer's Night-Song. -- The Erl-King. -- The Godlike. -- Mignon. -- Proximity of the Beloved One. -- The Shepherd's Lament. -- Nature and Art -- Comfort in Tears. -- Epilog to Schiller's "Song of the Bell." -- Ergo Bibamus. -- The Walking Bell. -- Found. -- Hatem. -- Reunion. -- Procemion. -- The One and The All. -- Lines on Seeing Schiller's Skull. -- A Legacy. -- Introduction to Hermann and Dorothea. By Arthur H. Palmer -- Harmann and Dorothea. -- Introduction to Iphigenia in Tauris. By Arthur H. Palmer -- Iphigenia in Tauris. -- The Faust Legend from Marlowe to Goethe. By Kuno Francke -- Introduction to Faust. by Calvin Thomas -- Faust (Part I & II). | Francke, Kuno, 1855-1930 [Editor] | | 2004-02-01 |
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 Blue Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | The bronze ring -- Prince Hyacinth and the dear little princess -- East of the sun and West of the moon -- The yellow dwarf -- Little Red Riding-Hood -- The sleeping beauty in the wood -- Cinderella; or, the little glass slipper -- Aladdin and the wonderful lamp -- The tale of a youth who set out to learn what fear was -- Rumpelstiltzkin -- Beauty and the Beast -- The Master-Maid -- Why the sea is salt -- The Master cat; or, Puss in boots -- Felicia and the pot of pinks -- The white cat -- The water-lily -- The gold-spinners -- The terrible head -- The story of pretty Goldilocks -- The history of Whittington -- The wonderful sheep -- Little Thumb -- The forty thieves -- Hansel and Grettel -- Snow-White and Rose-Red -- The goose-girl -- Toads and diamonds -- Prince Darling -- Blue Beard -- Trusty John -- The brave little tailor -- A voyage to Lilliput -- The princess on the glass hill -- The story of Prince Ahmed and the fairy Paribanou -- The history of Jack the giant-killer -- The black bull of Norroway -- The Red Etin. | | Fairy tales; Folklore | 2005-10-21 |
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 |