title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Peggy Stewart at School | Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie), 1861- | en | | | | United States Naval Academy -- Fiction; Young women -- Education -- Fiction; Children of military personnel -- Fiction; Maryland -- Fiction; Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction | 2007-07-20 |
George Washington: Farmer | Haworth, Paul Leland | en | | | | | 2004-03-01 |
History of the Confederate Powder Works | Rains, George Washington, 1817-1898 | en | | | | Speeches, addresses, etc.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate Powder Works | 2008-02-07 |
History Plays for the Grammar Grades | Lyng, Mary Ella | en | | Christopher Columbus -- John Smith and Pocahontas -- Sir Walter Raleigh -- William Penn -- Sir Francis Drake -- Pilgrims -- George Washington and other heroes of the revolution -- George Rogers Clark -- Andrew Jackson -- John C. Fremont -- Webster, Clay and Calhoun -- The story of Abraham Lincoln -- Grant and Lee -- Robert E. Lee -- Some women of history. | | | 2009-03-26 |
The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 | | en | | The Apparition of Mrs. Veal, by Daniel Defoe -- The Mysterious Bride, by James Hogg -- The Devil and Tom Walker, by Washington Irving -- Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Purloined Letter, by Edgar Allan Poe -- Rab and His Friends, by Dr. John Brown -- The Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn, by Charles Dickens -- A Story of Seven Devils, by Frank R. Stockton -- A Dog's Tale, by Mark Twain -- The Outcasts of Poker Flat, by Bret Harte -- The Three Strangers, by Thomas Hardy -- Julia Bride, by Henry James -- A Lodging for the Night, by Robert Louis Stevenson. | | | 2003-11-01 |
Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature | Various | en | | Selections from the Experiences of the A.C. -- Dobbs His Ferry -- Father Higgins's Preferment -- Fred Trover's Little Iron-Clad -- Mr. Bluff Discourses on the Country and Kindred Themes -- Garden Ethics -- Captain Ben's Choice -- Street Scenes in Washington -- Selections from Transcendental Wild Oats -- Conversational Depravity -- The Tower of London -- Science and Natural History -- From the "Lecture" -- Our Tavern -- A Piece of Red Calico -- Aunt Pen's Funeral -- The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County -- Ben Thirlwall's School-days -- Selections from a Brace of Boys -- A Rivermouth Romance. | | | 2005-04-08 |
As I Remember
Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century | Gouverneur, Marian | en | | | | United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs | 2009-03-22 |
Humorous Ghost Stories | Scarborough, Dorothy, 1878-1935 | en | | Introduction: The humorous ghost -- The Canterville ghost / by Oscar Wilde -- The ghost-extinguisher / by Gelett Burgess -- "Dey ain't no ghosts" / by Ellis Parker Butler -- The transferred ghost / by Frank R. Stockton -- The mummy's foot / Théophile Gautier -- The rival ghosts / Brander Matthews -- The water ghost of Harrowby Hall / by John Kendrick Bangs -- Back from that bourne / Anonymous -- The ghost-ship / by Richard Middleton -- The transplanted ghost / by Wallace Irwin -- The last ghost in Harmony / by Nelson LLoyd -- The ghost of Miser Brimpson / by Eden Phillpotts -- The haunted photograph / by Ruth McEnery Stuart -- The ghost that got the button / by Will Adams -- The specter bridegroom / by Washington Irving -- The specter of Tappington / compiled by Richard Barham -- In the barn / by Burges Johnson -- A shady plot / by Elsie Brown -- The lady and the ghost / by Rose Cecil O'Neill. | | | 2008-10-18 |
The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | The 30,000 Dollar Bequest
A Dog's Tale
Was It Heaven? Or Hell?
A Cure for the Blues
The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant
The Californian's Tale
A Helpless Situation
A Telephonic Conversation
Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale
The Five Boons of Life
The First Writing-machines
Italian without a Master
Italian with Grammar
A Burlesque Biography
How to Tell a Story
General Washington's Negro Body-servant
Wit Inspirations of the "Two-year-olds"
An Entertaining Article
A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury
Amended Obituaries
A Monument to Adam
A Humane Word from Satan
Introduction to "The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English"
Advice to Little Girls
Post-mortem Poetry
The Danger of Lying in Bed
Portrait of King William III
Does the Race of Man Love a Lord?
Extracts from Adam's Diary
Eve's Diary | | Fiction; Short stories | 2004-09-14 |
Steep Trails
California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon | Muir, John, 1838-1914 | en | | Wild wool -- A geologist's winter walk -- Summer days at Mount Shasta -- A perilous night on Shasta's summit -- Shasta rambles and Modoc memories -- The city of the Saints -- A great storm in Utah -- Bathing in Salt Lake-- Mormon lilies -- The San Gabriel Valley -- The San Gabriel Mountains -- Nevada farms -- Nevada forests -- Nevada's timber belt -- Glacial phenomena in Nevada -- Nevada's dead towns -- Puget Sound -- The forests of Washington --People and towns of Puget Sound -- An ascent of Mount Rainier -- The physical and climatic characteristics of Oregon -- The forests of Oregon and their inhabitants -- The rivers of Oregon -- The Grand Canyon of the Colorado. | Badè, William Frederic, 1871-1936 [Editor] | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain); Forests and forestry -- West (U.S.) | 1995-09-01 |
Standard Selections
A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From
Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform | | en | | The Arena Scene from "Quo Vadis?". -- The Arrow and the Song. -- Aux Italiens. -- Bobby Shafto. -- Carcassonne. -- The Child-wife. -- Count Gismond. -- The Death of Arbaces. -- Dora. -- An Easter with Parepa. -- Those Evening Bells. -- Ginevra. -- The High Tide at Lincolnshire. -- How Did You Die?. -- The Indigo Bird. -- The Jackdaw of Rheims. -- Jaffar. -- Jim Bludsoe. -- King Robert of Sicily. -- The Lady of Shalott; Tennyson. A Legend of Service. -- Little Boy Blue; Field. -- Mary's Night Ride. -- Nydia, the Blind Girl. -- O Captain, My Captain!. -- On the Other Train. -- The Pansy. -- The Revenge; Tennyson. -- The Rider of the Black Horse. -- Sailing beyond Seas. -- The Sands of Dee. -- The School of Squeers. -- The Secret of Death; Arnold. -- Shamus O'Brien. -- My Ships. -- The Soldier's Reprieve. -- The Song; Scott. -- The Stirrup Cup. -- The Swan-song; Brooks. -- Sweet Afton. -- Violet's Blue. -- To a Waterfowl. -- The Wedding Gown. -- When the Snow Sifts Through. -- To a Wild Flower. -- The Fate of Zoroaster. -- Centennial Hymn. -- The Chambered Nautilus. -- Crossing the Bar. -- The Destruction of Sennacherib. -- Each and All. -- Laus Deo!. -- The Pilgrim Fathers. -- The Present Crisis; Lowell. -- The Recessional. -- The Sacredness of Work. -- What's Hallowed Ground?. -- The Encroachments of Philip. -- Oration against Antony; Cicero. -- Undue Lamentations over the Dead; Chrysostom. -- On Applauding Preachers; Chrysostom. -- On the Death of the Prince of Condé; Bossuet. -- War with America; Chatham. -- Attempt to Subjugate America; Chatham. -- Impeachment of Hastings; Burke. -- Conciliation with America; Burke. -- English Privileges in America; Burke. -- Bunker Hill Monument; Webster. -- Revolutionary Patriots; Webster. -- Character of Washington; Webster. -- The Call to Arms; Henry. -- Coercion of Delinquent States; Hamilton. -- The Reply to Hayne; Webster. -- The Murder of Lovejoy; Phillips. -- The Slavery Issue; Lincoln. -- Moral Aspect of the American War; Beecher. -- Abolition of War; Sumner | | | 2006-11-27 |