title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies
Or, The Missing Pearl Necklace | Emerson, Alice B. | en | | | | Fielding, Ruth (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction; Hostages -- Juvenile fiction; Rescues -- Juvenile fiction; Romanies -- Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-09-23 |
Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 | Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 | en | | BOIARDO. Critical notice of his life and genius -- The adventures of Angelica -- The death of Agrican -- The Saracen friends, Part the Second -- Seeing and believing -- ARIOSTO. Critical notice of his life and genius -- The adventures of Angelica -- Astolfo's journey to the moon -- Ariodante and Ginerva -- Suspicion -- Isabella -- TASSO. Critical notice of his life and genius -- Olindo and Sophronia -- Tancred and Clorinda -- Rinaldo and Armida; with the adventure of the enchanted forest. | | | 2004-01-01 |
Maid Marian | Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866 | en | | | | Maid Marian (Legendary character) -- Fiction; Historical fiction; Adventure stories; Love stories; Great Britain -- History -- Richard I, 1189-1199 -- Fiction; Women outlaws -- Fiction; Sherwood Forest (England) -- Fiction; Robin Hood (Legendary character) -- Fiction | 1997-07-01 |
The Boy Scouts Book of Stories | | en | | The great big man / O. Johnson -- A twilight adventure / M.D. Post -- Tad Sheldon, second class scout / J.F. Wilson -- The red-headed league / A.C. Doyle -- The ransom of Red Chief / O. Henry -- The honk-honk breed / S.E. White -- The devil-fish / N. Duncan -- The jumping frog / Mark Twain --Bingism / B. Tarkingtorn -- Concho Curly at the op'ra / E.B. Bronson -- The lie / H. Hagedorn -- Story of the bandbox / R.L. Stevenson -- The hero and the cowboy / J.C. Lincoln -- The dollar / M. Robertson -- The mascot of "Troop 1" / S. Chalmers -- The lion's smile / T.W. Hanshew -- The roll-call of the reef / A.T. Quiller-Couch -- The house and the brain / E. Bulwer-Lytton. | | | 2009-05-08 |
My First Cruise
and Other stories | Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 | en | | My first cruise / by W.H.G. Kingston -- The travelling tin-man / by Miss Leslie -- The beautiful gate -- The chimaera / by N. Hawthorne. | | Sailors -- Juvenile fiction; Castaways -- Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; South America -- Juvenile fiction; Peddlers -- Juvenile fiction; Farm life -- Juvenile fiction; Pennsylvania -- Juvenile fiction; Minstrels -- Juvenile fiction; Fantasy; Blind -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-10-17 |
Studies in Literature and History | Lyall, Alfred Comyn, Sir, 1835-1911 | en | | Novels of adventure and manners -- English letter-writing in the nineteenth century -- Thackeray -- The Anglo-Indian novelist -- Heroic poetry -- The works of Lord Byron -- The English utilitarians -- Characteristics of Mr. Swinburne's poetry -- Frontiers ancient and modern -- L'Empire liberal -- Sir Spencer Walpole -- Remarks on the reading of history -- Race and religion -- The state in its relation to Eastern and Western religions. | Miller, John O. [Editor] | Literature; English literature; History; Religion; Utilitarianism | 2008-06-30 |
Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader | Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 | en | | | Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 [Illustrator] | Sailors -- Juvenile fiction; Adventure stories; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Pirates -- Juvenile fiction; Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction; Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction; Islands -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Pacific Ocean -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-11-06 |
Cornwall's Wonderland | Quiller-Couch, Mabel, 1866-1924 | en | | How Corineus fought the chief of the giants -- The giant of St. Michael's Mount -- The legend of the Tamar, the Tavy, and the Taw -- The strange story of Cherry Honey -- The fairies on the Gump -- The fairy ointment -- The exciting adventure of John Sturtridge -- The true story of Anne and the fairies -- Barker and the Buccas -- Lutey and the mermaid -- The wicked spectre -- The story of the lovers' cove -- The silver table -- Cruel Coppinger, the Dane -- Madge Figgy, the wrecker -- How Madge Figgy got her pig -- The story of Sir Tristram and La Belle Iseult. | | | 2008-10-03 |
High Adventure
A Narrative of Air Fighting in France | Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951 | en | | | | Aeronautics, Military; Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951; Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, French; France. Armée. Escadrille Lafayette -- Biography; Fighter pilots -- France -- Biography | 2008-02-11 |
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942 | en | | A golden wedding -- A redeeming sacrifice -- A soul that was not at home -- Abel and his great adventure -- Akin to love -- Aunt Philippa and the men -- Bessie's doll -- Charlotte's ladies -- Christmas at Red Butte -- How we went to the wedding -- Jessamine -- Miss Sally's letter -- My lady Jane -- Robert Turner's revenge -- The Fillmore elderberries -- The finished story -- The garden of spices -- The girl and the photograph -- The gossip of Valley View -- The letters -- The life-book of Uncle Jesse -- The little black doll -- The man on the train -- The romance of Jedediah -- The tryst of the white lady -- Uncle Richard's New Year dinner -- White magic. | | | 2008-03-19 |
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942 | en | | A correspondence and a climax -- An adventure on Island Rock -- At five o'clock in the morning -- Aunt Susanna's birthday celebration -- Bertie's New Year -- Between the hill and the valley -- Clorinda's gifts -- Cyrilla's inspiration -- Dorinda's desperate deed -- Her own people -- Ida's New Year cake -- In the old valley -- Jane Lavinia -- Mackereling out in the gulf -- Millicent's double -- The blue north room -- The Christmas surprise at Enderly Road -- The dissipation of Miss Ponsonby -- The Falsoms' Christmas dinner -- The Fraser Scholarship -- The girl at the gate -- The light on the Big Dipper -- The prodigal brother -- The redemption of John Churchill -- The schoolmaster's letter -- The story of Uncle Dick -- The understanding of Sister Sara -- The unforgotten one -- The wooing of Bessy -- Their girl Josie -- When Jack and Jill took a hand. | | | 2008-03-19 |
Folk-Lore and Legends
Scotland | Anonymous | en | | Canobie Dick and Thomas of Ercildoun -- Coinnach Oer -- Elphin Irving -- The Ghosts of Craig-Aulnaic -- The Doomed Rider -- Whippety Stourie -- The Weird of the Three Arrows -- The Laird of Balmachie's Wife -- Michael Scott -- The Minister and the Fairy -- The Fisherman and the Merman -- The Laird O' Co' -- Ewen of the Little Head -- Jock and his Mother -- Saint Columba -- The Mermaid Wife -- The Fiddler and the Bogle of Bogandoran -- Thomas the Rhymer -- Fairy Friends -- The Seal-Catcher's Adventure -- The Fairies of Merlin's Craig -- Rory Macgillivray -- The Haunted Ships -- The Brownie -- Mauns' Stane -- "Horse and Hattock" -- Secret Commonwealth -- The Fairy Boy of Leith -- The Dracæ -- Lord Tarbat's Relations -- The Bogle -- Daoine Shie, or the Men of Peace -- The Death "Bree." | | Legends -- Scotland; Folklore -- Scotland | 2005-11-15 |
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | | en | | Gloria Dene's schoolfellows, by Ryeman -- My year at school, by Watson -- The silver star, by Holderness -- Uncle Tone, by Godkin -- A night on the road, by Watson -- The missing letter, by Chappell -- "The colonel", by Dicken -- Nettie, by Sayers -- The magic cabinet, by Hooper -- Only Tim, by Doudney -- Smith's sister, by Overton -- The colonel's boy, by Hervey -- 'Twixt life and death, by Joughin -- Rose's birthday present, by Delbrassine -- Dolly Hardcastle's rosebuds, by Pearce -- A tale of Simla, by Bourchier -- The Trevern treasure, by Hardy -- A memorable day, by Doudney -- Dora, by Miles -- Little peace, by Ryeman -- The story of Wassili and Daria, by Guillemard -- Marjorie May, by Everett-Green -- Fourth cousins, by Stables -- The pedlar's pack, by Jackson -- The unbidden guest, by Forester -- The wreck of the May Queen, by Jackson -- Adrift on the Pacific, by Jackson -- A strange visitor, by Heighington -- The third person singular, by Hardy -- "How Jack minded the baby", by Pinho -- My grandmother's adventure, by Miles -- A terrible Christmas Eve, by Jackson -- A night of horror, by Miles -- Aunt Grieves' silver, by Jackson -- Billjim, by Le Sotgille -- The legends of Langaffer, by Caumont -- How Cicely danced before the king, by Archer -- A mother of Queens From "Old Romance" -- The story of Grizel Cochrand -- A wife's stratagem, by Hardy -- The king's tragedy, by Miles -- The stranger, by Bell -- Love will find a way, by Nithsdale. | Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1848-1929 [Editor] | Children's stories; Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction | 2008-07-02 |