title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
James Lane Allen: A Sketch of his Life and Work | Unknown | en | Promotional material from the Macmillan company | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925 | 2008-06-27 |
The Captain's Toll-Gate | Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902 | en | With a Memorial Sketch by Mrs. Stockton | | | | 2004-09-02 |
A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper
Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father | Cooper, William | en | | | | Cooper, Henry, barrister-at-law; Carlile, Mary Anne -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Lawyers -- England -- Biography; Trials (Libel) -- England | 2007-12-11 |
A sketch of the life and services of Gen. Otho Holland Williams
Read before the Maryland historical society, on Thursday
evening, March 6, 1851 | Tiffany, Osmond, 1823- | en | | | | Maryland -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Williams, Otho Holland, 1747-1794; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives | 2008-11-19 |
Samuel Butler: a sketch | Jones, Henry Festing, 1851-1928 | en | | | | Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902; Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography | 2001-12-01 |
Sketches | Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881 | en | | The Carrier Pigeon -- The Consul's Daughter -- Walstein--Or A Cure For Melancholy -- The Court Of Egypt -- The Valley Of Thebes -- Egyptian Thebes -- Shoubra Eden And Lebanon -- A Syrian Sketch -- The Bosphorus -- An Interview With A Great Turk -- Munich -- The Spirit Of Whiggism | | | 2006-11-13 |
A Sketch-Book of R. Caldecott's | Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886 | en | | | Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886 [Illustrator] | | 2010-06-24 |
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 | en | | Biographical sketch -- Baa, Baa, Black Sheep -- Wee Willie Winkie -- The dove of Dacca -- The smoke upon your altar dies -- Recessional -- L'envoi -- The sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo -- Fuzzy-Wuzzy -- The English flag -- The king -- To the unknown goddess -- The galley slave -- The ship that found herself -- A trip across a continent -- The Children of the Zodiac -- The bridge builders -- The miracles -- Our Lady of the Snows -- The song of the women -- The White Man's burden. | | Short stories; Poetry | 2009-11-30 |
New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 19th Century | Various | en | | Some Results of the Artificial Propagation of Maine and California Salmon in New England and Canada, Recorded in the Years 1879 and 1880 -- Sketch of the Penobscot Salmon-Breeding Establishment (1883) -- Penning of Salmon in Order to Secure Their Eggs (1884) -- Memoranda Relative to Inclosures for the Confinement of Salmon Drawn from Experience at Bucksport, Penobscot River, Maine (1884) -- Report on the Schoodic Salmon Work of 1884-85 -- Methods Employed at Craig Brook Station in Rearing Young Salmonid Fishes (1893) -- Notes on the Capture of Atlantic Salmon at Sea and in the Coast Waters of the Eastern States (1894) | | | 2005-11-28 |
A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade | James, William Dobein, 1764-1838 | en | | | | Marion, Francis, 1732-1795; South Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Swamp Fox; Marion, Francis, 1732-1795 -- Correspondence; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 -- Correspondence; United States. Continental Army -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; South Carolina -- Militia -- Biography; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | 1997-05-01 |
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science | | en | | Hypnotism : Its history, practice and theory / Bramwell -- Natural history / Buffon -- Vestiges of creation / Chambers -- Surface of the globe / Cuvier -- Origin of species / Darwin -- Elements of chemical philosophy / Davy -- Experimental researches in electricity / Faraday -- Chemical history of a candle / Faraday -- Senses of insects / Forel -- Dialogues on the system of the world / Galileo -- Essays in eugenics / Galton -- Evolution of man / Haeckel -- On the motion of the heart and blood / Harvey -- Outlines of astronomy / Herschel -- Cosmos, a sketch of the universe / Humboldt -- Theory of the Earth / Hutton -- Zoological philosophy / Lamarck -- Physiogonomical fragments / Lavater -- Animal chemistry / Liebig -- Principles of geology / Lyell -- Treatise on electricity and magnetism / Maxwell -- Nature of man / Metchnikoff -- Prolongation of life / Metchnikoff -- Old red sandstone / Miller -- Principia / Newton -- Anatomy of vertebrates / Owen -- Cellular pathology / Virchow. | | | 2008-05-17 |