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The Game and the Candle
Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram
Two brothers face financial ruin, leading the elder to abandon his life of luxury for a dangerous, secret path in order to secure their future.
The Garden of God
H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
The Garden of God is a lush, atmospheric tale of two children coming of age in isolation, caught between the indifference of the Pacific and the violent pull of their ancestral past. It explores the persistence of life against the ruins of the old world.
The great Galeoto
José Echegaray
The tragedy of human fallibility is rarely more piercing than when fueled by the idle, venomous tongues of others. These plays examine how the weight of collective suspicion can transform a harmless life into a ruinous catastrophe.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 36, July 15, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
Various
This weekly publication serves as a window into the late Victorian era, distilling complex global politics, social experiments, and technological curiosities into accessible dispatches for young readers. Its enduring value lies in its earnest attempt to explain the interconnectedness of nations at the dawn of the…
The Guards Came Through, and Other Poems
Arthur Conan Doyle
This collection of verse captures the grit, grief, and persistent spirit of the First World War through the eyes of a writer witnessing his nation’s endurance. It serves as a rhythmic, patriotic testament to the soldiers who held the line and the families who waited at home.
The Heart of the New Thought
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The primary engine of human experience is the individual mind, which possesses the latent power to command health, prosperity, and character. By mastering one’s thoughts, one can transcend the limitations of environment and circumstance.
The Highflyers
Clarence Budington Kelland
A young man of reckless privilege finds his purpose when the looming shadow of the First World War forces him to trade his idle life for the defense of his country.
The Iron Trail
Rex Beach
The untamed Alaskan frontier serves as the stage for a high-stakes battle between a visionary engineer and the cutthroat corporate interests threatening to monopolize the North.
The Jefferson-Lemen Compact: The Relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois and Northern Territory with Related Documents 1781-1818
Willard C. (Willard Carey) MacNaul
A secret anti-slavery pact between Thomas Jefferson and a pioneer, James Lemen, allegedly shaped the future of the American Northwest. This historical investigation reconstructs the clandestine mission that redirected the fate of Illinois.
The King's Highway
G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
The King's Highway is a sprawling, earnest historical novel set in the late 17th century, where the shifting loyalties following the Glorious Revolution entangle the fates of rebels, statesmen, and star-crossed lovers.
The Land of the Changing Sun
Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
A daring balloon excursion ends in disaster, leading two stranded travelers into a subterranean utopia powered by an artificial sun. They must navigate a world of advanced technology, political intrigue, and inevitable catastrophe.
The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained,: and its practice illustrated on an original system by means of hands played completely through. 18th edition
Cavendish
The definitive Victorian guide to Whist, this manual transforms a parlor pastime into a rigorous intellectual discipline through the precise application of logic, probability, and card-craft.
The Life and Beauties of Fanny Fern
William U. Moulton
A portrait of a literary firebrand, this volume captures the rise of a woman who turned personal hardship into a sharp-edged public voice. It invites readers to look behind the curtain of a celebrated nineteenth-century writer.
The Master of Warlock: A Virginia War Story
George Cary Eggleston
The onset of the American Civil War irrevocably alters the quiet, tradition-bound lives of two young Virginians, testing their loyalties, their budding romance, and their very notions of duty.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
William Shakespeare
A disgraced knight attempts to seduce two married women, only to find himself the target of an elaborate, humiliating campaign of revenge.
The Minute Boys of Boston
James Otis
A band of boys in Revolutionary Boston turns the tide against British occupation, navigating tunnels, spies, and military blockades to prove their worth to the patriot cause.
The Mother's Nursery Songs
Thomas Hastings
This collection of early nineteenth-century songs offers a window into a world where music was considered a fundamental tool for both maternal bonding and moral instruction. It serves as a pedagogical guide for parents seeking to cultivate the voices and character of their youngest children through melody and verse.
The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. II., No. 1, April, 1890
Various
This volume records the earnest, methodical spirit of late nineteenth-century exploration, documenting the technical precision required to map the globe and the societal optimism of a burgeoning scientific age.
The National Preacher, Vol. 2. No. 6., Nov. 1827: Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers
William Patton
This publication captures a fervent moment in early 19th-century American religious life, arguing that the moral soul of a burgeoning nation depends entirely upon the spiritual transformation of its growing urban centers.
The Old Countess
Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
The secrets of the past reach across the Atlantic, binding the fate of a humble music student to the cold, cloistered lives of the British aristocracy. It is a story of stolen identities, long-buried sacrifices, and the enduring pull of one’s true heritage.
The old man's bag
T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland
The old man’s bag is a vessel for mischief, greed, and a very peculiar sort of logic. When an elderly couple uses it to pilfer from their neighbors, they find themselves in a comical standoff with a persistent, red-suited constable.
The Parthenon By Way Of Papendrecht
Francis Hopkinson Smith
The painter-protagonist of this travelogue seeks beauty in the architecture of the world, finding that his most profound discoveries occur when he stops looking at the ruins and starts observing the men who carry his gear.
The Plan of Salvation
John (John Hamilton) Morgan
Human existence is not a random occurrence, but a meticulously designed journey with a clear beginning, a purposeful middle, and an expansive future. This work clarifies that trajectory through the lens of Latter-day Saint theology.
The Princess Virginia
C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
This is a lighthearted, Edwardian-era romance of royal intrigue, centered on a spirited princess who pursues an unconventional courtship with a reclusive emperor. It remains a charming artifact of a time when "Ruritanian" tales of European monarchs were the height of popular escapism.
The Professional Approach
Charles L. Harness
A young patent attorney learns that the most brilliant inventions are often as fragile as the human ego. This story explores the high-stakes, technical obsession behind securing a patent for a world-changing discovery.
The quenchless light
Agnes C. Laut
The early disciples of a new faith navigate a decaying Roman Empire, their lives caught between the relentless march of imperial power and the quiet, disruptive promise of a kingdom not made with hands.
The Red River Half-Breed: A Tale of the Wild North-West
Gustave Aimard
A legendary frontiersman and a disguised criminal clash across the harsh peaks of the American Rockies, where hidden identities and long-held blood feuds dictate who survives the wild.
The Sea Fogs
Robert Louis Stevenson
This evocative account captures a writer’s intimate confrontation with the natural world, documenting how the shifting, encroaching California mist transforms a rugged landscape into an ethereal, silent ocean.
The Service
Henry David Thoreau
To live is to enlist in a perpetual campaign, where the only true battle is the one fought against the lethargy of the human soul. The spirit must become its own commander, turning every mundane moment into an act of heroic defiance.
The Shield of Silence
Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
This novel explores the tension between inherited social expectations and the raw, individual impulse to "fly." It centers on two young women, Joan and Nancy, who navigate the complexities of identity, love, and the pressure to conform to traditional paths.
The Somerset Coast
Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
The jagged coastline of Somerset, where ancient history meets the relentless tide, serves as the backdrop for a journey through time, legend, and the quiet beauty of England’s western edge.
The Tallants of Barton, vol. 3 (of 3)
Joseph Hatton
The wheel of fortune turns incessantly, and those who climb to the heights must be prepared for the inevitable descent. Even the most carefully constructed lives are subject to the shifting whims of fate.
The Tobacco Tiller: A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields
Sarah Bell Hackley
Amidst the grueling labor of the Kentucky tobacco fields, a simple romance navigates the interference of meddling neighbors, social rigidities, and the long shadows cast by the region’s volatile history.
The Vivisectors' Directory: Being a list of the licensed vivisectors in the United Kingdom, together with the leading physiologists in foreign laboratories
Unknown
This manual of medical history functions as a dark ledger for a crusade, mapping the practitioners and laboratories of 19th-century experimental science. It serves as both a directory and an indictment, compiling the names, titles, and reported methods of those who shaped the era of physiological discovery.
The Widow in the Bye Street
John Masefield
A mother’s lifelong devotion to her only child unravels when a predatory woman lures the young man into a fatal web of jealousy and ruin. This narrative poem traces the devastating collision between a widow’s desperate, sacrificial love and the cruel indifference of the world.
The Wings of Icarus: Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher
Laurence Alma-Tadema
The wings of Icarus carry this protagonist toward a sun of her own making, only for the wax of her ideals to melt beneath the heat of human frailty.
The Women of Tomorrow
William Hard
Modernity has dismantled the traditional home, leaving women to navigate a new landscape where domestic labor is no longer a full-time occupation and personal autonomy is a complex, hard-won reality.
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 3 (of 4), Part 1 (of 2)
Valmiki
This expansive philosophical dialogue explores the nature of consciousness and the path to liberation, urging a radical shift from worldly attachment to the quietude of the eternal soul.
Theological Essays and Other Papers
Thomas De Quincey
The subtle, invisible influence of faith acts upon the grand machinery of history with the quiet persistence of a forest’s growth or the movement of a watch’s hand.
Thomas Campbell
J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert) Hadden
A candid portrait of a nineteenth-century literary star whose early fame faded into a lifetime of financial struggle, personal tragedy, and chronic melancholy.
Thrifty Stock, and Other Stories
Ben Ames Williams
A collection of stories that captures the rugged, often quiet intensity of early twentieth-century American life, revealing the hidden depths within ordinary people.
Under the mizzen mast: A voyage round the world
Nehemiah Adams
A voyage across the world serves as both a physical departure and a spiritual meditation, capturing the rhythm of the sea and the enduring human search for meaning in the vast unknown.
Untimely papers
Randolph Silliman Bourne
War is the health of the State, a cold truth that transforms a nation’s culture into a machinery of coercion. This collection of essays documents the sudden, painful collapse of democratic ideals during the First World War.
Vigée Le Brun
Haldane Macfall
The life of the eighteenth-century portraitist Louise-Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun serves as a vibrant lens through which to view the collapse of the French aristocracy and the subsequent rise of a new European order.
Whirlpools: A Novel of Modern Poland
Henryk Sienkiewicz
This portrait of a fracturing society captures the intimate lives of Polish landowners as they drift toward a volatile, uncertain future. It explores the tension between personal happiness and national duty during a period of profound social upheaval.
Whole Body Counters
John H. Woodburn
Whole body counters are specialized, heavily shielded instruments that detect the minute amounts of radioactivity present in every human, providing a unique window into our internal chemistry. This booklet explores the science of these detectors, tracing their evolution from industrial curiosity to vital medical…
William Penn
Rupert Sargent Holland
The son of an English Admiral trades a life of courtly privilege for the radical, persecuted faith of the Quakers, ultimately carving a "green country town" out of the American wilderness to serve as a sanctuary.
A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow
Thomas James Wise
This exhaustive inventory provides a precise accounting of every known publication, pamphlet, and literary contribution by a singular, wandering scholar. It serves as an essential map for those tracing the bibliographic footprint of a restless, polyglot soul.