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Oliver October
George Barr McCutcheon
HOOK A child is born under a dark prophecy in a small town, and the weight of that predestined hanging shadows his entire life, even as he grows into a man and a soldier.
On the Construction of a Silvered Glass Telescope: Fifteen and a half inches in aperture, and its use in celestial photography
Henry Draper
Building a precision instrument from scratch demands a rare marriage of optical theory, manual dexterity, and mechanical engineering. This account details the painstaking realization of a fifteen-and-a-half-inch silvered glass telescope, designed specifically to push the boundaries of nineteenth-century celestial…
On the origin of inflammation of the veins: and of the causes, consequences, and treatment of purulent deposits
Lee, Henry, M.D.
This medical treatise examines how localized injuries and infections migrate through the circulatory system to produce systemic, often fatal, purulent deposits. It provides a clinical, mid-19th-century investigation into the life-saving or life-threatening nature of blood coagulation.
One Year at the Russian Court: 1904-1905
Renée Gaudin de Villaine Maud
This memoir offers a vivid, firsthand glimpse into the twilight of the Romanov dynasty, capturing the stark contrast between the vanishing luxuries of the Imperial Court and the gathering storm of revolution.
Peace in Friendship Village
Zona Gale
The quiet rhythms of a small town hold the seeds of a global transformation, revealing how neighborly kindness can reshape the wider world. These stories find the extraordinary tucked within the ordinary lives of villagers.
Peggy Owen at Yorktown
Lucy Foster Madison
A young Quaker girl finds her loyalties tested when the Revolutionary War pulls her into the heart of the British camp at Yorktown.
People of Africa
Edith A. How
This survey of a continent offers a 1921 perspective on the vast diversity of African landscapes and cultures, intended to bridge the gap between European industrial life and the varied experiences of African peoples.
Phases of Faith
Francis William Newman
This spiritual autobiography chronicles a long, arduous journey from orthodox Christian belief toward a radical, personal faith, tracing how intellectual integrity eventually forces a total departure from traditional dogma.
Primer of Ohio Archaeology: The Mound Builders and the Indians
H. C. Shetrone
The ancient earthworks of Ohio stand as silent, monumental puzzles, bridging the vast divide between the distant prehistoric past and the modern landscape we navigate today.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 5th 1895
Various
A quintessential snapshot of late-Victorian culture, this periodical captures the humor, anxieties, and social rigidities of 1895 through a collection of sharp-witted sketches, satirical poetry, and cynical commentary on the changing times.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870
Various
A weekly chronicle of 1870s New York, this periodical captures the pulse of the Gilded Age through a kaleidoscopic lens of biting satire, absurd fiction, and the relentless, colorful commerce of a city in full, noisy stride.
Richelieu: A Tale of France, v. 2/3
G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
A young nobleman finds himself trapped in the lethal machinations of Cardinal Richelieu, where the price of loyalty is often the Bastille, and survival requires both courage and a very clever disguise.
Sam Steele's Adventures in Panama
L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
In the early twentieth century, a young sea captain transports an inventor’s revolutionary automobile to Panama, only to find himself embroiled in a dangerous quest for a hidden hoard of diamonds guarded by a reclusive tribe.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891
Various
This periodical serves as a vital historical snapshot of late nineteenth-century industrial and scientific inquiry, cataloging the relentless push for technical mastery across engineering, chemistry, and ethnology.
Scraps of Biography: Tenth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints
Various
Faith acts as a firm anchor against the churning tides of persecution and hardship. Those who hold fast to their convictions find strength to endure even the most harrowing of life’s trials.
See America First
Orville O. Hiestand
A traveler’s call to abandon the allure of European landscapes in favor of the overlooked majesty found in the hills, forests, and historic reaches of the American countryside.
Sense of Obligation
Harry Harrison
A gifted athlete from an extreme environment accepts a desperate mission to stop a planetary war, only to discover that the true conflict lies in the nature of life itself.
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Sewage and sewerage of farm homes [1922]
George M. (George Milton) Warren
The safe management of waste is a fundamental requirement for a healthy rural life, transforming the farm from a landscape of peril into a place of sustainable order.
Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time
Charles Kingsley
To understand the life of a titan is to see the convergence of human brilliance, fatal ambition, and the relentless machinery of history.
Stories of Enchantment
Jane Pentzer Myers
A collection of gentle, atmospheric tales where the boundary between the waking world and the realm of dreams dissolves, inviting readers into a landscape of quiet wonder and inevitable melancholy.
Stories of Tragedy
Unknown
*Stories of Tragedy* gathers classic tales that explore the thin, often invisible line between order and catastrophe. It is a collection that finds the profound within the terrifying, the mechanical, and the deeply human.
Sube Cane
Bellamy Partridge
A twelve-year-old boy attempts to grow a mustache with hair restorer, sparking a series of imaginative and increasingly chaotic schemes in his small town.
Sussex, Painted by Wilfrid Ball
Hilaire Belloc
The landscape of Sussex is a living record of human history, where ancient forest tracks and Roman roads still shape the character of the land and those who dwell within it.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860: A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics
Various
This collection captures the intellectual pulse of pre-Civil War America, weaving together travel narratives, scientific debate, and social commentary into a vibrant portrait of a nation on the brink of profound change.
The Autobiography of a Slander
Edna Lyall
This cautionary tale chronicles the devastating power of a lie as it moves from a casual tea-table remark to a lethal weapon. It serves as a stark, timeless meditation on the moral weight of our idle speech.
The Best Man
Harold MacGrath
A man discovers a secret that could ruin the woman he loves, forcing a choice between his own integrity and his desire for happiness. This collection of stories captures the tension between public reputation and private conscience in the early twentieth-century American social landscape.
The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge
Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917
Eight Boy Scouts from a Northern town embark on a hiking excursion through the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains, only to find themselves entangled in a dangerous local conflict between mountain families and regional moonshiners.
The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, December 1882: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
The pursuit of self-improvement was once a structured, communal endeavor, best captured in this chronicle of a bygone era’s intellectual ambition. It offers a window into the nineteenth-century ideal of the lifelong learner.
The Coming of Coal
Robert W. (Robert Walter) Bruère
The energy of the sun captured in fossilized form has driven the engines of modern civilization, yet this same power source remains shrouded in dangerous, unregulated, and inefficient obscurity.
The Delafield Affair
Florence Finch Kelly
This is a story of a young man’s crusade for justice in the American West, where the pursuit of a long-buried secret tests the bonds of love, political power, and personal honor.
The Helpmate
May Sinclair
A marriage begins to unravel when a wife discovers her husband’s secret past, forcing both partners to confront the agonizing chasm between their ideals and the flawed reality of human love.
The Homicidal Diary
Earl Peirce
A brilliant criminologist finds his life unraveling when he discovers an ancient, cursed diary that compels him to reenact the gruesome murders of a long-dead predecessor.
The House of Egremont
Molly Elliot Seawell
A defiant English gentleman loses his ancestral home to a usurper and finds his destiny among the French-exiled court of the Stuart kings.
The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick": With Some Observations on Their Other Associations
B. W. (Bertram Waldrom) Matz
The coaching era’s vanishing hearths find their final, literary preservation in the storied rooms where a certain band of travelers once rested their weary heads.
The Irish Constitution: Explained by Darrell Figgis
Darrell Figgis
This focused examination of the 1922 Irish Constitution offers a rare look at the high-stakes political architecture of a new nation. It clarifies the foundational principles and practical mechanics of the Irish Free State’s original legal framework.
The Key to the Family Deed Chest: How to Decipher and Study Old Documents: Being a Guide to the Reading of Ancient Manuscripts
Emma Elizabeth Thoyts
To hold an ancient parchment is to stand at the threshold of a forgotten world, where ink, seal, and script become the only remaining witnesses to the lives of those who came before.
The lady of the basement flat
Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
A young woman sheds her identity to live as an elderly recluse, only to discover that the most profound transformations occur when she stops acting and starts living.
The life and times of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, Volume 3 (of 3): From original and authentic sources
Thomson, A. T., Mrs.
The meteoric rise and violent end of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, offer a sobering meditation on the fragility of absolute power and the fickle nature of royal favor in seventeenth-century England.
The Life of Our Lord in Simple Language for Little Children
Anonymous
This narrative offers a gentle, straightforward retelling of the life of Jesus, intended to introduce children to the core tenets of the Christian faith. It preserves the classic arc of the Gospel accounts with reverence and simplicity.
The Little Glass Man, and Other Stories
Wilhelm Hauff
A collection of wonder-filled, moralizing tales that bridge the gap between ancient folklore and modern narrative, exploring the thin lines between human greed, magical intervention, and redemption.
The Making of a Saint
W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
A young man is pulled into the dangerous, shifting loyalties of a Renaissance Italian city, where political ambition and personal obsession collide with fatal results.
The Mentor: The National Gallery—London, Vol. 4, Num. 4, Serial No. 104, April 1, 1916: Great Galleries of the World
John C. Van Dyke
A guide to the National Gallery in London, this volume explores the institution’s rich collection through brief, thematic biographies of the master painters whose works define the history of European art.
The Motor Boys on the Atlantic
Clarence Young
A trio of adventurous friends turns their mechanical prowess and high-speed motorboat toward the treacherous Atlantic coast, only to find themselves entangled in a dangerous plot involving a lighthouse, a stranded ship, and a rival.
The open sea
Edgar Lee Masters
The restless tide of human history rises and falls through these verses, where the ghosts of ancients and the architects of American power collide in a stark, searching inquiry into freedom and fate.
The Path to Home
Edgar A. (Edgar Albert) Guest
The simple, earnest joys of domestic life form a sanctuary against the world's sorrows. These poems celebrate the quiet heroism found in family devotion and the enduring bonds of a well-lived home.
The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900: Vol. 57, May, 1900 to October, 1900
Various
This collection captures the intellectual pulse of the turn of the century, documenting a pivotal moment when rigorous inquiry began to systematically map the physical, biological, and social frontiers of the modern world.
The Portland Sketch Book
Unknown
This curated collection showcases the literary output of nineteenth-century Portland, preserving the voices of a nascent American city through stories, essays, and meditations on nature and faith.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Richard Hakluyt
The sea-lanes of the late sixteenth century become a theater of endurance and ambition, where the hunger for discovery meets the brutal reality of naval warfare. These records preserve the firsthand accounts of those who staked their lives on the shifting winds of the Atlantic.