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Julian Mortimer: A Brave Boy's Struggle for Home and Fortune
Harry Castlemon
A boy kidnapped as a child faces a treacherous web of greed and identity theft, struggling to reclaim his lost inheritance in the untamed American West.
Kiddie the Scout
Robert Leighton
An aristocrat returns to the wilderness to live by his wits, trading high society for the raw danger of the American frontier.
Led Astray and The Sphinx: Two Novellas In One Volume
Octave Feuillet
The two novellas collected here explore the dangerous intersection of social convention, unchecked passion, and the fragile boundaries of honor. They examine how easily the rigid expectations of nineteenth-century life can lead a person to ruin.
Little Snap the Postboy
George Waldo Browne
A dedicated young mail carrier navigates mountain hazards and a dangerous criminal conspiracy, proving his integrity while uncovering the secret identity of a mysterious local hermit.
"Long Live the King!"
Guy Boothby
A story of royal duty, lost brothers, and the burdens of a crown, this narrative follows a young prince’s search for his missing sibling across the globe. It is a classic adventure of the late Victorian era, filled with political intrigue, personal sacrifice, and the heavy atmosphere of a changing Europe.
Lover and Husband: A Novel
Mrs. Molesworth
A young woman’s secret past collides with her present marriage in this nuanced study of emotional restraint, hidden motives, and the quiet labor of building a life together.
Lucy Harding
Mary Jane Holmes
A resolute American traveler navigates the political dangers of turn-of-the-century Russia, finding her past and future unexpectedly entwined with a mysterious tutor and a radical revolutionary.
Making His Mark
Alger, Horatio, Jr.
HOOK A disinherited boy faces his stepmother’s cruelty, only to find fortune through his own pluck and the unexpected trust of strangers.
Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 1 of 3)
B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
A man of obsessive frugality seizes a decaying mansion to live rent-free, unaware of the local rumors that the property is haunted by its previous owners. Within these cold, guarded walls, a daughter’s yearning for connection clashes against her father’s iron-fisted control and the manipulations of a household…
Miss Hildreth: A Novel, Volume 3
Augusta de Grasse Stevens
The arrest of a prominent socialite on foreign criminal charges sparks an international sensation, threatening to dismantle the lives of those caught in a decade-old web of secrets and political intrigue.
Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona: A Guide to Discovery of the Castle, Its Builders, and Neighbors
Southwest Parks and Monuments Association
High above a lush Arizona creek, a remarkable five-story cliff dwelling remains as a testament to the ingenuity and daily struggles of the people who inhabited the region centuries ago.
Muley's morals
W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle
Four range-bound friends steal three prize-winning hens for a bunkhouse stew, get fired for the crime, and drift straight into a messy bank-heist conspiracy.
Neva's choice: A sequel to "Neva's three lovers"
Harriet Lewis
A young heiress struggles to escape a web of greedy conspirators who have abducted her to a remote mountain retreat, while her long-lost father fights to return from the shadows of a foreign prison.
Never-Fail Blake
Arthur Stringer
The once-famed detective known as "Never-Fail" Blake finds his life’s work unraveled by a single, elusive fugitive. He abandons his badge to pursue a phantom across continents, ultimately losing himself in the wreckage of his own obsession.
Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
Various
This mid-nineteenth-century periodical serves as a communal clearinghouse for historical, literary, and scientific trivia, inviting readers to solve one another's obscure research puzzles through shared expertise and rigorous inquiry.
Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
Various
A nineteenth-century periodical presents a lively exchange of historical curiosities, literary queries, and mid-Victorian intellectual debate.
Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
Various
A nineteenth-century reader seeks an obscure historical detail, and a network of amateur scholars across Victorian England instantly rushes to untangle the truth.
Old New England Traits
Unknown
This chronicle preserves the fading memories of a vanishing American landscape, capturing the singular spirit of a coastal New England town through its most colorful characters and customs.
On the Borderland
F. Britten (Frederick Britten) Austin
These stories inhabit the fragile, unseen space where the waking world dissolves into shadows. They explore how the mind, when pushed to its limits, bridges the gap between reality and the paranormal.
On the wings of fate
Effie Adelaide Rowlands
A young woman must navigate the wreckage of her family’s social standing, discovering that the most formidable obstacles to her happiness are often the secrets kept by those she trusts.
Oration on Voltaire
Victor Hugo
The eighteenth century found its voice in a man who fought injustice with nothing but a pen. This tribute captures the spirit of a philosopher whose wit and courage reshaped the modern world.
Outline of the development of the internal commerce of the United States: 1789-1900
Thurman William Van Metre
Before a single continuous rail network spanned the continent, American life turned on river currents, coastwise trade, and the high toll of muddy roads.
Peacock Pie, a Book of Rhymes
Walter De la Mare
A collection of verses that dances between the nursery and the dream-world, this volume captures the elusive, silvery quality of childhood wonder. It is a portal into a landscape where the mundane and the magical are indistinguishable.
Penny Nichols Finds a Clue
Joan Clark
A clever young woman takes up the trail of a notorious car-thieving syndicate, risking her own safety to clear the name of a local policeman’s son.
Pied Piper of Mars
Frederic Arnold Kummer
The siren song of a mysterious musician threatens to incite a violent Martian uprising, leaving one investigator to battle both a rogue scientist and the terrifying power of sound itself.
Poems, Vol. IV
Hattie Howard
This collection of verse captures the quiet rhythm of an American life at the turn of the twentieth century, finding profound significance in domestic routine, the changing seasons, and the simple dignity of neighborly kindness.
Police Operation
H. Beam Piper
A lethal alien predator stalks the Pennsylvania hills, leaving livestock mutilated and local authorities bewildered, while a cross-dimensional lawman works to eliminate the creature before humanity discovers the truth about alternate timelines.
Principle in Art, Etc
Coventry Patmore
This collection of essays offers a rigorous, uncompromising examination of how integrity in life and art determines the quality of a person’s perception and work.
Profits from scrap
Chicago American Bureau of Engineering
Unlock hidden revenue by transforming the discarded lead scraps of your repair shop into professional-grade battery components. Stop wasting time and money on pre-manufactured parts and start casting your own solutions today.**
Publisher's Advertising (1872)
Unknown
This curious artifact offers a panoramic window into the Victorian literary marketplace, documenting the vibrant intersection of industrial printing and the reading habits of the nineteenth-century public. It serves as a comprehensive index of the tastes, values, and commercial strategies that defined a bygone era…
Rambles in Istria, Dalmatia and Montenegro
R. H. R.
HOOK Seeking to escape the worn paths of traditional tourism, a traveler ventures into the untamed landscapes of the Adriatic to find new vistas and cultural curiosities in the summer of 1873.
Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year Ended 31 March 1958: Special Centennial Issue
New Zealand. General Assembly Library
This centennial report offers a rare, clear-eyed glimpse into the machinery of governance, tracing one hundred years of institutional growth through the quiet evolution of a national collection. It serves as both a ledger of administrative duty and a thoughtful history of how a young colony built the intellectual…
Rescuing the Czar: Two authentic diaries arranged and translated
James P. Smythe
A shadow of doubt hangs over the official end of the Romanovs, where missing bodies and conflicting rumors fuel a desperate underground plot to spirit the Imperial family to safety.
Running Sands
Reginald Wright Kauffman
A self-made man of the frontier attempts to conquer his own aging by marrying a woman decades his junior, only to discover that the laws of nature are not so easily bargained with.
Self Portrait
Bernard Wolfe
The pursuit of scientific mastery often requires a sacrifice of the self, as one brilliant researcher discovers when his cold ambition clashes with the cynical, subversive reality of his colleagues’ secret work at a high-security facility.
Some Poems of Roger Casement
Roger Casement
A man of deep conscience and singular devotion, he walked through life with eyes fixed on the liberation of his people, even as he sensed the shadow of the gallows drawing near.
Souvenir Album of the Great European War: With Pictorial Maps of the Battlegrounds
Anonymous
The Great European War shattered the peace of the early twentieth century, and this collection captures the visual and logistical reality of a world suddenly engulfed in unprecedented, industrialized combat.
Star: The Story of an Indian Pony
Forrestine C. (Forrestine Cooper) Hooker
A loyal pony serves as the silent witness to the vanishing way of life for the Quahada Comanche and their legendary chief, Quannah.
Street Trees
Furman Lloyd Mulford
Urban living demands more than concrete and utility lines; it requires a deliberate, long-term commitment to the living infrastructure of shade. This guide serves as a foundational blueprint for integrating resilient, healthy trees into the challenging environment of the modern city.
Supplement to the catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum
John Edward Gray
The deep oceans hold creatures so elusive that their very existence was once debated, categorized only by the fading memories of sailors and the fragments of bone washed onto distant shores. This scientific compendium serves as a meticulous map of the world’s seals and whales, capturing a moment when the Victorian…
Sweet Clover: Harvesting and Thrashing the Seed Crop
H. S. Coe
This technical bulletin serves as a pragmatic guide for maximizing the harvest of a notoriously difficult seed crop. It offers precise instructions on timing, machinery modification, and processing to minimize the inevitable loss of seed through shattering.
Tacoma and Vicinity
Loan and Trust Company Oakland Land
This volume serves as a promotional chronicle of late-nineteenth-century Tacoma, documenting the city's rapid evolution from a remote frontier settlement into a burgeoning industrial and commercial hub for the Pacific Northwest.
The American Missionary
Various
This collection of reports from 1896 offers a candid, firsthand window into the social and spiritual priorities of the American Missionary Association at the close of the nineteenth century. It serves as a primary historical record of the era’s organized religious outreach.
The American Missionary
Various
The institutional spirit of a bygone century lives in these pages, capturing the earnest, often difficult, and deeply focused efforts of a religious society working to reshape post-Civil War American life. Through reports, letters, and administrative records, the movement of a dedicated organization unfolds as it…
The Bay State Monthly
Various
The records of the past offer a mirror to the present, revealing that the anxieties of governance, the growth of infrastructure, and the social habits of a people remain constant across the generations.
The Beasts in the Void
Paul W. Fairman
A space pilot, shattered by the death of his beloved, finds himself trapped in a cosmic phenomenon that brings his darkest memories to physical life. He must fight to stay awake and keep his passengers unconscious before their own terrors tear the ship apart.
The Beauty and the Bolshevist
Alice Duer Miller
When a radical newspaper editor journeys to Newport to stop his brother’s marriage into a wealthy family, he finds himself ensnared by the very daughter of the capitalist he intends to confront.
The Black Patch
Fergus Hume
A young woman living in an isolated garden estate finds herself ensnared in a web of blackmail, murder, and long-buried secrets. She must navigate the deceptions of those around her to clear the name of the man she loves.