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Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Auguste Levasseur
Crossing the young republic on foot, by carriage, and by riverboat, an aging French general completes his final pilgrimage across the nation he helped liberate, met everywhere by cheering crowds, living history, and the quiet weight of memory.
Little Homespun
Ruth Ogden
A young boy, a former slave, and an open-hearted woman weave a summer of unexpected healing along the Potomac River.
Little White Fox and his Arctic Friends
Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
Surviving an Arctic realm of crumbling ice floes and watchful hunters requires speed, sharp senses, and a bit of luck.
Marion Harland's Cookery for Beginners: A Series of Familiar Lessons for Young Housekeepers
Marion Harland
Good bread is the quiet foundation of a healthy home, requiring neither expensive ingredients nor complex machinery, but patient hands and an exact understanding of heat and rising.
Marjorie's Maytime
Carolyn Wells
Youth shines brightest when shared across a sparkling spring season filled with family journeys.
Midnight In Beauchamp Row: 1895
Anna Katharine Green
The isolation of a winter storm provides the backdrop for a chilling confrontation between a young bride, a mysterious intruder, and a secret that threatens to destroy everything. A single night of terror unravels the foundations of a marriage, revealing the dark lengths to which one man will go to secure a fortune.
Millennium
Everett B. Cole
High-tech protectors from an advanced civilization sweep a feudal world to reclaim forgotten military artifacts before primitive tyrants accidentally destroy their own society.
Modern French Masters
Marie Van Vorst
A perceptive study of French visual arts at the turn of the twentieth century, this collection balances intimate biographical profiles with keen aesthetic analysis to trace how individual vision broke free from academic tradition.
More Seeds of Knowledge
Miss (Julia) Corner
Education shapes a young boy's worldview as he explores geography, history, and moral questions with his parents through lively household conversations and London outings.
Mornings at Bow Street: A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald'
J. (John) Wight
A vibrant window into London's nineteenth-century underworld captures the petty crimes, absurd squabbles, and unvarnished humanity passing daily before the magistrate's bench.
Music after the great war, and other studies
Carl Van Vechten
A revolutionary spirit is sweeping through the arts, shattering centuries of rigid custom to make room for radical new form and feeling.
New-Englands plantation
Francis Higginson
A minister sets sail for the New World and finds a land of astonishing abundance, offering a vivid firsthand record of passage, settlement, and survival.
Norman Vallery
William Henry Giles Kingston
A spoiled boy returned from India terrorizes his gentle sister until harsh lessons, a quiet Scottish landscape, and patient love reshape his cruel nature into genuine kindness.
Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849
Various
A shared repository of queries, historical corrections, and bibliographical notes created a vibrant intellectual network for nineteenth-century scholars.
Notes and Queries, Number 17, February 23, 1850
Various
A lively marketplace of Victorian erudition, where scholars trade insights on ancient geographic maps, local folk rituals, and forgotten poetic lines.
O. Henryana: Seven Odds and Ends, Poetry and Short Stories
O. Henry
A gentle heart beats beneath every tough exterior.
Oh, Money! Money! A Novel
Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
A wealthy man, weary of his fortune’s isolation, goes undercover among his own distant relatives to see if money truly buys happiness. His experiment changes his life and the fortunes of those he studies.
Old Celtic tales
E. M. (Ethel Mary) Wilmot-Buxton
A tapestry of ancient British myth, where shape-shifting bards, questing knights, and tragic spells shape the destiny of kings.
On the Firing Line
Anna Chapin Ray
A young American seeking purpose in the Boer War finds himself tested by raw violence, sudden grief, and a proud South African woman whose reserve hides a profound, unspoken devotion.
On the Yukon Trail: Radio-Phone Boys Series, #2
Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
A radio-trained Secret Service youth tracks an elusive broadcasting outlaw across the icy Alaskan wilderness, battling blizzards, starving wolf packs, and hungry bears to protect a stranded Arctic expedition.
On Your Mark! A Story of College Life and Athletics
Ralph Henry Barbour
An energetic, straightforward tale of early twentieth-century American campus life, capturing the spirited camaraderie and athletic rivalries of college freshmen.
Our Changing Constitution
Charles W. (Charles Wheeler) Pierson
A quiet revolution threatens the original architectural balance of American governance, gradually stripping the sovereign states of their foundational self-rule.
Our Little Hindu Cousin
Blanche McManus
In an Indian garden framed by broad verandas, two young cousins embark on daily adventures that take them from city bazaars to sacred riverbank pilgrimages.
Our Little Persian Cousin
E. Cutler (Ephraim Cutler) Shedd
Growing up in an early twentieth-century Persian village, a young boy navigates rigid Islamic traditions, harsh domestic discipline, and the colorful world of local government service.
Patty's Fortune
Carolyn Wells
Patty Fairfield faces a tangled web of romantic affection and sudden inheritance while navigating the social expectations of early twentieth-century upper-class life.
Peeps at Royal Palaces of Great Britain
Beatrice Home
A nation’s royal seat is rarely static, shifting across centuries from cold stone fortresses to luminous riverbank estates.
Pirates and Piracy
Oscar Herrmann
A historical survey stripping away romantic folklore, this text examines the brutal realities of high-seas robbery, tracing maritime lawlessness from antiquity to its modern decay.
Pittsburgh in 1816: Compiled by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Granting of the City Charter
Unknown
A vibrant mosaic of historical accounts, municipal records, and period advertisements preserves the sights, sounds, and daily friction of a frontier town on the cusp of an industrial boom.
Poems
William Blake
A visionary world unfolds where innocence and experience collide, revealing the tragic fraying of the human soul.
Psycho Vox
Charles Wesley Emerson
True vocal power is not built by mechanical strain, but by aligning the mind's intent with the body's natural anatomical design.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891
Various
Satirical verse, political parodies, and polite social commentary collide in a nineteenth-century Victorian periodical issue that turns the absurdities of daily London life into effortless entertainment.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 12, 1892
Various
A seaside resort in autumn becomes the backdrop for an awkward dance between a young woman evading her partner and a suitor outclassed by his own vanity.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920
Various
Gentlemen in top hats negotiate with rogue street vendors, while returning veterans swap outrageous war yarns and politicians trade jabs across the aisle.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 6, 1890
Various
A satirical Victorian journal offering witty commentary on society, politics, and culture.
Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery
Theodore Goodridge Roberts
An outsider's playful introduction of low-stakes card games to a wilderness settlement unwittingly sets off a chain of dark superstitious dread, hidden rivalries, and unhinged vengeance.
Reformed Logic: A System Based on Berkeley's Philosophy with an Entirely New Method of Dialectic
D. B. McLachlan
A bold attempt to strip formal logic of its obscure academic jargon, rebuilding it upon real human perception and mental experience.
Representative British Orations Volume 4 (of 4): With Introductions and Explanatory Notes
Unknown
These speeches chart a century of British debate, capturing the exact momentum where legal argument hardens into imperial policy and moral conviction.
Return-Loads Bureaus to Save Waste in Transportation
United States. Council of National Defense. Highways Transport Committee
This 1918 government pamphlet lays out a practical, grassroots strategy to relieve wartime rail congestion by organizing local clearing houses that match empty motor trucks with merchants who need short-haul freight delivered.
Robert Emmet: A Survey of His Rebellion and of His Romance
Louise Imogen Guiney
A brief, doomed flash of idealism collides with an unyielding state, transforming a failed insurrection into an enduring legend of romantic self-sacrifice.
Roger Williams
May Emery Hall
Driven out of 1630s Massachusetts for defending religious freedom and native land rights, one idealist braves the winter wilderness to establish a radical colony rooted in absolute liberty of conscience.
Rollo in Society: A Guide for Youth
George S. (George Shepard) Chappell
A pious country boy encounters the dizzying, decadent nightlife of 1920s Manhattan in this sharp, affectionate satire of jazz-age urban sophistication.
Rome
W. Warde (William Warde) Fowler
From its origin as a riverfront settlement to its zenith as a global empire, Rome forged a civilization through sheer discipline, administrative genius, and unyielding political willpower.
Round About a Great Estate
Richard Jefferies
A quietly resonant study of the English countryside captures the delicate tipping point where centuries of rural tradition yield to the swift march of modern industrial progress.
Rules and regulations governing maternity hospitals and homes ... September, 1922
California. State Board of Charities and Corrections
Strict government oversight of maternity care emerges here as a tool for protecting both mother and child through standardized, mandatory clinical and legal protocols.
Sacred Mysteries Among the Mayas and the Quiches, 11,500 Years Ago: Their relation to the sacred mysteries of Egypt, Greece, Chaldea and India. Free Masonry in times anterior to the Temple of Solomon
Augustus Le Plongeon
A millennia-old network of sacred knowledge ties the ancient Mayas directly to the foundational rites of world religion and Freemasonry.
Six One-Act Plays
Margaret Scott Oliver
Six distinct short plays capture human foolishness and passion, spanning exotic desert courts, historical Spanish ramparts, quiet working-class homes, and noisy city parks.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant (Rhus Toxicodendron)
William Anderson Syme
Isolation of a plant’s invisible toxin requires methodical extraction, physical endurance, and a willingness to suffer the painful rash of contact dermatitis in the service of accurate chemical synthesis.
Strife and Peace
Fredrika Bremer
A proud Swedish housekeeper and a fiercely patriotic Norwegian steward clash continuously over household traditions and national pride, only to discover a quiet affection growing beneath their stubborn bickering.