The whole shelf
All free summaries — page 694
34,239 public-domain books, summarised. Page 694 of 714.
The Motor Girls on the Coast
Margaret Penrose
HOOK A group of intrepid friends trades the monotony of home for the unpredictable Atlantic coast, where they encounter mysterious strangers, a dramatic shipwreck, and the dangers of a seaside summer.
The Nursery, November 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 5: A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
Various
This nineteenth-century periodical serves as a gentle, curated window into the childhood domesticity of the 1870s, offering a blend of moral instruction, natural history, and playful verse. It remains a fascinating artifact of how Victorian-era children were invited to engage with the world through reading.
The One-Eyed Fairies
Georgia Eldridge Hanley
Sewing becomes an enchanted apprenticeship in this whimsical guide, where a young girl discovers that needles and thread hold the secret to both practical skill and imaginative play.
The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp
Laura Lee Hope
The Outdoor Girls seek winter adventure, only to find themselves entangled in a web of lost lumber rights, hidden identities, and perilous ice-strewn rescues.
The Pansy Magazine, February 1886
Various
The Victorian era finds its most earnest expression in these pages, where childhood is framed as a sacred, formative period of moral cultivation and character building. Through a blend of instructional tales, historical anecdotes, and intimate correspondence, the text invites young readers to embrace a life of…
The Plowshare and the Sword: A Tale of Old Quebec
John Trevena
In the rugged wilderness of seventeenth-century New France, a ruthless soldier-priest and a band of English settlers collide in a violent struggle for territorial and spiritual dominance.
The present state of wit (1711), and excerpts from The English Theophrastus
Unknown
This volume brings together two distinct but complementary artifacts of early eighteenth-century English intellectual life: a sharp, observational report on the London literary scene of 1711, and a collection of cynical, aphoristic character sketches defining the "manners of the age." Together, they offer an…
The Pride of Jennico: Being a Memoir of Captain Basil Jennico
Egerton Castle
A soldier finds his lonely life upended when a mysterious princess enters his home, sparking a dangerous, long-running game of mistaken identity and romantic pursuit that stretches across the map of Europe.
The Rat Racket
David H. (David Henry) Keller
A wealthy financier takes on a criminal empire by weaponizing the very terror they use to extort the city. This dark, inventive thriller explores the intersection of myth, science, and cold-blooded justice.
The Red Cross Girls in Belgium
Margaret Vandercook
The four American Red Cross girls, having already served in the British trenches and the French countryside, find themselves in occupied Belgium, where the realities of war and the personal burdens of the heart collide. Faced with hunger, illness, and the shadow of the German authorities, they must navigate the…
The Red Rugs of Tarsus: A Woman's Record of the Armenian Massacre of 1909
Helen Davenport Gibbons
HOOK In the spring of 1909, an expectant mother trapped in the volatile heart of Armenia navigates a harrowing landscape of massacre and courage.
The Rover Boys out West
Edward Stratemeyer
Three brothers trade the comforts of their military academy for the rugged Colorado frontier, where they must outwit a pair of persistent, dangerous rivals to secure a long-lost family gold mine.
The Sheriff and His Partner
Frank Harris
A young, naive English clerk in the Kansas frontier is manipulated by a town's vigilantes into acting as a bait for a dangerous outlaw. It is a stark, unflinching look at the lethal code of the American West.
The Strife of the Sea
T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains
The ocean is not a backdrop for human drama, but a vast, indifferent arena where survival is the only law and instinct the only guide.
The tale of Freddie Firefly
Arthur Scott Bailey
HOOK A flighty, light-bearing insect seeks purpose in the meadows of Pleasant Valley, only to discover that the advice of his peers is often as dangerous as the predators lurking in the dark.
The Telenizer
Don Thompson
HOOK A reporter discovers he is being psychically manipulated by a mysterious, invisible force that turns his world into a surreal nightmare of hallucination and terror.
The Terriford mystery
Marie Belloc Lowndes
In a serene English village, a beloved local hero faces the shadow of the gallows when his wife dies under suspicious circumstances. This is a story of how a small community’s whispers can distort the truth.
The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of New Milford, Conn. June 17th, 1907: Address Delivered by Daniel Davenport, of Bridgeport, Conn
Daniel Davenport
The settlement of New Milford began in 1707, exactly a century after that of Jamestown, Va. At that time, although Milford and Stratford at the mouth of the Housatonic had been settled almost seventy years, and the river afforded a convenient highway into the interior, for much of the distance, this place, only…
The Unseen Hand
Elijah Kellogg
The life of an orphan is transformed by the quiet, persistent influence of a kind family and the belief that a divine hand shapes the course of every individual.
The Walrus Hunters: A Romance of the Realms of Ice
R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
This tale of the Arctic follows a daring young hunter and an exiled daughter as they bridge the divide between two disparate worlds through courage, discovery, and a burgeoning peace.
The Welsh Pony, Described in two letters to a friend
Olive Tilford Dargan
This elegant, dual-letter correspondence celebrates the enduring spirit and historical pedigree of the Welsh mountain pony. It serves as both a scholarly appreciation of equine evolution and a personal tribute to an unforgettable companion.
The White Man's Foot
Grant Allen
A young man’s scientific excursion to the Hawaiian Islands turns into a desperate struggle for survival against the ancient, terrifying superstitions of a remote volcanic cult.
The Winds of the World
Talbot Mundy
A master-spy and a stoic cavalry officer navigate the treacherous political undercurrents of India on the brink of the First World War.
The Witch Hypnotizer
Zena A. Maher
A quiet, solitary woman discovers she possesses a mysterious, magnetic power to influence the minds of others toward righteousness. She spends her final years transforming a fractured city one soul at a time.
The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 14
John Dryden
A foundational work of classical translation and literary commentary, this volume captures a master poet’s lifelong engagement with the Roman epic, blending technical rigor with a profound, deeply personal appreciation for ancient verse.
The World English Bible (WEB): Matthew
Unknown
This ancient account traces the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of a central figure, offering a foundational narrative that has shaped Western ethics, culture, and religious thought for two millennia.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 03: Massillon to Mason
Unknown
These eleven historic sermons explore the nature of human imperfection, the necessity of divine grace, and the persistent, often agonizing, search for spiritual light in an unpredictable world.
The Young Circus Rider
Unknown
A talented young circus rider discovers that his humble origins conceal a secret legacy, pitting his integrity against a ruthless relative determined to usurp his rightful inheritance.
The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill
John T. (John Thomas) McIntyre
Four young patriots navigate the shadows of the siege of Boston, outwitting British spies and soldiering through the hard-won lessons of the American Revolution.
Those Who Smiled, and Eleven Other Stories
Perceval Gibbon
These twelve stories capture the fractured, often harrowing lives of people caught in the machinery of war, the isolation of the sea, and the quiet desperation of the city. They are portraits of resilience and the cold, unyielding nature of fate.
Through the Air to the North Pole
Roy Rockwood
The dream of flight meets the mystery of the frozen frontier in this classic tale of high-stakes invention and arctic survival.
Tour of the American Lakes, and Among the Indians of the North-West Territory, in 1830, Volume 1 (of 2): Disclosing the Character and Prospects of the Indian Race
Calvin Colton
A journey through the American wilderness reveals the stark contrast between the promise of government treaties and the encroaching reality of frontier life for the native populations of the 1830s.
Trains of Recollection: Drawn from Fifty Years of Railway Service in Scotland and Canada, and told to Arthur Hawkes
D. B. (David Blyth) Hanna
A veteran railroader traces the rise of Canada’s transcontinental lines, blending personal memoir with the hard-won lessons of building a national system from the raw, open prairie.
Wales
William Watkin Davies
The history of a people is etched into the very soil they inhabit, shaped by ancient migrations, stubborn resistance, and the eventual forging of a national identity.
With Force and Arms: A Tale of Love and Salem Witchcraft
Howard Roger Garis
HOOK This historical romance pits a courageous soldier against the fanatical paranoia of Salem’s witch trials and a shadowy rival for his beloved’s hand.
With Mask and Mitt
Albertus T. (Albertus True) Dudley
The pursuit of excellence on the diamond and the classroom is rarely a straight line, but for a dedicated athlete, the path to leadership is paved with hard-won experience and quiet integrity.
Ye book of Copperheads
Charles Godfrey Leland
The Copperheads are snakes in the grass of the American Civil War, and this sharp collection of verses serves as a literary boot, designed to crush the dissenters who sought to undermine the Union from within.
A Canadian Farm Mystery
Bessie Marchant
When a young woman travels to the remote Canadian wilderness to join her grandfather, she arrives to find his home deserted, forcing her to carve out a life of rugged self-reliance while haunted by his unexplained disappearance.
A Century of Christian Service: Kensington Congregational Church, 1793-1893
C. Silvester (Charles Silvester) Horne
This chronicle records the first century of a London congregation, documenting a transition from a small band of Dissenters meeting in fields to an established pillar of urban community life.
A Counterfeit Presentment
William Dean Howells
An artist finds his life upended when he discovers he bears an uncanny, haunting resemblance to the man who once broke a young woman’s heart.
A history of English lotteries
John Ashton
The allure of unearned wealth has long haunted the English public, driving a cycle of state-sanctioned gambling that fueled both the national coffers and individual ruin for over three centuries.
A Journey of a Jayhawker
W. Y. (William Yoast) Morgan
The world is large, yet its people are remarkably familiar; a Kansas journalist discovers that whether one is in Paris, Rome, or London, the human experience remains stubbornly, comfortingly the same.
A Letter to A.H. Esq
Unknown
The theater of the late seventeenth century stands at a crossroads, caught between the exuberant artistry of the Restoration stage and the rising moral fervor of a society demanding a more disciplined, pious public life.
A Manifest Destiny
Julia Magruder
A young American woman bets her beauty on the chance to secure a grand life in England, only to find the reality of her ambition is a hollow trap. This story traces the arc of an unlikely marriage and the search for redemption.
A Memoir of Sir Edmund Andros, Knt.,: Governor of New England, New York and Virginia, &c., &c
William Henry Whitmore
A soldier and statesman who navigated the treacherous politics of the seventeenth-century British Empire, Edmund Andros served as a royal governor across three major American colonies despite being widely detested by his subjects.
A New Genus of Pennsylvanian Fish (Crossopterygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas
Joan Echols
This technical monograph provides a formal scientific classification for a previously misidentified Pennsylvanian coelacanth, establishing a new genus named *Synaptotylus* based on fossilized remains found in Kansas.
A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker
Frederick Locker-Lampson
These verses capture the fleeting, bittersweet rhythm of ordinary life, where the mundane—an old muff, a child’s toy, or a morning walk—becomes a vessel for profound nostalgia and quiet joy.
A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire
Harold Harvey
These firsthand observations from the Western Front capture the visceral reality of trench warfare through the eyes of an artist-soldier who traded his paintbrush for a rifle.