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Over the Top With the Third Australian Division
G. P. (George Percival) Cuttriss
Bound by an unshakeable belief in their cause, soldiers transform the terror and dirt of Western Front trenches into a testament of resilience, camaraderie, and sudden, unexpected warmth.
Passages from a Relinquished Work (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
Nathaniel Hawthorne
An orphaned youth flees the suffocating expectations of a stern guardian to become a wandering storyteller, only to discover that fame is a hollow, accidental, and often humiliating pursuit.
Paul Gerrard, the Cabin Boy
William Henry Giles Kingston
Conscripted by family ruin, an English boy confronts ocean storms, hostile French gunners, mutinous shipmates, and the high-born rival who inherits his stolen legacy.
Phemie Keller
Riddell, J. H., Mrs.
A woman finds herself trapped in a marriage defined by duty rather than love, haunted by the memory of a past attachment and the crushing weight of secrets. This narrative examines the quiet, painful endurance required to reconcile one’s history with the demands of an honorable present.
Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The heavens have spoken again, initiating a final, global restoration of ancient priesthood authority to prepare the nations for the imminent return of the Messiah.
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Publications of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge [1902 Catalog]
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain)
This catalog serves as a comprehensive inventory of late-Victorian literary output, capturing the ethos of an era focused on moral instruction, colonial adventure, and the development of educational habits for a growing British readership. It offers a window into the institutional priorities that defined the…
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 5th 1893
Various
HOOK A satirical snapshot of Victorian life, this collection gathers the biting wit, political scandals, and whimsical fancies that defined the humor of the 1890s.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893
Various
This collection captures the frantic, biting, and often absurd energy of Victorian London, served up in a weekly magazine that treats politics, society, and literature as parts of the same grand, chaotic performance. It is a time capsule of 1893 that feels surprisingly modern in its relentless, cynical wit.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887
Various
This collection of sketches, poems, and satirical reports captures the frantic, witty, and occasionally absurd pulse of London life at the height of the Victorian era.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 01, April 2, 1870
Various
The jester arrives with a flourish of satire, declaring his intention to expose the follies of the day while carving out a permanent place in the landscape of American humor.
Rough and Tumble Engineering
James H. Maggard
Becoming a competent engineer for farm and traction engines is a matter of common sense, vigilance, and practical habits rather than high-minded scientific theory. Mastery comes from understanding the machine through daily, hands-on experience.
Roughing It, Part 3
Mark Twain
The American West is a vast, unforgiving stage where fortune is a phantom and reality is often stranger than the myths built to contain it. This account chronicles the misadventures of a tenderfoot lured by the promise of silver, capturing the transition from wide-eyed optimism to the sobering, often absurd, grind…
Shepherds of the Wild
Edison Marshall
A jaded city dweller finds his humanity in the rugged Idaho wilderness, transforming from a bored socialite into a protector of the wild.
Six days of the Irish Republic: A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics
Redmond-Howard, L. G., (Louis George)
The sudden outbreak of the 1916 Easter Rising shatters the illusion of Irish political stability, plunging Dublin into six days of tragic violence that redefine the struggle for independence.
Sketch of the First Kentucky Brigade
George B. (George Baird) Hodge
Exiled from their homes and defying both state and federal authority, a small band of Kentuckians fights for a cause they believe defines their honor. This is the chronicle of their journey through the Civil War's crucible.
Sparrows
Marie Coolidge-Rask
The story follows a group of neglected children trapped on a desolate farm, where their courage and bond become their only sanctuary against a cruel captor.
Stories by American Authors, Volume 3
Various
A shadow of unseen sound; a portrait painted so honestly it breaks the model's heart; a leap into darkness over a stolen promise; a home shattered by a midnight axe—human motives fracture under the lightest strain.
Studies of Lowell (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)
William Dean Howells
This portrait captures a literary titan through the eyes of a younger protégé, documenting the complex, tender, and often humorous reality of a friendship that spanned three decades.
Stuyvesant: A Franconia Story
Jacob Abbott
In the quietude of a nineteenth-century countryside, two cousins navigate the small, formative challenges of childhood, learning that true growth comes not from adult instruction, but from the simple, steady rhythm of daily life.
The Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal, Aug. 1869
Various
Architecture is not merely the craft of building; it is the physical expression of a civilization’s values, demanding both the eye of an artist and the rigorous, rational mind of an engineer.
The barefoot time
Adelbert Farrington Caldwell
Childhood’s golden age is a fleeting, sun-drenched memory, a time of barefoot wandering and imaginative play that eventually gives way to the sobering, complex responsibilities of adulthood.
The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces
John Kendrick Bangs
A lighthearted collection of turn-of-the-century comedies, these plays offer a witty, satirical glimpse into the domestic anxieties and social posturing of the American middle class.
The caliph's design
Wyndham Lewis
The Caliph’s Design is a bracing, pugnacious manifesto on the purpose of art. It argues that modern painters have retreated from the responsibility of shaping the visual world, choosing instead to hide behind dilettantism and cleverness.
The Church, the Schools and Evolution
J. E. (Judson Eber) Conant
A sharp conflict threatens evangelical faith when modern educational institutions try to replace divine revelation with naturalistic theories.
The Circus Boys on the Mississippi
Edgar B. P. Darlington
This is a classic tale of two resilient youths navigating the perils and triumphs of the traveling circus life, proving that wit and courage are the best equipment for any adventure.
The Comet, and Other Verses
Irving Sidney Dix
This collection of verse captures the quiet, rugged spirit of the Pennsylvania highlands at the turn of the twentieth century. It functions as a humble, earnest souvenir of a vanishing rural landscape and a reflection on the fleeting nature of human existence.
The Cornhill Magazine, (vol. XLI, no. 243 new series, September 1916)
Various
This September 1916 edition of a long-running literary periodical offers a window into the intellectual and emotional landscape of wartime Britain. Through fiction, memoir, and essay, it captures a society grappling with the weight of global conflict, the burden of tradition, and the moral complexities of human…
The Courage of Captain Plum
James Oliver Curwood
Set against the backdrop of the mid-19th-century Great Lakes, this historical adventure follows an independent sea captain who finds himself drawn into the dangerous, isolated kingdom of a charismatic religious autocrat. It is a story of rescue, revenge, and the fight for individual freedom against a coercive,…
The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories
Nicholas (House name) Carter
The mystery of a waiter fleeing a quiet restaurant sets a master detective on a trail through the dark streets and shadowed gardens of old New York. Nothing is as it appears when death, diamonds, and double-crosses converge.
The Cruise of the "Scandal", and other stories
Victor Bridges
A series of lighthearted escapades and clever schemes unfolds through a collection of stories that capture the breezy, often preposterous spirit of early twentieth-century English life.
The crystal planetoids
Stanton A. (Stanton Arthur) Coblentz
When an inventor’s new device reveals a web of extraterrestrial monsters hovering over the city, a desperate race begins to prevent a planetary colonization by creatures from Saturn.
The Cubies' ABC
Mary Chase Mills Lyall
The 1913 Armory Show brought the avant-garde to New York, and this alphabet rhyme book serves as a satirical snapshot of the public’s bewilderment. It captures the clash between traditional aesthetics and the jarring arrival of modernism.
The Curly-Haired Hen
A. (Auguste) Vimar
The unlikely tale of a farm-dwelling Cochin-China hen who finds fame, fortune, and a permanent coiffure through a series of bizarre, heartwarming, and occasionally slapstick misadventures.
The Daughter of the Chieftain
Edward Sylvester Ellis
Children playing a simple game of stones in a Pennsylvania log cabin find their lives upended by the sudden, violent shadows of the American Revolution.
The Doré Bible Gallery, Volume 3
Unknown
These accounts capture the sweeping drama of ancient Israel, weaving together the lives of judges, prophets, and kings through moments of profound sacrifice, fierce battle, and the complex weight of divine promise.
The Editor's Relations with the Young Contributor (from Literature and Life)
William Dean Howells
The relationship between those who write and those who publish is often imagined as a battlefield, but it is more accurately a quiet, often difficult, partnership of shared artistic devotion.
The Fighting Governor
Charles W. (Charles William) Colby
A fiery, aristocratic soldier navigates the perilous politics of seventeenth-century New France, transforming from a disgraced governor into the indispensable architect of the colony’s survival against impossible odds.
The flowering plants of South Africa
I. B. (Illtyd Buller) Pole Evans
This fourth volume of a botanical periodical catalogs the striking diversity of South African flora, pairing detailed scientific descriptions with records of discovery and cultivation.
"The Flu": a brief history of influenza in U.S. America, Europe, Hawaii
A. A. St. M. (Arthur Albert St. M.) Mouritz
This physician’s chronicle traces the persistence of influenza through history, arguing that human connection—not weather or climate—is the primary engine of its global spread.
The George and the Crown
Sheila Kaye-Smith
Across the green downland of Sussex and the rugged cliffs of the Channel Islands, two rural families find their destinies bound together by trade, proximity, and an unceasing search for contentment.
The God of Civilization: A Romance
Pittock, M. A., Mrs.
A restless socialite trades her dull life of parties for a fateful Pacific voyage, only to find herself shipwrecked and forced to choose between the rigid expectations of her homeland and the untamed sincerity of island life.
The Great Fortress
William Wood
A lone stone citadel on the fog-shrouded shores of Cape Breton holds the key to an empire, serving as the sole Atlantic gateway between France and its vast American wilderness.
The Half-Century Magazine (Vol. I, No. 1, August, 1916)
Various
This inaugural issue serves as a vibrant, multifaceted time capsule of African American life, ambition, and social organization in the urban North during the summer of 1916.
The Happy Unfortunate
Robert Silverberg
The allure of a life one cannot have often masks the beauty of the life one is already living. This short story explores the painful disconnect between two genetically distinct classes of humanity and the bitter cost of trying to cross the divide.
The High School Pitcher
H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
A group of resourceful sophomores battles an unjust principal and a rival classmate to dominate the baseball diamond. Loyalty and hard work define their path to local glory.
The History and Romance of Air Mail Stamps
Emil Bruechig
The history of human flight is mirrored in the delicate, intricate art of postal stamps, capturing the daring and the dreams of those who conquered the air. This work serves as both a historical record and a guide for the dedicated collector.
The Laurel Bush: An Old-Fashioned Love Story
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
A quiet, enduring devotion survives the separation of decades and the weight of lost time. This story follows two lives that remain tethered to one another across the vast, silent distance of the sea.
The Little Washingtons' Travels
Lillian Elizabeth Roy
A rambunctious group of children transform their family vacation into an elaborate, historical crusade, treating every city landmark as a battlefield and every passerby as a potential opponent in a lifelong game of make-believe.