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The palace of fantasy
John Stockdale Hardy
This reflective, didactic work of nineteenth-century poetry invites the reader on a guided tour through an allegorical landscape designed to elevate the mind toward spiritual truth.
The Palace of Glass and the Gathering of the People: A Book for the Exhibition
John Stoughton
As the great glass palace rises in Hyde Park, a nation stands at the crossroads of industrial triumph and spiritual awakening, invited to view its own worldly glory through the lens of eternity.
The Parson O' Dumford
George Manville Fenn
A sturdy, unconventional clergyman arrives in a bleak Lincolnshire manufacturing town, stepping directly into a cauldron of labor unrest, deception, and quiet heartbreak.
The Pentecost of Calamity
Owen Wister
This is a fervent, urgent call for American moral clarity during the early shadows of the First World War. It examines how a nation’s prosperity can mask a dangerous loss of soul.
The ride to the lady, and other poems
Helen Gray Cone
A dying knight bound to his horse races against an unseen phantom, while kings and soldiers elsewhere reckon with the bitter taste of defeat. These verses capture the precise moment when earthly fury yields to eternal silence.
The Road to Providence
Maria Thompson Daviess
In a Tennessee farming community where local gossip runs deep and neighbors share every burden, a brilliant young doctor and a sheltered professional singer find their lives unexpectedly intertwined.
The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove
Spencer Davenport
HOOK When a summer sailing trip off the coast of Maine turns into a desperate search for a long-lost chest of gold, four schoolmates find themselves thrust into a high-stakes adventure.
The Secret of Dreams
Yacki Raizizun
Sleep is not merely a period of rest, but a voyage into the astral realm where the human soul transcends the physical body to gain knowledge, guidance, and spiritual growth. By mastering the art of conscious dreaming, an individual can bridge the gap between their waking life and their eternal, higher existence.
The Sense of Taste
Harry L. (Harry Levi) Hollingworth
What we call the rich flavor of food is largely an illusion, stripped away by science to reveal just four basic gustatory elements.
The Star-Gazers
George Manville Fenn
The lives of two families intertwine in a quiet English countryside, where hidden pasts and unspoken social tensions collide under the watchful eyes of the local inhabitants.
The Story of a Dewdrop
John R. (John Ross) Macduff
A tiny drop resting on a rose-leaf reveals its true origin to three forest birds, showing how earthly grief turns into heavenly beauty.
The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America: and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American
John West
In the early nineteenth century, a dedicated chaplain navigates the brutal winters and vast, uncharted wilderness of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s territory to plant the seeds of a mission.
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 Voyage of the Hoppergrass
Edmund Lester Pearson
When a summer sailing trip on a cat-boat turns into a string of absurd misadventures with runaway boats, imagined pirates, and mistaken burglaries, a group of boys and men find themselves in over their heads.
The Wanderers
William Henry Giles Kingston
Driven from home by religious persecution, an American family escapes into the South American wilderness, where survival demands constant ingenuity against jaguars, tempests, and the unforgiving Orinoco basin.
Then I'll Come Back to You
Larry Evans
A mountain orphan with a bone-hard will and a secret heritage clawed his way into the world of men to claim the girl he loved, only to find that winning her meant fighting every power that sought to break him.
Tillicums of the Trail: Being Klondike Yarns Told to Canadian Soldiers Overseas by a Sourdough Padre
George Charles Fraser Pringle
Sharing tales of the frozen Yukon with soldiers in the muddy trenches of France, a former sourdough padre bridges two different worlds of extreme human endurance.
Under the Mikado's flag
Edward Stratemeyer
Caught in the crossfire of the unfolding Russo-Japanese War, a young American veteran navigates espionage, perilous escapes, and bitter winter campaigns across Korea and Manchuria to bring a fugitive swindler to justice.
Valkyrie from the Void
Basil Wells
Across a blistering, ringed-sun world of dust and scarce water, a wagon-train guide and a noble novice navigate treacherous rebellions, deadly alien ruins, and uncharted frontiers.
Villa Elsa: A Story of German Family Life
Stuart Oliver Henry
The path to true peace lies not in treaties or armaments, but in the intimate, lived experience of foreign cultures. Only through the cross-pollination of national values can the world hope to bridge the deep, often violent, divide separating the German character from the rest of humanity.
Wetzel, the Scout
Edward Sylvester Ellis
A brutal, fast-paced tale of survival on the Ohio frontier, where settlers and scouts engage in a desperate, cycle-of-violence struggle against Shawnee warriors and ruthless renegades.
What is POSAT?
Phyllis Sterling Smith
An ordinary magazine advertisement for an ancient secret society draws three very different people into a clandestine laboratory holding secrets that could save or shatter human civilization.
What the Swallow Sang: A Novel
Friedrich Spielhagen
Quiet yearning collides with the ruthless greed of a changing Germany, forcing an artist to choose between an impossible past and a bitter redemption.
Willie and Lucy at the sea-side
Agnes Giberne
Two young children discover the vast wonders of the ocean during a family seaside holiday, learning valuable lessons about obedience, patience, and faith along the way.
Young Captain Jack
Alger, Horatio, Jr.
An orphaned boy finds his place in a Southern home during the Civil War, only to face a dangerous conspiracy threatening his identity and his future.
A Basket of Barley Loaves
Mary Christina Miller
Finding lasting peace amid spiritual doubt requires turning away from self and anchoring one's heart deeply in the unchanging compassion and perfect work of Jesus Christ.
A Chance for Himself
J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
Finding a hidden treasure in a rotten log turns an honest farm boy's life upside down, pitting him against a greedy squire and the painful weight of false accusations.
A Court of Inquiry
Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
A close-knit circle of friends navigates the complexities of courtship and character in this quiet, observational study of human connection. It explores how personal integrity shapes the bonds we form with those who matter most.
A Fine Day for Dying
John Martin
A disillusioned man purchases an engineered demise on an orbital space station, unaware his final journey hides a desperate interplanetary conspiracy.
A Little Pilgrim: Stories of the Seen and the Unseen
Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Waking quietly after a peaceful passing, a gentle soul finds herself in a sunlit realm where death is merely a doorway and eternity is filled with familiar, welcoming faces.
A Marriage in High Life, Volume I
Lady (Caroline Lucy) Scott
A young woman's struggle in a loveless marriage within the confines of high society.
A Preliminary Revision of the North American Species of Cactus, Anhalonium, and Lophophora
John Merle Coulter
In the dry expanses of the nineteenth-century American Southwest, botanical discovery relies on the careful sorting of tangled stems, thorn patterns, and elusive desert blooms.
A Son of Ishmael: A Novel
L. T. Meade
On his deathbed, a bitter doctor extracts a grim vow from his daughter to avenge her brother's murder, setting off a perilous collision between high society and a ruthless gang of burglars.
Anti-slavery catechism
Lydia Maria Child
Through a rigorous dialogue of questions and answers, a nineteenth-century reformer exposes the daily realities of American slavery and challenges the moral complicity of the entire nation.
Anton's last dream
Edwin Baird
A brilliant chemist achieves the ultimate scientific breakthrough, only to discover a devastating truth that turns his greatest triumph into a final, irreversible act of despair.
As It Was in the Beginning
Philip Verrill Mighels
A shipwrecked inventor and a young woman must navigate the brutal realities of a remote island while outwitting head-hunting raiders. Survival becomes a test of ingenuity, shifting power dynamics, and the eventual forging of an unlikely, intense bond.
Asteroid Justice
V. E. Thiessen
A hard-bitten man-hunter stalks an exiled inventor across the hazardous mining fleets of the Asteroid Belt, only to find himself entangled in a web of murder, frame-ups, and romance.
At the Sign of the Eagle
Gilbert Parker
This story explores the collision of two worlds: the polished, conventional society of the English aristocracy and the raw, unbridled energy of the American self-made man. It is a study of character, ambition, and the surprising ways in which different temperaments find common ground.
At Ypres with Best-Dunkley
Thomas Hope Floyd
This intimate account captures the daily rhythms of soldiers awaiting the Third Battle of Ypres. It stands as a modest, essential tribute to the men who fought and the commander who led them to their final objective.
Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book of the Sea
Bliss Carman
The sea is a vast, indifferent tomb and an eternal siren, calling the restless toward an horizon where the living and the dead inevitably converge.
Björnstjerne Björnson, 1832-1910
William Morton Payne
A master of letters shapes a nation's voice, intertwining peasant realism with heroic sagas to champion human freedom, truth, and love across a turbulent era.
Bridge Axioms and Laws
J. B. (Joseph Bowne) Elwell
Mastering partnership and strategy turns a casual pastime into a rigorous exercise in observation, deduction, and unwavering etiquette.
Caleb in the Country
Jacob Abbott
A sickly boy finds strength in the pastoral quiet of his grandmother’s home, learning that true character is forged not in grand deeds, but in quiet obedience and the humble acknowledgment of one’s own heart.
Captains of souls
Edgar Wallace
Beneath the polished surface of high society and dark London alleyways, a terrifying web of blackmail, financial ruin, and a dead man walking unravels.
Causes and Consequences
John Jay Chapman
American political corruption is not a mysterious failure of statecraft, but the predictable byproduct of an entire society utterly devoted to commerce and money-making.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 305: New Series, Saturday, November 3, 1849
Various
Navigating the shifting tides of 1849 Europe, a diverse Victorian periodical captures everything from Scandinavian shores and Antarctic albatrosses to Parisian palaces and the stark plight of destitute London children.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436: Volume 17, New Series, May 8, 1852
Various
London concert halls hum with new fervor while quiet pages reveal Chinese tallow trees and German workshops where labor stands on golden feet.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450: Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852
Various
A wide-reaching Victorian miscellany, this periodical blends practical social philosophy, scientific inquiry, and human-interest storytelling to educate and entertain a mid-nineteenth-century public.