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Carey & Hart's Catalog (1852)
Carey & Hart
A mid-nineteenth-century literary mirror opens wide, revealing the vibrant mix of humor, history, science, and art that shaped an emerging American readership.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433: Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852
Various
A diverse collection of mid-Victorian journalism, this volume captures the intellectual curiosity and moral earnestness of 1852 through a wide-ranging survey of the world’s curiosities and hardships.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457: Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852
Various
This issue of a Victorian periodical functions as a nineteenth-century digest, blending intellectual inquiry, historical narrative, and moral reflection to satisfy the curiosity of an educated, inquisitive middle-class readership.
Children of the Wild
Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir
By the quiet shores of Silverwater Lake, a city-born child listens intently as his uncle recounts the dramatic, often perilous lives of the wild's creatures.
Christmas Penny Readings: Original Sketches for the Season
George Manville Fenn
A collection of Victorian hearthside tales offers a vibrant tapestry of mid-century London life, blending seasonal hardship, whimsical misadventures, and heartwarming redemption.
Conquest
Marie Carmichael Stopes
Rejected by the military due to a limp and spurned by the woman he loves, a New Zealand sheep farmer travels to London to stop future wars and foils a disguised spy's assassination plot.
Cosmic striptease
Harlan Ellison
The sky becomes a global screen when an advanced Martian civilization decides to broadcast their history to Earth, challenging the rigid social mores and clothing-obsessed culture of humanity. A television producer and his sharp-witted secretary find themselves at the center of this cosmic disruption.
Education of Women
M. Carey (Martha Carey) Thomas
The higher education of women in America is a grand experiment that has, within only thirty years, proven its worth through the success of its students and the rapid expansion of opportunity.
Elsie at Nantucket
Martha Finley
Spending a restorative summer on Nantucket Island, a closely knit family blends seaside recreation, historical excursions, and deep spiritual reflection.
Five Sermons
Henry Benjamin Whipple
A steady voice of nineteen-century Anglican faith calls the American republic and the global church back to their founding principles. Through five historical addresses, an early Minnesota bishop frames Christian unity, historical remembrance, and social responsibility as urgent remedies for a changing world.
Frank in the Mountains
Harry Castlemon
Two cousins journeying through the Rocky Mountains encounter hostile tribes, escaped outlaws, and desperate rescues, proving their grit and resourcefulness on the rugged American frontier.
Frankie's dog Tony
Madeline Leslie
A loyal dog and a young boy learn the virtues of obedience and truthfulness, discovering that kindness and discipline are the essential bonds that keep a family, and a soul, in good order.
Freudian Slip
Franklin Abel
When the physical world vanishes, a psychoanalyst is recruited by celestial bureaucrats to treat the amnesiac deity responsible for the Earth’s existence, leading to a race against a cosmic deadline.
Fun and Frolic
Unknown
An idyllic collection of nineteenth-century rhymes and cautionary tales captures the gentle moral universe, domestic quietude, and innocent mischief of Victorian childhood.
General Bramble
André Maurois
Amid the mud and quiet absurdity of the Western Front, a young French interpreter sits among a staff of British officers who face war with gramophone records, rigid manners, and impenetrable calm.
Harebell's friend
Amy Le Feuvre
A lonely orphan struggles to find belonging in her new home, eventually discovering that the path to love is paved by persistent, quiet kindness toward the broken people around her.
Harper's Round Table, December 29, 1896
Various
This collection of late-19th-century miscellany offers a panoramic view of the preoccupations, humor, and instructional ambitions of Victorian-era youth. It serves as a bustling, eclectic portal into a vanished world of parlor games, military romanticism, and rigid societal expectations.
Harper's Round Table, September 29, 1896
Various
This collection of stories, historical sketches, and practical advice captures the diverse, inquisitive spirit of late-Victorian youth culture, blending high-stakes maritime action with the gentle, humorous observations of a changing world.
Harper's Young People, January 25, 1881: An Illustrated Monthly
Various
A weekly illustrated periodical for children offers serialized tales of adventure, informative articles on distant lands, and letters from young readers across the continent.
Harper's Young People, November 1, 1881: An Illustrated Weekly
Various
A stormy sea claims a young fisherman, children face a rising flood on a dark night, and faraway worlds unfold through pages found in an Apache camp.
Her Ladyship's Elephant
David Dwight Wells
When a misplaced wedding journey collides with a stray circus elephant, two bewildered Englishmen and their American brides find themselves caught in a cascade of diplomatic and domestic chaos.
Insidekick
Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
A bumbling tax investigator stumbles onto corporate corruption on an alien world, gaining extraordinary psychic powers after bonding with a strange creature.
Jack of Both Sides: The Story of a School War
Florence Coombe
This story follows a group of schoolboys as their rigid social divisions—the boarders versus the day-boys—spiral into a chaotic and increasingly dangerous feud. It captures the petty rivalries and shifting allegiances of life at Brincliffe School with both humor and gravity.
Jason, Son of Jason
J. U. (John Ulrich) Giesy
A hospital psychiatrist discovers his patient is not merely a man, but a traveler between worlds who uses his own soul as a vessel to navigate the cosmos and rescue his family from tyranny.
John Corwell, Sailor and Miner
Louis Becke
In the unforgiving waters of the eighteenth-century Pacific, a ship captain's dangerous quest for island gold collides with imperial ambition, maritime peril, and sudden, tragic treachery.
Katherine Lauderdale
F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
A secret marriage among the New York elite sparks a sudden public scandal, testing whether young love can survive family tyranny and unfounded disgrace.
Knocking the Neighbors
George Ade
This collection of satirical fables skewers the social climbers, moralists, and pretenders of early 20th-century America with sharp, rhythmic wit. It is a cynical yet hilarious guided tour of a world obsessed with appearances and status.
Lambkin's Remains
Hilaire Belloc
This satire captures the insular, self-important world of an Oxford don through the lens of a sycophantic, equally delusional editor. It serves as a sharp, comedic excavation of academic pretension and the absurdities of the English class system.
Larson's Luck
Gerald Vance
An impulsive pilot with a flair for the dramatic must use his reckless flying skills to outwit hijackers while transporting a precious cargo of Venusian radium across the void.
Lecture on Artificial Flight: Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences
William G. Krueger
Artificial flight is no longer an absurd dream, but a mathematically demonstrable reality that will soon revolutionize human commerce, travel, and civilization.
Letters to Children
E. C. (Elijah Coleman) Bridgman
These letters offer a rare, firsthand window into the social customs and religious life of 1830s China as observed through the eyes of a persistent missionary. They bridge two vastly different cultures with the intimacy of a personal narrative.
Little Songs
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
From morning's first bird song to evening's quiet lullaby, a collection of gentle rhymes captures the simple joys, playful mischief, and cozy domestic rhythms of childhood.
Many Marriages
Sherwood Anderson
A man attempts to break free from the suffocating, silent expectations of his conventional life by abandoning his marriage and embarking on a journey toward authentic selfhood.
Marshal of Sundown
Jackson Gregory
HOOK A drifter rides into a town defined by violence and greed, discovering a web of deception that demands he take a stand for the vulnerable.
Meleager
Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp) Vaughan
HOOK A man is abducted from Earth to become the sovereign of a distant planet, only to find that his royal status is a gilded cage maintained by a secretive, manipulative priesthood.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Napoleon Bonaparte’s private secretary records the chaotic downfall of the First Empire, the uneasy second restoration of the Bourbons, and the subsequent fates of the imperial family under Allied occupation.
Mirage for Planet X
Stanley Mullen
A desperate pursuit for a fugitive reaches a fever pitch across the hostile, mirage-filled landscapes of a distant moon. In this high-stakes hunt, the hunter and the hunted are bound by more than just a criminal charge.
Miss Cheyne of Essilmont, Volume 2 (of 3)
James Grant
A high-stakes pursuit through the streets of Antwerp and the jungles of Africa, where honor and inheritance collide in a Victorian-era race against time.
Miss Merivale's Mistake
Clarke, Henry, Mrs.
The secret of a lost inheritance and a hidden family identity unravels within the walls of a quiet country estate, challenging the rigid social pretensions of a young woman’s elite ambitions.
Missing at Marshlands: Arden Blake Mystery Series #3
Cleo F. Garis
Three college friends look forward to a peaceful summer by the ocean, only to find themselves entangled in a web of suspicious characters, a missing Russian artist, and a priceless golden snuffbox.
Monthly supplement of the penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 21, June 30 to July 31, 1832
Unknown
This nineteenth-century periodical offers a candid window into the industrial, architectural, and social transformations of 1832, documenting both the physical expansion of English commerce and the quiet, moral labor of those serving the poor.
More Mittens
Aunt Fanny
A collection of moral tales and domestic sketches, this volume offers a window into the nineteenth-century ideal of childhood, blending playful imagination with earnest lessons on character, obedience, and virtue.
Narrative of a Voyage to India
W. B. Cramp
A young British mariner's record of standard shipboard routines collapses into a high-seas struggle for survival, leading to an extraordinary trek across the Indian interior.
Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular
Jones, Charles C., Jr. (Charles Colcock)
This collection preserves the distinct oral traditions and Gullah dialect of the Georgia and Carolina sea islands, capturing a rich tapestry of folklore as it was recounted on the post-war plantation. It serves as a vital linguistic and cultural record of a fading storytelling heritage.
Nick Carter Stories No. 121, January 2, 1915: The call of death
Nicholas (House name) Carter
A swift, pulp-era mystery where a master detective and his young protege race to prevent a tragedy involving a missing clergyman and a dangerous criminal syndicate.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twelfth Annual Meeting: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 6 and 7, 1921
Unknown
This assembly of enthusiasts seeks to transform the American landscape, advocating for nut trees as sources of sustenance, beauty, and national pride. It captures a pivotal, optimistic moment in the early twentieth-century movement toward diversified, permanent agriculture.
Notes and Queries, Number 09, December 29, 1849
Various
A collaborative intellectual parlor, this collection preserves the ephemeral sparks of mid-19th-century scholarship. It gathers the disparate, fading inquiries of a Victorian public into a singular, enduring record of human curiosity.
Oat Meal: The War Winner
James Ritchie Grieve
The secret to a life of vigor, moral clarity, and intellectual brilliance lies in a simple bowl of unadorned oatmeal. This earnest, peculiar tract argues that the strength of the Scottish people is direct proof of the cereal's unparalleled nutritional power.