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Mou-Setsé: A Negro Hero
L. T. Meade
This collection brings together two distinct narratives of childhood adversity, bound by a shared, unwavering reliance on divine providence. Both stories follow young protagonists through harrowing displacement toward a final, peaceful sanctuary, illustrating the power of simple faith against the backdrop of a…
Mystery Ranch
Arthur Chapman
The expansive, unforgiving landscape of the American West serves as a stage for a tense struggle between justice, greed, and hidden identities. Amidst the shifting loyalties of a frontier reservation, a murder investigation forces a young Indian agent to confront the truth behind a local ranch’s dark legacy.
Navy boys behind the big guns
Halsey Davidson
Four young Navy recruits face off against enemy saboteurs in this high-stakes maritime thriller set during the final days of the First World War.
Neighbor Nelly Socks: Being the Sixth and Last Book of the Series
Sarah L. Barrow
This gentle Victorian story celebrates the simple, formative joys of childhood, emphasizing the importance of kindness, obedience, and the nurturing bonds between generations. It captures a fleeting world where a neighborly smile can bloom into a lifelong memory.
Normandy: The Scenery & Romance of Its Ancient Towns, Part 3
Gordon Home
This guide offers a slow-paced, contemplative journey through the ancient towns and landscapes of Normandy, blending architectural appreciation with a deep, observant eye for the region’s enduring history.
Ojibwa myths and tales
Unknown
This collection of legends and anecdotes captures the oral traditions of the Ojibwa people as recorded in the early 20th century. Through the voices of elders like John and Peter York, these stories bridge the gap between ancient cosmology and a changing, modernizing world.
One Touch of Nature: A Petite Drama, in One Act
Benjamin Webster
An estranged father, working as a humble copyist, struggles to reconcile with his long-lost daughter through the artifice of the stage in this poignant nineteenth-century domestic drama.
Pickwickian Studies
Percy Fitzgerald
A devotion to detail transforms literary geography into a living, breathing landscape where fictional ghosts linger in real inn courtyards.
Priscilla of the Good Intent: A Romance of the Grey Fells
Halliwell Sutcliffe
The winds of the northern fells blow through this quiet study of character, where the simple lives of country folk are tested by the arrival of hardship and the slow, inexorable turning of the seasons.
Professor Huskins
Lettie M. Cummings
A gifted mesmerist struggles to reconcile his scientific theories with the unpredictable, psychic influence of his own family.
"Puffing Billy" and the Prize "Rocket"
Helen C. (Helen Cross) Knight
This biographical account traces the rise of the father-and-son engineering team whose locomotives transformed nineteenth-century industry. It is a story of grit, technical ingenuity, and the hard-won triumph of the steam engine over skepticism.
Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 19, 1916
Various
A biting, satirical time capsule of the Great War, this collection captures the stiff-upper-lip absurdity, political friction, and dark humor of an England bracing for the long haul of 1916.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 19, August 6, 1870
Various
Enter the irreverent world of Gilded Age journalism, where political satire, parodied serials, and theatrical gossip collide to expose the absurdities of post-Civil War America.
Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 30, October 22, 1870
Various
This periodical offers a snapshot of Gilded Age satire, blending farcical literary parodies, biting political commentary, and the distinct, cluttered aesthetic of 19th-century American advertising.
Ragged Lady
William Dean Howells
A young woman from a struggling rural family finds her life irrevocably altered by a chance encounter with a wealthy, eccentric couple during a summer vacation. This portrait of social mobility and the friction between old-fashioned virtue and modern luxury explores the quiet, often unintended impact one person can…
Recent Tendencies in Ethics: Three Lectures to Clergy Given at Cambridge
W. R. (William Ritchie) Sorley
Understanding the complex intellectual movements of the early twentieth century is a daunting task, yet these lectures offer a clear, critical guide to how we define goodness in an age of shifting scientific and philosophical certainties.
Regeneration
Charles Dye
Humanity has survived the apocalypse, but the remnants of civilization are struggling to rise from the ashes of their own history. An aged, solitary teacher, known as Builder, endeavors to guide a primitive tribe back toward the light of reason, only to find himself competing against the ghost of the past.
Running Water
A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
High above the chasm between human greed and moral grace, a daughter seeks her true father on treacherous Alpine ice.
Salvation Universal
Joseph Fielding Smith
The greatest of all the gifts of God to his children is the gift of salvation, a divine plan established before the world began to provide for the immortality and eternal life of mankind. This work is not confined to the living; through vicarious ordinances, the living are tasked with the sacred responsibility of…
Scarred Eagle
Andrew Dearborn
This is a quintessential nineteenth-century frontier adventure, a high-stakes tale of survival set against the backdrop of the 1763 Siege of Detroit. It follows a band of seasoned scouts and their allies as they navigate a wilderness defined by shifting loyalties, desperate tactical gambits, and the constant threat…
Sign of Life
Dave Dryfoos
The death-winds of Venus scream as a stranded astronaut faces his final hours. In the wreckage of his ship, he encounters bizarre, rhythmic creatures and attempts a desperate, silent communication to preserve his mission’s legacy.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VI, Kansas Narratives
United States. Work Projects Administration
The resilience of the human spirit echoes through these firsthand accounts of survival, defining the transition from the crushing weight of enslavement to the hard-won independence of life in Kansas.
Somewhere south in Sonora
Will Levington Comfort
A young man ventures into the lawless, sun-scorched foothills of Sonora to find a legendary figure, only to discover that the most dangerous terrain lies within his own unfolding character.
State of the Union Addresses
Chester Alan Arthur
These formal dispatches document the orderly transition and administrative priorities of a nation navigating the complexities of post-Civil War global expansion, industrial growth, and the somber aftermath of a presidential assassination.
Stranger From Space
Hannes Bok
This brief, stark narrative captures the collision between a romantic dreamer and a cold, mechanical emissary from the stars, exploring the tragic incompatibility of emotion and pure utility.
Summer Guests
James H. Schmitz
A sudden, miraculous arrival interrupts a bored salesman’s humdrum vacation, but the wonder of a close encounter with visitors from another dimension quickly curdles into a desperate, silent battle for survival.
Sweethearts at Home
S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
A girl's private diary captures the hilarious logic of childhood, where broken vases summon giant elephants and sibling rivalry forms the center of the universe.
The American Apiculturist. Vol. III. No. 6, June 15, 1885: A Journal Devoted to Scientific and Practical Beekeeping
Various
The pursuit of beekeeping is a meticulous craft, requiring a blend of scientific curiosity, physical stamina, and a keen eye for the rhythms of the natural world.
The American Missionary
Various
This record offers an unvarnished window into the organizational machinery and ideological priorities of a major nineteenth-century evangelical institution, documenting its expansive reach across post-Civil War America and abroad.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics
Various
A vibrant cross-section of post-Civil War American intellectual life, capturing a nation navigating rapid industrial growth, cultural identity, and social change.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5
Various
This collection of nineteenth-century journalism captures the spirit of New England through its public figures, local industries, and historical milestones. It serves as a time capsule of post-Civil War American identity and regional pride.
The Belfry
May Sinclair
The story of a man whose genius for life outstrips his social standing, and the woman who navigates the wreckage of his ambition. It is a tale of obsession, class, and the strange, quiet courage found in the shadow of catastrophe.
The Boy Allies in Great Peril
Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
A crowd of thousands gathers outside the royal palace in Rome, waiting for word that Italy will enter the World War against Austria.
The Boy Scouts In Russia
John Blaine
A young American finds himself trapped behind enemy lines at the outbreak of World War I, relying on his wits and scout training to survive a web of espionage.
The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 06, June 1900: The Duomo and the Campanile: Florence
Various
This architectural chronicle captures the ambitious spirit of the Florentine Renaissance, tracing the centuries-long evolution of the Duomo and its Campanile. It serves as a testament to the civic pride and artistic audacity of a republic.
The Bryd
Noel M. Loomis
HOOK An ancient, energy-based entity struggles to manage its volatile human host, a space-station engineer coerced into a plot to incinerate Paris.
The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King
Edith B. Davidson
A family of rabbits swaps their cozy life for a perilous journey across the stars, discovering that the most extraordinary adventures often end with a longing for home.
The Cross: A Tract for the Times
J. C. (John Charles) Ryle
This short work explores the singular focus of the Christian faith, arguing that the crucifixion of Jesus Christ is the sole foundation for salvation and the only proper object of a believer's glory.
The danger of premature interment
Joseph Taylor
The prospect of waking in the dark, entombed and forgotten, remains a primal human fear. This nineteenth-century compilation gathers historical accounts and cautionary arguments to warn against the perils of hasty burials.
The Delinquent (Vol. IV, No. 1), January, 1914
Various
This January 1914 issue of The Delinquent serves as a vital historical record, capturing the urgent, often contradictory debates surrounding American prison reform during the early twentieth century.
The Duke's Daughter
Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A noble daughter, raised in the stifling grandeur of a fading estate, must choose between her father’s hollow pride and the life she desires for herself.
The Egyptian Conception of Immortality: The Ingersoll Lecture, 1911
George Andrew Reisner
A centuries-long obsession with the afterlife was not born of darkness, but of an intense, persistent love for everyday existence on earth.
The Esperantist, Vol. 2, No. 1
Unknown
This collection of articles and literary sketches captures the early, fervent pulse of a global movement, documenting the practical and artistic aspirations of those who believed a common language could bridge the divides of the twentieth century.
The Fantasy Fan, Volume 2, Number 5, January 1935: The Fan's Own Magazine
Various
This collection serves as a vital historical window into the mid-1930s, capturing the early, earnest pulse of a burgeoning community of writers and readers dedicated to the weird, the fantastic, and the speculative.
The Flag of My Country = Shikéyah Bidah Na'at'a'í
Cecil S. King
A Navajo boy bridges two worlds, using the American flag as a symbolic tether between his traditional life on the reservation and his future in an expanded, modern society.
The Flaming Jewel
Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
An elusive, high-stakes hunt for stolen royal gems pulls a young nobleman into the dark, lawless woods of the North, where he finds a dangerous, transformative love.
The Flood
Anonymous
This retelling of the Genesis account serves as a didactic moral guide, capturing the ancient narrative through a series of earnest, rhythmic stanzas designed for nineteenth-century instruction.
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 1015, June 10, 1899
Various
This Victorian periodical serves as a vivid time capsule, blending moral instruction, domestic guidance, and serial fiction to shape the character of the late nineteenth-century young woman. It offers a portal into the social expectations and daily concerns of an era that prioritized duty, refinement, and practical…