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The Practitioner. May, 1869.: A Monthly Journal of Therapeutics
Various
This collection captures a pivotal moment in the evolution of modern medicine, shifting away from tradition toward the rigorous, evidence-based observation that defines our contemporary understanding of healing.
The Religion of Politics: A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency John Davis, Governor, His Honor George Hull, Lieutenant Governor, The Honorable Council, And The Legislature Of Massachusetts, At The Annual Election, January 5, 1842
Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles) Gannett
A nation’s political health depends entirely on the private integrity of its citizens, who must carry the weight of their religious convictions into every public act.
The royal banner
M. H. (Matilda Horsburgh)
A story of faith, family, and the search for a lasting purpose, this book follows young siblings as they navigate the challenges of growing up and choosing between worldly vanity and the "royal banner" of their Christian commitment.
The Silk-Hat Soldier, and Other Poems in War Time
Richard Le Gallienne
This collection of verse captures the sudden, disorienting transition from civilian life to the brutal realities of global conflict. It is a meditation on the fragility of peace and the heavy cost of national duty.
The social center
Woodrow Wilson
The schoolhouse serves as the natural bedrock for a self-governing society. By transforming these public buildings into community hubs, citizens can restore the essential, face-to-face unity required to sustain a healthy democracy.
The Story of Charles Strange: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3)
Wood, Henry, Mrs.
The mystery of a solicitor’s sudden death and the frantic, hushed secrets of those orbiting his estate drive this Victorian drama, where every character hides a desperate reality behind a mask of propriety.
The Tales and Novels, v9: Belphegor and Others
Jean de La Fontaine
This collection of verse tales explores the ironies of human folly, romantic obsession, and the thin line between cleverness and misfortune. Through sharp wit and classical allusion, the narratives strip away social pretension to reveal the unruly desires beneath.
The Trinity Archive, Vol. I, No. 5, March 1888
N.C.) Trinity College (Randolph County
This March 1888 edition of a college literary journal captures the intellectual pulse, social anxieties, and institutional ambitions of a small North Carolina campus during the post-Reconstruction era. It functions as both a record of student achievement and a mirror of the shifting cultural values of the late…
The warning clock
Mrs. (Lucy Lyttelton) Cameron
A father’s call reaches two exiled children, but only one heeds the warning clock before the final hour strikes. This stark moral allegory illustrates the perilous cost of hesitation in the conduct of life.
The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Corinthians
Anonymous
The second epistle to the Corinthians is a deeply personal, occasionally combative, and intensely vulnerable letter from an early Christian leader to a community undergoing a crisis of faith and loyalty. It remains a foundational text for its raw exploration of how human frailty can coexist with spiritual authority.
The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Kings
Anonymous
This chronicle charts the final, fracturing centuries of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. It is a stark record of power, prophecy, and the eventual dissolution of a nation under the weight of its own political and moral failures.
The Zeit-Geist
L. (Lily) Dougall
The conflict between rigid sectarian morality and a more expansive, inclusive faith drives this quiet, searching drama set in the Canadian backwoods. A reformed drunkard seeks to reconcile his spiritual convictions with the messy, often tragic realities of his neighbors' lives.
Title fight
William Campbell Gault
The world is a pressure cooker of human prejudice and robotic resentment, and the championship ring is about to become the site of a revolution. A machine, built in man’s image but denied his status, stands at the center of a volatile shift in power.
Trouble on Sun-side
S. M. Tenneshaw
A man travels to a harsh, sun-scorched planet to avenge his brother, only to find himself entangled in a dangerous conspiracy that threatens the survival of Earth itself.
Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Galatians
Richard Francis Weymouth
A fierce, deeply personal letter from an apostle to a wayward community, this text serves as a passionate defense of spiritual freedom over rigid, legalistic observance. It remains a foundational document for understanding the tensions of early religious identity.
When everybody knew
Raymond S. (Raymond Smiley) Spears
A town terrorized by a bragging bully meets its match when a quiet, unassuming stranger reveals his true identity. It is a classic study of how reputation precedes a man, but only action defines him.
Yellow gentians and blue
Zona Gale
These quiet portraits of Midwestern life reveal the hidden interior worlds of ordinary people, finding both bitterness and unexpected light in the cracks of their daily routines.
A Funeral Sermon Preach'd on the Decease of the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Cutts: Late Wife of the Right Honourable the Lord Cutts, on the 5th of December, 1697, at Kensington Church
William Wigan
Let me die the death of the Righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
A good old scout
Theodore Solomons
The barren, gold-flecked wilderness of the Alaskan frontier serves as the final, ironic stage for a test of character between two men who share a grave.
A new selection of miscellaneous pieces, in verse
Christian Gray
A reflective, mid-life gathering of verses from a nineteenth-century Scottish recluse, offering a poignant look at the quiet, often solitary experience of seeking beauty and solace in a rapidly changing world.
Across the Sea and Other Poems
Thomas S. Chard
The journey of the human soul toward grace is a long, often stormy voyage across the sea of life. This collection of verse offers a meditative look at the struggle to find peace amidst the inevitable passage of time.
Address by Honorable Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highways Transport Committee Council of National Defense
United States. Council of National Defense. Highways Transport Committee
This official address captures a pivotal moment in American history, arguing that the wartime necessity of improved infrastructure must evolve into a permanent, national mission for post-war social renewal.
An account of some of the principal slave insurrections, and others, which have occured, or been attempted, in the United States and elsewhere, during the last two centuries
Joshua Coffin
This chronicle documents two centuries of slave resistance to demonstrate that the inherent human desire for liberty is an unstoppable force, and that safety lies only in immediate emancipation.
An Egyptian Princess
Georg Ebers
A young Egyptian princess travels to Persia as a royal bride, only to find herself a pawn in a web of political deception, shifting loyalties, and the looming threat of war.
Be Courteous, or, Religion, the True Refiner
M. H. (Mary H.) Maxwell
True kindness is not a social mask, but the outward expression of a refined and consecrated spirit.
Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal
G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson
Four stranded scouts navigate the chaos of the Great War, using ingenuity and an airplane to outmaneuver captors across occupied territory.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 24, Vol. I, June 14, 1884
Unknown
This volume offers a sprawling, eclectic snapshot of late Victorian intellectual life, ranging from travelogues and technical scientific reports to poignant fiction and reflective essays. It serves as a fascinating window into the curious, methodical, and sentimental spirit of 1884.
Christmas at Sagamore Hill with Theodore Roosevelt
Helen Topping Miller
This evocative work captures a singular, quiet holiday at the Roosevelt family’s Long Island estate. It provides an intimate look at the man who would be president, navigating the tender, messy, and demanding life of a father on the cusp of national power.
Collector's Item
Robert F. Young
A cosmic historian accidentally deletes twenty millennia of human progress, leaving the entire history of Earth to be scavenged by alien creatures as bedding.
Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Apodemus peninsulae, with Description of a New Subspecies from North China
J. Knox Jones
This specialized biological report clarifies the classification of the wood mouse Apodemus peninsulae, identifying a distinct new subspecies from North China while navigating the complexities of regional zoological taxonomy.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 1: On Popular Culture
John Morley
Cultivating the human intellect requires a disciplined commitment to sound reasoning, historical perspective, and accessible learning for all.
Ellen of Villenskov, and Other Ballads
George Borrow
HOOK The folklore of the North breathes through these pages, capturing the eerie tension of supernatural encounters and the quiet gravity of ancient, rhythmic song.
Es Percipi
Stephen Marlowe
Diplomatic immunity takes on a chilling new dimension when an alien ambassador begins introducing products to Earth that exist only because they are perceived. Reality begins to fray as the lines between truth, memory, and artifice dissolve.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
A sweeping, tragic portrait of the last Saxon king, this narrative chronicles the inexorable collision between the fading Anglo-Saxon world and the rising, iron-willed power of the Norman conquerors.
Hot Music
Vic (Victor Sargent) Whitman
The mystery of two high-stakes jewelry thefts unravels during the golden age of radio, as a police broadcaster steps away from his microphone to prove his investigative worth. Driven by the hope of settling down with his sweetheart, an unconventional detective tracks a criminal whose motive is as bizarre as his…
Household words, No. 25, September 14, 1850
Unknown
This mid-nineteenth-century periodical collection offers a vibrant, kaleidoscopic window into the Victorian era, blending gritty police procedurals, moralizing domestic sketches, and early investigative journalism. It captures the urgent heartbeat of a society grappling with rapid modernization, urban poverty, and…
In the Christmas Woods: Being the introductory essay of a series on observations of nature through the year
Adeline Knapp
The rain falls upon the California hills, inviting a quiet walk through the redwoods to observe how the wild creatures of the woods celebrate a Christmas storm.
Joseph K. F. Mansfield, Brigadier General of the U.S. Army: A Narrative of Events Connected with His Mortal Wounding at Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862
John Mead Gould
HOOK A veteran soldier meticulously reconstructs the final moments of a Union general at Antietam, peeling back layers of conflicting folklore to reveal the precise, unvarnished truth of a battlefield tragedy.
Last Call
Bryce Walton
This is a story of a man who discovers that his own mind is a weapon, and that the "madness" of the masses is actually a carefully engineered prison.
Let Space Be Your Coffin
S. M. Tenneshaw
The jealousy of a bitter partner turns a routine space flight into a deadly trap, but the final occupant of the ship is not who the saboteur intended.
Myra's Well: A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en
George Francis Dawson
A lonely young nobleman, haunted by an ancestral curse and a vision of the farm-girl he secretly loves, wanders into the October night only to find her swooning at a legendary well.
Nelly's dark days
Hesba Stretton
A desperate struggle for redemption unfolds in the shadows of Victorian gin-palaces, where the bonds of family and a young child’s love are tested by the relentless pull of addiction.
None so deaf as those who won't hear
Herbert Pelham Curtis
A farce of crossed wires and feigned infirmity, this play turns on a father’s desperate search for a son-in-law who cannot hear his daughter’s complaints—only to find his own hearing miraculously restored.
Our Union and Its Defenders: An Oration, Delivered Before the Citizens of Burlington, N.J., on the Occasion of Their Celebration of the Eighty-Sixth Anniversary of Independence Day, July 4th, 1862
J. Howard (John Howard) Pugh
Delivered during the darkest days of the American Civil War, this impassioned address argues that the preservation of the Union is the essential, sacred duty of every citizen.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893
Various
This collection of Victorian wit captures the pulse of a fading century, blending sharp political satire with the polished, paradoxical aesthetic of the 1890s.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 18, 1893
Various
A satirical chronicle of Victorian manners, politics, and the relentless absurdities of public life, this volume captures a singular week in 1893 through the lens of sharp, witty commentary.
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914
Various
The Great War is a tragedy, but even amidst the darkness of 1914, there is a stubborn, defiant absurdity that demands to be noticed. This collection captures the peculiar spirit of a nation at a crossroads.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914
Various
This collection captures the frantic, biting, and stoic spirit of a nation suddenly plunged into the Great War. It functions as a cultural mirror, reflecting how civilians and soldiers alike attempted to maintain humor amidst the darkening shadow of 1914.