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In In a German Pension, Version 2
Katherine Mansfield was only 22 years old when these stories were first published in book form. Mansfield was later reluctant to see them re…
RUBINSTEIN'S PLAYING. ANONYMOUS
In Successful Recitations
A compilation of poetry designed for performance. This compilation focuses on the art of recitation, highlighting the importance of clarity,…
Section IV
In The Jade Flute
A collection of mindful ancient Chinese poetry by Li Po, Wan Ts’u, Mei Chang and other masters set in English prose by anonymous translators…
Modern Elfland
In The Wild Knight and Other Poems
The Wild Knight and Other Poems invites listeners into the imaginative world of G. K. Chesterton, where the ordinary transforms into the ext…
Dan Taylor
In Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John Avery Lomax is a towering figure in the field of early American musicology and folklore. Through intensive field work, Lomax built up …
The End of the Century
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …
First love; or Constancy in the nineteenth century, by Miss L. E. Landon
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 20
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
A modern de Pompadour, by Jennie Bullard Waterbury
In The Black Cat Vol. 02 No. 03 December 1896
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
20th Century Harlequinade by Osbert Sitwell
In Wheels - The First Cycle
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family, the first in 1916. Apart from Edith, Osbert and…
Today's Run Down
In Bob & Ray: The Complete Collection
Experience the humor and wit of Bob & Ray in this extensive collection that showcases their unique style of comedy. Although marketed as…
Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie
In The World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles
This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March T…
Introduction
In Stories From Wagner
Eleven stories of eleven operas by Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold. Die Walküre. Siegfried. Götterdämmerung. Parsifal. Lohengrin. Ta…
Preface by Hilaire Belloc
In Kai Lung's Golden Hours
Kai Lung’s Golden Hours is a frame story or frame novel, that is, the narrative provides a frame for different stories. Think One Thousand A…
Pierre Corneille, by Frederick Morris Warren
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 10
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Dirge
In Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. "…
The Flight of a Century, by William Gaspey
In The Festive Wreath
The Festive Wreath, edited by John Bolton Rogerson, and subtitled 'A Collection of Contributions Read at a Literary Meeting Held in Manchest…
Spring in Carolina by Henry Timrod
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 1)
The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…
Romance of Lincoln’s Life
In Threads of Grey and Gold
This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic…
Mrs Caudle's Lecture by Douglas Jerrold
In The Coo-ee Reciter
Recitation was a vital part of the curriculum in education in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It not only enabled students to gain practic…
Flodden Field, September 1513, from "Marmion", Canto VI, by Sir Walter Scott
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8: National Spirit (Part 2)
The eighth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, inc…