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Paul Cuffe
In The Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children
From the preface of the book: "To the present time, there has been no collection of stories and poems by Negro writers, which colored c…
The Reading Man
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…
Mr. Bennett, Stendhal and the Modern Novel by John Middleton Murry
In The Blue Review, Number 3
The Blue Review was a short lived monthly journal published in London between May and July 1913. The successor to Rhythm, The Blue Review wa…
Pilgrims
In Rhymes of a Red Cross Man
Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. Hi…
Old Aeson
In Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches
This is a collection of well-written engaging short stories written by "Q", the pen name of the prolific and eccentric Sir Arthur …
Chapter 1 of Peveril of the Peak
In First Chapter Collection 012
The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…
What Mr. Robinson Thinks
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 01
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that brings together a rich collection of 53 short stories and poems from 44 diverse …
The Mariner
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…
Part 4. England
In The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History
The fourteenth volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story has a different concept than the previous books edited by Eva March Tappan. …
The Curate of Poltons
In Comedies of Courtship
A series of short stories about love and the process of courtship. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Lige's legacy 2
In Beckside Lights
John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…
The Bishop of Salisbury’s Horse; A Strolling Pedlar; A Stout Pedestrian; Lake Scenery
In The Footpath Way: An Anthology for Walkers
This 1911 anthology is a collection of musings on the pleasures, challenges, and experience of walking. It features some famous authors (Tho…
The search for Prester John (1486), by John Fiske
In The World’s Story Volume V: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal
This is the fifth 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 Ta…
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In The Four Million (Version 2)
The man with the surprise endings: that was O. Henry's trademark. This is the second published collection of short stories by O. Henry origi…
Harry Pemberton's Text, by Elizabeth Armstrong
In Holiday Stories for Young People
"Boys and girls, I am proud to call a host of you my personal friends, and I dearly love you all. It has been a great pleasure to me to…
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In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
The Pomegranate Bush
In Selected Poems
Pauline B. Barrington was an American poet and playwright. These poems were published between 1916 and 1918 and take for their inspiration t…
THE IKON
In Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches
In this urbane collection of short stories by Maurice Baring, characters ranging from legendary figures to schoolboys find themselves in ste…
John Dryden by Thomas R. Lounsbury
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 12
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…
Christopherson
In The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
George Gissing was a prolific English writer of novels and short stories. Among his best known novels is The Odd Women, which was influenced…