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English Literature
This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…
Literature and Form
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The Question
In Poems
A short collection of poems by the Oxford-born poet and playwright Stephen Phillips including his two major works Marpessa and Christ In Had…
Peck's Bad Boy by George W. Peck
In Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2
Volume 2 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes select…
The Mocking Bird
In Birds, Vol. I, No 6, June 1897
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…
09 - The Hen in Politics; Dreyfus and Embalmed Beef; The Deadly Pistol Pocket
In Sunbeams
George W. Peck was at times a writer, newspaper publisher and politician. Many of the Sunbeam essays had been published in Peck's paper, &qu…
Putting In the Seed
In Mountain Interval (version 2)
Mountain Interval is a 1916 poetry collection written by American writer Robert Frost. It is Frost's third poetic volume and was published b…
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In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
Boris of Britain
In Chills and Fever
This is the second poetry collection of the poet-critic John Crowe Ransom, who was a member of the Fugitives and the Agrarians.
Cock-A-Doodle
In Very Short Stories And Verses For Children
Very Short Stories And Verses For Children is a children's book by Lucy Clifford compiling stories and poems informing the little ones about…
The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen
In In the Nursery of My Bookhouse
Full of delightful nursery rhymes, charming poems and engaging stories, folk and fairy tales, this is the first volume of the "My Bookh…
The Dewdrop
In Lake Lyrics and Other Poems
A Collection of poems by the Canadian poet William Wilfred Campbell most of which describe the natural beauty of the Great Lakes region of O…
The Mocking-Bird
In 37 American Poems
American Poems is a curated anthology that showcases the rich tapestry of American poetry from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries. Thi…
1.1 Introductory remarks about cocks, catchpennies, street drolleries etc.
In Curiosities of Street Literature
This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…
Henry Phipps
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
The Swallow and the Birds
In The Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales
The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, sto…
The Numismatist
In Trolley Folly
This collection of eleven short stories is packed with Henry Wallace Phillips' offbeat humor. You will find a trolley car driver, bored with…
Warren's Address by John Pierpoint
In Poems of American Patriotism
This book is a collection of patriotic poems by many authors. - Summary by Hannah Shaver
The Gift of the Magi
In Love Stories Volume 1
Here are 20 love stories under an hour each, covering all kinds of experiences involving romantic or other kinds of love resulting in heartb…
Reader's Corner, Part 2
In Astounding Stories 11, November 1930
Astounding Stories is a captivating anthology that transports listeners to the realms of imagination and innovation through a collection of …