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The Coming Out of Maggie
In The Four Million (Version 3)
Considered one of his finest works, The Four Million (1906) is a collection of short stories by American writer O. Henry (1862-1910). Despit…
The Australiad
In Morna Lee, and Other Poems
Mary Hannay Foott (pen name, La Quenouille) was a Scottish-born Australian poet and editor. She is well remembered for a bush-ballad poem, &…
Part Three
In Far Above Rubies
Proverbs 31:10-11 says, "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust i…
Belleville School
In The Broken Vase and Other Stories
The Broken Vase and Other Stories; for Children and Youth,Compiled by a TeacherFITCHBURG: PUBLISHED BY S. & C. SHEPLEY. 1847.WM. J. MERR…
The Signor John, I
In The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly and Other Stories
This is a collection of 10 original ghost stories by Rosa Mulholland, published in 1880. Some only one section long; others spread out over …
Parpon the Dwarf
In The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac
This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting i…
Uneasy Reflections
In Introducing Irony (Version 2)
Maxwell Bodenheim was once known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians after moving to New York after being one of the founders of the …
Jane: Chapter One
In Love Stories
Ailing and Impatient Patients, Nurturing Nurses, and familial bond. A collection of Love affairs, young and old, deftly told by "Americ…
Spotty
In Uncollected Short Stories of L.M. Montgomery
A compilation of 80 short stories by the author of "Anne of Green Gables" that were not previously published in a book or in one o…
Rheims
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
Sister Maddelena
In Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories
A collection of six ghostly tales by Ralph Adams Cram, ranging from the demonic to the deeply sad. Gruesome apparitions, oppressive atmosphe…
A Tyrrhenian Fable
In Unprofessional Tales
A collection of stories exploring the psychological and paranormal, some stories bordering on the macabre. - Summary by Luke Castle
A Character Sketch
In A Spray of Lilac, and Other Poems and Songs
Marie Hedderwick-Browne was born in Ireland, but spent her formative years in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father, John Hedderwick, was a pr…
Chapter 3
In Ring o' Roses: A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book
Ring o' Roses by L. Leslie Brooke is a delightful collection of classic nursery rhymes that invites young listeners into a world of rhythm a…
Glamis Castle
In Ghost Story Collection 003
A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyo…
The Novelette Reader
In Machine-Room Chants
Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was publish…
Chapter 10 by Ethel Watts Mumford (1878-1940)
In The Sturdy Oak
At a certain committee meeting held in the spring of 1916, it was agreed that fourteen leading American authors, known to be extremely gener…
An Idyl of London
In Stories by English Authors: London
This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …
Who I Know
In Foliage: Various Poems
W. H. Davies was a Welsh poet and writer. Davies spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom and United States, becoming one …
Selection from Crichton
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 01
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…