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The Romance Of The Commonplace

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Frank Gelett Burgess


Thirty four whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, and entertaining essays about not much in particular, published in 1902, by one of the most popular …

Lincoln's Yarns and Stories

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Alexander K. Mcclure


“A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America’s Greatest Story Teller With Introductio…

On Reading The Bible

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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


These are three lectures (numbers 8, 9, 10) excerpted from the author’s 1920 book On The Art Of Reading. The lectures were delivered to stu…

Recollections And Letters Of General Robert E. Lee By His Son

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Robert E. Lee, Jr.


The life of the Confederate States of America general, Robert E. Lee, through the eyes of his youngest son, who was also a Confederate Army …

A Shepherd's Life; Impressions Of The South Wiltshire Downs

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William Henry Hudson


Hudson wrote this classic work in 1910; it is admiringly mentioned by many other writers. It focuses on the memories of a head shepherd, Ca…

Jim The Story Of A Backwoods Police Dog (And Other Stories)

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts


Deputy Sheriff Tug Blackstock wanted a dog to help with his work. As for Jim, at first glance he might almost have been taken for a slim, y…

Fort Concho; Its Why And Wherefore

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J. N. Gregory


Fort Concho was a U.S. Army post in central Texas from 1867 to 1889. It figured considerably in the Indian Wars, notably against the Comanch…

Old Hampshire Vignettes

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Mary Elizabeth Hawker


Lanoe Falconer is the pseudonym of the English writer, Marie Elizabeth Hawker (1848 - 1908). Her works, though few, were well received. She …

Biographical Notice Of Nicolo Paganini With An Analysis Of His Compositions And…

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Francois-Joseph Fetis


Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (1782 – 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebra…

Two Diaries From Middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February - May, 1…

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Susan R. Jervey


Two diaries from Middle St. John’s, Berkeley, South Carolina, February – May, 1865. Journals kept by Miss Susan R. Jervey and Miss Charlott…

The Children's Book Of Christmas

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J. C. Dier


This 1911 collection is of snippets from many different sources and genres: myths, songs. poems, hymns, book sections, etc. The sources are…

The Last Three Soldiers

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William Henry Shelton


What if the Confederacy had won the American Civil War? It’s July 1864 and three oh-so-young Union troopers are assigned to a mountaintop in…

The Good Soldier; A Selection Of Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918

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N. P. Dawson


“Here are boys, all sorts of boys: French, English, Italian, American… These are soldiers’ letters written home. But reading, one finds t…

A Fleet In Being; Notes Of Two Trips With The Channel Squadron

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Rudyard Kipling


[Kipling] became involved in the debate over the British response to the rise in German naval power known as the Tirpitz Plan to build a fle…

The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol

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William John Locke


This 1912 collection of short stories is of lighthearted adventures of an irresponsible -- and irrepressible -- Frenchman in England and Par…

The Private Soldier Under Washington

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Charles Knowles Bolton


Much was been written about the American Revolution, but our knowledge of the private solders of the patriot army is confined chiefly to Was…

Pep: The Story Of A Brave Dog

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Clarence Hawkes


This 1922 adventure story for youth and dog lovers will delight anyone with just a little suspension of disbelief. Sentimental and anthropom…

Tales Of English Minsters: Canterbury Cathedral Kent and Saint Paul's London

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Elizabeth W. Grierson


These simple stories of two of England’s greatest cathedrals were originally written for youth (1910) but adults will also enjoy them. St. …

The Egregious English

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T. W. H. Crosland


This 1903 book is a tongue-in-cheek send-up of English people and subjects. Within the humor (or humour), the listener may be surprised by s…

My Religion

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Arnold Bennett, J. D. Beresford, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Arthur Jones, Compton Mackenzie, E. Phillips Oppenheim, H. De Vere Stacpoole, Hugh Walpole, Rebecca West and Israel Zangwill


This 1926 collection of sixteen essays on religion by well-known people (mostly authors) in the early 20th century brings together articles …

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