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Là-bas
Joris-Karl Huysmans
The plot of Là-Bas concerns the novelist Durtal, who is disgusted by the emptiness and vulgarity of the modern world. He seeks relief…
Symbols
John Drinkwater
John Drinkwater was an English poet and dramatist. In the period immediately before the First World War he was one of the group of poets ass…
To a Blank Sheet of Paper
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed by…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051
Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (version 2)
Edwin Abbott Abbott
This is a satirical novel written by Edwin A. Abbott, first published in 1884. Abbott uses a two-dimensional world, with himself as the prot…
Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902
William Morris Davis
This is Volume VIII of the National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs series. It is read as 33 sections using the memoir headings. Jo…
Citizen's Almanac
United States of America
This is a recording of a booklet given to new naturalized American citizens, it contains an explanation of fundamental documents, symbols an…
Uncle Wiggily's Fortune (version 2)
Howard R. Garis
Howard Garis, one of the most prolific children's writers of the 20th century, is credited with writing over 1500 Uncle Wiggily stories, ori…
Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book
Albert Bigelow Paine
"In the House of Many Windows which stands in a large city and is sometimes called a "flat" by people who, because they are g…
Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends
Sidney Colvin and John Keats
These are the letters of John Keats, as written to family, close friends and others during his brief, eventful years as an artist. (However,…
Sinking of the ''Merrimac''
Richmond Pearson Hobson
During the Spanish-American War, Naval Constructor Hobson U.S.N. devised a plan to scuttle a ship in the channel leading to Santiago harbor …
Way of Peace (version 3)
James Allen
‘The Way of Peace’ is the second part of James Allen’s first published work titled ‘From Poverty to Power’ alternatively titled ‘The Realiza…
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 1: Joan of Naples
Alexandre Dumas
The celebrated crimes committed during the life of Joan (Joanna I) of Naples span from personal misdeeds (adulteries and mariticide) to regi…
Mystery at Dark Cedars
Edith Lavell
Mary Louise and her friend Jane take on a mystery of dark secrets at Cedar Hall that threatens a young girl's sanity and trust. The first in…
London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View
George Vivian Poore
This little book is an expansion of two addresses delivered in January, 1889. One deals with sanitary issues in London. The other deals with…
Desirable Alien at Home in Germany
Ford Madox Ford and Violet Hunt
A travel journal of a year the author spent in Germany. With a preface and two additional chapters by her partner, the novelist Ford Madox F…
Dandy Dick
Arthur Wing Pinero
“Dandy Dick” was the third of the farces which Mr. Pinero wrote for the old Court Theatre—a series of plays which, besides giving playgoers …
In A Subway Station
Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet. - Summary by Wikipedia
World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 2)
Various
The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…
Christmas Under Three Flags
Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox
This work details personal memories of Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox, adopted granddaughter (acutally grand niece) of Rachel Donelson Jackson, …