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Miss Ingalis

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Gertrude Hall


As the story begins, title character Grace Ingalis is a young woman with a middle-class socialite's upbringing who decides to marry a well-o…

The Heron Nest

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W. Bert Foster


Pleasant family drama set in early 1900's or late 1890's upstate New York. The Herron clan, led by heroic, inventive, handicapped older bro…

Edgewater People

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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman


A collection of interrelated short stories concerning the townfolk of a few small New England villages at the turn of the last century. (Sum…

The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle

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Wilmer M. Ely


Late entry in the Boy Chums series set in WWI-era Florida focuses on four working-class adventurers: young adults Charley & Walter, man…

1912: Short Works Collection

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Various


This is a collection of public domain works either published in 1912, or written in 1912 and published before 1923. The accent is on non-fic…

Little Tales of the Desert

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Ethel Twycross Foster


A six year-old girl named Mary spends Christmas vacation with her parents in the Arizona desert of 1901 or thereabouts. ( Summary by Bellona…

The Life of the Fly, With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography

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Jean-Henri Fabre


The title tells all, along with other observations on insect life from the famed accidental entomologist of 19th Century France.. - Summary …

1903 Collection

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Various


This is what people were reading in 1903, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction articles. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Cocoa Break Collection, Vol. 01

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Various


Following in the vein of my Coffee-Break collections, this is a collection of short (all under 15 minutes) stories for kids. Focus is on fab…

The Gray Mills of Farley

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Sarah Orne Jewett


As contemporary today as it was over a century ago, this relatively unsentimental tale of labor relations still packs a punch. (Summary by B…

Flowers and Ferns in their Haunts

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Mabel Osgood Wright


Pleasant non-fiction journey into the backwoods of the New England coastal countryside by the first president of the Connecticut Audubon Soc…

British & American Periodical Articles 1852-1905

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Various


A dozen assorted articles from British and American periodicals, including The Atlantic Monthly, Punch, The Chicago Record-Herald, Chambers'…

Arizona Sketches

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Joseph Munk


An introduction to Arizona from approximately a century ago. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Helen in the Editor's Chair

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Ruthe S. Wheeler


After her father, Hugh Blair, falls ill from exhaustion as editor of the town newspaper, The Rolfe Herald, and leaves for a rest cure in the…

The Scrap Book (volume 1) Sampler

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Various


18 works -- two non-fic articles & one short fiction or poetry each -- from issues March, April, May, June, July, & August 1906 of T…

The Long Ago

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Jacob William Wright and J. W. Wright


Short memory of boyhood by a little-known American poet based in Carmel-By-The-Sea, California. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Arcadia in Avernus

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Will Lillibridge


Unhappy wife leaves marriage of convenience for another man, the couple running away to the Dakota prairie to set up housekeeping. All seems…

The Drama: A Quarterly Review

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Various


This is a collection of theatrical essays from the American quarterly The Drama, including six non-fiction works -- 3 profiles: Schnitzler, …

The Black Tulip

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Alexandre Dumas


The Black Tulip, written by Alexandre Dumas père and published in 1850, is a historical novel placed in the time of Tulipmania in the…

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the…

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Alexander Von Humboldt


In 1799, with extensive travel permissions from the Spanish government, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland departe…

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