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Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) was an American author, artist and engineer. He illustrated and published numerous travelogues, and his novels and short stories are especially felicitous in their portrayal of the Old South.
Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) was an American author, artist and engineer. He illustrated and published numerous travelogues, and his novels and short stories are especially felicitous in their portrayal of the Old South.
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire," revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on political, social, gender issues and conflicts of his day.
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire," revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on political, social, gender issues and conflicts of his day.
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire," revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on political, social, gender issues and conflicts of his day.
Rosa Mulholland (?-1921), also known as Lady Gilbert, was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet.
Published by the Russia Cement Company, this pamphlet is copiously illustrated, with step-by-step directions for building the toys and crafts.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his children's books. He is regarded as an innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are enduring classics.
This volumes contains The House of Atreus (Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers, and The Furies) and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles, Hippolytus and The Bacchae by Europides, and the Frogs by Aristophanes. Additional translation by Gilbert Murray and B. B. Rogers.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) wrote many novels and stories of a socially progressive nature. This volume contains A Tale of Two Cities, The Perils of Certain English Prisoners, The Wreck of the Golden Mary, and The Begging-Letter Writer.
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals.
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was one of the premiere French novelists. This collection contains Eugenie Grandet, A Study of Woman, Another Study of Woman, La Grande Breteche, Domestic Peace, and The Imaginary Mistress.
This is volume 12 of the Catholic Library of Religious Knowledge.
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) was best known for her novels and collections of short stories about New England. She received the William Dean Howells Medal for Distinction in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1926.
Mary Hastings Bradley (1882-1976) wrote historical novels, travelogues, and mysteries, and was a journalist for Colliers Magazine during World War II. She traveled extensively, and wrote many articles and novels about her experiences.
John Jeffery Farnol (1878-1952) wrote many popular novels and was instrumental in founding the Regency romantic genre.
The June 1952 issue reports the annual meeting of The Abraham Lincoln Association on February 12, 1952, including A presentation by Adlai Stevenson, then-governor of Illinois, on Lincoln as a Political Leader.
This collection brings together short stories and poems that highlight Kipling's talent for depicting military life, human relationships, and the complexities of the British Empire. The title story, "The Courting of Dinah Shadd," follows the life of an Irish soldier and his romantic struggles, blending humor and pathos. The broader collection includes narratives filled with Kipling's characteristic attention to cultural nuance, moral dilemmas, and vivid character portrayals.
This volume includes the Confederate Navy Department Correspondence with Agents abroad, 1861-1865
William Blake (1757-1827), known for his estimable character, was one of the earliest poets of the Romantic Revival. He both wrote and drew poems, as seen in the included illustrations.
English academic, Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922) served as British Ambassador to the United State from 1907 to 1913. Volume II of his description of the "American Commonwealth" was originally published in 1893 and updated in 1914 and describes the American party system, social institutions, public opinion and reflections on a variety of topics, from Tammany Hall, woman's suffrage, the South since the Civil War, and the "present and future of the Negro."
Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) and Alice Muriel Williamson (1869-1933) wrote The Princess Virginia in 1906. The New York Times called this tale of the daughter of a "poverty-stricken princeling" a "romance highly sweetened and garnished with crowns and jewels galore."
Dawn: A Lost Romance of the Time of Christ by Irving Bacheller, published in 1920, is a historical novel set during the time of Christ. The story imagines the life of a woman to whom Jesus said, "Go and sin no more." The novel explores themes of redemption, faith, and the transformative power of love. Bacheller's narrative provides a vivid portrayal of the historical and cultural context of the time, blending fiction with biblical events.
In Joseph Smith Fletcher's (1863-1935) "Golden Age" detective novel, John Horbury, manager of Chestermarke's bank in the village of Scarnham, vanishes overnight and one of Scotland Yard's best takes on the challenge of finding him.
One of the first students at St. Hilda's College, Oxford, D.K. Broster (1877-1950) wrote popular historical novels after serving as a Red Cross nurse during World War I, including this tale of the adventures of royalist sympathizers after the French Revolution.
Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) second novel is tale of the orphan Oliver Twist, who escapes from a workhouse, travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Dickens exposed the cruel treatment of the large number of orphans in London in that era, calling the public's attention to the Poor Law, child labor and the recruitment of children as criminals.
Miriam Alexander (1879-) was a novelist known for her historical Irish novels, including the House of Lisronan, which won the Melrose prize in 1911. Beyond the Law also features the House of Lisronan and may be a re-titled version published contemporaneously in America.
Stephen Phillips (1864-1915) was a popular poet and dramatist. This volume includes his plays Alymer's Secret, Ulysses, The Sin of David, Nero, Faust and Pietro of Siena.
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