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By: Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886) | |
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Come Lasses and Lads |
By: George Ade (1866-1944) | |
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Fables in Slang
While a columnist for The Chicago Record humorist George Ade penned numerous “fables” which were subsequently collected into books. Fables in Slang is the first of these collections. It contains 26 satirical stories that lampoon phrenologists, idealists, snobs, fanatics and other ignorant fools of the day, most of which still wander through our modern lives. Jean Shepherd considered Ade a predecessor who made writers like James Thurber, Mike Royko, and himself possible. Fables in Slang was first published in 1899 by Herbert S. Stone and Company. |
By: Ivan S. Turgenev (1818-1883) | |
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Fathers and Children | |
Virgin Soil | |
On the Eve
On the Eve appeared in 1860, two years before Fathers and Sons, Turgenev's most famous novel. It is set in the prior decade (by the end of the novel, the Crimean War (1853-56) has already broken out. It centers on the young Elena Nikolaevna Stakhov, daughter of Nikolai Arteyemvitch and Anna Vassilyevna Stahov. Misunderstood by both her parents (Nikolai Artemyevitch is at least as interested in his German mistress as in members of her family) she is on friendly terms with both the would-be professor Andrei Petrovitch Bersenyev and the rising young sculptor Pavel Yakovitch Shubin, both of whom might be -- or might not be -- in love with her... | |
A Nobleman's Nest | |
The Rendezvous 1907 |
By: Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891-1976) | |
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The Royal Book of Oz
The Royal Book of Oz (1921) is the fifteenth in the series of Oz books, and the first to be written by Ruth Plumly Thompson after L. Frank Baum’s death. Although Baum was credited as the author, it was written entirely by Thompson. The Scarecrow is upset when Professor Wogglebug tells him that he has no family, so he goes to where Dorothy Gale found him to trace his “roots.” Then he vanishes from the face of Oz. Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion mount a search for their friend, but when that is successful, they will need to become a rescue party! |
By: Marion St. John Webb | |
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The House with the Twisting Passage
When Jenny goes to stay with her Aunt Abby, a caretaker in a grand old manor-house, she discovers a wonderful twisting passage on the second floor with an array of colourful characters living in the rooms along it – each of them with a story to tell. |
By: Thomas Mayne Reid (1813-1883) | |
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The Headless Horseman - A Strange Tale of Texas
The horse is perfect in all its parts—a splendid steed, saddled, bridled, and otherwise completely caparisoned. In it there appears nothing amiss—nothing to produce either wonder or alarm. But the man—the rider? Ah! About him there is something to cause both—something weird—something wanting! By heavens! it is the head! (Excerpt from the Prologue) The Headless Horseman is a novel by Mayne Reid written in 1865 or 1866 and is based on the author's adventures in the United States. The Headless Horseman or a Strange Tale of Texas was set in Texas and based on a South Texas folk tale... |
By: Mayne Reid (1813-1883) | |
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Gwen Wynn - A Romance of the Wye
Gwendoline Wynn, our heroine, is an orphan-heiress who lives on the river Wye. She will live with aunt until she comes of age and her money. Vivian Ryecroft, our hero and a captain in the Hussars, is on a leave of absence in Herefordshire, salmon fishing on the Wye. Gwen and Vivian have a chance, and brief, encounter on the Wye, and Vivian is enchanted. Will our hero and heroine find love? Will it last? | |
The Castaways | |
The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West | |
The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains | |
The Boy Hunters | |
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family | |
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North | |
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon | |
Popular Adventure Tales | |
The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness | |
The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure | |
The Boy Tar | |
Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt |
By: Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883) | |
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Cliff Climbers
A plant hunter, Karl Linden, and his brother Caspar are on their way to the Himalayas to collect the plants of that region. Many adventures befell the brothers and their guides, all of which led to their being trapped in the mountains. This is a story of their escape from those mountains. (Ann Boulais) |
By: Mayne Reid (1818-1883) | |
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The Lone Ranche | |
The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire | |
The Boy Slaves | |
The Rifle Rangers | |
The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea |
By: Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883) | |
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Giraffe Hunters
The Young Yägers, Hans and Hendrik Von Bloom, Groot Willem and Arend Van Wyk, are again on a hunting expedition. This time, the reader will find their old acquaintances in Africa, on the banks of the Limpopo River. Here our young adventurers are looking for sport and wild animals. |
By: Mayne Reid (1818-1883) | |
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Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora | |
Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco |