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The Luck of the Merringtons
In The Master of Mysteries
Subtitled, "Being an account of the problems solved by Astro, seer of secrets, and his love affair with Valeska Wynne, his assistant.&q…
00 - Author's Note
In Tales of Unrest
Tales of Unrest is Joseph Conrad's first collection of short stories, published in 1898, showcasing his mastery of narrative and psychologic…
The wonderful adventures of Hasan the younger
In Cecil's Own Book
Ann Hawkshaw's fourth and final collection was published privately and named for her young grandson, Cecil Wedgwood. Written for children, t…
The Bent Tree
In The Golden Windmill and Other Stories
In this 1921 collection of short stories, many dealing with the experiences of ordinary people during the Great War, the master English stor…
Widow Townsend's Visitor
In A Budget of Christmas Tales
This is a 1895 collection of christmas-themed short stories and poems by various authors, Charles Dickens himself being the most prominent f…
A Herald of Spring
In Renascence: A Book of Verse
Walter Crane is better known as an artist and illustrator of children’s books. His illustrations defined a whole genre which influenced the…
Parpon the Dwarf
In The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac
This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting i…
11 - For Jimmy
In Across The Years
These 18 wonderful short stories by Eleanor H. Porter, the author of Pollyanna, deal with those marvelous and maddeningly frustrating creatu…
The Pines
In The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses (Version 2)
This collection deals with wanderlust in general but the bulk of the poems are based on Service’s time in the Yukon. He captures the excitem…
A Letter from Mr. Ezekiel Bigelow by James Russell Lowell
In Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor gathers short comic pieces by American writers, bringing together tales, observations, and ane…
To the Pines
In Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems
"The author of this unpretentious volume has long questioned the advisability of adding a book to our already inflated and overloaded l…
One Christmas at Shiloh
In The Heart of Happy Hollow (Version 2)
Happy Hollow; are you wondering where it is? Wherever Negroes colonise in the cities or villages, north or south, wherever the hod carrier, …
Harold
In The Day Before Yesterday
This is a volume of short stories and essays by Richard Middleton. The British poet and author wrote a large number of short pieces during h…
A Typical Bush Yarn
In Short Stories in Prose and Verse
Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a …
Psalms
The Darby Bible consists of a translation of the New Testament by John Nelson Darby, originally published in 1867, and a translation of the …
The Autobiography of an Idea
In Stories in Grey
This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain. Pain was well-known in his time for his supernatural and horror stories. This collectio…
Among the Pines
In Stray Pebbles From The Shores Of Thought
Stray Pebbles From The Shores Of Thought is a reflective collection of poetry by Elizabeth Porter Gould, a notable Boston poetess of the lat…
Lullaby Tree
In Day Dreams
Published in 1923, Day Dreams is a collection of poems written by Hollywood screen icon Rudolph Valentino. Authored during Valentino’s court…
06 - Learning to Read
In Tiny Story Book
Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)
The Long Porter's Tale
In Tales of Wonder
Tales of Wonder invites listeners into the enchanting realms crafted by Lord Dunsany, a pioneer of modern fantasy. This collection showcases…