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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her aunts, one stern and one kind, in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca's joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding. Wiggin wrote a sequel, New Chronicles of Rebecca. Eric Wiggin, a grand-nephew of the author, wrote ...

The Age of Big Business" is a history of how businesses changed from small, competing businesses to large corporations that controlled major portions of or all of an industry. Since the book was written in 1919, it was fascinating to see how the various industries have changed from post-Civil-War to post-World-War-I to now. For example, I didn't realize that America once exported oil. Chapter One compared 1865 to 1919 in terms of technology ...

Just in time for Veterans' Day: I found this book to be informative, anti-sentimental, definitely NOT propagandistic as so many of the personal narratives about the First World War were. Holmes wrote this book in reaction to America joining the fight against Germany, he had survived two years in the trenches as a soldier in the British Army, fighting in the Somme. Receiving a "million-dollar wound", as referred to in the war to follow the Fi...

La Vita Nuova (Italian for "The New Life") or Vita Nova (Latin title) is a text by Dante Alighieri published in 1294. It is an expression of the medieval genre of courtly love in a prosimetrum style, a combination of both prose and verse. Referred to by Dante as his libello, or "little book, " La Vita Nuova is the first of two collections of verse written by Dante in his life. The collection is a prosimetrum, a piece containing both verse a...

A collection of light romances set in the early part of the twentieth century by Kate Douglas Wiggin. About the author: Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 - August 24, 1923) was an American educator, author and composer. She wrote children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and composed collections of children's songs. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Sil...

Contents First Chronicle Jack O'lantern Second Chronicle Daughters of Zion Third Chronicle Rebecca's Thought Book Fourth Chronicle A Tragedy in Millinery Fifth Chronicle The Saving of the Colors Sixth Chronicle The State O' Maine Girl Seventh Chronicle The Little Prophet Eighth Chronicle Abner Simpson's New Leaf Ninth Chronicle The Green Isle Tenth Chronicle Rebecca's Reminiscences Eleventh Chronicle Abijah the Brave and the Fair E...

A mystery novel by Jean Webster set in the Deep South during the Victorian Era. About the author: Jean Webster, original name Alice Jane Chandler Webster, (born July 24, 1876, Fredonia, N.Y., U.S.-died June 11, 1916, New York, N.Y.), American writer who is best remembered for her fiction best-seller Daddy-Long-Legs, which was also successful in stage and motion picture adaptations. Webster adopted the name Jean while attending the Lady Ja...

The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope. One of the most commonly cited examples of high burlesque, it was first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellaneous Poems and Translations (May 1712) in two cantos (334 lines), a revised edition "Written by Mr. Pope" followed in March 1714 as a five-canto version (794 lines) accompanied by six engravings. Pope boasted that this sold more than three thousand cop...

The Unseen Bridegroom is a gothic novel by May Agnes Fleming. May Agnes Fleming(pseudonyms, Cousin May Carleton, M. A. Earlie, November 15, 1840 - March 24, 1880) was a Canadian novelist. She was "one of the first Canadians to pursue a highly successful career as a writer of popular fiction." May Agnes Early was born in Carleton, West Saint John, in the Colony of New Brunswick, the daughter of Bernard and Mary Early. May Agnes began publish...

An Essay on Man is a poem published by Alexander Pope in 1733-1734. It was dedicated to Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, (pronounced 'Bull-en-brook') hence the opening line: "Awake, St John...". It is an effort to rationalize or rather "vindicate the ways of God to man" (l.16), a variation of John Milton's claim in the opening lines of Paradise Lost, that he will "justifie the wayes of God to men" (1.26). It is concerned with the natur...

Vikings of the Pacific: The Adventures of the Explorers Who Came From the West, Eastward Bering, The Dane, The Outlaw Hunters Of Russia, Benyowsky, The Polish Pirate, Cook And Vancouver, The English Navigators, Gray Of Boston, The Discoverer Of The Columbia, Drake, Ledyard, And Other Soldiers Of Fortune On The West Coast Of America About the author: Agnes Christina Laut (11 February 1871 - 15 November 1936) was a Canadian journalist, novelis...

FOREWORD I have been asked how much of this tale of modern freebooters is true? In exactly which States have such episodes occurred? Have vast herds of sheep been run over battlements? Have animals been bludgeoned to death, have men been burned alive, have the criminals not only gone unpunished but been protected by the law-makers? Have sheriffs "hidden under the bed" and "handy men" bluffed the press? Have vast domains of timber lands been st...

The Baronet's Bride is a perfect culmination of romance and mystery. A story of pride, revenge, gypsies, attempted murder, scoundrels, beautiful women, and love that overcomes all obstacles. (Miss Misty) About the author: May Agnes Fleming (pseudonyms, Cousin May Carleton, M. A. Earlie, November 15, 1840 - March 24, 1880) was a Canadian novelist. She was "one of the first Canadians to pursue a highly successful career as a writer of popular ...

Sir Noel Thetford, a young man of only seven-and-twenty in his prime of life, lays dying, tragically thrown from a horse. Married a mere five months to the beautiful Lady Ada Thetford, he calls her to his deathbed and sends everyone else away. "I have been a villain, Ada, " he admits, "the greatest villain on earth to you." For the next few hours, Lady Thetford listens to her husband's confession. Never once does she falter, never does she sti...

...It has everything a Victorian novel is known for, beautiful ladies with long luxurious dresses, handsome noble men, wealth, jewels, silks, etc. and the good, the bad and the ugly that they adorn. Well worth the reading of this novel. (MaryAnnSki) About the author: May Agnes Fleming (pseudonyms, Cousin May Carleton, M. A. Earlie, November 15, 1840 - March 24, 1880) was a Canadian novelist. She was "one of the first Canadians to pursue a hi...

CONTENTS I: The Voyage of the 'Golden Hind' II: Vitus Bering on the Pacific III: The Outlaw Hunters IV: Cook and Vancouver V: 'Alexander Mackenzie, From Canada, By Land' VI: The Descent of the Fraser River VII: Thompson and the Astorians VIII: The Passing of the Fur Lords About the author: Agnes Christina Laut (11 February 1871 - 15 November 1936) was a Canadian journalist, novelist, historian, and social worker. Laut was born ...

The Midnight Queen is a gothic novel by May Agnes Fleming. May Agnes Fleming(pseudonyms, Cousin May Carleton, M. A. Earlie, November 15, 1840 - March 24, 1880) was a Canadian novelist. She was "one of the first Canadians to pursue a highly successful career as a writer of popular fiction." May Agnes Early was born in Carleton, West Saint John, in the Colony of New Brunswick, the daughter of Bernard and Mary Early. May Agnes began publishing...

A Victorian novel by May Agnes Fleming. May Agnes Fleming (pseudonyms, Cousin May Carleton, M. A. Earlie, November 15, 1840 - March 24, 1880) was a Canadian novelist. She was "one of the first Canadians to pursue a highly successful career as a writer of popular fiction." May Agnes Early was born in Carleton, West Saint John, in the Colony of New Brunswick, the daughter of Bernard and Mary Early. May Agnes began publishing while studying at...

Dated but none the less masterfully written and vividly narrated. This book was a treasure from the first word to the very last. (Kevin William Barry) About the author: May Agnes Fleming (pseudonyms, Cousin May Carleton, M. A. Earlie, November 15, 1840 - March 24, 1880) was a Canadian novelist. She was "one of the first Canadians to pursue a highly successful career as a writer of popular fiction." May Agnes Early was born in Carleton, We...

An adventure novel by Andre Norton about kids who inherit a haunted old mansion in the Deep South of the USA. About the author: Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 - March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name Andre Norton, but also under Andrew North and Allen Weston. She was the first woma...