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Richard Davis was a turn of the century reporter known for his romance novels, plays and short stories. His years of experience as a war correspondent influenced much of his writing. His most noted works were Gallegher and Other Stories (1891), Van Bibber and Others (1892), and Ranson's Folly (1902). Notes of a War Correspondent was first published in 1897. The Table of Contents includes The Cuban-Spanish War - The Death of Rodriguez, The Gree...

This collection of short stories contains the following Not Pretty, but Precious by Margret Field, The Victims of Dreams by Margaret Hosmer, The Cold Hand by Clara F. Guernsey, The Blood Seedling by John Hay, The Marquis by Chauncey Hickox, Under False Colors by Lucy Hamilton Hooper, The Hungry Heart by The Hungry Heart by J.W. De Forrest, How Mother Did It by J.R. Hadermann, The Red Fox by Clara F. Guernsey, Louie by Harriet Prescott Spofford...

Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844: By a Visiter was published in 1845. The book begins with a description of various routs leading to the cave. It talks of graded roads, steamers, log cabins to stay at and various other bits of information for visitors. Visitors are welcome to visit the two hundred and twenty-six Avenues in the Cave, forty-seven Domes, eight Cataracts, and twenty-three Pits. This is an excellent example of an e...

Thomas Fowler (1832 - 1920) was an English academic and academic administrator, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Progressive Morality, an Essay in Ethics, and The Principles of Morality is an important and original work, which incorporates as much of the thought of J. M. Wilson as Wilson ever managed to put on paper. The work is Fowler's own. It was inspired by Wilson with a few sect...

Elmer Ulysses Hoenshel was Principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music. Hoenshel traveled for 5 months on his own through the Orient. His trip began in Damascus. He journeyed to the Middle East not to indulge in Biblical archaeology but merely to observe and experience. His book is full of simple observations of the land and the "sacred associations" he found there.

Henry Rider Haggard was a British Victorian writer known for his adventure novels set in exotic places. Haggard's father sent him to Africa as assistant secretary to Lieutenant-Governor of Nata, Sir Henry Bulwer. His larger-than-life adventurers in Colonial Africa, the great mineral wealth discovered in Africa, and the ruins of ancient lost civilizations in Africa such as Great Zimbabwe would appear in many of his stories. Haggard also wrote a...

Bret Harte is best known for his stories about pioneering life in California. Harte moved to California in 1853 where he worked as a miner, journalist, teacher and messenger. Stories in this collection include Mr. Jack Hamlin's mediation -- The man at the semaphore -- An Esmeralda of Rocky Cañon -- Dick Spindler's family Christmas -- When the waters were up at "Jules" -- The boom in the "Calaveras Clarion" -- The secret of Sobriente's well -- ...

P G Wodehouse was a British writer known for his comic style. Besides writing short stories and novels he also wrote plays and musical lyrics. The Mike and Psmith books include: Mike (carved into Mike at Wrykyn, and Mike and Psmith), Psmith in the City, Psmith, Journalist, and Leave it to Psmith. These school stories are a joy to read. Mike Jackson is the youngest son of a famous cricketing family. Mike's two brothers are showing promise as go...

Robert Louis Stevenson was a 19th century Scottish essayist, poet, novelist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Kidnapped, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Treasure Island. Memories and Portraits is a collection of essays including essays on Stevenson's novels, his college years, and his old age, dogs and romance. The Table of Contents includes The foreigner at home, Some college memories, Old morality, A college magazine, An old Scotch g...

Father Bede Jarrett had a reputation as a scholar and as an exponent of Catholic social reform. In the Middle Ages the church was the arbitrator of morals, responsible for safeguarding the rights of the working class, and for supporting the poor. The church also guaranteed the right to own private property. Topics covered include social conditions, the communists, the schoolmen, the lawyers, the social reformers, and the theory of alms giving.

Alice Brown was an American novelist, poet and playwright, best known as a writer of local color stories. She also contributed a chapter to the collaborative novel, The Whole Family (1908). She worked as a teacher and journalist. Meadow Grass: Tales of New England Life was written in 1895. Stories in this collection include Number Five, Farmer Wli's Vacation, After All, Told in the Poorhouse, Heman's Ma, Heartsease, Mis' Wadleigh's Guest, A Ri...

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George MacDonald was a 19th century Scottish writer, poet and minister. He is best known for his fairy tales and fantasies. His most popular works are Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith. First published in 1881, this novel is about the faith and courage of Mary Marston, a shopkeeper's daughter, who is plunged into a world of deceit, suspicion, and mystery upon the death of her father. She leaves ...

Stanley John Weyman (1855 -1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance". Most of his works were historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. His most famous works include: A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), The Castle Inn (1898) and The Long Night (1903). A Gentleman of France: Being the Memoirs of Gaston De Bonne Sieur De Marsac depicts the values, social a...

Robert Louis Stevenson was a 19th century Scottish essayist, poet, novelist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Kidnapped, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Treasure Island. A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa is a historical work describing the Samoan Civil War. Stevenson arrived in Samoa in 1889 and became interested in the political atmosphere in the country. Three colonial powers were battling for control of Samoa - ...

A Fleece of Gold, Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece says in the Introduction, "the key to that cabinet of character in which nature conceals not only the motive power of every-day life, but those latent talents and energies that, through a knowledge of self, we can bring to bear upon our lives." From the fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece Given illustrates 5 lessons. The topics include The Ruling Element, "Jason and ...

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