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The Portrait of Mr. W. H.

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Oscar Wilde


Wilde's short story about an attempt to uncover the identity of Mr. W. H., the dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets, was first published in Bl…

Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 4 (1897-1898)

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Oscar Wilde


This fourth collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes the letters Wilde wrote while living in Berneval, in the months after h…

Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 5 (1898-1900)

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Oscar Wilde


This fifth and final collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes many letters to his friend, Robert Ross, and a long letter abo…

Oscar Wilde from Purgatory

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Hester Travers Smith


Hester Dowden, who wrote under the name Hester Travers Smith, was an Irish spiritualist medium. She claimed to have communicated with the sp…

The Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture

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Benvenuto Cellini


Benvenuto Cellini, a 16th century Florentine goldsmith and sculptor, is perhaps better known for his colorful autobiography than his works o…

In Excelsis

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Lord Alfred Douglas


In 1924, Lord Alfred Douglas was sued by Winston Churchill after he alleged that the politician had been part of a Jewish-backed conspiracy …

Section 15

In The Tower Menagerie

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Edward Turner Bennett


Such is a brief outline of the history up to the present period of the establishment known as the Tower Menagerie. Of the animals contained …

The Secretary of War to General Gaines, August 3, 1827, by James Barbour

In Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, December 1827

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Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Commissioner Of Indian Affairs


Because the US Constitution gives the power of relating to (and control over) Indian tribes to the federal government, Congress requires upd…

October

In 365 Foreign Dishes (Version 2)

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Anonymous


This is collection of international recipes with a concentration on European countries, from Austrian Goulasch and Scotch Scones to Egyptian…

THE LITTLE BULL-CALF AND THE POPPY

In Moo Cow Tales

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Rosamund Edith Nesbit Bland


Moo Cow Tales is a collection of four children's short stories written during the 1890's by young author Rosamund Edith Nesbit Bland. In 190…

Āl-wūs-ki-ni-gess, the Spirit of the Woods

In In Indian Tents

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Abby Langdon Alger


A collection of the legends and stories of North Eastern Indians "In the summer of 1882 and 1883, I was associated with Charles G. Lela…

One Who Left All - Bishop Hannington

In Beneath the Banner (version 2)

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Frederick J. Cross


The subtitle of this book, "Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds" defines the author's choice of notable figures of his…

General Gage and the Boston Boys. By Samuel Adams Drake

In Children's Book of Patriotic Stories

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Samuel Adams Drake, Helen M. Winslow and Asa Don Dickinson


Here is a book of Patriotic Stories for children, to stand beside the similar collections of Christmas Stories and Thanksgiving Stories, whi…

Lily's Stocking, part 4

In Black, White and Brindled

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Eden Phillpotts


These short stories by Eden Phillpotts are set in the West Indies, involving mystery, murder, tragic romance and many a sea yarn.NOTE: There…

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