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Chapter VI: Miss Dolly Beekman

In A Little Girl in Old New York

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Amanda Minnie Douglas


The first entry in A Little Girl series, a series of historical fiction books for young girls, A Little Girl in Old New York chronices the a…

Ablution by John Myers O'Hare

In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1914

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William Stanley Braithwaite


William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…

To Woman

In Hours of Idleness

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…

SHORTCAKE

In 133 Quicker Ways to Homemade with Bisquick

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Betty Crocker


This Cookbook features 133 recipes that uses Bisquick, invented by the General Mills. General Mills was started in 1866 from a single flour …

Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Personal Relief Section

In The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 1, March 1, 1919

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Greye La Spina


Thrill Book was a short-lived genre fiction precursor to Weird Tales featuring some of the same talent like Greye La Spina, Seabury Quinn, C…

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…

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…

Priests are always asking for money.

In Short Answers to Common Objections Against Religion

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Louis Gaston de Segur and Louis Gaston De Segur


A neat little book of answers to a number of objections and arguments frequently urged by the opponents of the Catholic Church. It first tre…

THE SUBTLE SOMETHING

In Letters to a Daughter

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Hubert Bland


Letters to a Daughter is a collection of essays proffering ‘fatherly advice’ in the form of a one-sided correspondence. Each of these takes …

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…

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…

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…