Literary Collections

"New Poems" from Francis Thompson. English poet and ascetic (1859-1907).Author: Francis ThompsonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 30, 2015Number of Pages: 120 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Excerpt from The Notorious Mrs. Ebbs: A Drama in Four Acts The scene is a room in the Palazzo Arconati, on the Grand Canal, Venice. The room itself is beautiful in its decayed grandeur, but the furniture and hangings are either tawdry and meretricious or...

Cold and gray in the mist of the morning the long columns have filed down from the heights, and are massed at the water's edge. It is chill December, and the frost has eaten deep into the ruddy soil of Virginia, but the Rappahannock flows swiftly along,...

Sunset Pass or Running The Gauntlet Through Apache LandAuthor: Charles KingPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 74 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517125804ISBN-13: 9781517125806

Waring's PerilAuthor: Charles KingPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 110 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517125936ISBN-13: 9781517125936

SOMETIME in the summer of the year 1501 there landed on the southern coast of Santo Domingo one of the strangest expeditions that ever visited its shores. It was commanded by one Rodrigo de Bastidas, a rich notary of Seville, in Old Spain, who had become...

"The Secret Chamber at Chad" from Evelyn Everett-Green. English novelist (1856-1932).Author: Evelyn Everett-GreenPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 124 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

"The History of John Bull" from John Arbuthnot. Physician, satirist and polymath (1667-1735)).Author: John ArbuthnotPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 102 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

MariposillaAuthor: Mary Stewart DaggettPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 120 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517127785ISBN-13: 9781517127787

Brotherly LoveAuthor: Mrs SherwoodPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 48 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517127858ISBN-13: 9781517127855

The majority of our English counties possess some special feature, some particular attraction which acts as a lodestone for tourists, in the form of a stately cathedral, striking physical beauty, or a wealth of historical or literary associations. There...

"[...]One day a flight of larks came into the town, "which were," says Fuller, "as welcome as quails in the wilderness." The birds were so numerous that, notwithstanding the prevailing famine, they were sold for twopence a dozen. "Of this miraculous...

"A Man of Honor" from George Cary Eggleston. American author and brother of fellow author Edward Eggleston (1839-1911).Author: George Cary EgglestonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 124...

Excerpt from The Big Brother: A Story of Indian War In the quiet days of peace and security in which we live it is difficult to imagine such a time of excitement as that at which our story opens, in the summer of 1813. From the beginning of that year,...

Excerpt from The Wreck of the Red Bird: A Story of the Carolina Coast About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important...

The Little Lame PrinceAuthor: Dinah Maria CraikPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 01, 2015Number of Pages: 108 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517145678ISBN-13: 9781517145675

It was a very ugly bush indeed; that is, so far as any thing in nature can be really ugly. It was lopsided-having on the one hand a stunted stump or two, while on the other a huge heavy branch swept down to the gravel-walk. It had a crooked gnarled trunk...

"Jenny, my dear maid, thou wilt never fetch white meal out of a sack of sea-coal." Jenny tossed her head. It would have been a nice little brown head, if it had not been quite so fond of tossing itself. But Jenny was just sixteen, and laboured under a...

It is said that only travellers in the arid lands of the East really know the value of water. To them the Well in the Desert is a treasure and a blessing: unspeakably so, when the water is pure and sweet; yet even though it be salt and brackish, it may...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Henry T. RileyPublisher:...

Child Christopher and Goldilind The FairAuthor: William MorrisPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 02, 2015Number of Pages: 112 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517161312ISBN-13: 9781517161316

Signs of ChangeAuthor: William MorrisPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 02, 2015Number of Pages: 120 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517161614ISBN-13: 9781517161613

The Defence of Guenevere and Other PoemsAuthor: William MorrisPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 02, 2015Number of Pages: 84 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517161622ISBN-13: 9781517161620

The Hollow LandAuthor: William LandPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 02, 2015Number of Pages: 50 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517161983ISBN-13: 9781517161989

The Wood Beyond The WorldAuthor: William MorrisPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 02, 2015Number of Pages: 108 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517162165ISBN-13: 9781517162160

Mount RoyalAuthor: M. E. BraddonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 03, 2015Number of Pages: 128 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517176131ISBN-13: 9781517176136

Fields of VictoryAuthor: Humphry Ward MrsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 03, 2015Number of Pages: 114 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517176808ISBN-13: 9781517176808

Milly and OllyAuthor: Humphry Ward MrsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 03, 2015Number of Pages: 114 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517177502ISBN-13: 9781517177508

The War On All FrontsAuthor: Humphry Ward MrsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 03, 2015Number of Pages: 124 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517178509ISBN-13: 9781517178505

Towards The GoalAuthor: Humphry Ward MrsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 03, 2015Number of Pages: 120 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517178525ISBN-13: 9781517178529