Literary Collections

HandelAuthor: A. Eaglefield HullPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 16, 2015Number of Pages: 92 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1515095983ISBN-13: 9781515095989

The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his college...

Dwellers in The HillsAuthor: Melville Davisson PostPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 16, 2015Number of Pages: 108 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1515096963ISBN-13: 9781515096962

The Romance of The CoastAuthor: Grant AllenPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 18, 2015Number of Pages: 112 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1515131343ISBN-13: 9781515131342

A novel by the Canadian science writer and novelist first published in 1892.Author: Grant AllenPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 18, 2015Number of Pages: 126 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

"[...]companion's eye before Le Neve had time to frame it in words. "Well, you don't think much of it?" he said, inquiringly. "I can't say I do," Le Neve answered, with apologetic frankness. "I suppose South America has spoilt me for this sort of thing...

"Recalled to Life" from Grant Allen. Canadian science writer and novelist (1848-1899).Author: Grant AllenPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 18, 2015Number of Pages: 124 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

"The Evolutionist at Large" from Grant Allen. Canadian science writer and novelist (1848-1899).Author: Grant AllenPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 18, 2015Number of Pages: 110 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Excerpt from The British Barbarians: A Hill-Top Novel Which every reader of this book is requested to read before beginning the story. This is a Hill-top Novel. I dedicate it to all who have heart enough, brain enough, and soul enough to understand it...

Mrs. Dewsbury's lawn was held by those who knew it the loveliest in Surrey. The smooth and springy sward that stretched in front of the house was all composed of a tiny yellow clover. It gave beneath the foot like the pile on velvet. One's gaze looked...

Excerpt: ... shaded by thick, arching branches. Suddenly (said Mary) George's collie ran back howling, and tried to snuggle its head under its master's coat. George patted the beast and laid him down, but the dog still clung about his master's feet, and...

"Captain Dieppe" from Anthony Hope. English novelist and playwright (1863-1933).Author: Anthony HopePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 18, 2015Number of Pages: 92 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

"[...]disturbing phenomena were first brought prominently to my notice at the time when I became involved in the fortunes of the Aureataland national debt, and as all my story turns on this incident, it perhaps is a fit subject for a new chapter. CHAPTER...

"Dolly Dialogues" from Anthony Hope. English novelist and playwright (1863-1933).Author: Anthony HopePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 18, 2015Number of Pages: 100 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

"Frivolous Cupid" from Anthony Hope. English novelist and playwright (1863-1933).Author: Anthony HopePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 18, 2015Number of Pages: 86 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

The Secret of the Tower is one of the greatest novels by the Anthony Hope.Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 - 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure...

Among The TibetansAuthor: Isabella L. BirdPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 18, 2015Number of Pages: 60 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1515134075ISBN-13: 9781515134077

"[...]experienced an ordeal to which she ought not to have been exposed and to which no girl ought to have been exposed. Miss Grig again! It was Miss Grig, not Felix, who had sneered at hold-ups. There had been no hold-up, but there might have been a...

"Judith" from Arnold Bennett. English writer (1867-1931).Author: Arnold BennettPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 19, 2015Number of Pages: 78 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1515138739ISBN-13:...

"[...] "But," exclaims the superior sceptic, "this idea involves the idea of excess!" What if it does? I would not deny it! Assuredly, a feast means more than enough, and more than enough means excess. It is only because a feast means excess that it...

Excerpt from The Great Adventure: A Comedy in Four Acts Ilam Carve. Aged 45. One of the best known painters in Europe. Like all first-class artists, he combines marked and subtle personal distinction with boyishness and impulsiveness. All his gestures...

Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was a British writer and journalist. Bennett is perhaps best known for non-fiction works such as How to Live on 24 Hours a Day and Mental Efficiency.Author: Arnold BennettPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

The arrow-maker a drama in three acts This book, "The arrow-maker," by Mary Austin, is a replication of a book originally published before 1915. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the...

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: Mary AustinPublisher: Createspace...

"Day Symbols of the Maya Year" from Cyrus Thomas. American ethnologist and entomologist (1825-1910).Author: Cyrus ThomasPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 24, 2015Number of Pages: 106 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

"[...]hydraulic rams and triggers built and fixed against the bulk of the ship so that, when the moment came, the waters she was to conquer should thrust her finally from earth. And the time did come. The branching forest became clothed and thick with...

The entertaining World War I exploits of a cockney aviator -- supposedly Charles Lindbergh's childhood inspiration to fly.Author: Edgar WallacePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 27, 2015Number of Pages: 108...

Talbot Mundy was an English writer during the early 20th century who wrote historical and sci-fi novels that proved very influential on subsequent generations, including writers like Robert E. Howard and Leigh Brackett. Like his most famous work King of...

"I'll make one to give this Feisul boy a hoist" Whoever invented chess understood the world's works as some men know clocks and watches. He recognized a fact and based a game on it, with the result that his game endures. And what he clearly recognized...

Golden Antioch lay like a jewel at a mountain's throat. Wide, intersecting streets, each nearly four miles long, granite-paved, and marble-colonnaded, swarmed with fashionable loiterers. The gay Antiochenes, whom nothing except frequent earthquakes...