Horatio: 498 books

This 1903 volume focuses on Irish novelists of the first half of the nineteenth century, more specifically, the extent to which their novels represent Irish national life and character. The book is divided into five chapters:  "Irish Society," "The Novelists of the Gentry," "The Novelists of the Peasantry," "Types and Typical Incidents," and "Literary Estimate."

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Part of a series of rags to riches stories of boys achieving the American dream of wealth through hard work, these works can also be seen as helpful in understanding the development of American cultural and social ideals.

The circumstances under which these pages came to be written are rather peculiar. I am in favor of church unity, and I had thought of writing something that would tend to bring the churches into closer harmony. I am persuaded that their unity of doctrine is greater than is usually supposed; I endeavored...

According to Wikipedia: "The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples. They are often also referred to as Native Americans, First Nations, Amerigine, and by Christopher Columbus' geographical...

"Mr. Dresser has written many books, all of them good — very good—but we consider 'The Greatest Truth' the best. The book is filled with very high teachings, and reveals an extraordinary insight into the perfect ways of that inner life and that higher power that we all desire so much to understand."—Eternal...

This study of human nature has been written with the conviction that every man desires fullness of life, hence is willing to undertake any investigation which promises to put him in surer command of his resources. It endeavors to disclose various lines of development in such a way as to arouse enthusiasm...

"Nat, where have you been?" "Been fishing," answered the boy addressed, a sturdy youth of sixteen, with clear blue eyes and sandy hair. "Fishin'? And who said you could go fishin'?" demanded Abner Balberry, in his high, nervous voice. "Nobody said I could go," answered the boy, firmly. "But I thought you'd all like to have some fish for supper, so I went." "Humph!"

A man of middle age, muffled up in an overcoat, got out of a Third Avenue car, just opposite a small drug shop. Quickly glancing up and down the street with a furtive look, as if he wished to avoid recognition from any passerby who might know him, he entered the shop.

A short story, set in the USA. A young man in a private school learns that his guardian has lost his inheritance in some poor business dealing; as a result, there is no money left and he must leave the school to make his own way in the world. The story follows his adventures as he escapes being cheated,...

INTRODUCING TOM, THE BOOTBLACK. How do you feel this morning, Jacob? asked a boy of fifteen, bending over an old man crouched in the corner of an upper room, in a poor tenement-house, distant less than a quarter of a mile from the New York City Hall. Weak, Tom, whined the old man, in reply. I – I ain't...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Tony Rugg lives with a man named Rudolph, whom he does not believe is his father. When Rudolph tries to force Tony to rob a farmer, he moves and finds work in the next town as a hotel stable boy. Meanwhile,...