Horatio: 498 books

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Tom Carver twirled his delicate cane and walked on complacently, feeling no pity for the schoolfellow with whom he used to be so intimate. He was intensely selfish - a more exceptional thing with boys than...

Unsentimental love story told from a man's point of view Jase is a soldier who falls for a girl at a gig in Newport. When he finds out that Charlotte is a writer from London this brave man is terrified. She loves words. Jase has spent his life hiding the fact that he cannot read. Desperate to see...

The character that stands like a rock in the face of adversity will be the one who triumphs over all difficulties. Alger has presented a young boy who achieves success in the face of highest turbulence and discouragement. That life is itself a challenge meant to be bravely taken up has been shown in these pages.

Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving is a collection of his writings, most of which had previously been published earlier in various periodicals. Several, such as “Carving a Name,” “Where is My Boy Tonight?”, “Last Words,” “Song of the Croaker,” and others, achieved considerable vogue...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Probably the best known citizen of Wyncombe, a small town nestling among the Pennsylvania mountains, was Silas Tripp. He kept the village store, occasionally entertained travelers, having three spare rooms,...

The detective, as he left the reading room, passed Rupert, who was just entering. "Let me see," he said, tapping Rupert on the shoulder, "you are the bell-boy who came near being murdered by a crank?" "Yes, sir." "You escaped very cleverly. You...

On Broadway, not far from the St. Nicholas Hotel, is an office of the American District Telegraph. Let us enter. A part of the office is railed off, within which the superintendent has a desk, and receives orders for boys to be sent to different parts of the city. On benches in the back part of the...

In deference to the expressed wishes of some of his young friends, the author has essayed a story of the sea, and now presents "Charlie Codman's Cruise," as the third volume of the Campaign Series. It will be found more adventurous than its predecessors, and the trials which Charlie is called upon...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: A young girl named Tom runs away from her abusive guardian and finds out important information her origins.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Excerpt from Frank Hunter's Peril They had evidently been talking on busi ness, for he is saying, N ow that our business interview is over, there is another subject, my dear Mrs. Hunter, on which...

Drawing from two medieval Welsh manuscripts with roots dating back many centuries earlier, this series of 11 stories sheds light on Celtic mythology and Arthurian romance while providing a new perspective on Great Britain itself. From enchantment and shapeshifting to the age-old dichotomies of conflict...