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Cover of The Lost House
by Richard Harding Davis
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Richard Harding Davis (18 April 1864—11 April 1916) was a popular writer of fiction and drama, and a journalist famous for his coverage of the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. Davis, whose mother Rebecca Harding Davis was also a prominent...
Cover of Bawdy "Memoirs": Moll Flanders and Fanny Hill
by Daniel Defoe, John Cleland
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (commonly known simply as Moll Flanders) is a novel written by Daniel Defoe in 1722, after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer." "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (popularly known as Fanny Hill) is an erotic novel by...
Cover of Publi Vergili Maronis Georgicon: The Georgics in Latin
by Virgil
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Publius Vergilius Maro (also known by the Anglicised forms of his name as Virgil or Vergil) (October 15, 70 BCE September 21, 19 BCE) was a classical Roman poet, best known for three major works—the Bucolics (or Eclogues), the Georgics and the Aeneid—although several minor...
Cover of The Fortune of the Rougons, from the Rougon-Macquart series of novels, in English translation
by Emile Zola
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic naturalist novel, in English translation. First published in 1871. According to Wikipedia: "Emile Zola (2 April 1840 - 29 September 1902) was an influential French writer, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France...After...
Cover of The Dawn of Canadian History: a Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada
by Stephen Leacock
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and economist... Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines...
Cover of Further Foolishness: Sketches and Satires on the Follies of the Day
by Stephen Leacock
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and economist... Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines...
Cover of Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
by Stephen Leacock
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Butler Leacock, (30 December 1869 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and economist... Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines in Canada...
Cover of Frontier Boys in Frisco
by Roosevelt, Wyn
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

Popular children's book, from the Frontier Boys series, published around 1900.
Cover of Iola Leroy or Shadows Uplifted
by Frances E. W. Harper
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67."
Cover of Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene (c. 1900)
by G. Stanley Hall
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

First published around 1900, the author was "President of Clark University and Professor of Psychology And Pedagogy". According to the Preface: "I have often been asked to select and epitomize the practical and especially the pedagogical conclusions of my large volumes on Adolescence, published in 1904,...
Cover of School and Home Cooking (1920)
by Carlotta C. Greer
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

First published in 1920. "_School and Home Cooking_ is a text which can be placed in the hands of the pupils and used by them as a guide both in the school and home. Its use eliminates note-taking (which in reality is dictation) and thus saves much time..."
Cover of Three Elephant Power and Other Stories, Australian short stories
by Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (17 February 1864 5 February 1941)[2] was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong,...
Cover of The Old Bush Songs
by Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (February 17, 1864 February 5, 1941) was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong,...
Cover of Strange Stories
by Grant Allen
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Popular collection of short stories, first published in 1884 under the name of "J. Arbuthnot Wilson". According to Wikipedia: "Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 October 25, 1899) was a science writer, author and novelist, and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution."
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