B R Samizdat Express: 2722 books

"This syllabus, or finding-list, is offered to lovers of folk-literature in the hope that it may not be without interest and value to them for purposes of comparison and identification. It includes 333 items, exclusive of 114 variants, and embraces all popular songs that have so far come to hand as having...

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."

Selected and edited by Franklin Baker. File revised 3/7/2008 to fix end-of-line problem generated by Kindle's conversion program. If you bought a copy before that time, you should be able to download the new version at no extra charge. The product number is the same. According to Wikipedia: "Robert...

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...

Poetry, first published in 1905. According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism...

Collected verse. According to Wikipedia: "Emily Pauline Johnson (also known in Mohawk as Tekahionwake, literally: 'double-life') (10 March 1861 7 March 1913), commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century. Johnson was...

According to Wikipedia: "Johann Ludwig Tieck (May 31, 1773 April 28, 1853) was a German poet, translator, editor, novelist, and critic, who was part of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries."

According to Wikipedia:"Henry van Dyke (1852 1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman… Among his popular writings are the two Christmas stories The Other Wise Man (1896) and The First Christmas Tree (1897). Various religious themes of his work are also expressed in his poetry, hymns...

According to Wikipedia: "Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet . Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period, and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"... His most...

According to Wikipedia: "Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862March 26, 1942) was an American author and poet (born in Rahway, New Jersey, the daughter of William E. and Anna Wells. She died at the Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City in 1942. She had been married to Hadwin Houghton, the heir of the Houghton-Mifflin publishing empire founded by Bernard Houghton."

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...

According to Wikipedia: "Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet . Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period, and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"... His...

Historical novel, set in the time of the Pilgrims, first published in 1892.

According to Wikipedia: "Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 10 April 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. His poetry was highly controversial in its day, much of it containing recurring themes of sadomasochism, death-wish, lesbianism and irreligion."