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Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 - 27 March 1931) was an English novelist. ... He won a literary competition in Tit-Bits magazine in 1889 and was encouraged to take up journalism full time. In 1894, he became assistant editor of the periodical Woman. He noticed...

First published in 1920. "Twenty-two years ago the enterprise of Horace Marshall & Son produced a series of small books known as "The Story of the Empire Series." These volumes rendered a great service in bringing home to the citizens of the Empire in a simple and intelligible form their community of interest, and the romantic history of the development of the British Empire."

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...

"This book is based upon three theses--namely, first, that the monogamic, private, family is a priceless inheritance from the past and should be preserved; second, that in order topreserve it many of its inherited customs and mechanisms must be modified to suit new social demands; and third, that present...

Instruction in practical household technology, first published in 1914. 60 black-and-white illustrations. "In language which every boy can understand and so arranged the he may readily carry out any work form the instructions given... This book takes the beginner through a comprehensive series of practical...

Four-act play. According to Wikipedia: "Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (1878 - 1968), was a prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres and was widely considered to be one of the best investigators advocating socialist views. He achieved co

According to Wikipedia: "Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (January 29, 1867 January 28, 1928) was a Spanish realist novelist writing in Spanish, a screenwriter and occasional film director. Born in Valencia, today he is best known in the English-speaking world for his World War I novel Los cuatro jinetes del...

Short collection of poems for children. According to Wikipedia: "Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several...

According to Wikipedia: "Irene Temple Bailey (c.1885 July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer. Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's,...

According to Wikipedia: "Irene Temple Bailey (c. 1885 July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer. Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's,...

This file includes the classic ghost/mystery stories: MEMOIR OF JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU, THE GHOST AND THE BONE SETTER, THE FORTUNES OF SIR ROBERT ARDAGH, THE LAST HEIR OF CASTLE CONNOR, THE DRUNKARD'S DREAM, PASSAGE IN THE SECRET HISTORY OF AN IRISH COUNTESS, THE BRIDAL OF CARRIGVARAH, STRANGE EVENT...

Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews (April 2, 1860? - August 2, 1936) was an American writer. Best known for a widely read short story about Abraham Lincoln, often printed as a small volume, The Perfect Tribute, she was born at Mobile, Alabama,and married William Shankland...

First published in 1907, this large collection includes short humorous prose and verse by such writers as Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Carolyn Wells, James Whitcomb Riley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bill Nye, Bret Harte, and John Philip Sousa.

First published in 1907, this large collection includes short humorous prose and verse by such writers as James Whitcomb Riley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Carolyn Wells, and John Philip Sousa.