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Cover of The Aeneid of Virgil, Done Into English Verse
by Virgil
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It is composed of roughly 10,000 lines in dactylic hexameter. The first six...
Cover of The Holy Grail by Sir Thomas Malory from the Caxton Edition of the Morte D'Arthur
by Thomas Malory
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Sir Thomas Malory (c. 1405 14 March 1471) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur. The antiquary John Leland (15061552) believed him to be Welsh, but most modern scholars, beginning with G.L. Kittridge in 1894, assume that he was Sir Thomas Malory...
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."
Cover of St. John's Eve
by Gogol, Nikolai
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015

Classic short story. According to Wikipedia: "Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol ( 1809 - 1852) was a Russian writer of Ukrainian ethnicity. Although his early works were heavily influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing and identity, he wrote in Russian and his works belong to the tradition of Russian literature;...
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