Humorous Fiction
890
F. Anstey - Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pieces for Punch and humorous novels. Mr. Punch's Model Music Hall is a...
4 hours 21 minutes
Memoirs
804
Fanny Loviot - Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas
This thrilling narrative recounts the true story of Fanny Loviot, a wealthy, young French girl who was kidnapped at sea. After setting sail for California in 1855, Fanny's boat was overtaken by Chinese pirates who...
3 hours 36 minutes
Family Life
794
Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Cradock Nowell Vol. 1
Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who is thrown out of his family...
8 hours 30 minutes
Science
847
Arabella B. Buckley - Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures
«The present volume is chiefly intended for those of my young friends who have read, and been interested in, The Fairyland of Science . It travels over a wide field, pointing out a few of the marvellous facts which...
4 hours 50 minutes
*Non-fiction
881
Eben Eugene Rexford - ABC of Vegetable Gardening
This how-to book includes chapters on getting ready, mapping the garden, planting, seeds, early work, house plants, fruits, hot beds and cold frames, and small gardens. There is even a chapter «expressly for women.» —...
2 hours 8 minutes
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