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Eighty Seven
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Pansy
Twelve-year-old Winter Kelland is an orphan indentured to a cold, harsh farming couple. His one bright spot is eight-year-old Vine, a neighb…
The Old Maids' Club
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Israel Zangwill
Mathematics vs. poetry: Brainy and beautiful 17-year-old Lillie, determined to never marry, begins an Old Maids' Club, while patient young L…
Marcia Schuyler
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Grace Livingston Hill
A compelling love triangle. Marcia is young & sweet. Her older sister Kate is vain & selfish. Marcia deeply admires the man that Kat…
Ester Ried
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Pansy
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy."Ester Ried's life is a dull monotony of toiling at her family's boardingh…
Phoebe Deane
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Grace Livingston Hill
Second book in the Marcia Schuyler trilogy. Phoebe Deane lives almost as a servant in her brother's home, tormented by her hateful sister-in…
Julia Ried
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Pansy
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Sequel to "Ester Ried." Julia Ried must take a job as a bookke…
Ester Ried Yet Speaking
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Pansy
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Fourth in the Chautauqua Girls series. Alfred Ried (brother of Ester Rie…
The King's Daughter
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Pansy
Dell Bronson has been reared in Boston by her refined uncle and aunt until, at age 18, she is called home by her father, a coarse tavern own…
Wise and Otherwise
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Pansy
Immature Mr. Tresevant (from "The King's Daughter") comes to Newton with his spoiled wife to be the new pastor of the church atten…
Ester Ried's Namesake
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Pansy
Esther Ried Randall tries to live up to her parents' expectations and the name she's been given, but her religion is a chore. Will she learn…
Four Girls at Chautauqua
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Pansy
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name “Pansy.” First in the Chautauqua Girls series.Four friends - spoiled, quirky Ruth; fun-lovi…
Overruled
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Pansy
Sequel to "Making Fate". We continue the story of Marjorie Edmonds and those who surround her: Mr. Maxwell, her mother's boarder; …
Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels
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Stephen Leacock
Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)
Nonsense Novels
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Stephen Leacock
Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)
The Chautauqua Girls at Home
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Pansy
Sequel to Four Girls at Chautauqua, and also published under the title Obeying the Call. Ruth, Flossy, Eurie, and Ruth return home as new Ch…
The Heidelberg Catechism
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Zacharias Ursinus
The Heidelberg Catechism is a Protestant confessional document taking the form of a series of questions and answers, for use in teaching Ref…
Ruth Erskine's Crosses
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Pansy
Third book in the Chautauqua Girls series. Written by Isabella Alden under the pseudonym Pansy.
Judge Burnham's Daughters
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Pansy
>Fifth in the Chautauqua Girls series. Ruth Erskine Burnham has helped raise her husband's two daughters, but all have rejected her faith…
Workers Together, or, An Endless Chain
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Pansy
Sixth in the Chautauqua Girls series. It picks up the characters of Dr. Stuart Everett and Joy Saunders introduced in "Ester Ried Yet S…
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
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Herman Melville
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee, and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leavi…
Interrupted
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Pansy
Alternately titled Out in the World. Claire Benedict is a capable, responsible, solid young Christian woman. Everyone leans on her for suppo…
English as She is Wrote
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William James Mcglothlin
"...Showing Curious ways in which the English Language may be made to convey Ideas or obscure them." A collection of unintentional…
Further Foolishness
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Stephen Leacock
Seventeen goofy stories and essays by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the writte…
Bible (KJV) 08: Ruth
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King James Version
This short Old Testament book tells the story of Naomi and Ruth, Naomi's daughter-in-law and great-grandmother of King David. (Summary by Tr…
The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other Impossibil…
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Stephen Leacock
More stories by Canadian Stephen Leacock. Some of these stories carry over characters introduced in Further Foolishness. Some stories are hu…
Divers Women
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Pansy
A collection of short stories, highlighting some of the best and worst characteristics we women are capable of in our Christianity and in ou…
The Finding of Jasper Holt
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Grace Livingston Hill
Jasper Holt was a neglected child. As a consequence, he grew up to be angry and independent - generally good, but not caring what others tho…
A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukaw…
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Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 - 1775) was a freed slave and autobiographer. His autobiography is considered…
Literary Lapses
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Stephen Leacock
Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than an…
Ruth Erskine's Son
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Pansy
Seventh book in the Chautauqua Girls series. Written by Isabella Alden under the pseudonym “Pansy.” Erskine, Ruth's son (a 5-year-old at the…
Four Mothers at Chautauqua
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Pansy
Final book in the Chautauqua Girls series. The four original girls return to Chautauqua on the 25 year anniversary of the trip that changed …
Bible (KJV) 28-39: Minor Prophets (Hosea through Malachi)
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King James Version
A minor prophet is one of the writings in the Twelve Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible, also known to Christians as the Minor Prophets of…
Little Fishers and Their Nets
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Pansy
Thirteen year old Nettie Decker is called home after having lived with another family for 7 years, to find that her father is a drunkard and…
Tip Lewis and His Lamp
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Pansy
Tip Lewis is a mischievous, unpromising scamp. One Sunday, a visiting Sunday school teacher tells his mission class how her minister had gro…
Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
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Stephen Leacock
Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)
Mag and Margaret: A Story for Girls
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Pansy
Little Mag Jessup is an orphan girl who works hard as a servant in Mrs. Perkins' boarding house to earn her keep. She has no education, exce…
One Commonplace Day
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Pansy
A temperance lecturer misses his train and ends up attending a town picnic. It was a common enough picnic on a commonplace day. But the disc…
My Discovery of England
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Stephen Leacock
"In the course of time a very considerable public feeling was aroused in the United States and Canada over this state of affairs. The l…
The Hall in the Grove
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Pansy
Fearing that her son, Robert, will grow too intellectual to relate to his parents, Mrs. Fenton starts a "Chautauqua Literary & Scie…
Essays and Literary Studies
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Stephen Leacock
A collection of wry looks at literature, education, and other social phenomena by Canadian humourist and economics professor, Stephen Leacoc…
Food Preparedness
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Dr. Albert Philip Sy
A short pamphlet from WWI, first describing basic nutrition, then discussing what foods may be substituted during food shortages without los…
Food Values
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Dr. Albert Philip Sy
A short pamphlet from WWI, a sequel of sorts to "Food Preparedness." It first describes basic nutrition and things to consider whe…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North
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Stephen Leacock
This is volume 20 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This volume describes the explorers who braved the Canadian Arctic in search of the No…
Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
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Fanny Kelly
"Narrative of my captivity among the Sioux Indians: with a brief account of General Sully's Indian expedition in 1864, bearing upon eve…
In Time Of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook On Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters
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Us Office Of Civil Defense
A major emergency affecting a large number of people may occur anytime and anywhere. It may be a peacetime disaster such as a flood, tornado…
The Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation
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James Barr Walker
The book is a series of independent demonstrations, the results of which accumulate to the final conclusion, that the Christian religion is …
Wanted
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Pansy
Twenty-seven year old Rebecca Meredith feels out of place and unwanted. She has lost her mother, brother, and idolized little sister to the …
Short History of the Christian Church
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John Fletcher Hurst
"The present work has as its basis the series of five Short Histories by the same author, which appeared in the following order: The Re…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 21 - The Red River Colony: A Chronicle of the Begin…
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Louis Aubrey Wood
This, volume 21 of the Chronicles of Canada series, describes the settlement of the Red River Colony by Lord Selkirk, and the struggles it h…
Household Puzzles
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Pansy
Household Puzzles peeks into the life of the Randolph family, four daughters and one son. They are financially strapped but must follow soci…
A Daily Rate
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Grace Livingston Hill
A dark, dreary boardinghouse, with unpalatable meals and slovenly housekeeping is all she can afford. But God will give Celia just what she …
The Randolphs
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Pansy
The Randolphs is the sequel to Household Puzzles, and opens shortly after the previous book ends. It follows the "leadings of the Rando…
Mary: A Fiction (version 2)
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary: A Fiction, published in 1788, is a tragic story that decries marriages not based on love. It can be considered an example of feminist …
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army
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Sarah Emma Edmonds
The “Nurse and Spy” is simply a record of events which have transpired in the experience and under the observation of one who has been on th…
The Ninth Man
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Mary Heaton Vorse
A fictional town in Italy is conquered by a heartless tyrant. He issues a strange but cruel edict: in thirty days, each ninth person, chosen…
Yesterday Framed in To-day: A Story of the Christ, and How To-Day Received Him
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Pansy
What would have happened if Christ hadn't come to Israel 2000 years ago, but had come to North America at the end of the 19th Century? This …
Brewster's Millions (Version 2)
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George Barr Mccutcheon
Montgomery Brewster inherits a large sum of money. Then he learns he's to inherit 7 times as much! But there's a catch: he has to spend ever…
From Different Standpoints
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Pansy
How differently people view life, society, and religion, depending on their perspective! Perry, the often sick young man that is learning to…
Miranda
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Grace Livingston Hill
The third book in the Marcia Schuyler/Miranda trilogy, this story focuses on the irrepressible Miranda Griscom. She has repeatedly rejected …
The Pocket Measure
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Pansy
Three young women are the central characters in this story. Callie and her husband are poor, but they are frugal, spending using God's princ…
An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind, wit…
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Dr. Benjamin Rush
Written when the United States extended only to the Mississippi River, by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, this short …
The Laws and Practice of the Game of Euchre. As Adopted by the Washington, D.C.…
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Charles Henry Wharton Meehan
Sprinkled with literary quotes and little jests, this is a history of and guide to playing Euchre, with a short portion on playing 5-card dr…
Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On
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Pansy
Old Mrs. Solomon Smith considers herself "nothing but an ignorant old woman" who didn't have the advantages others did when growin…
Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant
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Pansy
The Bryant family - widowed Mrs. Bryant and her children Benjamin, Caroline ("Line" for short), and little Daisy - is on the thin …
Twenty Minutes Late
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Pansy
Sequel to Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant. Being 20 minutes late after a day out with the Kedwins and Ben and Daisy, her siblings, starts a series o…
Pleasure Cycling
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Henry Clyde
"In this little book, the writer, looking back to his own days of inexperience in cycling, has endeavored to furnish some useful inform…
Making Fate
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Pansy
A group of young adults away on a nutting expedition is delayed in a hospitable home by a sudden rainstorm. After the storm, Marjorie insist…
What She Said and What She Meant, and People Who Haven't Time and Can't Afford …
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Pansy
Two short stories by Pansy. In "What She Said and What She Meant," Mrs. Marks detests gossip and avoids it as much as she can. But…
Miss Priscilla Hunter, and My Daughter Susan
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Pansy
Two shorter stories in one book. In "Miss Priscilla Hunter," the church has been carrying debt for years. It's an embarrassment, a…
Ruffles and Danny, or the Responsibilty of Ruffles
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Margery Watson
A nice little story about a widower, his 18-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son, and their vacation from their home in Colorado to the shor…
Cunning Workmen
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Pansy
Miss Cora Parkhurst is an irresponsible and flighty Sunday school teacher for a group of young ladies. She has simply no time to prepare the…
A Sevenfold Trouble
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Pansy
This story is an honest record of what we, who are all writers, and all very intimate friends, have seen and heard as we looked on at the li…
Grandpa's Darlings
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Pansy
Fiction, or fact? The narrator asserts it's fact. The narrator is an author, whom her little nieces call "Auntie Belle". There's a…
Bible (YLT) NT 06: Epistle to the Romans
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Young's Literal Translation and Young'S Literal Translation
The Epistle to the Romans is the sixth book in the New Testament, written by Paul to the believers in Rome. It is perhaps the best epistle f…
David Ransom's Watch
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Pansy
A tale of human choices and lost opportunities, and how one's choices affect so many other lives, for good or ill.A borrowed watch. A selfis…
Stephen Mitchell's Journey
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Pansy
Stephen Mitchell is a young man without a place in the world. He hates farming, although he works endless hours on the poor family farm. He …
As in a Mirror
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Pansy
A wealthy and successful author, John Stuart King is preparing to write his next book, which includes a homeless tramp. He has done all the …
Grace Holbrook, and Other Stories of Endeavor and Experience
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Pansy
Ten short stories of girls, each one relating a little lesson in doing one's duty, being a person of integrity, or other character lessons. …
Three People
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Pansy
Three boys in very different home environments start life on the same day: the pampered Pliny Hastings, the solidly brought-up Benny Phillip…
Upper Canada Sketches
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Thomas Conant
This book relates "somewhat random sketches of life in the early settlements and country districts of Upper Canada" (now Ontario),…
Bible (YLT) NT 18: Epistle to Philemon
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Young'S Literal Translation
Philemon is a letter written by the Apostle Paul to the man of the same name, a leader in the church at Colossae, upon the return of his run…
Pauline
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Pansy
Due to a clerical error, successful attorney Charles Gordon Curtiss arrives a day late to give a lecture in a nearby town. But the literary …
What They Couldn't: A Home Story
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Pansy
The Cameron family tries to keep up in society despite their more limited finances, by "making a dollar look to [their] friends as thou…
The Autobiography of a "Newspaper Girl"
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Elizabeth L. Banks
Elizabeth Banks was an American journalist and author. She grew up in Wisconsin, then lived in England the last forty years of her life. She…
Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in London
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Elizabeth L. Banks
Elizabeth Banks was an American journalist who, at about age 23, moved to London. While trying to break into English journalism and to keep …
By Way of the Wilderness
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Pansy
Wayne Pierson can’t remember a time when his life was easy. Enemies in the form of a stepmother and stepbrother have come between Wayne and …
A Hedge Fence
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Pansy
Twelve stories, one for each month of the year, which first list a few Bible verses then relate how those verses took effect in a young pers…
Grandma's Miracles; or, Stories Told at Six o'Clock in the Evening
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Pansy
In the Wilbur home, six o'clock on Saturday evening was the children's hour with Grandma. . . . During the season of which I am going to tel…
Christie's Christmas
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Pansy
Now that the railroad has come through, Christie Tucker's parents have decided to save enough for her to go to her well-to-do Uncle Daniel f…
Gertrude's Diary, and The Cube
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Pansy
Two stories about young people. "Gertrude's Diary" is written by a young girl. She and her three friends have given to them Bible …
Chrissy's Endeavor
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Pansy
Eighteen year old Chrissy Hollister attends a Christian Endeavor Society meeting while away for the summer, and it changes her whole outlook…
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
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Anne Warner
Young scapegrace John Watkins, Jr., Denham ("Jack"), the favourite of his great-aunt Mary, has gotten into one too many scrapes. T…
History of the Early Settlement of Bowmanville and Vicinity
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John T. Coleman
"Early settlers of Bowmanville, Darlington, Clarke, and surrounding country, with sketches of the habits and customs of the aborigines,…
Her Associate Members
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Pansy
This continues the story started in Chrissy's Endeavor. Chrissy is now married. Her husband is weak after a severe illness, so they have gon…
Spun from Fact
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Pansy
As the title suggests, this story is from real events. As the author explains in the last chapter, all of the events are true; the conversat…
The Browning Boys
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Pansy
Twin brothers Aleck and Ben Browning are determined to help their family through a financially difficult time, but what can they do at eleve…
Modern Prophets and Other Sketches
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Pansy
Short stories and sketches all relating in some way to temperance and advocating for prohibition. Each story looks at a different facet of t…
Dr. Deane's Way, and Other Stories
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Pansy
Short stories for the young and young-at-heart. Included are a family with an overly-strict father and free-spirited daughter; a series of &…
Little Minnie, and Other Stories
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Pansy
This is a little book of very short stories or vignettes, about children and intended for children. Many of the stories reference the includ…
Sidney Martin's Christmas (and Other Stories)
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Pansy
Sixty-two short pieces, many/most of them originally published in The Pansy, a magazine for children. The topics are many and varied, but mo…
The Man of the House
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Pansy
Ten-year-old Reuben Watson Stone is carrying a heavy burden. As "the man of the house", he feels responsible for supporting his wi…
Mary Burton Abroad, and Other Stories
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Faye Huntington, Mrs. C. M. Livingston, C. M. Livingston, Pansy, Theta, Isabella R. Williams and Mary Lynn Williamson
A collection of short stories by Pansy, Rev. C.M. Livingston, and other authors. The first eleven stories are about Mary Burton, who, althou…
The Valley of Baca: a Record of Suffering and Triumph
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Jennie Smith
Jennie Smith was a 19th-Century Job. At 15 years old, her father's business and finances failed, and he later died of illness, leaving her f…
From Baca to Beulah
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Jennie Smith
Sequel to The Valley of Baca. This continues the personal account of Jennie Smith, who spent more than 20 years in pain, unable to walk, and…
New Year's Tangles and Other Stories
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Pansy
This is a collection of 40 short (some VERY short) stories from Christian author Pansy. They seem to have been taken from her magazine for c…
Mrs. Harry Harper's Awakening
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Pansy
Five stories with the general themes of foreign missions, money, and hypocrisy.Mrs. Harry Harper's Awakening: A young wife in a new city is …
Stories and Pictures from the Life of Jesus
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Pansy
Twenty-four short accounts from the life of Jesus, each about 2 minutes in length. They are mostly taken straight from the Bible, with littl…
Next Things, and Dorrie's Day
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Pansy
Two short stories about young people who find themselves in difficult circumstances, written in 1880.Next Things relates of two brothers, re…