Fiction Books
The Gates of Morning
The Gates of Morning is book Three in H. de Vere Stacpoole’s classic best selling romance trilogy. It picks up a day or so after the events of the conclusion of The Garden of God. Dick Lestrange, son of Dicky and Emmeline Lestrange, is about 15. He has come to love Katafa, a Spanish girl who is...
The Powder of Sympathy
“Each of us, desperately clutching his identity amid the impalatable onward pour of Time and Thought, finds only in art-and chiefly in written art- means to halt that ceaseless, cruel drift.”
Serbian Fairy Tales
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Once upon a time a bear married a woman, and they had one son. When the boy was yet a little fellow he begged very hard to be allowed to leave the bear’s cave, and to go out into the world to see what was in it. His father, the Bear, however, would not consent to this, saying, “You are too...
Show Boat
Edna Ferber’s classic paean of love to the Mississippi River and the showboats that ran up and down it is once again available in hardcover as a facsimile of the first edition. First published in 1926, this timeless tale of the Cotton Blossom, Cap’n Andy, his shrewd wife Parthy, and their...
Cousin Mary
A fiction book entitiled Cousin Mary by Mrs. Oliphant
Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets
According to Wikipedia: "Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (April 4, 1828 - June 25, 1897), Scottish novelist and historical writer, daughter of Francis Wilson, was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian. Her childhood was spent at Lasswade (near Dalkeith)...
A Son of the Soil
A Son of the Soil written by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant who was a Scottish novelist and historical writer. This book was published in 1865. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally...
Heart and Cross
Heart and Cross by Mrs. Oliphant
The Rector
Excerpt: "It is natural to suppose that the arrival of the new Rector was a rather exciting event for Carlingford. It is a considerable town, it is true, nowadays, but then there are no alien activities to disturb the place—no manufactures, and not much trade. And there is a very respectable...
Their Child
“THERE he comes with Dora! I am so glad. I wanted you to see him so much—all of you.” The company gathered in the drawing-room smiled sympathetically at the mother’s pride. They craned their necks about the window to get sight of the small boy. He was a white speck in the long green lawn...