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The Girls' Book of Famous Queens

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Lydia Hoyt Farmer


In the annals of history, women have played an important part; and among the famous sovereigns of the world, queens, as well as kings, have …

Don Sebastian; or, The House of the Braganza: An Historical Romance, Volume 4

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Anna Maria Porter


Now living peacefully with his young family as an anonymous exile, Don Sebastian has just received word that the queen of England will back …

The Way to Golf

In The Complete Golfer

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Harry Vardon


Here is the complete book about golf, as played in the early 1900s. The author was a successful competitive golfer, winning The Open Champio…

Cat Pranks

In Daisy: the Autobiography of a Cat

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Miranda Elliot Swan


"I was born in a clothes-basket, and do not feel ashamed of my birthplace, though fire and the swill man long ago removed all trace of …

Chapter 9: The Opening of the Conflict

In The Onslaught from Rigel

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Fletcher Pratt


“Mr. Pratt is well known for .… his excellent knowledge of warfare, and what a future war might be like. In this story he combines that know…

Chapter XVIII

In Cupid of Campion

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Francis J. Finn, S.J.


Before he becomes "Cupid of Campion" Clarence Esmond goes through a series of adventures quite equal in novelty to those in his fa…

CHAPTER VII STRAWBERRIES - Part 1

In The Home Acre

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Edward P. Roe


To tens of thousands of bread-winners in cities a country home is the dream of the future, the crown and reward of their life-toil. Increasi…

Blockaders and The Revenue

In Our Southern Highlanders

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Horace Kephart


Our Southern Highlanders is a memoir of the Pennsylvania-born writer and librarian Horace Kephart, documenting his experiences and cultural …

Joseph II Attempts Reform in Hungary, AD 1780, by Arminius Vambry

In The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

Chapter X

In The Head of the House of Coombe

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Frances Hodgson Burnett


While renowned for her beloved children's literature, Frances Hodgson Burnett's talent extended to historical novels. Originally serialized …

Lillian Morris - Chapter 6

In Lillian Morris, and Other Stories

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Henryk Sienkiewicz


The nights were real Californian: calm, warm, starry; the fire burned cheerily, and in its gleam I saw the gigantic, but shapely and noble f…