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Nature and Art, by Mrs. Inchbald 3787
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Leiðarvísir í ástamálum, by Ingimundur Sveinsson 22139
[Subtitle: I. Karlmenn]
[Language: Icelandic]
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Notes and Queries, Number 54, November 9, 1850, by Various 22138
[Subtitle: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc]
[Editor: George Bell]
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Rímur af Grámanni í Garðshorni, by Jón Hjaltason 22137
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Gathering Jewels, by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles 22134
[Editor: Duncan McNeill Young]
[Subtitle: The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs.
James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries.]
[James Knowles (1811-1886), Matilda Darroch Knowles born 1811]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/3/22134 ]
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 18, 1893, by Various 22133
[Editor: Francis Burnand]
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Giants on the Earth, by Sterner St. Paul Meek 22132
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The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, by John Charles Dent 22131
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The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893, by Various 22130
[Subtitle: An Illustrated Monthly]
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[Files: 22130.txt; 22130-8.txt; 22130-h.htm]
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties", by Douglas English 22129
[Subtitle: Studies of Animal life and Character]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/2/22129 ]
[Files: 22129.txt; 22129-8.txt; 22129-h.htm]
Notes and Queries, Number 34, June 22, 1850, by Various 22127
[Subtitle: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc]
[Editor: George Bell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/2/22127 ]
[Files: 22127.txt; 22127-8.txt; 22127-h.htm]
Notes and Queries, Number 35, June 29, 1850, by Various 22126
[Subtitle: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc]
[Editor: George Bell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/2/22126 ]
[Files: 22126.txt; 22126-8.txt; 22126-h.htm]
The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance, by Bernhard Berenson 22125
[Subtitle: Third Edition]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/2/22125 ]
[Files: 22125.txt; 22125-8.txt; 22125-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: gbn0404280702]
The Golden Shoemaker, by J. W. Keyworth 22124
[Subtitle: or 'Cobbler' Horn]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/2/22124 ]
[Files: 22124.txt; 22124-8.txt; 22124-h.htm; ]
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Zum wilden Mann, by Wilhelm Raabe 22123
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/2/22123 ]
[Files: 22123-8.txt; 22123-h.htm]
Elias Lönnrot, by August Ahlqvist 22122
[Subtitle: Biografiskt utkast]
[Language: Swedish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/2/22122 ]
[Files: 22122-8.txt]
Olive, by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock) 22121
[Subtitle: A Novel]
[Illustrator: G. Bowers]
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[Files: 22121.txt; 22121-8.txt; 22121-h.htm; 22121-page-images]
Chaucer's Works, Volume 4 (of 7) -- The Canterbury Tales, by Chaucer 22120
[Full author: Geoffrey Chaucer]
[Editor: Walter Skeat]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/2/22120 ]
[Files: 22120.txt; 22120-8.txt; 22120-h.htm]
The Satires of A. Persius Flaccus, by A. Persius Flaccus (AKA Persius 22119
[Editor: Basil L. Gildersleeve]
[Language: Latin]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/1/22119 ]
[Files: 22119-8.txt; 22119-0.txt; 22119-h.htm]
Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party , by Delany 22118
[Author: Martin Robinson Delany]
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Across Coveted Lands, by Arnold Henry Savage Landor 22117
[Subtitle: or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/1/22117 ]
[Files: 22117.txt; 22117-8.txt; 22117-h.htm]
Discoverers and Explorers, by Edward R. Shaw 22116
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/1/22116 ]
[Files: 22116.txt; 22116-h.htm]
A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel, by S. G. Bayne 22115
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/2/1/1/22115 ]
[Files: 22115.txt; 22115-8.txt; 22115-h.htm]
Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, by Charles Elmé Francatelli 22114
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/1/22114 ]
[Files: 22114.txt; 22114-8.txt; 22114-h.htm]
Peggy Stewart at School, by Gabrielle E. Jackson 22113
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/1/22113 ]
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A Child's Book of Saints, by William Canton 22112
[Illustrator: T. H. Robinson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/2/1/1/22112 ]
[Files: 22112.txt; 22112-h.htm]
Pour cause de fin de bail, by Alphonse Allais 22111
[Subtitle: OEuvres anthumes]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/1/22111 ]
[Files: 22111-8.txt]
Martian V.F.W., by G.L. Vandenburg 22110
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/1/22110 ]
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The Black Wolf Pack, by Dan Beard 22109
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/0/22109 ]
[Files: 22109.txt; 22109-0.txt; 22109-h.htm]
The Untroubled Mind, by Herbert J. Hall 22108
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/0/22108 ]
[Files: 22108.txt; 22108-8.txt; 22108-h.htm]
Wood-Carving, by George Jack 22107
[Subtitle: Design and Workmanship]
[Editor: W. R. Lethaby]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/0/22107 ]
[Files: 22107.txt; 22107-8.txt; 22107-h.htm]
John Knox, by A. Taylor Innes 22106
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/0/22106 ]
[Files: 22106.txt; 22106-8.txt; 22106-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20050130232748innes]
Christianity and Ethics, by Archibald B. C. Alexander 22105
[Subtitle: A Handbook of Christian Ethics]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/0/22105 ]
[Files: 22105.txt; 22105-8.txt; ]
[Clearance: 20070627145104alexander]
The Acorn-Planter, by Jack London 22104
[Subtitle: A California Forest Play (1916)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/0/22104 ]
[Files: 22104.txt; 22104-h.htm; 22104-page-images]
With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia, by Anonymous 22103
[Subtitle: 1916--1917]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/0/22103 ]
[Files: 22103.txt; 22103-8.txt; 22103-h.htm]
The Hills of Home, by Alfred Coppel 22102
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/0/22102 ]
[Files: 22102.txt; 22102-h.htm]
Wood Folk at School, by William J. Long 22101
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/0/22101 ]
[Files: 22101.txt; 22101-8.txt; 22101-0.txt; 22101-h.htm]
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2, by Joseph Warren Keifer 22100
[Subtitle: A Political History of Slavery in the United States
Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of
the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/1/0/22100 ]
[Files: 22100.txt; 22100-8.txt]
Witch-Doctors, by Charles Beadle 22099
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/0/9/22099 ]
[Files: 22099.txt; 22099-8.txt; 22099-0.txt; 22099-tei.tei;
22099-h.htm; 22099-pdf.pdf]
The Seventh Day Sabbath, by Joseph Bates 22098
[Full title: The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign, from the
Beginning to the Entering into the Gates of the Holy City,
According to the Commandment]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/0/9/22098 ]
[Files: 22098.txt; 22098-h.htm]
Byeways in Palestine, by James Finn 22097
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/0/9/22097 ]
[Files: 22097.txt; 22097-h.htm]
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children, by Mabel Powers 22096
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/0/9/22096 ]
[Files: 22096.txt; 22096-h.htm]
Christianity and Progress, by Harry Emerson Fosdick 21992
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/1/9/9/21992 ]
[Files: 21992.txt; 21992-8.txt]
Carpenter's Daughter, by Anna Bartlett Warner and Susan Bogert Warner 22061
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/0/6/22061 ]
[Files: 22061.txt; 22061-8.txt; 22061-h.htm]
Contos para a Infância, by Guerra Junqueiro 22059
[Subtitle: Escolhidos dos Melhores Autores por Guerra Junqueiro]
[Editor: Tipografia Universal de Tomás Quintino Antunes]
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/0/5/22059 ]
[Files: 22059-8.txt]
Livro de Mágoas, by Florbela Espanca 22058
[Editor: Tipografia Maurício]
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/0/5/22058 ]
[Files: 22058-8.txt]
Os Pobres, by Raul Brandão 22057
[Subtitle: Precedido de uma Carta-Prefácio de Guerra Junqueiro]
[Editor: Sociedade Editora]
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/0/5/22057 ]
[Files: 22057-8.txt]
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