1 January 2025: Book Burning Day in Canada!

Every New Year's Day authors of 50 years before used to exit copyright in Canada. Then Justin Trudeau extended copyrights by 20 years.

The reason was Trump, of course, and his New NAFTA, which turned Canada into a US colony, quite literally.

Here in Canada we no longer make our own copyright laws. The result: a massive loss of our cultural heritage. No new public domain titles until 2043! And by then many of these titles will be lost, forgotten, and impossible to find or to rescue.

The Nazi book burning of May 1933 at the Opernplatz in Berlin

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Photo taken 10 May 1933 by an unknown photographer

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer

Mass destruction of our culture on the order of a foreign autocrat and his corporate buddies: one great big annual bonfire.

One famous author recently kidnapped from us is J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), now being held in copyright captivity: he was due to enter the Canadian public domain a year ago on 1 January 2024, but didn't.

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J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1920s on leaving Leeds University

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Unknown photo studio commissioned by Tolkien's students 1925/6

"This UK artistic or literary work, of which the author is unknown and cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, is in the public domain". More information on the Wikimedia page.

Why should we wait 19 more years because he was taken from us by the likes of Trump and Trudeau?

The Canadian people were mugged!

2025 will see a federal election. Time to elect a Parliament which has the guts to stand up to foreign tyrants, and the humility to serve the Canadian people instead of ordering us around.

Bring back our authors NOW!

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**2025/03/19: A FAMOUS MYSTERY NOVEL BY THE LEGENDARY FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS FEATURING INSPECTOR JOSEPH FRENCH, NATURALLY! !!**

Crofts, Freeman Wills (1879-1957) [Irish engineer and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Box Office Murders [U.S. title: The Purple Sickle Murders] (1929) Wikipedia [Donald Trump's annexation of Canada began in his first term with his "New NAFTA" and its takeover of our copyright laws, WHICH MUST BE REVERSED. Canada strong!, as Mark Carney says, and we completely agree. Until the reversal happens, as it must, Agatha Christie will be forcibly confined under copyright until 2047. In the meantime, we have other fine writers of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction who are safely in the public domain and available to all of us: Freeman Wills Crofts, for example! This is his fifth novel to feature Inspector French. The murders all take place in cinema box offices: hence the title.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75488]

**2025/03/02: OUR FOURTH MYSTERY NOVEL BY ANTHONY BERKELEY COX, AND YES, IT FEATURES HIS FAMOUS SLEUTH ROGER SHERINGHAM !!**

Cox, Anthony Berkeley (1893-1971) [English journalist and writer of mysteries] Wikipedia

The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929) Wikipedia [It now (March 2025) seems that NAFTA is doomed: after all, the US is trying to annex Canada against our will, making any kind of "special relationship" impossible. With luck NAFTA's collapse will bring the cancellation of its illegal and coercive copyright extensions, and we'll be welcoming Agatha Christie to our public domain in 2027 after all, not 2047! But Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period: for example her friend Anthony Berkeley Cox. The Poisoned Chocolates Case features Cox's famous sleuth Roger Sheringham: he and five other members of the "Crimes Circle" take on a case that has baffled Scotland Yard. And they solve the mystery, but in six different ways! But which of these solutions (if any) is the correct one?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75476]

2025/02/27: TIME TO BLOCK TRUMP'S PLAN TO ANNEX CANADA! AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, LET'S ROLL BACK THE 20-YEAR COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS HE FORCED INTO THE DISASTROUS "NEW NAFTA". HANDS OFF CANADA, DUDE, AND HANDS OFF OUR PUBLIC DOMAIN! PUT THAT UP YOUR MAR-A-LAGO !! LEAVING THAT UNPLEASANTNESS ASIDE (ANYTHING INVOLVING TRUMP IS UNPLEASANT) HERE'S OUR SIXTH NOVEL AND FIFTH MYSTERY FROM GLASGOW'S J. J. CONNINGTON -- ENJOY !!

Connington, J. J. [Stewart, Alfred Walter] (1880-1947) [Scottish chemist, physicist, and writer of mysteries and science fiction] Wikipedia

Tragedy at Ravensthorpe (1926) Wikipedia [Thanks to Canada's gutless parliamentarians, it seems we're stuck with Trump's copyright extensions for some years to come. That's our property, dude, hand those books over *now*! While we're waiting for them to be released from copyright prison and returned to Canadians by the White House felon, there are excellent earlier titles we can offer you. One of them is Tragedy at Ravensthorpe, featuring Sir Clinton Driffield,whom we have already met in Murder in the Maze, also in the PGC catalogue. The novel is set not just at a country house, but one with its own museum! A likely setting for theft, you may be thinking, and perhaps worse! You're right!] EPUB

2025/02/14: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! INSTEAD OF FLOWERS OR A BOX OF FINE CHOCOLATES, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO OFFER YOU A SECOND DIGITAL EDITION OF THE MARGERY ALLINGHAM NOVEL WHICH INTRODUCED ALBERT CAMPION TO THE WORLD !!

Allingham, Margery [Youngman Carter, Margery Louise] (1904-1966) [English mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Crime at Black Dudley (1929) Wikipedia [Mystery novel: the first to feature Albert Campion Wikipedia as a character. Black Dudley is a large, old and mysterious house in a remote area. Where better to hold a house party? In the course of which the elderly Colonel Coombe dies -- but not, it seems, of natural causes! The sleuth is pathologist George Abbershaw; but among the guests is Albert Campion, who to some extent steals the show. He was to appear as the principal sleuth in many subsequent novels and stories by our author.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75359] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB

2025/02/11: TRUMP'S SAVAGE TARIFF WAR ON CANADA MAY HAVE A BRIGHT SIDE: THE "NEW NAFTA" AND ITS ILLEGAL COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS MAY JUST COLLAPSE -- IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET OUR PROPERTY BACK! HERE'S SOMETHING TO DIVERT YOU IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS: THE VERY FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL PUBLISHED BY HENRY WADE. MANY MORE WERE TO FOLLOW !!

2025/02/05: TRUMP MAY RAGE, BUT LITERATURE CONTINUES. HERE'S A "DR THORNDYKE" MYSTERY BY R. AUSTIN FREEMAN: WHAT A NICE WAY TO FORGET THE DOINGS OF THE WHITE HOUSE FELON FOR A FEW HOURS. VIVE LE CANADA !!

Freeman, R. Austin [Richard Austin] (1862-1943) [English physician and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Shadow of the Wolf (1925) [The novel has a memorable opening, in a yacht off Land's End, the extreme southwestern part of Cornwall, where (you guessed it) land ends and the Atlantic begins. Mystery surrounds what the two men im the yacht are up to, but it becomes clear soon enough that forgery is part of the picture. And murder! Enter Dr Thorndyke...] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75244]

**2025/01/28: OUR FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL BY MOLLY THYNNE !!**

Thynne, Molly [Mary Harriet] (1881-1950) [English author]

The Draycott Murder Mystery (1928) [Thanks to Canada's gutless parliamentarians, it seems we're stuck with Trump's copyright extensions for some years to come. That's our property, dude, hand those books over *now*! While we're waiting for them to be released from copyright prison and returned to Canadians by the White House felon, there are excellent earlier titles we can offer you, such as The Draycott Murder Mystery, Molly Thynne's first mystery novel. She was born in Kensington (very grand) and spent much of her life in Devon (very beautiful). "The wind swept down the crooked main street of the little village of Keys with a shriek that made those fortunate inhabitants who had nothing to tempt them from their warm firesides draw their chairs closer and speculate as to the number of trees that would be found blown down on the morrow." The novel literally begins on a dark and stormy night! There is a murder, of course, also Police Constable George Gunnet, and, most notably, Allen "Hatter" Fayre: educated at Oxford, an expatriate in India for many years, but now back in England. Can Hatter by any chance help clear things up?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75222]

2025/01/24: A FASCINATING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF CANADA'S EASTERN SUBARCTIC, WITH MANY PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS !!

Tyrrell, J. W. [James William] (1863-1945) [Canadian explorer] Wikipedia

Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada. A Journey of 3,200 miles by Canoe and Snowshoe through the Barren Lands. (1898) [The term "Barren Lands" or "Barren Grounds" Wikipedia is accurate enough as a name for Canada's harsh northern landscape between Great Slave Lake and Hudson's Bay. This vast region is very lightly populated. Naturally, little was know about the Barren Lands when in 1893 James William Tyrrell, in collaboration with his brother, the famous geologist Joseph Burr Tyrrell, undertook "an exploration survey through the great mysterious region of terra incognita commonly known as the Barren Lands, more than two hundred thousand square miles in extent, lying north of the 59th parallel of latitude, between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay." It was quite a trip, and resulted in quite a book, with photos, and with drawings by no less a figure than Arthur Heming (1870-1940) Wikipedia CAUTION: The book was written more than a century ago and reflects the beliefs that prevailed at the time. You may find certain language offensive.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75178]

**2024/12/31: FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE, OUR FIFTH TITLE BY PHYLLIS BOTTOME: TWO SEPARATE NOVELLAS BY PHYLLIS BOTTOME! WHICH IS BETTER? YOU BE THE JUDGE !!**

Bottome, Phyllis (1882-1963) [English psychologist, teacher, and novelist] Wikipedia

Helen of Troy and Rose (1918) [Two novellas of equal length from Phyllis Bottome's early prime, each with a frontispiece by New York's Norman J. L. Osborne (1878-1965). The "Helen of Troy" character is not the Trojan original: "Helen of Troy went back to America (did I tell you she was half-Jewish and half-American?)." The second novella is about Mr and Mrs Pinsent, who wished their daughters to be "modern", but not too modern: "Somewhere between the ages of fourteen and seventeen Mrs. Pinsent presented her daughters with an approximate definition of life. Agatha yawned and Edith said, "Oh, dear! We knew all that ages ago." For a moment Mrs. Pinsent became agitated. Had they, in spite of the healthiness of their surroundings, come in contact with evil influences? But she was reassured when Agatha explained that they had picked it up from rabbits." By now you have probably decided whether this is to yout taste. If so, read on, and get to know the world of Phyllis Bottome!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74949]

**2024/12/25: MERRY CHRISTMAS!! HERE ARE NINE WONDERFUL STORIES BY E. NESBIT, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED !**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

Nine Unlikely Tales for Children (1901) [An E. Nesbit book supposedly "for children" is really a book for everyone, as admirers of The Railway Children (that is, all of us) will be the first to admit. The stories are mostly told from the viewpoint of the children, and there are numerous fine drawings by the Scottish illustrator H. R. Millar (1869-1942) Wikipedia and his English contemporary Claude A. Shepperson (1867-1921) Wikipedia CAUTION: The book was written more than a century ago and reflects the beliefs that prevailed at the time. You may be offended by certain aspects of the plot and language.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #49913]

**2024/12/20: OUR FIRST COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY AN ACKNOWLEDGED MASTER OF SHORT FICTION, ENGLISH AUTHOR STACY AUMONIER !!**

Aumonier, Stacy (1877-1928) [English writer of short stories] Wikipedia

The Golden Windmill and Other Stories (1921) [Short story collection. Aumonier did write some novels, six of them in fact, but during his lifetime and afterwards his fame rested on his many short stories, hugely admired by such masters as John Galsworthy (The Forsyte Saga) and James Hilton (Goodbye, Mr Chips). But in his preface to this collection of nine stories Aumonier makes no claim to greatness: "In these stories, then, I have merely tried to be a good apprentice to skilled craftsmen. I claim for them no originality at all. Though their setting is entirely modern, and they deal with such things as fried-fish shops, and public-houses, and the like, they are just the same old... stories told in the bazaars of Ispahan three thousand years ago." But if this is "only" craftsmanship, let us have more of it!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74926]

**2024/12/05: A SHORT BUT VERY INTERESTING MONOGRAPH BY E. M. FORSTER !!**

Forster, E. M. [Edward Morgan] (1879-1970) [English novelist, travel writer, and critic] Wikipedia

Anonymity: An Enquiry (1925) [Essay, short and nicely written. Surely a written work is complete in and of itself. Why should we then want to know who wrote it? The famous novelist explores this question.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74818]

2024/11/12: LE PREMIER ROMAN DE MAURICE LEBLANC QUI A MIS EN VEDETTE M. ARSÈNE LUPIN !!

Leblanc, Maurice (1864-1941) [Romancier français / French novelist] fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia

L'Aiguille creuse (1909) fr.wikipedia [Le premier roman qui met en vedette M. Arsène Lupin. L'action se déroule en Creuse (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) et en Normandie dans plusieurs époques, dont celle de Louis XIV.] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

English translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865-1921) Wikipedia:

The Hollow Needle (1910) Wikipedia [Mystery novel. "Further adventures of Arsène Lupin" -- need we say more? The action starts in a picturesque but lightly populated area of central France called Creuse, but soon moves to Normandy. Yes, Lupin duly enters the plot. French history plays a role as well, including Louis XIV!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #24839]

**2024/11/10: OUR LATEST NOVEL FROM J. S. FLETCHER TAKES PLACE IN HIS NATIVE YORKSHIRE !!**

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation (1917) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them abandoned Canada and voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned our country into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to cancel NAFTA and declare Canada an independent country, not a US colony. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. This mystery novel begins in Fletcher's native Yorkshire, and is set in May 1914, when the First World War was about to erupt, but no one had noticed. Marshall Allerdyke, a successful Bradford manufacturer, has just arrived back from a business trip to Manchester, and is immediately handed a telegram summoning him to meet his cousin James Allerdyke in Hull: he has just arrived at a hotel there, on his way back from a business trip of his own, to Moscow and Scandinavia. So off goes Marshall to Hull, where he finds his cousin -- dead! And that's just the beginning! The novel is written with Fletcher's customary skill and energy, as befits a contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #10443]

2024/11/06: OUR LATEST NOVEL FROM YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER !!

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Root of All Evil (1921) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them abandoned Canada and voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned our country into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to cancel NAFTA and declare Canada an independent country, not a US colony. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. The root of all evil, according to 1 Timothy 6:10, is not money, but the love of money: that is, the effect it has on people's behaviour. And that is reflected in this novel, which is about William Farnish, his daughters Jeckie and Rushie, and the family farm, Applecroft, which had been poorly run, and the family is now at risk of losing.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #40603]

**2024/10/30: A SATIRICAL NOVEL BY E. M. DELAFIELD, ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS HERE AT PROJECT GUTENBERG CANADA !!**

Delafield, E. M. [Dashwood, Edmée Elizabeth Monica, née de la Pasture] (1890-1943) [English novelist and essayist] Wikipedia

Tension (1920) [Satirical novel. Why did the novelist and publisher think "Tension" was an attractive title? Hard to say, but the novel is low on stress and high on entertainment and social satire, as is usual with this most agreeable of English novelists. The novel starts by introducing us to the rather grand Rossiter family. There is a bombshell announcement: Aunt Iris has written a book which has been accepted for publication: Why, Ben! A Story of the Sexes. A provocative title indeed. And this is just the beginning of the novel! As for the main story, Sir Julian Rossiter is the chairman of the "Commercial and Technical College for the South-West of England", and Lady Rossiter does not hesitate to get involved with the college, its people, and its conflicts. Hence arises the Tension of the title.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74638]

**2024/10/21: OUR FIRST TITLE BY FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY !!**

Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Dostoïevski, Fiodor (1821-1881) (Russian novelist, critic, translator, and journalist / romancier russe) Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

The Gambler (1866 [Russian original] 1915 [this translation]) Wikipedia [translated by Charles James Hogarth (1869-1945) Wikipedia . Dostoevsky was in an excellent position to write this novella, for he was a gambler himself, in fact a problem gambler. This famous novella is about debt, gambling, inheritances (real or imagined) and related topics, a world which would have seemed utterly alien to Canadians not so many years ago, when betting was actually illegal in our country and gambling debts not collectible. But all that has changed thanks to the corporations and their servants, our governments. Sports events on television have become nonstop advertisements for online gambling! So the popularity of gambling has not diminished, but neither has the lasting fame of Dostoevsky's novella, nor its relevance to society.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2197]

2024/10/15: HALLOWEEN ISN'T SO FAR OFF -- HOW ABOUT SOME GHOST STORIES ??

Patten, William [William Hardiman] (1868-1936) [American editor and anthologizer]

Ghost Stories (1906) [Published as volume 2 of Great Short Stories, a three-volume set from P. F. Collier and Son of New York, publishers of Collier's Wikipedia, famous among other things for their short stories. Eighteen ghost stories, most of them by classic authors who need no introduction, Charles Dickens for example, but a few of them by names somewhat less familiar: the Scottish author William Sharp, aka Fiona Macleod (1855-1905) Wikipedia; the nautical author William Clark Russell (1844-1911) Wikipedia; the novelist, travel writer and Egyptologist Amelia Edwards (1831-1892) Wikipedia; Bristol's Frederick John Fargus, aka Hugh Conway (1847-1885) Wikipedia; and, writing in collaboration, the Alsatian authors Émile Erckmann (1822-1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826-1890) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74549]

2024/10/11: FROM THE EARLY GOLDEN AGE OF DETECTIVE FICTION, A FINE COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES !! !!

Patten, William [William Hardiman] (1868-1936) [American editor and anthologizer]

Detective Stories (1906) [Published as volume 1 of Great Short Stories, a three-volume set from P. F. Collier and Son of New York, publishers of Collier's Wikipedia, famous among other things for their short stories. Three of the nine detective stories are from Edgar Allan Poe, two from Arthur Conan Doyle, and one from Robert Louis Stevenson, none of whom need introduction. The first of the three remaining authors is Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935), "the mother of the detective novel" Wikipedia, The second is Bertram Fletcher Robinson (1870-1907) Wikipedia, who according to his friend Arthur Conan Doyle assisted "both in the general plot and in the local details" of The Hound of the Baskervilles. He was possibly the inspiration for Edward Malone, the narrator of The Lost World. The third is Earl Victor Broughton Brandenburg (1876-1963). According to Patten he was "a young Ohioan, was educated at Otterbein and Princeton Universities, became a war correspondent at twenty, serving in the Spanish-American and Boer wars, and shortly thereafter attracted attention as a traveler and sociological investigator"; he worked as a journalist in Dayton, Buffalo, and New York City.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74548]

2024/10/07: A FAMOUS AND VERY INFLUENTIAL INSTRUCTION MANUAL ON HOW TO DRAW !!

Lutz, Edwin George (1868-1951) [American illustrator and cartoonist] Wikipedia

What to Draw and How to Draw It (1913) [Lutz's first published work is a justly famous introduction to drawing. Aimed at beginners, it is extremely practical in its approach: the many examples show how a drawing emerges from a series of penstrokes, each new stroke contributing something new. Simple geometrical shapes change before your eyes into finished drawings!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74518]

2024/10/03: A SUPERBLY CONSTRUCTED MYSTERY FROM YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER !!

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Borough Treasurer (1921) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them abandoned Canada and voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned our country into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to cancel NAFTA and declare Canada an independent country, not a US colony. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. This fine mystery novel begins in the yard of Mallalieu & Cotherstone, a successful, and eminently respectable building firm, who also do property rentals. But how respectable are they, really? A new tenant arrives from out of town who seems to know things about them they would prefer remain hidden. Yes, blackmail ensues, And much more! "The latest J. S. Fletcher novel is... one of those cold analytical detective stories that can boast a couple of murders and never upset the reader's mood of contemplation. "The Borough Treasurer" (Knopf) is a clever portrayal of crime and character... Mr. Fletcher has adopted a dry and unusual method of unfolding his plot that, together with an amusingly faithful picture of the small town fluttering in the face of murder, accusation, and trial, makes this a fascinating book of its kind." ("J. F.", The Bookman [US], September 1921)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #20630]

2024/09/30: JOHN WESLEY POWELL'S OWN ACCOUNT OF HIS FAMOUS 1869 DESCENT OF THE COLORADO RIVER THROUGH THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE GRAND CANYON !!

Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902) [American soldier, ethnologist, geologist, and explorer] Wikipedia

First through the Grand Canyon. Being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70. (1915 version of the 1875 original, with an introduction by Horace Kephart [1862-1931] Wikipedia) [It is hard to exaggerate the scale of John Wesley Powell's achievement in organizing and taking to completion his expedition down the Grand Canyon in 1869. Many had thought it impossible, but he and his small band of companions actually accomplished their objective. Horace Kephart describes his edition as follows: "Major Powell's report on this first exploration of the Colorado River was published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1875. Together with the scientific data appended, it forms a large quarto volume, which is now out of print. The narrative part is here republished without abridgement." Powell's vivid and straightforward account of his expedition makes for excellent reading. There are no illustrations, but the Wikimedia Commons offer you a collection of magnificent colour photographs and other materials.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74466]

**2024/09/23: SOME AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS DO NOT FADE WITH TIME AT ALL. ONE OF THESE AUTHORS IS E. M. DELAFIELD !!**

Delafield, E. M. [Dashwood, Edmée Elizabeth Monica, née de la Pasture] (1890-1943) [English novelist and essayist] Wikipedia

Humbug. A Study in Education. (1921) ["Humbug" is a word less common now than formerly, but it certainly deserves a place in our language. It means nonsense, a special kind of nonsense, produced to deceive people and give them a false impression of the way things work. Parents are often guilty of humbug, and what a joy it is to see children as they grow up become aware of parental indoctrination and start to think for themselves. But the process of healing and growth does not always happen. This is the story of Lily and Yvonne Stellenthorpe, and the influence their mother tries to wield over them: she "had all a good woman's capacity for the falsification of moral values." This is a satirical novel, and a pleasure to read: why should a light novel not deal with deep topics? Particularly if it comes from E. M. Delafield!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74452]

**2024/09/17: A TRULY IMMORTAL SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC BY THE GREAT MASTER, H.G. WELLS !!**

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance. (1897) Wikipedia [Most novels come and go: not so very long after first appearing, they're gone, and don't come back. That is why Tr*mp's copyright extensions, coercively imposed by a foreign tyrant, are so harmful to Canadians, and must be cancelled. If books are in the public domain, they can be scanned and made available for free, on the internet. That's how Project Gutenberg Canada works! But a handful of novels become permanently popular, The Invisible Man for example. It was published in 1897, and has remained hugely popular ever since. In 2020 a new film version came out, starring Elisabeth Moss, and was a huge commercial success. It makes no sense that the media companies are so much in favour of insanely long copyright periods, since they benefit as much as anyone from having full access to the public domain. But there has never been an oversupply of common sense in Hollywood. The plot centres on Jack Griffin, a scientist who discovers how to make himself invisible. His body, that is, not his clothing. And other complications ensue. It's quite a read!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #5230]

**2024/09/10: AN EARLY AND EXCELLENT MYSTERY NOVEL BY MARY ROBERTS RINEHART, SET IN HER NATIVE PITTSBURGH !!**

Rinehart, Mary Roberts (1876-1958) [American mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Case of Jennie Brice (1913) Wikipedia [Mystery novel. It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them abandoned Canada and voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned our country into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, One of them is Mary Roberts Rinehart, "the American Agatha Christie". But she was writing mystery stories years before Christie! This novel begins in Rinehart's home town of Pittsburgh, where the annual flooding has just occurred. (Perhaps Pittsburgh was like Toronto today, with certain areas where floods are predictable, but each seems to come as a complete surprise to the residents. What's a flood plain, anyway?) Years before the novel's opening, Jennie Brice had been part of Pittsburgh's theatre scene -- but then she mysteriously disappeared! How and why? The illustrations are by the American artist M. Leone Bracker (1885-1937). Born in Cleveland, he spent most of his professional life in New York City, specializing in magazine covers, posters, and advertisements.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #11127]

**2024/09/05: NOTRE COLLECTION ARSÈNE LUPIN NE CESSE DE CROÎTRE !! / OUR ARSÈNE LUPIN COLLECTION KEEPS GROWING !!**

Leblanc, Maurice (1864-1941) [Romancier français / French novelist] fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia

La Demoiselle aux yeux verts (1927) fr.wikipedia [Roman policier. Il s'agit non seulement d'une demoiselle aux yeux verts, mais également d'une Anglaise aux yeux bleus. M. Arsène Lupin s'intéresse à toutes les deux...] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

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Arsène Lupin, Super-Sleuth (1927) [Mystery novel. "Ralph de Limézy," the novel begins, "was strolling along the boulevards with the careless air of a happy man." In Paris being happy is not difficult. But who is this man Ralph is following? And who is this lady whom the man seems to be stalking?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74269]

**2024/09/01: HAPPY LABOUR DAY!! TODAY'S EBOOK IS AN EARLY SUCCESS BY E. M. DELAFIELD -- ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE NOVELISTS HERE AT PROJECT GUTENBERG CANADA !!**

Delafield, E. M. [Dashwood, Edmée Elizabeth Monica, née de la Pasture] (1890-1943) [English novelist and essayist] Wikipedia

The War-Workers (1918) [The First World War was an unmitigated disaster that the world inflicted on itself: even the "victors" had in fact lost the war, as became clear afterwards. But it did accelerate some social changes: for example, while the men of England were being sent to the slaughterhouse in France, many of the women took their places in the workforce. Of course, social conflicts could arise, as in the (fictional) Midland Supply Depôt in Questerham. It is run by Miss Vivian, who is well aware of her own importance. Then Grace Jones arrives from Wales: she has "a curious quality of absolute sincerity", which in a deeply politicized work environment can be a dangerous thing. And so the comedy begins!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #37181]

**2024/08/28: OUR FIRST NOVEL FROM E. F. BENSON'S MAPP AND LUCIA SERIES !!**

Benson, E. F. [Edward Frederic] (1867-1940) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Lucia in London (1927) Wikipedia [The third novel in Benson's Mapp and Lucia series of satirical novels. Emmeline Lucas ("Lucia") is something of a social climber, and no doubt found the provincial atmosphere of the town of Riseholme somewhat confining. But then an aged relative dies, who owned a house in London. A very fashionable part of London. That changes everything!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74310]

**2024/08/20: OUR FIRST EBOOK BY ELEANOR VERE BOYLE IS HER ADEPT RETELLING OF "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST", WITH FINE ILLUSTRATIONS, TEN OF THEM IN VERY GOOD COLOUR !!**

Boyle, Eleanor Vere (1825-1916) [Scottish illustrator and author] Wikipedia

Beauty and the Beast. An Old Tale New-Told, with Pictures, By E. V. B. (1875) [A retelling of the famous French fairy tale Wikipedia in a deliberately archaic style, with many fine drawings and no fewer than ten colour plates of surpassing excellence! On seeing them, you will immediately understand why Boyle became so famous during her lifetime.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74277]

2024/08/15: SHORT STORIES FROM HAWAII, FROM AN AUTHOR WHO WAS LIVING THERE WHEN IT WAS STILL AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY !!

Soares, Rae (1888-1955) [American author]

Cupid and the Law (1908) [Soares's father Antonio Victorino Soares had emigrated from the Azores to the United States in 1878 at the age of 18, and moved to Honolulu in 1890, where he was ordained and became pastor of the Portuguese Evangelical Church, later known as the Pilgrim Church. Accompanying him to Honolulu was his very young son Antonio Rae Soares, known simply as Rae Soares. Hawaii was still an independent country, with the American annexation coming in 1893: a blatantly illegal act for which Congress in 1993 issued an Apology Resolution -- not a moment too soon! So Soares spent his earliest years in Hawaii when it was an independent kingdom, and these eight stories have historical significance. They reflect Hawaii's ethnic diversity, and (warning!) have racist language from time to time. But they are a unique record of a time that will never be recreated, and are easy reading.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74214]

2024/08/10: THE SECOND AND FINAL PART OF EMMA GOLDMAN'S ACCOUNT OF THE TWO REVOLUTIONS SHE HAD WITNESSED IN 1917: THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, WHICH FULLY ACHIEVED ITS OBJECTIVES, AND THEN THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION, IN OCTOBER WHICH REVERSED THESE SUCCESSES !!

Goldman, Emma (1869-1941) [Lithuanian political thinker and activist] Wikipedia

My Further Disillusionment in Russia. Being a Continuation of Miss Goldman's Experiences in Russia as given in 'My Disillusionment in Russia'. (1924) Wikipedia [Emma Goldman's eyewitness account of what actually happened in Russia in the course of the year 1917 has been confirmed by the verdict of history. The true Russian Revolution took place in March, and largely achieved its objectives. The Bolshevik Revolution took place in October, and resulted in power being seized by a small group of activists, and was disastrous for Russia. But Goldman's account of all this has a very strange history. "My manuscript was sent to the original purchaser in two parts, at different times. Subsequently the publishing house of Doubleday, Page & Co. bought the rights to my work, but when the first printed copies reached me I discovered to my dismay that not only had my original title, "My Two Years in Russia," been changed to "My Disillusionment in Russia," [already available at Project Gutenberg Canada!] but that the last twelve chapters were entirely missing, including my Afterword which is, at least to myself, the most vital part." The Publishers' Note states that "While the conclusion of the book as we published it was abrupt it was not more so than is frequently the case; and, therefore, there was no internal evidence to indicate its incompleteness... We are now rectifying this serious error by the publication in a separate volume of the twelve missing chapters under the title, 'My Further Disillusionment in Russia.' This material is even more important in its revelations and of even greater interest than that already published." Goldman and her publisher were not wrong in their high opinion of this second part of her account: vigorously written, it is an unforgettable account of the year 1917 in Russia and its consequences.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74192]

**2024/08/08: OUR FIRST BOOK BY THE ANARCHIST WRITER EMMA GOLDMAN! BORN IN LITHUANIA, SHE TRAVELLED WIDELY, BUT LIVED IN CANADA FOR SOME YEARS, AND SPENT HER FINAL DAYS IN TORONTO !!**

Goldman, Emma (1869-1941) [Lithuanian political thinker and activist] Wikipedia

My Disillusionment in Russia (1923) Wikipedia [The cultural vandalism of the Tr*mp/Trudeau copyright extensions is with us every day, and countless works have been taken from their rightful owners, the Canadian people! Goldman, who spent her final days in Toronto, would have understood at once the despotic nature of these shenanigans. Fortunately her own works are in the Canadian public domain, including today's title, her personal narrative of what she calls the actual Russian Revolution in the summer of 1917, and the Bolshevik revolution which followed in October. "To-day it is no exaggeration to state that the Bolsheviki stand as the arch enemies of the Russian Revolution." The published edition omitted the final twelve chapters of the book, but few readers noticed this at the time, so this book can stand alone and be read with pleasure: it is very well written, has a feeling of immediacy, and bears its years lightly. We do intend to supply these later chapters in a second ebook, My Further Disillusionment in Russia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #60315]

**2024/08/04: OUR THIRD CHILDREN'S BOOK BY MINNESOTA'S WANDA GÁG !!**

**2024/07/31: AN ACTION NOVELLA BY "SAPPER", BUT WRITTEN UNDER HIS LEGAL NAME (H. C. McNEILE). NO SIGN OF BULLDOG DRUMMOND ANYWHERE, BUT THE HERO IS THE VERY SATISFACTORY JIM MAITLAND !!**

Sapper [McNeile, Herman Cyril] (1888-1937) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Seven Missionaries (1923) [Action novella, written with the expertise one would expect from the creator of Bulldog Drummond, but featuring Jim Maitland, who appears in other works by McNeile. "Jim Maitland Encounters Modern Pirates Aboard the Andaman" is the accurate one-line summary in the October 1923 issue of McClure's Magazine, where the story first appeared: saying anything more would spoil the story! Includes some fine colour illustrations by the American illustrator George William Gage (1887-1957) ] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74118]

**2024/07/22: TODAY'S EBOOK COMPLETES OUR SET OF LOUIS BROMFIELD'S TETRALOGY, ESCAPE !!**

Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956) [American novelist, journalist, and organic farmer] Wikipedia

Possession (1925) [The third of the four novels in Bromfield's Escape tetralogy. It is not so much a sequel to The Green Bay Tree as its logical counterpart in the tapestry he was weaving about "the waning years of the nineteenth century up to the present time." In his foreword Bromfield explains that in the first novel he had deliberately played the character of Ellen Tolliver down, and this for two reasons: "first, because she was a character of such violence that, once given her way, she would soon have dominated all the others; second, because the author kept her purposely in restraint, as he desired to tell her story in proportions worthy of her." And he tells her remarkable story in this novel. "She would, doubtless," Bromfield comments, "have been successful in any direction she saw fit to direct her boundless energy." In the event, she chose the demanding career of a classical pianist, and the action takes place in some glamorous locales, notably New York and Paris, cities which Bromfield knew intimately.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73188]

2024/07/19: LOUIS BROMFIELD'S FOURTH NOVEL, THE FINAL ONE IN HIS "ESCAPE" TETRALOGY !!

Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956) [American novelist, journalist, and organic farmer] Wikipedia

A Good Woman (1927) ["The last of a series of four novels," said Bromfield, "dealing from various angles with a strongly marked phase of American life." He suggested Escape as the title for the tetralogy, which he thought could be considered a single novel. The "good woman" of the title is Emma Downes: deserted by her husband, she opens a bakery which develops into a large and thriving restaurant. Her husband Jason never returns, but she still has their son Philip, a missionary in Africa. But one day she gets a letter from him: "I ought to tell you that I've made a mistake in my calling. I'm not going to be a missionary any longer." When Philip arrives home, Emma finds that he is no longer the submissive young man she had raised. Many events follow!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74011]

**2024/07/13: AN EARLY AND VERY WELL WRITTEN NOVEL FROM YORKSHIRE'S MASTER OF MYSTERY, J. S. FLETCHER !!**

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Middle of Things (1922) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them abandoned Canada and voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned our country into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. "A mystery story containing the usual amount of thrills, and more than the usual amount of good writing", said The Bookman [U.S.] (December 1922) of this book, and they were right! At the beginning of the novel we meet a young man named Richard Viner, who shares a house in Bayswater with an aunt, the formidable Miss Bethia Penkridge. Miss Penkridge likes nothing better than a mystery novel, "a story which began with crime and ended with a detection--a story which kept you wondering who did it, how it was done, and when the doing was going to be laid bare to the light of day." She strongly believes that such books describe real life. Her nephew disagrees. But then a real-life murder occurs, and by the end of the novel Richard Viner has learned a great deal about how the world actually works.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #9902]

**2024/07/09: OHIO'S LOUIS BROMFIELD IS DEFINITELY A PGC AUTHOR. BUT ALTHOUGH WE HAVE OFFERED A FULL DOZEN OF HIS BOOKS, WE HAVE NOT OFFERED HIS VERY FIRST NOVEL -- UNTIL TODAY !!**

Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956) [American novelist, journalist, and organic farmer] Wikipedia

The Green Bay Tree (1924) [Bromfield's first novel! His native Ohio is the principal setting, but France plays a role as well: Bromfield knew the country well, having served in the US Army Ambulance Corps during the First World War, and shortly after publishing this novel he would move to Paris, where he would become a familiar of Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway. The novel centres on two sisters, Lily and Irene Shane, who move in high social circles. Irene is very devout, Lily is not: she's the one who moves to France!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73944]

2024/06/29: HERE AT PROJECT GUTENBERG CANADA WE DON'T CELEBRATE CANADA DAY ANY MORE: CANADA CEASED TO BE A COUNTRY AND BECAME A U.S. COLONY WHEN THE TRMP/TRUDEAU "NEW NAFTA" WENT INTO EFFECT FOUR YEARS AGO.

BUT LIFE CONTINUES, EVEN IN COLONIES LIKE CANADA: FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, HERE'S A VERY FAMOUS MYSTERY NOVEL BY R. AUSTIN FREEMAN*! P.S. WE DO CELEBRATE PGC'S ANNIVERSARY, THOUGH: WE WERE LAUNCHED ON 1 JULY 2007, AND UNLIKE CANADA WE STILL EXIST -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT !!

Freeman, R. Austin [Richard Austin] (1862-1943) [English physician and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Eye of Osiris [U.S. title: The Vanishing Man] (1911) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned Canada into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as R. Austin Freeman. This is a truly classic mystery novel. We start in London, at St Margaret's Hospital, where the famous Dr John Thorndyke is discussing with students the question of survivorship: when is the last moment that someone is known to be alive? He mentions the famous archaeologist John Bellingham, who has just returned from Egypt: hence the mention of Osiris. "Old Dr. Thorndyke, the expert in medical jurisprudence, resolves another mysterious disappearance for us in this well-constructed and well-written story, which is not only plausible but convincing. We know of no detective story writer who can do a more competent job than Mr. Freeman... (Walter R. Brooks, The Outlook, 16 January 1929)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #10476]

2024/06/24: UNE "SOTIE" D'ANDRÉ GIDE !!

Gide, André (1869-1951) [Romancier français; prix Nobel de littérature, 1947] fr.wikipedia alalettre.com

Les Caves du Vatican (1914) fr.wikipedia [Le pape est-il prisonnier dans le Vatican? Ou plutôt "dans le Château Saint-Ange, qui, comme le savait certainement la comtesse, communiquait avec le Vatican par un corridor souterrain..."? Roman, ou "sotie" (ainsi la classait Gide), en cinq livres assez variés.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 6739]

English translation by Dorothy Bussy (1865-1960) [English translator and novelist] Wikipedia:

The Vatican Swindle (1926) [This is no ordinary novel. It is "a parti-colored semi-novel of many intertwined fantastic strands. There is the theme of the Millipede, the gang of swindlers, headed by the redoubtable Protos, who work on the credulity of the faithful to raise large sums of money for the alleged purpose of freeing the Pope from secret imprisonment by the freemasons; there is the theme of the conversion and subsequent apostacy of Anthime Armand-Dubois... there is the theme of the unmotivated crime and Lafcadio Wluiki, as fascinating a devil-hero as one can meet in modern fiction. Humour, social satire, realism, and thrills race one another through what is essentially an Arabian Nights fantasia." (Ernest Sutherland Bates, Saturday Review, 6 February 1926)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73838]

2024/06/18: FROM YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER, A BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED NOVEL ABOUT BURIED TREASURE, PACKED WITH CHARACTER AND INCIDENT! "THE BEST WORK OF THIS MASTER OF DETECTIVE FICTION, WITH QUAINT ATMOSPHERE, THRILLS, MYSTERY, AND LOVE." (Literary Digest, 19 August 1922)

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

Ravensdene Court (1922) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned Canada into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. This suspense novel is set far from London in a distant corner of Northumberland, and involves the discovery and attempted theft of a monastic treasure buried centuries earlier. We shall not attempt to summarize the novel, for "as in all Mr. J. S. Fletcher's stories, there is enough plot to furnish half a dozen books" (Literary Digest, 19 August 1922).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #26324]

2024/06/11: ANTON CHEKHOV WROTE MANY PLAYS AND STORIES, BUT ONLY ONE NOVEL -- AND IT'S A MURDER MYSTERY !!

Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904) [Russian physician, playwright, and novelist] Wikipedia

The Shooting Party (1884 [Russian original]; 1926 [this translation]) Wikipedia [Chekhov's only full-length novel -- and it's a mystery story, an accomplished one! The murder takes place during a hunting party in the Russian countryside. But who is the murderer? The translation is by Alfred Edward Chamot (1855-1934). Chamot had lived in Russia until 1918, and been administrator of the Imperial Palace Gardens at Strelna, to the west of Saint Petersburg, on the south side of the Gulf of Finland.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73729]

2024/06/07: IN 1924, THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER BERTRAND RUSSELL HAD WRITTEN A MONOGRAPH, ICARUS, IN WHICH HE OUTLINED THE THREAT POSED TO HUMANITY BY THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE. IN 1925, HE PUBLISHED A SECOND MONOGRAPH, DISCUSSING THE BRIGHT FUTURE WHICH MIGHT LIE AHEAD !!

Russell, Bertrand [Arthur William], 3rd Earl Russell [Welsh philosopher, mathematician, and peace activist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1950] (1872-1970) Wikipedia

What I Believe (1925) ["In this little book, I have tried to say what I think of man's place in the universe, and of his possibilities in the way of achieving the good life. In Icarus [available from Project Gutenberg Canada!] I expressed my fears; in the following pages I have expressed my hopes." And he has done so in five short and very readable chapters: Nature and Man, The Good Life, Moral Rules, Salvation: Individual and Social, and finally Science and Happiness. Has anyone ever equalled Lord Russell's depth of thought and ease of expression?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73782]

2024/06/05: D. H. LAWRENCE'S PERSONAL FAVOURITE AMONG ALL HIS NOVELS !!

Lawrence, D. H. [David Herbert] (1885-1930) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Plumed Serpent (1926) Wikipedia [Lawrence's Mexican novel inspired a variety of reactions when it was published. As it begins, a group of friends, recently arrived in Mexico City, are about to go to their first bullfight. Some view this prospect with pleasure, others do not. And so begins Lawrence's exploration of Mexican society, politics, and religion: the "plumed serpent" of the title is the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl Wikipedia. Lawrence considered this his finest novel, and E. M. Forster agreed; Mexico's Octavio Paz was an admirer as well!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73677]

**2024/06/03: OUR FIFTH NOVEL AND FOURTH MYSTERY BY GLASGOW'S J. J. CONNINGTON. THE MYSTERY INVOLVES NOT A MURDER, BUT A JEWELLERY HEIST !!**

Connington, J. J. [Stewart, Alfred Walter] (1880-1947) [Scottish chemist, physicist, and writer of mysteries and science fiction] Wikipedia

The Dangerfield Talisman (1926) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned Canada into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies. It's time to kick them out of office! Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists who have already made it into our public domain, very good ones, such as Glasgow's J. J. Connington. He mainly wrote murder mysteries, but not always, as this novel proves: it is about a heist involving an extremely valuable piece of jewellery, the Dangerfield Talisman. As the novel opens we are at a bridge party. Among those present is old Rollo Dangerfield, owner of the Dangerfield Talisman, last appraised in his grandfather's time, at some £50,000. And that was when a pound was a pound! Up to now, the Talisman has never been stolen, or, if stolen, its disappearance has been only for a short time. Is that about to change?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73753]

**2024/05/29: THE VERY FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL BY G. D. H. COLE !!**

Cole, G. D. H. [George Douglas Howard] (1889-1959) [English labour activist, economist, and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Brooklyn Murders (1923) [Most of Cole's mystery novels were written in collaboration with his wife, Margaret Cole (1893-1980), who outlived her husband by 21 years. The monstrous "New NAFTA", imposed on Canada by the foreign autocrat Tr*mp, extended copyright terms by twenty years: an act of cultural vandalism involving completely unacceptable coercion and interference in Canada's affairs. Consequently the many mystery novels they collaborated on have been blocked from joining Canada's public domain until 2051! It's time for these extensions to be annulled, or, still better, thrown out by Canada's courts. Still, he wrote The Brooklyn Murders without his wife's assistance, and so it entered the Canadian public domain in 2010: we are delighted to present it to you! The "Brooklyn" in the title refers not to the famous New York borough of that name, but to an English acting family. "At seventy Sir Vernon Brooklyn was still the outstanding figure in the theatrical world," the novel begins. To celebrate his seventieth birthday, Sir Vernon has left his country place in Sussex and returned to his very grand house in London, overlooking Green Park, where the guests are gathering. As the title suggests, things start happening! "A story of more than usual skill and interest," said The Outlook (19 November 1924). "Some good amateur detective work, and odd investigations into the night life of London." Our ebook includes the cover art from the 1924 U.S. edition by the Polish-American painter Samuel Halpert (1884-1930) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73716]

**2024/05/25: A SET OF ESSAYS BY D. H. LAWRENCE !!**

Lawrence, D. H. [David Herbert] (1885-1930) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays (1925) [Seven essays on various topics. The first essay and by far the longest (it is divided into chapters) is "The Crown" a wide-ranging riff starting from the nursery rhyme The Lion and the Unicorn, which also inspired Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass. The second, "The Novel", is full of miscellaneous observations on the literary form in which Lawrence chiefly worked. "Him with his Tail in his Mouth" is a reflection on philosophy and religion. "Blessed are the Powerful" discusses the role of power in how relationships come into being and develop. "...Love Was Once a Little Boy" is a set of random reflections on the nature of love. No mystery about "Reflection on the Death of a Porcupine"! Lawrence kills a porcupine, then reflects on the consequences of his act. The final essay, "Aristocracy", analyzes the nature and consequences of inequality. The essays are not always straightforward reading, but have some interesting insights, and can be considered a supplement to the author's famous novels.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73691]

**2024/05/20: HAPPY VICTORIA DAY! THE WEATHER IS FINE, SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE, AND IT'S A GOOD TIME (IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME) FOR A TRULY EXCELLENT CRIME NOVEL BY YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER !!**

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Paradise Mystery (1920) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned Canada into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. The (fictional) cathedral town of Wrychester is impossibly picturesque, and very peaceful. It has a thirteenth-century cathedral, and some of the houses near it are almost as old: "Under those high gables, behind those mullioned windows, in the beautiful old gardens lying between the stone porches and the elm-shadowed lawn, nothing, one would think, could possibly exist but leisured and pleasant existence: even the busy streets of the old city, outside the crumbling gateway, seem, for the moment, far off." Nothing bad could every happen there, right? Wrong! Murder plays a central role, of course, and there are many surprises -- as when a retired tradesman turns out to be a retired policeman!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #5308]

2024/05/13: A MYSTERY NOVEL BY J. S. FLETCHER, SET IN HIS NATIVE COUNTY OF YORKSHIRE !!

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Talleyrand Maxim (1919) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned Canada into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. Today's mystery novel has a mysterious title! The Talleyrand in question is the famous French diplomat Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), who somehow managed to retain his high position through all the regime changes from Louis XVI to Louis Philippe I. The maxim in question, we are told, is this: "With time and patience, the mulberry leaf is turned into satin." In other words, success takes time. Linford Pratt is very fond of this maxim. He is a "senior clerk to Eldrick & Pascoe, solicitors, of Barford, a young man who earnestly desired to get on in life, by hook or by crook, with no objection whatever to crookedness, so long as it could be performed in safety and secrecy." And he is about to receive a visit from the old and wealthy antiquarian book dealer, Antony Bartle, who will disclose to him some curious recent incidents in Barford, involving some mysterious deaths and a will. The adventure begins!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #9834]

**2024/05/09: A NOVEL FROM THE EARLY PRIME OF YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER -- SET IN CENTRAL LONDON, NOT FAR FROM FLEET STREET !!**

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Middle Temple Murder (1919) [Canadians have no right to look down on Americans for choosing Donald Tr*mp: our own federal "leaders", every one of them, voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", against the will of Canadians. What cowards they are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. If you are not an English barrister, you may wonder what the "Middle Temple" might be. Well, it is one of the four Inns of Court: barristers in England and Wales must belong to one of them. Middle Temple is quite large; from its gatehouse, Middle Temple Lane leads down to the Victoria Embankment on the Thames. And it is in Middle Temple Lane that a journalist named Spargo, on his way home one night to Bloomsbury from Fleet Street, runs across a breaking news story: a newly discovered corpse! Fortunately he recognizes Driscoll, the constable who is handlng the case. And matters proceed from there.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #10373]

2024/05/05: OUR FIRST EBOOK BY IRISH POET WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS !!

Yeats, W. B. [William Butler] (1865-1939) [Irish poet and dramatist; Nobel Prize in Literature 1923] Wikipedia

The Tower (1928) Wikipedia [A collection of twenty-one poems, all of them previously published in various magazines and collections. The first of them, Sailing to Byzantium, is one of Yeat's most famous poems, but it is in very good company, since the collection includes The Tower as well as Leda and the Swan. This is a truly extraordinary collection. Also extraordinary is the cover illustration by an English poet whom Yeats greatly admired, Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944) Wikipedia. Moore was also an engraver, and a fine one. Our ebook includes this engraving, which shows Thoor Ballylee, a fifteenth-century tower house in County Galway, where Yeats and his family were living when he published this collection.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72985]

**2024/05/01: A NOVEL BY YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER, SET IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LONDON'S PADDINGTON STATION !!**

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Orange-Yellow Diamond (1920) [Canadians have no right to look down on Americans for choosing Donald Tr*mp: our own federal "leaders", every one of them, voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", against the will of Canadians. What cowards they are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novels to choose from, very good ones, such as this title, set in the area of London near Paddington Station which includes Praed Street. Yes, the same Praed Street as in Cecil Street's The Murders in Praed Street, also available from PGC. You will not be surprised to learn that murder plays a major role in the plot. And that the novel is written in beautiful classic English prose: a pleasure but not a surprise, since when Fletcher was born, Victoria had been on the throne for only sixteen years! The novelist is not impressed with the neighbourhood: "an assemblage of mean streets, the drab dulness of which forms a remarkable contrast to the pretentious architectural grandeurs of Sussex Square and Lancaster Gate, close by. In these streets the observant will always find all those evidences of depressing semi-poverty which are more evident in London than in any other English city." A breeding ground of crime, perhaps. Certainly of urban poverty, of which Fletcher provides a memorable description. CAUTION: Certain language in this ebook today would be considered grossly racist. But let us not be too quick to condemn our author: times change, and there are no doubt aspects of modern culture which Fletcher would find intolerable.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #9297]

**2024/04/29: WE NOW OFFER YOU TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF THIS FAMOUS NOVEL FOR CHILDREN, FEATURING DOCTOR DOLITTLE !!**

Lofting, Hugh [Hugh John] (1886-1947) [English civil engineer, poet, illustrator, and writer of stories for children] Wikipedia

Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (1928) Wikipedia [Novel for children. Years have passed since the Doctor first left Puddleby-on-the-Marsh and started his travels around the world. This time he is not travelling to distant partts of the Earth, but is actually planning to visit the Moon! Accompanied, of course, by various animal members of his household, and by his young and capable assistant Stubbins. We offer you a choice of two digital editions of this enchanting work!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73411] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [Project Gutenberg of Australia]

**2024/04/15: OUR SIXTH MYSTERY NOVEL BY YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER -- AND ITS A WINNER !!**

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Copper Box (1923) [Novel, written in beautiful nineteenth-century English: Fletcher was born when Dickens, Trollope, and George Eliot were alive, and it shows! Winter lasts a long time in Northumberland and the Borders region. The narrator is from a region of England far to the south and is taken by surprise during an overambitious day trip near the Scottish border. "The morning was bright and promising, and for many enjoyable hours all went well. But about three o'clock came a disappearance of the sun and a suspicious darkening of the sky and lowering of temperature; before long snow began to fall, and in a fashion with which I, a Southerner, was not at all familiar. It was thick, it was blinding, it was persistent; it speedily obscured tracks, and heaped itself up in hollows; I began to have visions of being lost in it." And that's just the beginning! "Among the writers of mystery stories Mr. Fletcher is distinguished by a certain refinement of style and quality of writing. The present tale is light, contains no horrible murder and no detective worth speaking of, but it has a queer little mystery which holds the reader's attention steadily to the end. Few mystery stories have so pleasant a tone or so much quiet humor." (The Outlook, 30 May 1923)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73344]

**2024/04/11: OUR SECOND BOOK BY ARTHUR EDDINGTON. HIMSELF A PHYSICIST OF THE VERY FIRST ORDER, HE WAS UNEXCELLED IN HIS ABILITY TO EXPLAIN ADVANCED TOPICS TO A GENERAL AUDIENCE !!**

2024/04/08: NOT ONLY THE NOVEL WHICH INTRODUCED LORD PETER WIMSEY TO THE WORLD, BUT THE VERY FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL WHICH DOROTHY SAYERS EVER WROTE !!

Sayers, Dorothy L. [Dorothy Leigh] (1893-1957) [English theologian, translator, playwright, and novelist] Wikipedia New York Times obituary The Dorothy L Sayers Society

Whose Body? (1923) Wikipedia [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

However, Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period, and we are delighted to present this fine mystery novel by her famous contemporary Dorothy L. Sayers, whom she knew personally. Not only was it her very first mystery novel, it was the first of many books and stories she was to write about Lord Peter Wimsey! And from the beginning he is the aristocratic sleuth we know from the many books that were to follow. "Here is quite the maddest, jolliest crime story of recent memory. Seldom has a murder been made so delightfully mysterious, and rarely has the gentleman detective been cast in quite so attractive a guise as that of Lord Peter Wimsey, to whom books in first folios and bodies in bathtubs are of equal interest. An absorbing story and a well-written book." (The Nation, 5 September 1923)]

The original text, from 1923:

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The 1935 revision:

"This re-issue of WHOSE BODY? (which has received some corrections and amendments from MISS SAYERS) has for a Preface a short biography of Lord Peter Wimsey, brought up to date (May 1935) and communicated by his uncle PAUL AUSTIN DELAGARDIE."
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2024/04/01: WE WISH OUR READERS AN EXCELLENT EASTER WEEK! OUR HOLIDAY PRESENT TO YOU IS NOT A MYSTERY NOVEL, BUT NO FEWER THAN TWELVE SHORT STORIES BY DOROTHY L. SAYERS, ALL OF THEM FEATURING HER ALREADY FAMOUS SLEUTH LORD PETER WIMSEY !!

Sayers, Dorothy L. [Dorothy Leigh] (1893-1957) [English theologian, translator, playwright, and novelist] Wikipedia New York Times obituary The Dorothy L Sayers Society

Lord Peter Views the Body (1928) Wikipedia [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

**2024/03/26: WE NOW OFFER TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF THIS CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVEL BY RONALD KNOX -- THE FIRST TO FEATURE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR MILES BREDON !!**

Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott (1888-1957) [English theologian, translator, and detective novelist] Wikipedia

The Three Taps: A detective story without a moral (1927) [Mystery novel, the first of several to feature Miles Bredon, who works for the Indescribably Company as an investigator of suspicious claims. The Indescribable is a very large insurance company, and Bredon by no means your everyday sleuth. He had been in military intelligence during the first war; "his Colonel happened to be a friend of some minor director of the Indescribable, and, hearing that a discreet man was needed to undertake the duties outlined, recommended Bredon. The offer fell at his feet just when he was demobilized; he hated the idea of it, but was sensible enough to realize, even then, that ex-officers cannot be choosers. He was accepted on his own terms, namely, that he should not have to sit in an office kicking his heels; he would always be at home, and the company might call him in when he was wanted." The taps in question are not for water, but for gas being supplied to gas lamps. If gas is accidentally left on, the consequences can be fatal!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73198] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

**2024/03/19: OUR FOURTH NOVEL AND THIRD MYSTERY BY SCOTLAND'S J. J. CONNINGTON !!**

Connington, J. J. [Stewart, Alfred Walter] (1880-1947) [Scottish chemist, physicist, and writer of mysteries and science fiction] Wikipedia

Mystery at Lynden Sands (1928) [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

However, Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period, and we are delighted to present this fine mystery novel by J. J. Connington, featuring Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield. Lynden Sands, as you might guess, is a beach area and indeed a resort area, with a hotel and a new golf course. A wonderful place for a holiday, where nothing bad can happen, until it does. Fortunately Sir Clinton Driffield is also an accomplished golfer, and is visiting Lynden Sands when all this starts!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73126]

**2024/03/16: UNE TRADUCTION DE JOSEPH CONRAD... PAR ANDRÉ GIDE, S'IL VOUS PLAÎT !!**

Conrad, Joseph [Korzeniowski, Józef Teodor Konrad] (1857-1924) [Polish mariner and novelist / marin et romancier polonais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Typhoon (1902, with a preface from 1920) Wikipedia [Novella involving, not surprisingly, a major storm in the Pacific Ocean. It was based, Conrad tells us, on a genuine incident involving a steamship carrying a large number of passengers from Singapore to northern China. "I never met anybody personally concerned in this affair, the interest of which for us was, of course, not the bad weather but the extraordinary complication brought into the ship's life at a moment of exceptional stress by the human element below her deck." And that nicely describes the events of the book, and what faces its central character, the unforgettable Captain MacWhirr. "MacWhirr is not an acquaintance of a few hours, or a few weeks, or a few months. He is the product of twenty years of life. My own life. Conscious invention had little to do with him."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #1142] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par André Gide (1869-1951) fr.wikipedia

Typhon (édition de 1923) fr.wikipedia [Nouvelle. L'histoire du capitaine MacWhirr, de sa navire, et d'une tempête. Un jour "MacWhirr considérait la baisse d'un baromètre dont il n'avait aucune raison de se défier. La baisse -- étant donné l'excellence de l'instrument, le moment de l'année et la position du navire sur l'écorce terrestre -- était certes de mauvais augure; mais la face rouge de l'homme ne trahissait aucun trouble intérieur. Les présages n'existaient point pour lui, et la signification d'une prophétie ne savait lui apparaître qu'après que l'événement l'avait surpris. «Pas d'erreur: c'est une baisse», pensait-il. «Il doit faire là-bas un sale temps peu ordinaire.»" Faut-il dire qu'il ne se trompait pas?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 73022]

**2024/03/13: OUR SECOND TITLE BY D. H. LAWRENCE !!**

Lawrence, D. H. [David Herbert] (1885-1930) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928 version) Wikipedia [Lawrence's final novel, and certainly his most controversial, being banned for many years in various countries (including Canada) because of its language and explicit sexual content. If you don't like that sort of thing, you have been warned! There is much social narrative and even satire in this novel, with a good share of family politics, but fundamentally it is the story of Sir Clifford Chatterley, who gets married in 1917, and a few months later is severely wounded (in the war, naturally), but recovers, more or less, "with the lower half of his body, from the hips down, paralysed for ever." This does not bother him all that much: after all, he is still alive! But Lady Constance ("Connie") wants a physical relationship with a man, so looks elsewhere. As the title suggests, her search is successful.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73144]

**2024/03/03: OUR FIRST BOOK BY MINNESOTA'S CHARLES MACOMB FLANDRAU -- A CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN MEXICO BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR !!**

Flandrau, Charles Macomb (1871-1938) [American essayist] Wikipedia

Viva Mexico! (1908) [These days the United States often seems like a great big armed encampment, its citizens peering out warily at the wicked world, which these days seems to include Canada, of all places, and certainly Mexico. But for many decades (the period before the Wall) relations between the three countries were on the whole harmonious, and there was much visiting and migration back and forth. This is a memoir of those happy days. Flandrau's extended visit gave him ample opportunity to experience the country. He liked the Mexicans, but his view of his fellow American expatriates was not quite so enthusiatic. But this is a wonderful book, entertaining and informative!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72552]

**2024/02/25: THE SECOND MYSTERY BY FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS TO FEATURE INSPECTOR JOSEPH FRENCH !!**

Crofts, Freeman Wills (1879-1957) [Irish engineer and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery [U.S. title: The Cheyne Mystery] (1926) Wikipedia [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from a foreign autocrat named D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

2024/02/21: WHO BETTER TO WRITE AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY THAN THE VERY GREAT WELSH MATHEMATICIAN AND PHILOSOPHER BERTRAND RUSSELL? WE'RE PROUD TO ADD OUR FOURTH TITLE BY HIM TO THE PGC CATALOGUE !!

Russell, Bertrand [Arthur William], 3rd Earl Russell [Welsh philosopher, mathematician, and peace activist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1950] (1872-1970) Wikipedia

An Outline of Philosophy [U.S. title: Philosophy] (1927) [Bertrand Russell was a man of extraordinary talents: a brilliant mathematician and philosopher, and, in his nineties (!) a fierce and effective opponent of the Vietnam War. What would he make of the world today? We can be sure that whatever he might write would be masterly: clearly expressed, and with not a word wasted, as this fine work demonstrates. It consists of four parts: Man from Without, The Physical World, Man from Within, and The Universe. Clearly Lord Russell has a lot to teach us -- as you will discover!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72981]

**2024/02/19: OUR FOURTH TITLE BY RHODE ISLAND'S H. P. LOVECRAFT !!**

Lovecraft, H. P. [Howard Phillips] (1890-1937) [American writer of fantasy and horror] Wikipedia

The Horror at Red Hook (1927) Wikipedia [Short story. A New York police detective named Thomas F. Malone has been under medical treatment in Pascoag, Rhode Island in the wake of a traumatic set of experiences in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn: "a maze of hybrid squalor near the ancient waterfront opposite Governor's Island". Has he recovered? Not really. Are the Red Hook horrors now fully over? Perhaps not! CAUTION: Some racist language.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72966]

2024/02/14: AT PROJECT GUTENBERG CANADA WE LOVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR SITE VISITORS! OUR VALENTINE'S DAY PRESENT FOR YOU: OUR FIRST EBOOK FROM THE CLASSIC ENGLISH MYSTERY WRITER CECIL STREET !!

Street, Cecil (1884-1964) [English military officer and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

Novel published under the name of John Rhode :

The Murders in Praed Street (1928) [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from a foreign autocrat named D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

**2024/02/08: THE VERY FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL BY ANTHONY BERKELEY COX, AND THE FIRST TO FEATURE HIS FAMOUS SLEUTH ROGER SHERINGHAM !!**

Cox, Anthony Berkeley (1893-1971) [English journalist and writer of mysteries] Wikipedia

The Layton Court Mystery (1925) [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

**2024/02/04: A MYSTERY NOVEL BY DOROTHY L. SAYERS, FEATURING LORD PETER WIMSEY — FINE READING FOR A CHILLY WINTER WEEKEND !!**

Sayers, Dorothy L. [Dorothy Leigh] (1893-1957) [English theologian, translator, playwright, and novelist] Wikipedia New York Times obituary The Dorothy L Sayers Society

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928) Wikipedia [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

**2024/01/31: J. J. CONNINGTON IS BACK -- A MYSTERY NOVELIST ADMIRED BY DOROTHY L. SAYERS AND JOHN DICKSON CARR, NO LESS !!**

Connington, J. J. [Stewart, Alfred Walter] (1880-1947) [Scottish chemist, physicist, and writer of mysteries and science fiction] Wikipedia

The Case with Nine Conclusions (1928) [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

However, Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period, and we are delighted to present this fine mystery novel by J. J. Connington, featuring Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield. The best summary of its opening is from the mouth of Dr Ringwood, who has been substituting for a colleague who is unwell. "I'm Dr. Carew's locum and a stranger in Westerhaven; and in this fog I went to the wrong house--the one next door to here: Ivy Lodge, 28 Lauderdale Avenue. Mr. Hassendean's house. The place was lit up and a car was at the door; but I got no answer when I rang the bell. Something roused my suspicions and I went inside. The house was empty: no maids or anyone on the premises. In a smoke-room on the ground floor I found a youngster of about twenty-two or so, dying. He'd been shot twice in the lung and he died on my hands almost as I went in." What a situation! Fortunately Dr Ringwood is talking to no ordinary policeman, but Sir Clinton Driffield, whose butler has been under his medical care. And Sir Clinton takes on the case!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72816]

**2024/01/29: BEFORE AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MISS MARPLE, THERE WAS BARONESS ORCZY'S LADY MOLLY OF SCOTLAND YARD !!**

Baroness Orczy [Orczy, Emmuska] (1865-1947) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (1910) Wikipedia [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain, and we could offer you the Miss Marple novels. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms, unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot; unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

**2024/01/26: THE FOURTH MYSTERY BY FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS TO FEATURE INSPECTOR JOSEPH FRENCH !!**

Crofts, Freeman Wills (1879-1957) [Irish engineer and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Sea Mystery (1928) Wikipedia [This mystery novel, the fourth to feature Inspector Joseph French, takes place on the south coast of Wales. Mr Morgan and his fourteen year old son Evan have been out fishing, and on their way back retrieve a large sunken crate. What was in this crate? Here at PGC we try to avoid spoilers, but we can reveal that the crate's contents are enough to have Inspector Joseph French take the next day's 1.55 P.M. luncheon car express from Paddington to Wales. And this, of course, is only the beginning of the adventure!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72771]

2024/01/24: IRAN (PERSIA) IS MUCH IN THE NEWS THESE DAYS, BUT HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN WORLD HISTORY FOR LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF YEARS !!

Grundy, G. B. [George Beardoe] 1861-1948 [English historian and geographer] Wikipedia

The Great Persian War and its Preliminaries. A Study of the Evidence, Literary and Topographical. (1901) [Persia (Iran) is much in the news these days. What many people do not know is that Iran is hardly a new arrival on the world stage. G. B. Grundy was an eminent historian and geographer, and this clearly written and thoroughly researched history of the war Wikipedia between Persia and an alliance of small Greek states some twenty-six centuries ago (!) certainly retains its value. Grundy had a historian's passion for getting things right, and personally visited many of the locales he mentions. Some of the many fine illustrations are by Edward Lear (1812-1888) who was famous for his limericks, but a man of many talents. These illustrations are excellent!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 72704]

**2024/01/22: THE VERY FIRST NOVEL PUBLISHED BY THE ANGLO-ARMENIAN SATIRIST MICHAEL ARLEN !!**

Arlen, Michael (1895-1956) [English novelist, playwright, and essayist] Wikipedia

The London Venture (1920) [Novel, with many fine drawings by émigré Russian artist Michel Sevier (1886-1941). This is the first work published by Arlen under the name we know him by: up till its publication he had been known as Dikran Kouyoumdjian. As this name suggests, he was of Armenian descent, and had been born in Ruse, Bulgaria, on the banks of the Danube. However, he had been living in England for a good length of time when he published this lighthearted and apparently autobiographical novel about a young writer living in London. It was based on "The London Papers", a series of essays he had published in The New Age.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 40375]

**2024/01/17: OUR SECOND MYSTERY NOVEL BY ANTHONY BERKELEY COX !!**

Cox, Anthony Berkeley (1893-1971) [English journalist and writer of mysteries] Wikipedia

Mr Priestley's Problem [U.S. title: The Amateur Crime] (1927) [There is a wonderful lightness of touch in the mysteries of A. B. Cox, reminiscent of P. G. Wodehouse, who was his contemporary, and with whom he shared a publisher, Herbert Jenkins -- who is, by the way, a PGC author! At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Matthew Priestley, who is thirty-six years of age, independently wealthy, and, as he thinks, remarkably happy. A friend insists that he cannot possibly be happy, since he is in a rut. "Mr. Priestley looked round the cosy bachelor room in the cosy bachelor flat; if it was a rut, it was a remarkably pleasant one." Pleasant or not, he is shaken out of this rut: murder will do that!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 72675]

2024/01/11: COULD THE CREATOR OF WINNIE-THE-POOH WRITE A CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVEL? OF COURSE HE COULD !!

Milne, A. A. [Alan Alexander] (1882-1956) [English novelist, poet, and dramatist] Wikipedia

The Red House Mystery (1922) Wikipedia [Quite literally a country house mystery, the place in question being, of course, the Red House, an entirely magnificent residence. The novel was an immediate success, and has gone through many editions. Hint: there's a murder!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #1872]

2024/01/06: RONALD KNOX'S MYSTERY NOVELS ARE ESTEEMED BY CONNOISSEURS. YET THEY ARE RARITIES: HE WROTE ONLY SIX OF THEM, AND THEY'RE HARD TO FIND. BUT WITH TODAY'S ADDITION WE OFFER FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE THREE OF HIS SIX MYSTERY NOVELS !!

Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott (1888-1957) [English theologian, translator, and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Viaduct Murder (1925) [Mystery novel. In modern Canadian English, we would probably say "The Railroad Bridge Murder", for that is what Knox means by Viaduct. He comments that "railways ennoble our landscape; they give to our unassuming valleys a hint of motive and destination. More especially, a main line with four tracks pillowed on a sweep of tall embankment, that cannot cross a meandering country stream without a stilt-walk upon vast columns of enduring granite, captivates, if not the eye, at least the imagination." So this is quite a railroad bridge we're talking about. And it's an impressive venue for a murder. There are no fewer than four detectives who work the case: all of them amateur, all of them with something to contribute. How providential that they should have been enjoying a day of golf when they discover the body. Closely reasoned, beautifully written: exactly what one would expect from Ronald Knox!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72585]

**2024/01/01: NO NEW PUBLIC DOMAIN TITLES FOR 2024. LET'S CALL JUSTIN TRUDEAU "THE GRINCH WHO TOOK OUR PUBLIC DOMAIN". TIME TO GET RID OF TRUDEAU'S 20-YEAR COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS !!**

**2023/12/23: WHAT BETTER HOLIDAY READING THAN GHOST STORIES BY E. F. BENSON ??**

**2023/12/20: OUR FIFTH MYSTERY BY FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS -- FINE HOLIDAY READING !!**

Crofts, Freeman Wills (1879-1957) [Irish engineer and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Pit-Prop Syndicate (1922) Wikipedia [Coal mining has now disappeared from England, but it was still of central importance when Crofts published this novel, his fifth. Coal mine tunnels require pit props: reinforcements, usually of wood, to ensure their stability. Murder does occur in the course of events, but the novel's central mystery is why pit-props are being brought to England from Bordeaux, when Norway would be a better choice. Is there some kind of financial crime lurking in the background?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2013]

**2023/12/16: THE FIRST ZORRO BOOK WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. NO WONDER IT SOON HAD A SEQUEL !!**

McCulley, Johnston (1883-1958) [American novelist] Wikipedia

The Further Adventures of Zorro (1922) [The Mask of Zorro was a huge success, and it could not have been difficult to decide that a sequel was called for. And so here it is: Same hero, same locale, same excitement!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72159]

**2023/12/14: FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS' FIFTH NOVEL, THE FIRST OF MANY TO FEATURE INSPECTOR JOSEPH FRENCH !!**

Crofts, Freeman Wills (1879-1957) [Irish engineer and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

Inspector French's Greatest Case (1924) [Mystery novel, Crofts' fifth, which introduced Inspector Joseph French Wikipedia who plays a central role in most of the many mystery novels which Crofts was subsequently to write. French works out of Scotland Yard, naturally, and in this initial case has to solve a murder in Hatton Garden Wikipedia , then as now the centre of London's jewellery trade.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65553]

**2023/12/10: NOTRE PREMIÈRE TRADUCTION FRANÇAISE DE JOSEPH CONRAD !!**

Conrad, Joseph [Korzeniowski, Józef Teodor Konrad] (1857-1924) [Polish mariner and novelist / marin et romancier polonais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Heart of Darkness (1899) Wikipedia [Rarely have an author's personal experiences been so powerfully transformed into literature: Conrad himself had captained a boat on the Congo River, and eight years later he gave the world this classic novella. In essence, it is an attack on the catastophes that European colonialism brought to Africa, and centres on the life and death of Mr. Kurtz, who runs a trading post in a very remote area upriver in central Africa, and is both feared and worshipped by the people in his trading area. Not all of the story takes place in Africa. At the beginning of the story, the narrator, an English seaman named Charles Marlow, describes how he crosses the Channel to sign his contract, and duly arrives "in a city that always makes me think of a whited sepulchre... I had no difficulty in finding the Company's offices. It was the biggest thing in the town, and everybody I met was full of it. They were going to run an over-sea empire, and make no end of coin by trade." At the end of the novel Marlow finds himself back in Europe, and his outlook has been permanently changed by the appalling things he has seen. If this happens to remind you of Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now Wikipedia, that is no coincidence, for this famous novella inspired that famous film!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #219] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par André Ruyters (1876-1952) fr.wikipedia

Coeur des ténèbres (1925) fr.wikipedia [Le célèbre roman dont le cinéaste Francis Ford Coppola s'est servi pour créer son chef d'oeuvre Apocalypse Now. Avec une note bibliographique par G. Jean-Aubry (1882-1950) fr.wikipedia, qui a également contribué sa traduction de Youth (Jeunesse).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 72252]

**2023/12/03: ONE YEAR AFTER PUBLISHING HIS FIRST NOVEL, FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS PUBLISHED HIS SECOND MYSTERY. HE WAS ALREADY A MASTER OF HIS CRAFT !!**

Crofts, Freeman Wills (1879-1957) [Irish engineer and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Ponson Case (1921) [Crofts' second mystery novel. As it opens, we are introduced to Sir William Ponson, who "had retired from business some ten years before our story opens and, selling his interest in the large ironworks of which he was head, had bought Luce Manor and settled down to end his days in the rôle of a country squire." Very much "a self-made man", in Crofts' words, and one presumably accustomed to living life on his own terms. And yet in spite of his wealth, "he remained a simple, honourable, kindly old man, a little headstrong and short tempered perhaps, but anxious to be just, and quick to apologise if he found himself in the wrong." Could such a man have mortal enemies? Since he's the main character of a mystery novel named after him, the answer could well be yes!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72235]

**2023/11/20: INTRODUCING DON DIEGO VEGA, BETTER KNOWN AS... ZORRO !!**

McCulley, Johnston (1883-1958) [American novelist] Wikipedia

The Mark of Zorro (1924; first serialized in 1919 as The Curse of Capistrano) Wikipedia [The Spanish language is by no means a mere historical relic in California, but a daily living presence on the streets and in the homes of Los Angeles and San Francisco. For that matter, we hear it on the streets of Montreal and Toronto! This famous novel has inspired many sequels and adaptations, and is set in the mid nineteenth century, the final period of Mexican rule. Don Diego Vega, known as Zorro ("the fox"), attempts to counter the misdeeds of the local Mexican administrators, with considerable success.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #61620]

**2023/11/10: OUR FIFTH MYSTERY BY YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER !!**

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

In the Mayor's Parlour (1922) [A mystery novel from J. S. Fletcher is always something special. Naturally there is a murder at the centre of this fine novel, and if you have identified this victim as the Mayor in the title, congratulations on your sleuthing! He is indeed John Wallingford, recently elected mayor of the ancient town of Hathelsborough. Now you have enough to start with: enjoy the novel!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #25424]

**2023/11/01: CHARLES DICKENS' THIRD NOVEL IS AN ETERNAL CLASSIC: NICHOLAS NICKLEBY !!**

Dickens, Charles [Charles John Huffam] (1812-1870) [English novelist and editor / romancier et éditeur anglais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Nicholas Nickleby (1839; with a later Author's Preface) Wikipedia [Novel, Dickens' third, continually famous since its publication, and often adapted to stage and screen. Its full title is The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the Nickleby Family, virtually a summary in itself. But the Wikipedia article includes a fuller description. And there's a lot to summarize: no fewer than sixty-five chapters, describing how our hero lost his father at a young age, and the many events that followed. The Project Gutenberg US ebook includes the many illustrations by Dickens' favourite artist Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) ["Phiz"] Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #967] We also offer the handy text-only Adelaide ebook: EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par Paul Lorain (1799-1861)

Vie et aventures de Nicolas Nickleby (1885) fr.wikipedia [Le troisième roman de Dickens. Le très jeune Nicholas Nickleby perd son père; sa famille déménage à Londres, où son oncle bien nanti lui offre... plus ou moins rien. Prochaine escale: le Yorkshire!] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

**2023/10/26: OUR SECOND TITLE BY THE ANGLO-ARMENIAN SATIRIST MICHAEL ARLEN !!**

Arlen, Michael (1895-1956) [English novelist, playwright, and essayist] Wikipedia

The Green Hat (1924) Wikipedia [Certainly Arlen's most famous novel, set in a world similar to the early novels of Evelyn Waugh, namely London of the 1920s; later successfully adapted to the stage and the screen. The film, A Woman of Affairs, was released in 1928, and starred Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It changed the names of all the characters, and omitted controversial topics, such as sexual orientation and recreational drugs. For all that, best stick to the novel!)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71913]

**2023/10/16: IN 1925 JOHN DOS PASSOS PUBLISHED MANHATTAN TRANSFER, HIS PANORAMA OF LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY. AND AMERICAN LITERATURE WAS NEVER THE SAME AGAIN !!**

Dos Passos, John [American novelist and poet] (1896-1970) Wikipedia

Manhattan Transfer (1925) Wikipedia [Novel, in three sections, which describe life in Manhattan across the decades, through the eyes of characters of different ages and social classes. "Just to rub it in, I regard 'Manhattan Transfer' as more important in every way than anything by Gertrude Stein or Marcel Proust or even the great white boar, Mr. Joyce's 'Ulysses.' For Mr. Dos Passos can use, and deftly does use, all their experimental psychology and style, all their revolt against the molds of classic fiction. But the difference! Dos Passos is interesting! Their novels are treatises on harmony, very scholarly, and confoundedly dull; 'Manhattan Transfer' is the moving symphony itself." (Sinclair Lewis, Saturday Review, 5 December 1925)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71853]

**2023/10/11: THE BOOK WHICH FIRST BROUGHT FAME TO SWEDEN'S SELMA LAGERLÖF !!**

Lagerlöf, Selma [Selma Ottilia Lovisa] (1858-1940) [Swedish teacher and author; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1909] Wikipedia

The Story of Gösta Berling (1891 [Swedish original: Gösta Berlings saga] Runeberg ; 1898 [this translation]) Wikipedia [Selma Lagerlöf's first novel, to this day the most famous of her many works. In 1890 she entered the first part of the book in a literary contest, which she won, and the entire book was published the following year, then subsequently turned into a 1924 film (starring Greta Garbo!) and a 1925 opera by Riccardo Zandonai. This translation by Pauline Bancroft Flach (1869-1966) first appeared in 1898, and since then has been reprinted frequently. As the book starts we meet Gösta Berling, who is conducting a church service. Yes, he is a priest, but a controversial one, for he has a drinking habit. Many events ensue, from which we learn that the Swedish countryside is not as placid a society as one might think!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #56158]

Die treffliche Übersetzung von Mathilde Mann (1859-1925) de.wikipedia:

Gösta Berling: Erzählungen aus dem alten Wermland (1877) de.wikipedia Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #28751]

2023/10/06: OUR VERY FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF AN ARSÈNE LUPIN BOOK !!

Leblanc, Maurice (1864-1941) [Romancier français / French novelist] fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia

Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès (1908) fr.wikipedia [Deux nouvelles de Maurice Leblanc, La Dame blonde et La Lampe juive), écrits dans un style léger et assez amusant, qui mettent en vedette Arsène Lupin... et son illustre homologue anglais Herlock Sholmès! Faut-il dire que Herlock Sholmès et Sherlock Holmes se ressemblent beaucoup?]
La Dame blonde: EPUB [fr.wikisource]
La Lampe juive: EPUB [fr.wikisource]

English translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865-1921) Wikipedia:

Arsène Lupin versus Holmlock Shears (1910) Wikipedia [The 1910 U.S. edition (the basis of this ebook) has a longer title: "The Blonde Lady. Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective". In fact it includes the second novella as well ("The Jewish Lamp"), and is illustrated by the American artist Henry Richard Boehm (1871-1914).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #24839]

**2023/10/04: A COLLECTION OF NO FEWER THAN FORTY COLOUR PRINTS -- FROM TWO CENTURIES AGO, BUT THEY HAVEN'T AGED A DAY !!**

Salaman, Malcolm Charles (1855-1940) [English art historian and critic] Wikipedia

edited by: Holme, Charles (1848-1923) [English art critic and editor] Wikipedia
Old English Colour-Prints (1909) [Forty colour prints by various engravers and artists of the eighteenth century, with a very few from the beginning of the nineteenth century. They are all gathered at the end of the book, after a full-length discussion by Salaman of the history of colour printing.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #24839]

2023/09/27: DEUX AVENTURES D'ARSÈNE LUPIN !!

Leblanc, Maurice (1864-1941) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès (1908) fr.wikipedia [Deux nouvelles de Maurice Leblanc, La Dame blonde et La Lampe juive), écrits dans un style léger et assez amusant, qui mettent en vedette Arsène Lupin... et son illustre homologue anglais Herlock Sholmès! Faut-il dire que Herlock Sholmès et Sherlock Holmes se ressemblent beaucoup?]
La Dame blonde: EPUB [fr.wikisource]
La Lampe juive: EPUB [fr.wikisource]

**2023/09/18: DID ANY MYSTERY WRITER EVER EXCEED THE EASY MASTERY OF YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER ?**

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Herapath Property (1920) [Mystery novel, written in Fletcher's notably attractive style. Your first question might be, who is Herapath? That's easy to answer: Jacob Herapath is "a Member of Parliament, the owner of a sort of model estate of up-to-date flats, and something of a crank about such matters as ventilation, sanitation, and lighting." As you might guess, he is wealthy. But he unfortunately is no longer alive. Murder or suicide? That's only the first of many questions that need answers. "In Mr. J. S. Fletcher's stories there is no stint of adventure. The solution of this mystery is most unexpected. The reader will find it hard to lay down." (Literary Digest, 28 January 1922)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #25388]

2023/09/12: FRENCH HISTORY IS PART OF CANADIAN HISTORY -- PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CARDINAL RICHELIEU !!

Price, Eleanor Catharine (1847-1933) [English journalist, novelist, and historian]

Cardinal de Richelieu (1912) [Biography of Louis XIII's chief minister Wikipedia, who played an important role in Canadian history as the patron of Samuel de Champlain, the founder of New France. The book is carefully researched and attractively illustrated: a pleasure to read. It was intended for the general reader, but Price respects her audience, and does not talk down to us or oversimplify. She was a prominent journalist, critic, and novelist, of outstanding literary gifts, as this excellent biography makes clear.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71607]

2023/09/04: A NICELY WRITTEN AND VERY APPROACHABLE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION !!

Mallet, Charles [Charles Edward] (1862-1947) [English historian and politician] Wikipedia

The French Revolution (1893) [Charles Mallet was a graduate of Balliol College and a lecturer for Oxford University Extension. The "University Extension" movement, which continues to this day, seeks to make university-level education available to everyone, much as Project Gutenberg Canada seeks to make fine literature available to everyone. And so this beautifully written account of the French Revolution and its origins, full of interesting and important information, was published as part of the University Extension Manuals series, "to aid the University Extension Movement throughout Great Britain and America".] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71551]

**2023/09/03: FOR LABOUR DAY WEEKEND, A MYSTERY BY YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER -- SET IN THE WORLD OF ENGLISH THEATRE !!**

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

Scarhaven Keep (1920) [A classic mystery novel by a classic author. "Mystery, character, love, a setting that combines the romance of the theatrical profession with the oddity of a quaint village on the Scottish border: satisfying ingredients for a detective yarn... here is one that I can recommend with vigor." ("J. F.", The Bookman [US], March 1922)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #9807]

2023/08/31: A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN HISTORY OF FRANCE (AND EUROPE!) IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY !!

Wakeman, Henry Offley (1852-1899) [English historian]

The Ascendancy of France 1598-1715 (1897 edition) [First published in 1894, this military and political history of Europe in the seventeenth century was frequently reissued in the decades that followed, and deserved this success: it is thoroughly researched and makes for attractive reading. Its author was a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and taught at Keble College: in his relatively short life he achieved high eminence and lasting fame as a church historian. But as this book shows, he was no slouch when it came to political and military history!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71365]

2023/08/23: J. J. CONNINGTON'S FIRST NOVEL WAS PUBLISHED IN 1923, BUT ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER CERTAINLY SPEAKS TO US, VERY CLEARLY INDEED. IT'S ABOUT A WORLDWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE, AND HOW A MULTIMILLIONAIRE PROPOSES TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM IT !!

Connington, J. J. [Stewart, Alfred Walter] (1880-1947) [Scottish chemist, physicist, and writer of mysteries and science fiction] Wikipedia

Nordenholt's Million (1923) [Disaster novel. Environmental catastrophe has arrived on Earth and the multimillionaire Nordenholt constructs a refuge for himself and some others. Not in today's favoured location of New Zealand, but in the Clyde Valley of Scotland! Parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic and the behaviour of our modern ultrarich are easy to see. How did Connington foresee all this? Well, he certainly knew his science: he was a famous organic chemist. And a fine writer: he went on to write a considerable number of mystery novels!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #64567]

**2023/08/19: J. B. BURY'S CLASSIC BIOGRAPHY OF SAINT PATRICK: DEEPLY LEARNED AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN !!**

Bury, J. B. [John Bagnell] (1861-1927) [Irish historian] Wikipedia

The Life of St. Patrick and his Place in History (1905) [These days St Patrick's Day is marked by worldwide drunkenness, which seems strange given the saint's apparent character. He lived in the fifth century, an age that is not well documented, but Patrick was certainly a historical personage: in fact, several of his works have survived to our times! Still, much mystery surrounds various aspects of his life, and so Bury's famous biography was definitely needed: it would be hard to imagine a more thorough or more readable study of his life by a famous historian of late antiquity -- who was himself born in Ireland!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71431]

**2023/08/16: THE EARLIEST SHORT STORIES OF ANZIA YEZIERSKA -- WHAT A BEGINNING TO HER CAREER !!**

Yezierska, Anzia (1880s-1970) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Hungry Hearts (1920) [Yezierska's first published collection of short stories, a considerable success when published. As you might guess from the title, these short stories are not about the wealthy! They are about a world Anzia Yezierska knew well: that of first-generation immigrants in New York City, very much like Yezierska and her family when they arrived there in the 1890s.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #41232]

**2023/08/11: OUR FIRST NOVEL BY J. J. CONNINGTON -- A MYSTERY NOVELIST ADMIRED BY DOROTHY L. SAYERS AND JOHN DICKSON CARR, NO LESS !!**

Connington, J. J. [Stewart, Alfred Walter] (1880-1947) [Scottish chemist, physicist, and writer of mysteries and science fiction] Wikipedia

Murder in the Maze (1927) [Mystery novel, featuring Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield. We begin at Whistlefield, which belongs to Roger Shandon, who is not just a barrister, but a King's Counsel (KC), if you please! Which is presumably why he can afford a house like Whistlefield, which has not only a name. but also grounds, and on those grounds a maze. Which, of course, is where a murder is discovered. Hence the intervention of Sir Clinton!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71351]

**2023/08/09: OUR FIRST TITLE BY ANZIA YEZIERSKA, FAMOUS FOR HER PORTRAYALS OF THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE -- WHICH SHE KNEW ABOUT, FIRST HAND !!**

Yezierska, Anzia (1880s-1970) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Children of Loneliness (1923) [Nine short stories, vividly written, about the experiences of immigrant children in New York City: much would apply to Toronto or Montreal. With a notably sincere and interesting introduction, which makes clear that the stories are rooted in Yezierska's own experiences as a child immigrant from Poland.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71361]

**2022/08/06: A NOVEL BY UPTON SINCLAIR ABOUT GREEDY EMPLOYERS, OPPRESSED WORKERS, AND INDIFFERENT UNIONS -- THINGS REALLY DON'T CHANGE !!**

Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968) [American novelist, journalist, and politician] Wikipedia

King Coal (1917) Wikipedia [Novel, with a definite social message. An idealistic young man goes to the coal fields of the American Rockies, seeking not riches but social justice. He finds that employers are greedy, workers oppressed, and unions selective about which causes they will embrace. He learns a lot, though! The book is closely based on actual events, in particular the Colorado coal strike of 1913-14. With a fine introduction by the Danish critic Georg Brandes (1842-1927) Wikipedia "Upton Sinclair is one of the writers of the present time most deserving of a sympathetic interest. He shows his patriotism as an American, not by joining in hymns to the very conditional kind of liberty peculiar to the United States, but by agitating for infusing it with the elixir of real liberty, the liberty of humanity."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #7522]

**2023/08/01: LE PREMIER ROMAN DE GEORGES BERNANOS !!**

Bernanos, Georges (1888-1948) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Sous le soleil de Satan (1895) [Le premier roman de Bernanos. Un portrait de la vie et des croyances de l'abbé Donissan, et des défis auxquels il fait face: "Le ministère paroissial... est une charge au-dessus de mes forces." Sera-t-il capable de surmonter ces défis?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 71272]

**2023/07/26: IN MARCH WE OFFERED YOU A MAGNIFICENT SET OF ETCHINGS BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI. HERE'S A SECOND SET !!**

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) [Italian artist and archaeologist] Wikipedia

Selected Etchings by Piranesi, Series II ([1914]) ["The demand which followed the issue of the first series of small reproductions of Piranesi's etchings has tempted the Publishers to put forth a further selection." And it is our pleasure to present this second volume. Like its predecessor (which we also offer) it has fifty plates, and was edited by the English architect and university teacher Charles Herbert Reilly (1874-1948) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71256]

2023/07/23: A TRULY EXCELLENT SURVEY OF UKRAINIAN GEOGRAPHY (AND CULTURE, AND HISTORY, AND LANGUAGE...) !!

Rudnitsky, Stephen (1877-1937) [Ukrainian geographer and cartographer] Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine

Ukraine. The Land and its People. (1918) [Stephen Rudnitsky played a central role in developing the study of Ukrainian geography. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, and studied at the University of Lviv and the University of Vienna; later he also taught at the University of Lviv ("Lemberg"), as the title page indicates. The original Ukrainian version of this book appeared in Kyiv in 1910; in 1915 an anonymous German version was published in Vienna "with many improvements and additions." This English version is an authorized translation from the German by an unknown hand and was published with the support of the Ukrainian Alliance of America. Less than a third of the book is devoted to physical geography: the rest is a wide-ranging and very interesting survey of Ukrainian history, economics, and linguistics.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71254]

**2023/07/22: TODAY, A NEW AUTHOR: THE ENGLISH ECONOMIST AND HISTORIAN R. H. TAWNEY !!**

Tawney, R. H. [Richard Henry] (1880-1962) [English economist, historian, and social thinker] Wikipedia

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. A Historical Study. (1926) [Tawney's most celebrated work, originally delivered in 1922 as the Holland Memorial Lectures. Tawney was a staunch socialist and a staunch Anglican, and immensely learned, so was certainly an authority on this topic. And this is his most famous work. It is about the divorce that arose after the Renaissance between religious belief and economic action. This is a topic of great interest at Project Gutenberg Canada. What moral justification is there for the Tr*mp/Trudeau copyright extensions? None, really. Actually, what economic justification is there? Again, none really. But you won't hear any of this from "your" government, nor from any Canadian political party. Oh no, certainly not! For they seem interested only in serving rich and powerful corporations, mostly foreign, not the people of Canada!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71223]

2023/07/19: UN TRÈS BEAU RÉCIT DE VOYAGE -- À BICYCLETTE !!

Perrodil, Édouard de (1860-1931) [Journaliste et athlète français] de.wikipedia

A vol de vélo: De Paris à Vienne (1895) [Récit de voyage -- à bicyclette! "Le 23 avril 1894 était la date fixée pour le voyage à bicyclette que j'avais résolu d'accomplir de Paris à Vienne" -- neuf ans avant le premier Tour de France!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70989]

**2023/07/14: FIVE YEARS AFTER PUBLISHING THE SILVER KEY, H. P. LOVECRAFT COLLABORATED WITH E. HOFFMAN PRICE TO WRITE A SEQUEL -- A SECOND CLASSIC !!**

Lovecraft, H. P. [Howard Phillips] (1890-1937) [American writer of fantasy and horror] Wikipedia

Through the Gates of the Silver Key (1929) Wikipedia [The American writer E. Hoffman Price (1898-1988) Wikipedia was himself an admirer of H.P. Lovecraft, upon whom he clearly made a good impression, for they collaborated on this novella, a sequel to Lovecraft's The Silver Key from five years earlier (which you will find in our catalogue). Randolph Carter had "disappeared from the sight of man on the seventh of October, 1928, at the age of fifty-four." But this does not mean that his adventures were over. Quite the contrary! With an illustration by H. R. Hammond and cover art by Margaret Brundage (1900-1976) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71167]

**2023/07/12: A SET OF ESSAYS ON ZEN BUDDHISM BY SOMEONE WHO CERTAINLY KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT -- DAISETZ TEITARO SUZUKI !!**

Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro (1870-1966) [Japanese writer on Buddhism] Wikipedia

Essays in Zen Buddhism (First Series) (1927) ["Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom. By making us drink right from the fountain of life, it liberates us from all the yokes under which we finite beings are usually suffering in this world." Suzuki was a famous academic, but his opening words make clear that these essays, demanding at times, are nonetheless directed to a general audience. Suzuki's first language was Japanese, but he writes a beautifully lucid English prose.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71157]

**2023/07/06: AN EXQUISITE SHORT STORY BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, WITH EQUALLY EXQUISITE ILLUSTRATIONS BY SHROPSHIRE'S MARY J. NEWILL !!**

Andersen, Hans Christian (1805-1875) [Danish writer and poet; écrivain et poète danois] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

The Nightingale (1844 [Danish original], 1896 [this edition]) [Short story, The Emperor of China learns of the existence of a nightingale who lives not in the emperor's magnificent garden, but in the forest, and wants to know more. Translation by Henry William Dulcken (1832-1894) with some fine illustrations by the English designer and illustrator Mary J. Newill (1860-1947) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 71096]

2023/07/01: HAPPY CANADA DAY! IT'S SIX MONTHS SINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IMPOSED TRMP'S TWENTY-YEAR FREEZE* ON THE CANADIAN PUBLIC DOMAIN. OUR POLITICIANS DID NOTHING TO PREVENT THIS. BUT HERE AT PGC, WE CAN'T FORGET WHAT HAPPENED, AND WE WON'T -- WE HAVE A DUTY TO CANADIANS !!

Crofts, Freeman Wills (1879-1957) [Irish engineer and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy [U.S. title: The Starvel Hollow Mystery] (1927) Wikipedia [Mysterious deaths on the moors of western Yorkshire. Inspector French to the rescue!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #59854]

2023/06/28: AN EBOOK ABOUT THE DANUBE RIVER! WHAT A NICE WAY OF LEARNING ABOUT CENTRAL EUROPE'S GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY !!

Jerrold, Walter (1865-1929) [English travel writer and biographer] Wikipedia

The Danube (1911) [The Danube Wikipedia is famously the river of Vienna, but also of Budapest, Bratislava, and Belgrade. It rises in Germany's Black Forest, close to the French border, and flows through or beside no fewer than ten European countries, Ukraine being the easternmost. That's a lot of geography, and a lot of history! Fortunately Walter Jerrold is an agreeable and very well informed guide. The book includes thirty illustrations, twelve in colour, by the Scottish artist Louis Weirter (1873-1932) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70968]

**2022/06/22: A FINE MYSTERY NOVEL BY R. AUSTIN FREEMAN -- FEATURING DR THORNDYKE, OF COURSE !!**

Freeman, R. Austin [Richard Austin] (1862-1943) [English physician and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The D'Arblay Mystery (1926) [Novel, featuring Dr Thorndyke and his capable assistant, Nathaniel Polton. As the story begins, we meet Stephen Gray, "a youngster of twenty-five, the owner of a brand-new medical diploma, wending [his] way gaily down Wood-lane, Highgate, at about eight o'clock on a sunny morning in early autumn.": he is taking a day off, and makes a grisly discovery. However, he also meets the young and beautiful Marion D'Arblay: the two events are connected. The famous Dr Thorndyke is brought in: he teaches Medical Jurisprudence at Dr Gray's medical school. And things proceed from there!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70996]

**2023/06/12: OUR FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL BY ANTHONY BERKELEY COX -- A FINE AND VERY INFLUENTIAL WRITER (HE KNEW AGATHA CHRISTIE AND DOROTHY SAYERS), AND THE CREATOR OF SLEUTH ROGER SHERINGHAM !!**

Cox, Anthony Berkeley (1893-1971) [English journalist and writer of mysteries] Wikipedia

Novel published under the name of Anthony Berkeley :

Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery [U.S. title: The Mystery at Lover's Cave] (1927) [Mystery, skilfully written in a light and entertaining style. As the novel opens, the sparkling and witty Roger Sheringham has been asked by the Daily Courier to visit Hampshire to report on an apparent murder in the small seaside town of Ludmouth Bay. With him he takes his cousin Anthony Walton. "Although there were more than ten years between the cousins (Roger was now thirty-six, Anthony a bare twenty-five), they had always been good friends, and that also in spite of the fact that they had scarcely a taste or a feeling in common." The two of them prove an effective and entertaining pair of investigators.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70877]

2023/05/31: TODAY'S EBOOK HAS RECENTLY BECOME NEWLY FAMOUS! IT'S ABOUT DOCTORS, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MONEY, THE REALITIES OF PANDEMICS, AND THE EFFECT OF ALL THIS ON INDIVIDUALS. THESE ISSUES BECAME NEWLY RELEVANT WHEN COVID-19 SPREAD WORLDWIDE IN 2020, AND COVID IS STILL WITH US: THE ISSUES WILL BE WITH US FOREVER. WE NOW OFFER YOU TWO DIFFERENT DIGITAL EDITIONS OF THIS CLASSIC NOVEL -- TAKE YOUR CHOICE !!

Lewis, Sinclair (1885-1951) [American novelist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1930] Wikipedia Nobelprize.org

Arrowsmith (1925) Wikipedia [Novel about the life of Martin Arrowsmith from his early days in the small Midwestern town of Elk Mills, which follows him through medical school, life as a GP, hospital work, medical research, and bubonic plague in the Caribbean. We see how all these experiences affect Arrowsmith and those around him, and how he deals with the ethical conflicts which arise. It is an amazingly comprehensive study of the world of medicine, is absolutely relevant today, and its fame has only increased since the advent of COVID-19. Its accuracy is no accident, as in a short preface to the original edition Lewis recorded his debt to the famous microbiologist Paul de Kruif (1890-1971) Wikipedia "not only for most of the bacteriological and medical material in this tale but equally for his help in the planning of the fable itself--for his realization of the characters as living people, for his philosophy as a scientist."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70875] EPUB [University of Adelaide]: the Adelaide edition omits Lewis's gracious acknowledgement of the help provided by Paul de Kruif.]

2023/05/24: NOUS VOUS PRÉSENTONS... M. ARSÈNE LUPIN !!

Leblanc, Maurice (1864-1941) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Arsène Lupin: Gentleman-Cambrioleur (1907) fr.wikipedia [Le début littéraire de M. Arsène Lupin! Neuf nouvelles, publiées par le mensuel Je sais tout entre 1905 et 1907. "Et la vogue qu'a si bien commencée le magazine, le livre va la continuer." (Préface de Jules Claretie (1840-1913) fr.wikipedia) Ce qui est bien le cas!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 32854]

2023/05/19: A UNIQUELY FASCINATING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE TRANSITION OF JAPAN FROM FEUDALISM TO MODERNITY !!

Sugimoto, Etsu Inagaki (1872/73-1950) [Japanese critic, journalist, and university instructor] Wikipedia

A Daughter of the Samurai (1925) [It's hard to come up with a better summary than what's on the title page: "How a daughter of feudal Japan, living hundreds of years in one generation, became a modern American". She did eventually return to Japan for a time, but while in the United States taught Japanese language and history at Columbia University. Who better to give us this vivid portrait of Japan's epoch-making transition from feudalism to modernity? Includes an introduction by Project Gutenberg Canada author Christopher Morley (1890-1957) and a frontispiece by the photographer Ichiro Hori (1879-1969) -- celebrated in New York during his time there -- as well as a fine illustration by Tekisui Ishii (1882-1945).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70766]

2023/05/13: CHARLES III WAS PRINCE OF WALES FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE BECOMING KING. THE SAME WAS TRUE OF HIS GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER EDWARD VII !!

Belloc Lowndes, Marie (1868-1947) [Anglo-French novelist] Wikipedia

His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII (1901) [Charles III ascended the throne in 2023, at the age of 74. The only precedent for such a long period as heir apparent is Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria, who became king in 1901 at age 59. "This book," states the preface, "originally published as a Life of the Prince of Wales, has now been much enlarged and brought up to the latest date, including His Majesty's Accession and the events which followed. Fresh illustrations have also been added." And indeed it has a huge set of illustrations, carefully selected. Belloc Lowndes would go on to become an extremely famous novelist, and the book itself is beautifully written, as one would expect. But it is also thoroughly researched, and contains a wealth of information.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #52237]

**2023/05/10: NOUS VOUS OFFRONS SEPT AVENTURES DE SHERLOCK HOLMES !!**

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [Scottish physician and author / médecin et écrivain écossais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Nouveaux Exploits de Sherlock Holmes [1930] [Traduction anonyme de sept nouvelles: L'Homme estropié [Le Tordu], La Cycliste solitaire, Aventure de trois étudiants [Les Trois Étudiants], Les Propriétaires de Reigate, L'Interprète grec, Le Malade pensionnaire [Le Pensionnaire en traitement], et Le Problème final [Le Dernier Problème]. Pour de plus amples renseignements, vous n'avez qu'à consulter fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

**2023/05/06: THE THIRD SOLOMON KANE STORY, BY ROBERT E. HOWARD TAKES OUR HERO TO GERMANY -- TO THE BLACK FOREST, IN FACT !!**

Howard, Robert E. [Robert Ervin] (1906-1936) [American fantasy and horror author] Wikipedia

Rattle of Bones (June 1929) Wikipedia [The third Solomon Kane story finds our hero in Germany, in the Black Forest in fact, where he is staying at the Cleft Skull Tavern. Here he meets another guest, Gaston l'Armon. Any story with names like that must be special! The ebook we offer you includes the cover illustration by Hugh Rankin (1878-1956) from Weird Tales, where the story first appeared, and also the illustration he created for the story itself.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70653]

**2023/05/03: L'IRAN NE CESSE D'OPÉRER SA MAGIE, SEMBLE-T-IL. CLAUDE ANET NOUS EN RACONTE LES MERVEILLES !!**

Anet, Claude [pseudonyme de Jean Schopfer] (1868-1931) [Journaliste et romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Les Roses d'Ispahan: La Perse en automobile à travers la Russie et le Caucase (1906) [Récit de voyage, avec plusieurs photos. Un portrait inoubliable de la Perse et ses pays voisins avant le déclenchement de la Première Guerre mondiale, une époque que nous ne reverrons jamais.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70650]

2023/04/30: LESS THAN 10,000 YEARS AGO, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE A FERRY TO GET FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE, BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, OR GERMANY !!

Reid, Clement (1853-1916) [English geologist] Wikipedia

Submerged Forests (1913) [Scientific treatise. The author begins by telling us of parts of the English coastline where "the fishermen will tell you of black peaty earth, with hazel-nuts, and often with tree-stumps still rooted in the soil, seen between tide-marks when the overlying sea-sand has been cleared away by some storm or unusually persistent wind." It turns out that these areas were flooded only a few thousand years ago, when sea levels rose sharply, by as much as 90 feet: up until that point England had been joined to the rest of Europe by a large area of land which we now call Doggerland Wikipedia. This epoch-making and very thorough book wears its years lightly, and does demonstrate that coastal areas can be submerged as a result of changes in geology and climate. Circumstances today are not the same, but one does wonder about the effects of the global heating we are now witnessing.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70654]

**2023/04/28: OUR SECOND SOLOMON KANE STORY, BY ROBERT E. HOWARD !!**

Howard, Robert E. [Robert Ervin] (1906-1936) [American fantasy and horror author] Wikipedia

Skulls in the Stars (January 1929) Wikipedia [The second Solomon Kane story, introduced by a quotation from the English poet Thomas Hood (1799-1845): "He told how murderers walk the earth..." As the story opens, Solomon Kane is on his way to Torkertown. It is late in the day, and he is advised to postpone his trip until the next day. But he decides to proceed. Similarly, there is a fork in the road, and he is advised to take the inconvenient swamp road rather than the moor road, which is shorter but has an evil reputation: "Some foul horror haunts the way and claims men for his victims." You can guess which road he chooses! The ebook we offer you includes the cover illustration by C. C. Senf (1873-1949) from Weird Tales, where the story first appeared, and also the illustration created by Hugh Rankin (1878-1956) for the actual story.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70540]

**2023/04/26: SIX NOUVELLES QUI METTENT EN VEDETTE SHERLOCK HOLMES !!**

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [Scottish physician and author / médecin et écrivain écossais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Souvenirs de Sherlock Holmes [1918] [Traduction par Jeanne de Polignac (1861-1919) de six nouvelles: Silver Blaze [Flamme d'Argent], Le Document volé [Le Traité naval]. Le Gloria Scott, Le Visage jaune [La Figure jaune], Le Commis d'agent de change [L'Employé de l'agent de change], et Le Rituel des Musgraves [Le Rituel des Musgrave]. Pour de plus amples renseignements, vous n'avez qu'à consulter fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

**2023/04/22: AN EARLY NOVEL BY JAMES HILTON, NOT ABOUT A SCHOOLMASTER (MR CHIPS LAY IN THE FUTURE), BUT ABOUT A BACTERIOLOGY RESEARCHER IN LONDON !!**

Hilton, James (1900-1954) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Terry (1927) [This early novel already shows the smoothness and expertise we are familiar with from Hilton's famous later novels. This novel, written ten years before Good-bye, Mr. Chips, tells the story of Dr M. Terrington ("Terry"), a research-lecturer in bacteriology at University College in London. A very prestigious position, which he attained in spite of being born into poverty. Once he has achieved this degree of success, "after habitually working three times as hard as he ought", his life begins to change...] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70587]

**2023/04/20: CINQ NOUVELLES QUI METTENT EN VEDETTE SHERLOCK HOLMES !!**

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [Scottish physician and author / médecin et écrivain écossais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Nouvelles Aventures de Sherlock Holmes [1905] [Traduction par Jeanne de Polignac (1861-1919) de cinq nouvelles: L'Association des Hommes Roux [La Ligue des rouquins], Un cas d'identité [Une affaire d'identité], Le Mystère de la vallée de Boscombe [Le Mystère du Val Boscombe], L'Aventure des Cinq Pépins d'orange [Les Cinq Pépins d'orange], et L'Homme à la lèvre retroussée [L'Homme à la lèvre tordue]. Pour de plus amples renseignements, vous n'avez qu'à consulter fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

**2023/04/18: WE NOW OFFER YOU TWO SEPARATE EBOOKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD'S VERY FIRST SOLOMON KANE STORY !!**

Howard, Robert E. [Robert Ervin] (1906-1936) [American fantasy and horror author] Wikipedia

Red Shadows (August 1928) Wikipedia [Fantasy story in five sections, starting with The Coming of Solomon. Yes, this is the first appearance in literature of Howard's famous creation Solomon Kane: other stories were to follow, and even a 2009 film. In this story he is in France, where he is battling the evil Le Loup. "All his life he had roamed about the world aiding the weak and fighting oppression, he neither knew nor questioned why. That was his obsession, his driving force of life. Cruelty and tyranny to the weak sent a red blaze of fury, fierce and lasting, through his soul... If he thought of it at all, he considered himself a fulfiller of God's judgment, a vessel of wrath to be emptied upon the souls of the unrighteous. Yet in the full sense of the word Solomon Kane was not wholly a Puritan, though he thought of himself as such." Both of our digital editions include the August 1928 cover illustration by C. C. Senf (1873-1949). from Weird Tales, where the story first appeared. The Project Gutenberg US ebook also includes the two illustrations which the magazine provided for the actual story: they are by Hugh Rankin (1878-1956) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70570] EPUB [Wikisource]

**2023/04/12: A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS BY THE LEGENDARY MEXICAN CARTOONIST MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS, PUBLISHED LESS TWO YEARS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK. AND WHAT A COLLECTION IT IS !!**

Covarrubias, Miguel (1904-1957) [Mexican cartoonist and painter] Wikipedia

The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans (1925) Wikipedia [In his preface, the famous American photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) describes how eighteen months earlier he had first met Miguel Covarrubias, newly arrived in New York from Mexico City, looked at the drawings Covarrubias had with him, and "was immediately convinced that I stood in the presence of an amazing talent, if not, indeed, genius. That afternoon he made the sketches for his caricature of me, delivered two days later, the first, I think, of this New York series." And what a series it is! The Prince of Wales was not American of course, but was visiting New York. And a famous Canadian was among Covarrubias' subjects: the film actress Mary Pickford, born in Toronto!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70493]

**2023/04/10: SIX NOUVELLES CLASSIQUES DE SHERLOCK HOLMES !!**

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [Scottish physician and author / médecin et écrivain écossais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes (1924) [Traduction de six nouvelles par Jeanne de Polignac (1861-1919) , avec une belle préface littéraire et biographique par la traductrice. Les six nouvelles: L'Escarboucle bleue, Aventure de la bande mouchetée [Le Ruban moucheté], Le Pouce de l'ingénieur. L'Aristocratique célibataire [Un Aristocrate célibataire], Le Diadème de béryls, et Les Hêtres rouges [Les Hêtres pourpres]. Pour de plus amples renseignements, vous n'avez qu'à consulter fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

**2023/04/07: FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, A SHORT STORY (NOT SO SHORT, REALLY) BY H. P. LOVECRAFT !!**

Lovecraft, H. P. [Howard Phillips] (1890-1937) [American writer of fantasy and horror] Wikipedia

The Silver Key (1929) Wikipedia ["When Randolph Carter was thirty," this famous story begins, "he lost the key to the gate of dreams." His waking life had been dull and unrewarding, but the dreams he had every night more than made up for this -- until now. What was a man to do? Follow the instructions of his late grandfather (in a dream, naturally) and find "in an antique box a great silver key handed down from his ancestors." And this famous story proceeds from there. The illustration at the start of the ebook is from the January 1929 cover of Weird Tales, where the story first appeared, and is by C. C. Senf (1873-1949). The drawing at the end of the ebook is from the actual text of the story in Weird Tales, and is by Hugh Rankin (1878-1956) Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70478]

**2023/04/05: WE NOW OFFER TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF THIS CLASSIC NOVEL BY DOROTHY L. SAYERS -- ONE OF HER FIRST BOOKS TO FEATURE THAT ARISTOCRATIC SLEUTH, LORD PETER WIMSEY !!**

Sayers, Dorothy L. [Dorothy Leigh] (1893-1957) [English theologian, translator, playwright, and novelist] Wikipedia New York Times obituary The Dorothy L Sayers Society

Clouds of Witness (1926; revised 1935) Wikipedia [The second Sayers novel to feature Lord Peter Wimsey. As the novel opens, we find ourselves in Paris, where Lord Peter and his manservant Bunter are staying at the luxurious Hôtel Meurice, having just spent three months in Corsica. Really, everyone should be a lord! But they stay in Paris only a single night: he learns from the morning newspaper that his brother, the Duke of Denver, has been charged with murder! Clearly Lord Peter must get back to England and find out what has really happened.]
The original text, from 1926:

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The 1935 revision:

"This re-issue of CLOUDS OF WITNESS (which has received some corrections and amendments from MISS SAYERS) has for a Preface a short biography of Lord Peter Wimsey, brought up to date (May 1935) and communicated by his uncle PAUL AUSTIN DELAGARDIE." HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #156]

2023/04/03: LOUIS HÉMON DÉCRIT SON VOYAGE DE LIVERPOOL À QUEBEC -- ET NOUS DONNE UN PORTRAIT INOUBLIABLE DE LA VILLE DE QUÉBEC DE SON ÉPOQUE. UNE FOIS ÉTABLI AU CANADA, IL NOUS DONNERA SON CHEF D'OEUVRE, MARIA CHAPDELAINE !!

Hémon, Louis (1880-1913) [écrivain français] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada en.wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Itinéraire (1927) [Récit de voyage. Le 18 octobre 1911 l'écrivain français Louis Hémon est arrivé à Québec après un voyage de six jours: il passera le reste de sa vie au Canada. Ce charmant recueil comprend quatre essais: De Québec à Montréal, Sur la Terrasse, Dans les rues de Québec, et De Liverpool à Québec. "Que Québec est une cité historique; la plus intéressante peut-être, historiquement, de l'Amérique du Nord unique en son genre sur ce continent... tout le monde sait cela. Mais c'est aussi une cité plus complexe qu'on ne veut bien le dire... Un Français venant directement de France, au contraire, et qui n'aura pas eu le temps de vraiment perdre contact avec les choses de son pays, remarquera surtout dans Québec non pas ce qui est français, mais ce qui ne l'est point."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70094]

**2023/03/31: TO END THE MONTH, A MAGNIFICENT SET OF ETCHINGS BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI !!**

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) [Italian artist and archaeologist] Wikipedia

Selected Etchings by Piranesi, Series I (1914) [Giovanni Piranesi's etchings of ancient Roman architecture have been famous ever since their first publication in the eighteenth century. This selection of no fewer than fifty of his etchings was made by the English architect and university teacher Charles Herbert Reilly (1874-1948) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70405]

**2023/03/28: UN CÉLÈBRE ROMAN POLICIER -- OU PLUTÔT UN ROMAN SHERLOCK HOLMES !!**

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [Scottish physician and author / médecin et écrivain écossais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Le Chien des Baskerville (1902 [version originale anglaise] 1905 [cette traduction]) fr.wikipedia [Traduction de The Hound of the Baskervilles par Adrien de Jassaud (1881-1937). Sherlock Holmes et le docteur Watson font face à un cas assez perplexe. Un grand chien noir terrifie le voisinage de Baskerville Hall dans le Devonshire: "une horrible bête, noire, de grande taille, ressemblant à un chien, mais à un chien ayant des proportions jusqu'alors inconnues".] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

2023/03/25: A VERY FAMOUS PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF ALGERIA DURING ITS COLONIAL DAYS !!

Bodley, R. V. C. [Ronald Victor Courtenay] (1892-1970) [English soldier and writer]] Wikipedia

Algeria from Within (1927) [Colonies are important to Canada, if only because we live in one: the United States recently demonstrated this by coercively imposing a twenty year extension on Canadian copyrights, against the will of Canadians. The Ottawa administration did what they were told, and not a single MP, senator, or political party objected. This could not happen in a truly sovereign nation. Algeria, by way of contrast, overthrew French colonial rule in 1962: an example for Canadians. France most definitely does not rule Algeria today, but for more than a century it did. After his service in the First World War, our author attended the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, and there he met Lawrence of Arabia, who advised him to go and live with the Arabs. Which he did, learning Arabic and living with a Saharan tribe for seven years. This book is his account of the Algeria he saw, and became an instant classic.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70287]

2023/03/23: LE PROFESSEUR CHALLENGER ET LE JOURNALISTE EDWARD MALONE DÉCOUVRENT UN MONDE DISPARU DEPUIS LONGTEMPS... TRÈS LONGTEMPS !!

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [Scottish physician and author / médecin et écrivain écossais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Le Monde perdu (1912 [version originale anglaise]; 1913 [cette traduction]) fr.wikipedia [Un classique immortel parmi les romans d'aventures, qui a inspiré plusieurs films et romans. Traduit par Louis Labat (1867-1947) avec des gravures executées par l'illustrateur normand Géo Dupuis (1874-1932) fr.wikipedia. Un jeune journaliste irlandais, Edward Malone, doit accompagner le professeur Georges-Édouard Challenger en Amérique du Sud, où ils font des découvertes tout à fait étonnantes.] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

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**2023/03/19: A CLASSIC NOVEL BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM ABOUT A STOCKBROKER WHO LEAVES LONDON FOR PARIS, AND BECOMES A PAINTER !!**

Maugham, W. Somerset [William Somerset] (1874-1965) [English novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

The Moon and Sixpence (1919) Wikipedia [We often discover that people are not quite who we thought they were. The hero of this novel is Charles Strickland, "whose youth was past, a stockbroker with a position of respectability, a wife and two children." Not someone you would expect to leave his family and move to Paris. His explanation? "I've got to paint." Which he does, and eventually moves to Tahiti, for what turns out to be the rest of his life. The novel has parallels with the life of Paul Gauguin Wikipedia. Maugham also drew on his own life experience: he had been born in Paris, and knew the city well. The novel's mysterious title is easily explained: there is a proverb that if you look down to the ground looking for a coin, you will not notice the moon up in the sky. That is, it's easy to miss what should be obvious, in this case presumably the reasons for Strickland's outwardly inexplicable behaviour. Our text of the novel is drawn from an early reprint of the 1919 New York first edition.] EPUB [Wikisource]

2023/03/14: IN 1913 THE FAMOUS AMERICAN NOVELIST OF SOCIAL REALISM THEODORE DREISER PUBLISHED AN ACCOUNT OF HIS FIRST TRIP TO EUROPE (IT'S IN OUR CATALOGUE!). IN 1916 HE PUBLISHED A SECOND TRAVEL BOOK -- THIS TIME ABOUT A ROAD TRIP TO HIS HOMETOWN: WARSAW, INDIANA !!

Dreiser, Theodore [Theodore Herman Albert] (1871-1945) [American journalist, poet, and novelist] Wikipedia

A Hoosier Holiday (1916) [For readers not familiar with Indiana, a "Hoosier" is anyone from that great state -- such as the celebrated novelist Theodore Dreiser. In 1913 he had published A Traveler at Forty, which you will find in our catalogue. But after the First World War started, travel to Europe was not so easy to arrange. So instead, he and his fellow Hoosier Franklin Booth (1874-1948) Wikipedia went on a road trip to Warsaw, Indiana, which Dreiser had left some twenty-eight years before: it is a hundred miles up the road from Booth's birthplace of Carmel, itself just north of Indianapolis. It is Booth, a well known artist, who contributed the book's many illustrations. The trip started in New York City and largely paralleled the Ontario border to the north. But the trip was not merely to Indiana, but also to Dreiser's earliest years. Much had changed, much had not: he stays longer than first intended, and shares with his readers vivid and pleasurable recollections of what was already a past age.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70269]

**2023/03/10: COUNT LEO TOLSTOY WAS A VERY GREAT LITERARY FIGURE, AND HE WAS RUSSIAN. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT HE WOULD IN ANY WAY APPROVE OF RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE -- QUITE THE CONTRARY !!**

Tolstoy, Lev (Leo / Léon) Nikolayevich (1828-1910) [Russian novelist and social critic / romancier et philosophe russe] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Two Wars (1898) [Here at Project Gutenberg Canada we are planning to continue our publication of works by Tolstoy and other classic Russian authors. But this does not mean that we in any way condone the war against Ukraine. Tolstoy would certainly condemn it, just as in this article he condemned the recently concluded Spanish-American War, and the Russian persecution of the Doukhobors. In fact, he helped many Doukhobors escape to Canada! Our translation is by the Massachusetts-born translator and critic Nathan Haskell Dole (1852-1935) Wikipedia] EPUB (interim version) [Wikisource]

**2023/03/08: LE PLUS CÉLÈBRE ROMAN DE NOTRE LITTÉRATURE DU TERROIR -- PAR LE ROMANCIER FRANÇAIS LOUIS HÉMON !!**

Hémon, Louis (1880-1913) [écrivain français] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada en.wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Maria Chapdelaine (version 1916) fr.wikipedia ["Récit du Canada français" (première parution en 1913), dont l'action se déroule à Péribonka, dans la région du lac Saint-Jean, où Hémon a travaillé dans les fermes pour apprendre leurs moeurs. Marie Chapdelaine est la fille de Samuel et Laura Chapdelaine, a dix-huit ans, et doit choisir son mari... et son destin. "Précédé de deux préfaces: par M. Émile Boutroux [1845-1921] fr.wikipedia, de l'Académie française, et par M. Louvigny de Montigny (1876-1955) fr.wikipedia, de la Société royale du Canada." Avec des "Illustrations originales" de Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Côté [1869-1937] fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

English translation:

Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of the Lake St. John Country (1921) Wikipedia [To this day probably the most famous novel to come from French Canada. But its author was from France! He came to Canada in 1911, lived and worked for a time in Péribonka, in the Saguenay, and based his novel on what he saw while living there. The main character, Maria Chapdelaine, is eighteen years old, and must choose what to do with her life. In particular, whom should she marry? And should she stay in Péribonka or not? The translation is by William Hume Blake (1861-1924). Blake was an eminent Toronto lawyer, who spent many summers in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, not far from Péribonka.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #4383] EPUB [en.wikisource]

**2023/03/02: A NOVELLA, LIGHT IN TONE, BY RONALD FIRBANK -- AN AUTHOR MUCH ADMIRED BY E. M. FORSTER AND EVELYN WAUGH, AMONG OTHERS !!**

2023/02/28: LA PREMIÈRE TRADUCTION FRANÇAISE D'UNE AVENTURE DE SHERLOCK HOLMES !!

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [Scottish physician and author / médecin et écrivain écossais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

La Marque des quatre (1890 [version originale anglaise] 1896 [cette traduction] fr.wikipedia [Traduction de The Sign of the Four (1890) par Jeanne de Polignac (1861-1919). La deuxième aventure de Sherlock Holmes, mais la première traduite en français! Le docteur Watson est préoccupé, voire fâché. Trois fois par jour depuis des mois Sherlock Holmes prend de la morphine ou de la cocaïne. Comment résoudre ce problème? "Fournissez-moi soit des problèmes à résoudre, soit un travail à faire, proposez-moi l'énigme la plus indéchiffrable ou l'analyse la plus subtile, je me sentirai aussitôt dans l'atmosphère qui me convient. C'est alors que les stimulants artificiels me deviennent inutiles." Mais l'ennui de Sherlock Holmes ne va pas durer longtemps. Madame Hudson frappe à leur porte, portant une carte sur un plateau. Miss Mary Marston entre en scène!] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

2023/02/24: DOES A FREE PRESS REALLY EXIST IN CANADA? WELL, PROBABLY NOT. HOW ELSE TO EXPLAIN THE COMPLETE ABSENCE OF PRESS ATTENTION TO THE TRMP/TRUDEAU COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS THIS YEAR? THEY WERE A HUGE TRANSFER OF PUBLIC PROPERTY TO MOSTLY FOREIGN CORPORATE INTERESTS.* AND WHAT PASSES FOR "NEWS" SEEMS TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME ACROSS ALL THE MEDIA. BUT THINGS HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS FOR MANY YEARS, AS THIS BOOK BY THE FAMOUS AMERICAN FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT GEORGE MARION SHOWS !!

Marion, George (1905-1955) [American journalist and social thinker] Social Networks and Archival Context

The "Free Press": Portrait of a Monopoly (1946) [The title says it all, and this fine piece of reporting is in no way dated: the system Marion describes is still very much in place. Marion was a Communist adherent who did little to hide his beliefs. But he was also an outstanding journalist, so much so that the newspapers and publishers of his day went to extreme lengths to make sure that he got as little coverage and distribution as possible. But they are gone, and Marion's fine book remains -- well worth your time! He wrote it shortly after leaving the New York Mirror in 1946 -- a Hearst newspaper. You'll learn a lot about how the press monopoly came into being, and you'll be amazed at how durable this monopoly has turned out to be!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70107]

2023/02/22: ONE OF CHARLES DICKENS' EARLIEST NOVELS (PUBLISHED WHEN VICTORIA WAS JUST ASCENDING THE THRONE) AND ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS ONES !!

Dickens, Charles [Charles John Huffam] (1812-1870) [English novelist and editor / romancier et éditeur anglais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. (1838) Wikipedia [One of Dickens' earliest novels, and certainly one of the most famous! It is the personal history of Oliver Twist, who is born into poverty and grows up in it, at one point becoming a member of a gang of young pickpockets, who turn out to be a remarkable group of characters. The Wikisource EPUB we offer contains the famous illustrations by Dickens' friend George Cruikshank (1792-1878) Wikipedia. We also offer the handy text-only Adelaide EPUB.] EPUB [Wikisource] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par Alfred Gérardin (1825-1881) sous la direction de Paul Lorain (1799-1861)

Olivier Twist (1893) fr.wikipedia [Ce célèbre roman nous raconte la vie et les aventures d'un orphelin anglais, mais finit par nous donner un portrait sans égal de la vie quotidienne anglaise à l'époque de Dickens!] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

2023/02/18: LA PREMIÈRE AVENTURE DE SHERLOCK HOLMES !!

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [Scottish physician and author / médecin et écrivain écossais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Un crime étrange (1887 [version originale anglaise] 1903 [cette traduction] fr.wikipedia [Traduction anonyme du roman policier A Study in Scarlet, où Sherlock Holmes et le docteur James Watson font leurs débuts littéraires. Le docteur Watson se trouve à Londres à la suite de son service militaire en Afghanistan et fait la connaissance de Holmes, qui "parut ravi à l'idée de partager son logement avec moi: «J'ai un appartement en vue, me dit-il, il est situé Baker Street, et nous irait comme un gant...»"] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

**2023/02/15: ELIZABETH GASKELL WROTE MANY FAMOUS WORKS, BUT NONE MORE FAMOUS THAN CRANFORD -- WHICH SHE CREATED WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF CHARLES DICKENS !!**

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865) [English novelist and biographer] Wikipedia The Gaskell Society

Cranford [1853] Wikipedia [Mrs Gaskell's most famous novel, written with the encouragement of Charles Dickens! It describes the busy social life of the village of Cranford, which is completely dominated by its women: "If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears; he is either fairly frightened to death by being the only man in the Cranford evening parties, or he is accounted for by being with his regiment, his ship, or closely engaged in business all the week... In short, whatever does become of the gentlemen, they are not at Cranford." But the women are definitely there, and this chronicle of their busy village life is addictive reading. We offer two separate digital editions. The first is from Project Gutenberg US: it is based on a printed edition from 1891, lavishly illustrated by Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) Wikipedia and with a fine introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie (1837-1919) Wikipedia -- yes, her famous father wrote and illustrated Vanity Fair, which you'll find in our catalogue! We also offer a handy text-only EPUB of Cranford from the University of Adelaide.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #57539] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2023/02/11: NOUS VOUS PRÉSENTONS... M. SHERLOCK HOLMES !!

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [Scottish physician and author / médecin et écrivain écossais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Premières aventures de Sherlock Holmes [1913] fr.wikipedia [Traduction anonyme de sept nouvelles célèbres: L'Escarboucle Bleue, Aventure de la Bande mouchetée, Le Pouce de l'Ingénieur, L'Aristocratique Célibataire, Le Diadème de Béryls, Les Hêtres Pourpres, et Un Scandale en Bohême fr.wikipedia avec des dessins tout à fait exceptionnels par Gaston Simoes de Fonseca (1874-1943) fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

**2023/02/08: OUR SECOND NOVEL FOR ADULTS BY E. NESBIT !!**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

Daphne in Fitzroy Street (1909) [Novel, written for adults, although E. Nesbit's clear and attractive style certainly reflects her expertise in writing for children: a difficult art. As the novel opens, it is an April day, and it is Daphne's eighteenth birthday: she is at a very special international school in France for the daughters of the wealthy. This is the story of her return to England and what ensues. Includes a frontispiece by the American magazine artist F. Graham Cootes (1879-1960) Encyclopedia Virginia.] EPUB [Wikisource]

**2023/02/03: UN CÉLÈBRE ROMAN GAI PAR... ANDRÉ GIDE !!**

Gide, André (1869-1951) [Romancier français; prix Nobel de littérature, 1947] fr.wikipedia alalettre.com

L'Immoraliste (1902) fr.wikipedia [Roman avec des éléments autobiographiques: un chef d'oeuvre de la littérature gaie. Au début du roman Michel, un jeune savant, vient de se marier: « Je connaissais très peu ma femme et pensais, sans en trop souffrir, qu'elle ne me connaissait pas plus. Je l'avais épousée sans amour, beaucoup pour complaire à mon père, qui, mourant, s'inquiétait de me laisser seul. » Il va sans dire que Michel ne se connaissait pas très bien non plus, mais à la fin du roman, il se connaît beaucoup mieux. L'action se déroule à Paris, en Afrique du nord, et en Normandie.] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

**2023/02/01: E. NESBIT WROTE NOVELS NOT ONLY FOR CHILDREN, BUT ALSO FOR ADULTS !!**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

The Red House (1902) [Novel, one of many which E. Nesbit wrote not for children, but for adults! Although in the tenth chapter ("The Invaders") the Bastable family from her children's novels make a short but memorable appearance. The main plot centres on a newly married couple, Len and Chloe, happily adjusting to their new lives together, and to their new and beautiful house. "It has hawthorn hedges, and an old garden with a sun-dial in it, and roses and jasmines and lilacs and all sorts of sweet-scented things running riot. They have little money, much trouble with servants, and great joy in doing housework themselves. Dust-pans, scrubbing-brushes, and brooms are their delights." (The Outlook, 22 November 1902) A novel written in the same happy spirit as Nesbit's novels for children.] EPUB [Wikisource]

**2023/01/28: SOMETHING SPECIAL TODAY: A SECOND DIGITAL EDITION OF A MYSTERY BY YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER !!**

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia gadetection

The Charing Cross Mystery (1923) gadetection ["Mr. Fletcher is noted among writers of detective stories as being one of two or three to write good English and to have the knack of making his people talk like human beings." So commented The Outlook (21 March 1923), in what is clearly meant to be high praise. And this praise was deserved : how can we explain otherwise the enduring worldwide popularity of an author who seems to have avoided publicity throughout his writing career? Perhaps his concentration on the writer's craft explains the excellence of his novels. As for this novel, it involves the Charing Cross railway station in London and an apparent murder, and it "is built up in a workmanlike way, and its surprises are not so startling as to make the reader put it down with a feeling that he has been fooled or tricked." What more could be asked for?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #59893] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #647]

2023/01/25: GEORGE MOORE WAS IRISH, BUT SPENT YEARS IN PARIS, WHERE HE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT FRANCE AND ABOUT LIFE -- AND GAVE US THIS WONDERFUL NOVEL (REALLY AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY) ABOUT WHAT HE SAW THERE !!

Moore, George Augustus (1852-1933) [Irish novelist] Wikipedia

Confessions of a Young Man (1888 English version) Wikipedia. [In 1886 Moore first published this autobiographical novel in French, and two years later in English! By that point he spoke French better than English, and had gotten to know some famous painters (Degas, Pissaro, Monet...) and writers as well! An unforgettable account of artistic life in Paris from someone who was literally there. Our ebook includes a 1917 introduction by the American novelist and critic Floyd Dell (1887-1969) Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #11654]

2023/01/18: ARNOLD BENNETT'S FIRST NOVEL !!

Bennett, Arnold [Enoch Arnold] (1867-1931) [English novelist] Wikipedia

A Man from the North (1898) [In Canada the centres of literature are Toronto and Montreal; in France it is Paris; and in England it is of course London. Naturally this situation creates obstacles for writers not from these centres. So the opening sentence of Bennett's first novel reads, "There grows in the North Country a certain kind of youth of whom it may be said that he is born to be a Londoner." The Northerner in question is Richard Larch, who in the early chapters of the book moves from Staffordshire to London in pursuit of a literary career. This obviously autobiographical novel (which won the praise of Joseph Conrad, no less!) recounts Larch's subsequent adventures.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #52247]

**2023/01/13: OUR E. NESBIT SERIES CONTINUES, TODAY'S NEW TITLE BEING THE ENCHANTED CASTLE, MAGNIFICENTLY ILLUSTRATED BY H. R. MILLAR !!**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

The Enchanted Castle (1907) Wikipedia [Novel for children and intelligent adults, with illustrations by H. R. Millar (1869-1942) from the first edition. Jerry, Jimmy, and Cathy are schoolchildren in the West of England who are looking forward to their holidays back home in Hampshire, but at the last moment learn that they will have to stay where they are through the holidays. This turns out not so badly, particularly when they start exploring and find an estate complete with a magnificent garden and an actual castle. Could it be an enchanted castle? The answer, they increasingly suspect, is yes, it could!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #34219]

2023/01/10: SECRET SERVICE WORK EXISTED LONG BEFORE JAMES BOND! THOMAS MILLER BEACH WAS A BRITISH SECRET AGENT -- AND MUCH OF HIS WORK INVOLVED INTELLIGENCE WORK TO DEFEND CANADA AGAINST THE FENIAN BROTHERHOOD !!

Beach, Thomas Miller ["Major Henri Le Caron"] (1841-1894) [English intelligence agent] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Twenty-five years in the Secret Service. The Recollections of a Spy. (1892) [The author calls this "the story of my eventful life", and his life certainly was an eventful one. He apologizes for being in no sense a practised writer, but this apology was certainly not needed: he writes beautifully about his early life in England, his time in France, his move to the United States, and his accidental but astoundingly successful work as a British agent countering the Irish republican Fenian movement and its raids into Canada. He did not regret the decisions he had taken: "I can admit no shame and plead no regret. By my action lives have been saved, communities have been benefited, and right and justice allowed to triumph, to the confusion of law-breakers and would-be murderers." The book sold well: our ebook is based on the third edition!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68765]

2023/01/06: THIS YEAR'S NEW PUBLIC DOMAIN TITLES HAVE BEEN SHOVED DOWN THE ROAD TO 2043, SO WE'RE NOT PUBLISHING THEM THIS YEAR, OBVIOUSLY. THANKS, JUSTIN! SAY HI TO YOUR BUDDY "DONALD" -- THE ONE WHO LIVES IN FLORIDA! HE GOT WHAT HE WANTED, BUT CANADIANS CERTAINLY DIDN'T! SO, WE SHOULD ALL GET USED TO LIFE IN A U.S. COLONY, FOR THAT'S WHAT CANADA HAS CLEARLY BECOME, WITH NO RESISTANCE FROM ANY OF OUR POLITICIANS !!

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

Tono-Bungay (1909) Wikipedia [Novel, but more than just a novel, as we can expect from H. G. Wells! "Tono-Bungay" is a trade name, as you might guess: it is a patent medicine. The novel's narrator, George Pondorevo, is invited to help his uncle Edward in promoting this medicine, and so begins his voyage of discovery, during which he discovers a great deal about life in modern times. "Nothing could exceed the sheer radiance of 'Tono-Bungay.' It is a work that glows with reality. It projects a whole epoch with unforgettable effect... it is a work of art of the soundest merit, for it both represents accurately and interprets convincingly, and under everything is a current of feeling that coordinates and informs the whole." (H. L. Mencken, Prejudices, First Series [1919]).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #718] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2023/01/01: HAPPY NEW YEAR! WE START 2023 WITH THE FINAL NOVEL IN E. NESBIT'S PSAMMEAD TRILOGY !!**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

The Story of the Amulet (1906) Wikipedia [As the third and final Psammead novel opens, the five children's father is working as a war correspondent in distant Manchuria, and their mother is in Madeira, recovering from a major illness. Consequently the children are "in the care of old Nurse, who lived in Fitzroy Street, near the British Museum". With the museum being so close, it is not surprising that Nurse's other lodger is a "learned gentleman" who knows a great deal about Ancient Egypt. At this point it's not giving much away to say that the novel (1) has much to do with Egypt, (2) features the return of the Psammead from the first two books, (3) involves considerable time travel, and (4) is one of the most admired of Nesbit's famous novels. And it has a magnificent set of illustrations by H. R. Millar (1869-1942) from the first edition!] EPUB [Wikisource]

**2022/12/30: THE SECOND OF E. NESBIT'S THREE PSAMMEAD NOVELS !!**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) Wikipedia [The five children are no longer living in the country, but strange events seem to follow them back to the city. They find a mysterious egg in a second-hand carpet, an egg which then hatches! And so the Phoenix enters the story. Many adventures follow!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #836]

**2022/12/27: ONE OF E. NESBIT'S MOST FAMOUS NOVELS -- THE INAUGURAL NOVEL IN HER PSAMMEAD TRILOGY, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. R. MILLAR !!**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

Five Children and It (1902) Wikipedia [Five children leave London and move to a deeply rural part of Kent -- quite a transition! The house is beside a gravel pit, and in that pit they discover a Psammead (pronounced "Sammyadd"), a sand-fairy with a quick temper. And the ability to grant wishes! So start the adventures in this novel and its two famous successors. Includes a fine set of illustrations by H. R. Millar (1869-1942). ] EPUB [Wikisource]

**2022/12/24: MERRY CHRISTMAS! OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOU IS A NOVEL BY E. NESBIT, WITH A FINE SET OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY HER FREQUENT COLLABORATOR H. R. MILLAR !!**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

The Magic City (1910) Wikipedia [A novel about magic and about family dynamics, with illustrations by H. R. Millar (1869-1942) from the first edition. As the novel opens, we meet Philip Haldane, who is ten years old and living a happy life with his half-sister Helen, who is twenty years older: she looks after him, since both are orphans. This happiness comes to a sudden halt when Helen unexpectedly (from Philip's perspective) gets married. One day he starts to construct a model city on a writing-table, a very convincing model city. It turns out that this city may be a model, but there are people living there!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #20606]

**2022/12/21: FIFTEEN SHORT STORIES BY E. NESBIT -- FOUR OF THEM ABOUT THE BASTABLE CHILDREN !!**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

Oswald Bastable and Others (1905) [We'd call this the fourth book about the Bastable children, whom we first met in The Story of the Treasure Seekers, but while the first four of the stories are about the Bastables, the eleven that follow are about others. Bastables or not, all of the stories are well worth reading -- after all, they're from E. Nesbit! And they come with magnificent illustrations from the first edition by Charles E. Brock (1870-1938) and H. R. Millar (1869-1942). ] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #28804]

2022/12/18: ARGENTINA'S TEAM HAS DONE VERY WELL AT THE WORLD CUP -- WE HONOUR THEM WITH THIS WONDERFUL MEMOIR OF LIFE IN ARGENTINA'S COUNTRYSIDE DURING THE MID NINETEENTH CENTURY !!

Hudson, William Henry (W.H.) [Guillermo Enrique] (1841-1922) [Argentinian writer and ornithologist] Wikipedia

Far Away and Long Ago. A History of my Early Life. (1918) [Hudson was born in Argentina, and only moved to England when already in his thirties. But he never forgot his native Argentina, and Argentina has never forgotten him. "It was never," he says, "my intention to write an autobiography." However, many years after his birth he found himself on the southern English coast "laid up for six weeks with a very serious illness. Yet when it was over I looked back on those six weeks as a happy time", the reason being that he "fell into recollections of my childhood, and at once I had that far, that forgotten past with me again as I had never previously had it", and immediately wrote down these resurfaced memories: hence this book. This is an era of history which can never be repeated: Hudson's first-hand account of these years are fascinating to read and will always be famous, in Argentina and beyond.] EPUB Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #6093]

2022/12/14: FOR HOLIDAY READING, E. NESBIT'S MOST FAMOUS BOOK OF ALL !!

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

The Railway Children (1905) Wikipedia [Nesbit's most famous novel, in part because of the 1970 film version, popular to this day. "They were not railway children to begin with," are its opening words. And indeed the three children were not: their names were Roberta ("Bobbie"), Peter, and Phyllis, they lived in a London suburb and lacked for nothing, until the day when their father was arrested on an (unfounded) suspicion of wrongdoing, which meant that the family was suddenly on its own, and had to leave London. But leaving London meant going somewhere else, and this somewhere else turned out to be a house in the countryside called Three Chimneys, near a railway station. "They did not guess then how they would grow to love the railway, and how soon it would become the centre of their new life, nor what wonders and changes it would bring to them."] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #1874]

**2022/12/02: THIS NOVEL BY WILLA CATHER WON HER THE 1923 PULITZER PRIZE !!**

Cather, Willa [Willa Sibert] (1873-1947) [American novelist] Wikipedia Full biography by James Woodress

One of Ours (1922) Wikipedia [The novel which won Cather the 1923 Pulitzer Prize: she wrote most of it while visiting Canada, and completed it while in Toronto! The novel tells the life story of Claude Wheeler, whose relatively unhappy youth in Nebraska was followed by a relatively unhappy marriage. Then the First World War started, which cannot really be said to have been a good thing for Wheeler, since he did not survive it. However, in the short term he did find new meaning in life, and clearly he found military life more congenial than civil. Cather's inspiration was her cousin Grosvenor Cather, who grew up on the Nebraska farm next to hers; after his death in 1918 she found herself thinking about him more and more, which eventually resulted in her writing this novel.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2369]

2022/11/28: IS LIFE MERELY A DREAM? IN THE CASE OF HENRY MORTIMER SMITH, BORN IN THE 1890s, THE ANSWER, APPARENTLY, IS YES! AND WHO IS DREAMING SMITH'S LIFE? WHY SORNAC, OF COURSE -- BORN AROUND THE YEAR 4000. SUCH A NOVEL CAN ONLY HAVE COME FROM THE PEN OF H. G. WELLS !!

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Dream (1924) Wikipedia [Not so much a novel of the future as a novel about Wells' day as seen from the distant future. Sornac was born around the year 4000, and is a scientific researcher; his girlfriend is a writer and artist "making stories and pictures of happiness and sorrow in the past ages of the world, and she was full of curious speculations about the ways in which the ancestral mind has thought and felt." On vacation they explore what remains of a small town and railway station destroyed about two thousand years earlier. "For the rest of the day the talk was all of the terrible days of the last wars in the world and the dreadfulness of life in that age." Sarnac then has a very convincing dream of an entire lifetime of that period -- a life belonging to one Henry Mortimer Smith!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #69394] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/11/21: E. NESBIT'S THIRD BOOK ABOUT THE BASTABLE CHILDREN !!**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

New Treasure Seekers, or The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune (1904) [The Bastable children are back for a third set of adventures. They are an autonomous community, operating independently of the adults around them, and things tend to happen around them, as this book shows: it starts with a chaotic family wedding at Christmastime, then H.O. vanishes mysteriously, leaving a helpful note: "I am going to be a Clown." But he will apparently be back once he is rich and famous -- welcome to life with the Bastables! The book has many illustrations by two famous artists of the period: Gordon Browne (1858-1932) Wikipedia, and Lewis Baumer (1870-1963) Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #25496]

2022/11/15: IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE MAR-A-LAGO PRESIDENT IS GOING TO GIVE THE WHITE HOUSE ANOTHER TRY -- YES, THE ONE WHO SEIZED CONTROL OF CANADA'S COPYRIGHT LAWS AND ADDED TWENTY YEARS TO CANADA'S COPYRIGHT LENGTHS. AND OUR LEADERS STOOD BY AND DID NOTHING! SOVEREIGNTY, IT SEEMS, INVOLVES APPEARING AT INTERNATIONAL PHOTO OPS, BUT DOES NOT INVOLVE ACTUALLY STANDING UP FOR CANADA. ANYWAY, WE'RE PLEASED TO OFFER A SECOND DIGITAL EDITION OF SINCLAIR LEWIS'S IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE. WE NOW KNOW THAT NOT ONLY COULD IT HAPPEN, IN 2016 IT DID HAPPEN. WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN?

Lewis, Sinclair (1885-1951) [American novelist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1930] Wikipedia Nobelprize.org

It Can't Happen Here (1935) Wikipedia [Novel, written during the rise of European fascism, and dealing with the question of whether an authoritarian regime could be imposed on the United States. The novel's title suggests it could not; the actual novel suggests it could. After the election of 2015, we know that it definitely could: in 1935. eighty years earlier, Sinclair Lewis had known what he was talking about! The main character, Buzz Windrip, is elected president on a platform of patriotism and values. Once in office, he goes in quite a different direction. If his reminds you of another president, not a fictional one, you're not alone: Jules Stewart, Guardian, 9 Oct 2016 Malcolm Harris, Salon, 29 Sept 2015 (Note: Canada is important in the novel, as a haven for American refugees!)]
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**2022/11/13: A CLASSIC SHORT STORY OF THE SUPERNATURAL BY J. SHERIDAN LE FANU !!**

Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan (1814-1873) [Irish writer of ghost stories and tales of horror] Wikipedia

Strange Events in the Life of Schalken the Painter (1851 version) [Horror story, a particular favourite of M. R. James, no less! Godfried Schalken (1643-1706) Wikipedia was by no means a fictional character, but a Dutch painter. This is the "fearful story" connected to one of his paintings.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/11/09: THE BASTABLE CHILDREN ARE BACK! TODAY'S EBOOK IS E. NESBIT'S THE WOULDBEGOODS !!**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

The Wouldbegoods. Being The Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers. (1901) [Sequel to The Story of the Treasure Seekers: yes, the Bastable children are back, all six of them! They are resolved to improve on their past history of getting into scrapes of various kinds, and have even given themselves a new name: the Society of the Wouldbegoods. "The way in which their best intentions miscarry, through ignorance on their own part and misconception on the part of their elders, makes deliciously humorous reading..." (The Outlook, 5 October 1901). Our ebook includes the illustrations for the first edition by the Anglo-American artist Reginald Bathurst Birch (1856-1943) Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #32466]

2022/11/06: THE SECOND MYSTERY NOVEL PUBLISHED BY MARY ROBERTS RINEHART WAS WELL RECEIVED, AND MADE IT CLEAR THAT MANY MORE FINE MYSTERIES MIGHT WELL BE COMING FROM HER -- AS TURNED OUT TO BE THE CASE !!

Rinehart, Mary Roberts (1876-1958) [American mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Man in Lower Ten (1909) [Rinehart's second mystery novel, set on an overnight passenger train from Washington to Rinehart's native Pittsburgh ("Pittsburg"); hence the title. The daytime seating in Pullman sleeping cars is converted at night into two beds ("berths"), complete with curtains, and the car is transformed into a place of mystery, a narrow corridor with thick curtains on the side. The lower berth usually costs more because it is easier to get into. However, it doesn't offer much protection if there's a murderer on the train! The novel includes illustrations, most of them signed by the famous American illustrator Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952) Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #1869]

**2022/11/01: TO START NOVEMBER, OUR SECOND TITLE BY GEORGE MACDONALD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL SET OF COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH !!**

MacDonald, George (1824-1905) [Scottish theologian and novelist] Wikipedia

The Princess and the Goblin (1872 [text]; 1920 [illustrations]) Wikipedia ["There was once a little princess whose father was king over a great country full of mountains and valleys." A promising beginning to this famous novel, nominally directed to children, but like many "childrens'" novels equally suitable for adults. And some famous adults have admired the book, C. S. Lewis, to name only one! Princess Irene lives essentially alone, or at least so she thinks. Then she makes some curious discoveries, and things begin happening. And happening. The illustrations in both the ebooks we offer are by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935) Wikipedia, one of the most famous American illustrators of her day.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #34339]

**2022/10/29: A NOVEL BY PHYLLIS BOTTOME (SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE TO TEACH IAN FLEMING GERMAN), PUBLISHED ON THE EVE OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR !!**

Bottome, Phyllis (1882-1963) [English psychologist, teacher, and novelist] Wikipedia

"Broken Music" (1914) [Good fortune is rarely complete. Jean d'Ucelles is from an aristocratic family, has talent (he is a composer), but unfortunately no money, which does pose a problem. What's an impoverished aristocrat to do? Move to Paris, of course!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #69246]

2022/06/26: WILLA CATHER'S SECOND NOVEL -- SET IN NEBRASKA, BUT REALLY IT COULD BE A STORY OF MANITOBA OR SASKATCHEWAN !!

Cather, Willa [Willa Sibert] (1873-1947) [American novelist] Wikipedia Full biography by James Woodress

O Pioneers! (1913) Wikipedia [A truly epic novel about a Swedish immigrant family's experiences through several generations. It starts in the 1880s, and is set in the fictional Nebraska town of Hanover, which was very similar to the towns being founded further north in Canada along the Canadian Pacific Railway: "The dwelling-houses were set about haphazard on the tough prairie sod... The main street was a deeply rutted road, now frozen hard, which ran from the squat red railway station and the grain "elevator" at the north end of the town to the lumber yard and the horse pond at the south end." The life of these early residents was not an easy one, but after their father's passing the Bergsons decide to stay in Hanover when many others are leaving. Or rather, Alexandra decides to stay and obtains her brothers' reluctant cooperation. Will things work out financially? And will peace descend on the Bergson clan?] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #24]

2022/10/23: HAPPY DIWALI! THE BENGALI LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN BY MORE THAN 300 MILLION PEOPLE, AND HAS AN IMPORTANT PRESENCE IN CANADA. SO IT IS A PLEASURE TO PRESENT A CLASSIC TRANSLATION OF THIS WONDERFUL NOVEL, WHICH CHANGED BENGALI LITERATURE FOREVER !!

Mitra, Peary Chand (1814-1883) [Bengali novelist, teacher, librarian, journalist, and social activist] Wikipedia

The Spoilt Child. A Tale of Hindu Domestic Life. ["Alaler Gharer Dulal"] (1857 [Bengali original]; 1893 [this translation]) Wikipedia [The first novel ever to be published in colloquial Bengali, without literary vocabulary imported from Sanskrit. It was rapturously received at the time: "We hail this book as the first novel in the Bengali language... a tale the like of which is not to be found within the entire range of Bengali literature," (Calcutta Review). Its reputation has never diminished since. As the novel opens, we are introduced to Baburam Babu, a senior official in the Revenue and Criminal Courts, who "had acquired considerable wealth within a very short time. In this country a man's reputation keeps pace with the increase of his riches or with his advancement: learning and character have not anything like the same respect paid to them." A comment which sets the stage for the drama/satire to come. For Baburam Babu has a son, who "having been indulged in every possible way from his boyhood, was exceedingly self-willed": he is, of course, the "spoilt child" of the title. And what a journey he takes us on! We owe this translation to George Devereux Oswell (1851-1910) , who held an M.A. from Oxford and at the time was attached to the Court of Wards in Bengal; that is, he was involved in the trusteeship of inherited properties belonging to minors. The year after publishing this translation he became the Principal of Rajkumar College in Raipur, which is famous to this day, and was founded by and for the elite of the region. Oswell served there for the rest of his life.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #69173]

**2022/10/18: A NOVEL BY H. G. WELLS -- NOT SCIENCE FICTION, STRICTLY SPEAKING, BUT CERTAINLY NOT EVERYDAY LIFE !!**

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Sea Lady. A Tissue of Moonshine. (1902) Wikipedia ["Such previous landings of mermaids as have left a record," this fine novel begins, "have all a flavour of doubt... But now, face to face with indisputable facts... I see these old legends in a very different light." Yes, this is a novel about a mermaid, who takes the name of Miss Doris Thalassia Waters when she comes onto dry land, near Folkestone to be specific, at the time a seaside resort very popular among England's ruling class. She is in pursuit of an Englishman who had caught her fancy "in the South Seas--near Tonga". Will she find him? And if she does, will their attraction be mutual? With illustrations by Lewis Baumer (1870-1963) Wikipedia, the English cartoonist and illustrator.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/10/14: E. NESBIT'S FIRST BOOK FOR CHILDREN, AND A VERY FAMOUS ONE! SHE WOULD GO ON TO WRITE MANY OTHER CHILDREN'S CLASSICS, INCLUDING THE RAILWAY CHILDREN !!**

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

The Story of the Treasure Seekers, being the adventures of the Bastable children in search of a fortune (1899) Wikipedia ["This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure," starts this novel for and about children, the first such book by E. Nesbit, whose later novels include The Railroad Children, "and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking." And so the Bastable children make their first appearance in literature. No spoilers here: the book's title gives more than enough information, and you'll know after a paragraph or two whether this book is for you. And chances are that it will be: its reputed admirers include J. K. Rowling, no less, and C. S. Lewis!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #770]

2022/10/10: "IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES..." YES, THESE ARE THE FAMOUS OPENING WORDS OF TODAY'S EBOOK, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, CHARLES DICKENS' CELEBRATED HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE TERRORS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION !!

Dickens, Charles [Charles John Huffam] (1812-1870) [English novelist, editor, and social activist] Wikipedia

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) Wikipedia [Canadians are very much aware of how things can change in a neighbouring country. The US, with whom we had had tranquil relations for two centuries, elected an autocrat as president, and everything changed. The US even seized control of Canada's copyright laws, hardly the behaviour of an ally. So much for government "by the people, for the people"! (Abraham Lincoln) The neighbours of France had a similar shock with the advent of the French Revolution in 1789, when they had thought that "things in general were settled for ever." And this famous novel is about the Revolution and its effects on the citizens of Paris and London, the "two cities" of the title. The principal character is Sydney Carton, the "idlest and most unpromising of men", who becomes a hero by the time the novel ends. The Project Gutenberg US edition we offer you includes the illustrations from the 1859 first edition, by Hablot Knight Browne ["Phiz"] (1815-1882) ] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #98]

**2022/10/06: A SCIENCE FICTION NOVELLA BY FLETCHER PRATT !!**

Pratt, Fletcher (1897-1956) [American military historian and science fiction writer] Wikipedia

The Blue Star (1952) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, one of Pratt's most famous works, set in a universe not our own: in it there exist the Blue Stars, which are not celestial bodies, but a special type of jewel: "the witch-stone... barely a finger joint across, but seeming to have depth, so that even in the candlelight all the sapphirean fires of ocean and cold hell were in its heart." The Blue Stars are held only by certain families, or rather by certain women of certain families, and their power is wielded not by these woman but by their men, as one of these men is told: "while you wear this jewel, you are of the witch-families, and can read the thoughts of those in whose eyes you look keenly. But only while you are my man and lover, for this power is yours through me. If you are unfaithful to me, it will become for you only a piece of glass; and if you do not give it up at once when I ask it back, there will lie upon you and it a deadly witchery, so that you can never rest again." This leads to some exciting situations!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #56889]

**2022/10/04: OUR FIRST EBOOK BY WILKIE COLLINS IS PERHAPS THE FIRST ENGLISH DETECTIVE NOVEL EVER WRITTEN -- CONTINUOUSLY FAMOUS TO OUR DAY, AND LIKELY FOREVER !!**

Collins, Wilkie (1824-1889) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Moonstone (1868) Wikipedia [Perhaps the very first English detective novel! Dorothy L. Sayers and G. K. Chesterton thought it probably the finest English detective novel ever written: a century and a half after it was published, who are we to disagree? It features an accomplished "amateur" sleuth, Franklin Blake, and the very capable Sergeant Richard Cuff, called in from (where else?) Scotland Yard. The Moonstone itself is an ancient gem which had been stolen by a British soldier in 1799 during the British conquest of India. (One of the novel's many strengths is its realistic assessment of the true nature of British colonialism.) But when the Moonstone arrives in England, the intrigue and violence which have dogged its history follow it from India.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/09/29: JOHN BUCHAN'S BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL -- SET IN SOUTH AFRICA !!

Buchan, John [first Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield] (1875-1940) [Scottish novelist; Governor General of Canada 1935-1940] Wikipedia

Prester John (1910) Wikipedia [Buchan's first true action novel, his first set outside the British Isles, and his first to achieve large and lasting popularity. The novel begins in Scotland, in a town overlooking the North Sea, where the young David Crawfurd, the novel's narrator, has spent his entire life. After his father's passing he goes to South Africa (a country Buchan knew well) where he becomes a storekeeper in a remote town where, he is told, something mysterious has been happening: "You look as if you had a stiff back, so I'll be frank with you. There is something about the place. It gives the ordinary man the jumps. What it is, I don't know, and the men who come back don't know themselves. I want you to find out for me. You'll be doing the firm an enormous service if you can get on the track of it." Crawfurd tells us what he discovers, and the exciting events he witnesses during his investigation. CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist, indeed extremely racist, by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/09/27: A SCIENCE FICTION NOVELLA BY FLETCHER PRATT !!**

Pratt, Fletcher (1897-1956) [American military historian and science fiction writer] Wikipedia

Potemkin Village (1953) [What is a Potemkin village? In the course of this science fiction novella Pratt, a famous military historian among other things, provides the answer: "Oh, back in the old imperial days an Empress named Catherine went on a progress through the country to see how it was getting along under her prime minister, Potemkin. He went ahead of her and had villages set up, just the dummy fronts of houses, with actors to play the part of villagers." Can such a deception be engineered centuries later in a Russian space colony on Venus?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #69042]

**2022/09/25: ELEVEN YEARS AFTER THE BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS, HILAIRE BELLOC PUBLISHED CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN, PERHAPS HIS MOST FAMOUS BOOK OF LIGHT VERSE -- AND THAT'S SAYING A LOT !!**

Belloc, Hilaire [Joseph Hilaire Pierre René] (1870-1953) [Anglo-French man of letters and controversialist] Wikipedia

Cautionary Tales for Children (1907) Wikipedia [Satirical verses, similar to Belloc's very successful verses about animals from a decade earlier, but these are about children, and were "Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years." Like the earlier books, it was illustrated by Belloc's college friend Basil Temple Blackwood (1870-1917) .] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #27424]

**2022/09/21: OUR SECOND MYSTERY NOVEL BY YORKSHIRE'S J. S. FLETCHER !!**

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia gadetection

The Chestermarke Instinct (1918) [Yorkshire-born J. S. Fletcher was not a celebrity in the modern sense, that is, he was not a public figure. He was, however, an extremely skilled writer of mysteries, which acquired an international following. This novel shows why! The main character is named Wallington Neale: he is a bank clerk in the ancient and very quiet market town of Scarnham. With the passage of time Neale is more and more aware of how monotonous his job truly is. But this monotony is broken by the sudden disappearance of his guardian, John Horbury, who had gotten him his position at Chestermarke's Bank!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #27965]

**2022/09/18: WE NOW OFFER TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF JOHN BUCHAN'S FIFTH AND FINAL THRILLER FEATURING RICHARD HANNAY !!**

Buchan, John [first Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield] (1875-1940) [Scottish novelist; Governor General of Canada 1935-1940] Wikipedia

The Island of Sheep [U.S. title: The Man from the Norlands] (1936) Wikipedia [Buchan's fifth and final novel starring Richard Hannay, who is no longer young but whose talents have by no means deserted him, as we discover. The novel starts in London, but then moves to the (fictional) Norland Isles in the arctic seas, a Danish possession: one of these isles is the Island of Sheep. Dark doings are afoot, a considerable challenge even for Richard Hannay! "Buchan enthusiasts will rejoice to know that this is a Richard Hannay tale, and that, before the feud is disposed of, the action has reached from South Africa to Scotland. The author, as usual, states his case and develops it, relying upon no tricks to sustain suspense. If one is seeking a high adventure tale with a colorful background, here it is." (The Literary Digest, 22 August 1936). CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1011]

2022/09/16: IN 1896 HILAIRE BELLOC AND HIS FRIEND BASIL TEMPLE BLACKWOOD HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THEIR BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS -- HUMOROUS VERSES WITH WONDERFUL DRAWINGS. WHAT TO DO IN THE WAKE OF THIS SUCCESS? PUBLISH A SEQUEL, OF COURSE !!

Belloc, Hilaire [Joseph Hilaire Pierre René] (1870-1953) [Anglo-French man of letters and controversialist] Wikipedia

More Beasts (For Worse Children) (1897) [Further satirical animal verses, nominally directed towards children, published the year after the success of The Bad Child's Book of Beasts. As in the earlier book, the illustrations match the poems perfectly, and are by Belloc's college friend Basil Temple Blackwood (1870-1917). The book includes the Python, the Porcupine, the Crocodile, the Llama, and various other animals.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #27176]

**2022/09/14: WE NOW OFFER TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF JOHN BUCHAN'S FOURTH THRILLER FEATURING RICHARD HANNAY !!**

Buchan, John [first Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield] (1875-1940) [Scottish novelist; Governor General of Canada 1935-1940] Wikipedia

The Three Hostages (1924) Wikipedia [The fourth Richard Hannay thriller. Hannay is now married, has a young son, and is living in the Cotswolds. His life is a calm and prosperous one, and his exciting but disruptive earlier adventures are now firmly in the past. Or are they? Soon enough Hannay finds himself in London, and then in Norway: his unexpected new adventure has well and truly begun! CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #678]

2022/09/12: MARY ROBERTS RINEHART WAS PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL AMERICAN MYSTERY WRITERS DURING THE "GOLDEN AGE OF DETECTIVE FICTION". TODAY, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO PRESENT HER FIRST FULL-LENGTH NOVEL, FROM 1908: A HUGE SUCCESS AND AN ENDURING CLASSIC !!

Rinehart, Mary Roberts (1876-1958) [American mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Circular Staircase (1908) Wikipedia [Novel of mystery and suspense. "This is the story," the novel begins, "of how a middle-aged spinster [the narrator] lost her mind": she unwisely rented a house in the country, a house with a sinister reputation, and sure enough things started happening. Many things. "A detective story with real humor in it is a rare article, but 'The Circular Staircase' has an ample measure of that delightful quality. It is also deliciously tantalizing, almost every chapter bringing in new complications and fresh mystifications." (The Outlook, 19 September 1908)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #434]

**2022/09/08: A CLASSIC BOOK OF LIGHT VERSE BY THE YOUNG HILAIRE BELLOC, ACCOMPANIED BY WONDERFUL LINE DRAWINGS FROM HIS OXFORD FRIEND BASIL TEMPLE BLACKWOOD !!**

Belloc, Hilaire [Joseph Hilaire Pierre René] (1870-1953) [Anglo-French man of letters and controversialist] Wikipedia

The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896) Wikipedia [Satirical animal verses, nominally directed towards children. They appeared shortly after Belloc's graduation from Balliol College, Oxford. The illustrations match the poems perfectly, and were drawn by Belloc's college friend Basil Temple Blackwood (1870-1917) Wikipedia, who had spent part of his early life in Canada -- his father, Lord Dufferin, was our third Governor General. The book was an instant and permanent success, and led to several more collaborations by the two friends.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/09/03: WE CELEBRATE LABOUR DAY WITH A TRULY ASTOUNDING EBOOK, MAGNIFICENTLY ILLUSTRATED, OF ENGRAVINGS AND ETCHINGS FROM THE FIFTEENTH THROUGH THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES !!

Carrington, Fitzroy (1869-1954) [American art historian] Wikipedia Dictionary of Art Historians

Prints and their Makers. Essays on engravers and etchers old and modern. (1912) [A magnificently illustrated collection of essays by various eminent art historians of Carrington's era: these essays "range from Italian engravers before the time of Raphael and woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer to contemporary etchings."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68720]

**2022/08/31: WE END AUGUST AS WE BEGAN IT: WITH A FAMOUS NOVELLA BY THE LEGENDARY IRISH AUTHOR J. SHERIDAN LE FANU !!**

Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan (1814-1873) [Irish writer of ghost stories and tales of horror] Wikipedia

Green Tea (1869) [Horror story, or rather novella. Dr Martin Hesselius, a wandering physician originally from Germany, meets a clergyman, the Rev Mr Jennings, who divides his time between his house in London and his parish in Warwickshire. When in London, he is well enough, but when in his parish, he is prone to sudden breakdowns, and now always takes an assistant with him "to supply his place on the instant should he become thus suddenly incapacitated." What is Mr Jennings' story, wonders Dr Hesselius: it turns out to be a strange story indeed, involving green tea and a small black monkey. But this is no ordinary monkey!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/08/29: LEONARD WOOLF WAS THE HUSBAND OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, AND WAS HIMSELF A WRITER, AND A VERY FINE ONE. HIS ONLY NOVEL IS A TRUE CLASSIC, DEPICTING LIFE IN COLONIAL CEYLON, AND DESCRIBING THE BRITISH EMPIRE AS EXPERIENCED BY THOSE IT RULED !!

Woolf, Leonard [Leonard Sidney] (1880-1969) [English author, journalist, and political activist] Wikipedia

The Village in the Jungle (1913) Wikipedia [Canada is a colony once more, following the 2020 trade "agreement", which allowed the US, our new colonial master, to extend OUR copyrights by 20 years, and to restrict Canadian dairy exports to third countries, and whose other provisions make it quite clear that we're not a sovereign country any more, but take orders from Washington. The experiences of other colonized countries are therefore instructive to Canadians, and this novel about Ceylon (Sri Lanka) is excellent reading. Leonard Woolf had himself been a colonial administrator there for seven years, learning both Tamil and Sinhalese, and the novel is written from the point of view not of the British governing class, but of the people they ruled.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #60627]

**2022/08/25: A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN (AND ILLUSTRATED!) TRAVEL BOOK FROM 1849 !!**

Bevan, Samuel (active ca. 1849) [English man of affairs and of letters]

Sand and Canvas; A Narrative of Adventures in Egypt, with a Sojourn among the Artists in Rome (1849) [A personal memoir, beautifully illustrated *in colour* and in monochrome, with an opening straight out of a novel. When we first meet our author, he is seeking employment, since his old job has vanished -- a common experience then as now! Over breakfast he sees an ad in the Times: "Wanted immediately, for service in a foreign country, a gentleman of business-habits and good address. Salary £250. per annum. All expenses paid." He naturally applies, and on the basis of a short and strange interview is hired! His first assignment is to make his way to Cairo, not a simple task; other events follow. Bevan makes no special claims for his book: "All that awaits the reader, is a simple narrative of adventures during a few months' active employment in Egypt" and of what he sees in Italy on his way back to England. But he is far too modest: what an extraordinary tale it is, and how outstanding his skill as a writer!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68780]

**2022/08/21: THE THIRD JOHN BUCHAN THRILLER FEATURING RICHARD HANNAY !!**

Buchan, John [first Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield] (1875-1940) [Scottish novelist; Governor General of Canada 1935-1940] Wikipedia

Mr Standfast (1919) Wikipedia [The third Richard Hannay novel, taking place during the latter part of the First World War. Hannay has been serving on the Western Front, with considerable success, and is expecting more of the same, when he is transferred out of the military and given a new assignment: he must now work undercover! Many adventures follow, in England, Scotland, and on the Continent. "Among the best of English stories of spies and plotting in the great war have been those by Mr. Buchan... decidedly above the average of its class." (The Outlook, 24 September 1919) CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/08/19: HOW MANY REFERENCE WORKS RETAIN THEIR POPULARITY AND UTILITY NOT THROUGH THE YEARS BUT THROUGH THE DECADES AND INDEED THE CENTURIES? HOW ABOUT THIS FAMOUS CLASSICAL DICTIONARY BY CHANNEL ISLANDER JOHN LEMPRIÈRE !!

Lemprière, John (ca. 1765-1824) [English lexicographer and classicist] Wikipedia

A Classical Dictionary containing a full Account of all the Proper Names mentioned in Ancient Authors (1904 edition) Wikipedia [Few reference works have equalled the success of this famous book, first published in 1788 and frequently reissued up to the present day. In his preface to the first edition Lemprière wrote "it has been the wish of the author to give the most accurate and satisfactory account of all the proper names which occur in reading the Classics, and by a judicious collection of anecdotes and historical facts to draw a picture of ancient times, not less instructive than entertaining." The place names and personal names mentioned by the Greek and Latin authors remain the same today, and so does the usefulness of this famous work to the general reader.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68769]

**2022/08/17: WHO BETTER TO OFFER ADVICE ON WHAT CLASSICS OF LITERATURE TO READ THAN ARNOLD BENNETT !!**

Bennett, Arnold [Enoch Arnold] (1867-1931) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Literary Taste. How to Form It. With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature. (1909) Wikipedia [Who better to write an instruction manual for reading classic literature than Arnold Bennett? He is now himself a classic author, but when he wrote this he was a bestselling author with a massive worldwide following. And few writers had Arnold's talent for simplicity and persuasiveness, which this book certainly displays. For obvious reasons, he does not discuss authors later than the nineteenth century, and he writes from the perspective of his own period. This does bring an advantage, however: many of the titles he discusses are available in free digital editions from sources such as Project Gutenberg Canada and Project Gutenberg US, and so acquiring a good-sized personal library need not cost you anything! (Bennett, always practical, pays close attention to how much books actually cost.)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/08/15: THE YEAR AFTER THE SMASH SUCCESS OF THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS, JOHN BUCHAN PUBLISHED HIS SECOND NOVEL FEATURING RICHARD HANNAY -- A TALE OF WARTIME INTRIGUE SET IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE !!**

Buchan, John [first Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield] (1875-1940) [Scottish novelist; Governor General of Canada 1935-1940] Wikipedia

Greenmantle (1916) Wikipedia [Buchan's second novel featuring Richard Hannay and other characters from The Thirty-Nine Steps. The First World War is now raging, and Hannay is in England recovering from a serious wound, when he is summoned to the Foreign Office. He is needed for a secret mission behind Turkish lines! CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/08/12: TODAY, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL ACTION NOVELS -- JOHN BUCHAN'S THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS !!**

Buchan, John [first Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield] (1875-1940) [Scottish novelist; Governor General of Canada 1935-1940] Wikipedia

The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) Wikipedia [An action novel which achieved instant and lasting fame as soon as it was published, and has had a huge influence on subsequent novelists -- and screenplay writers! In it, as Buchan says, "the incidents defy the probabilities, and march just inside the borders of the possible." But real life is full of things that defy probability! The novel begins just before the First World War, when its main character, Richard Hannay, has just returned to London from a stay of many years in Rhodesia and South Africa. Almost immediately, he starts suffering from boredom. This boredom quickly vanishes when Hannay finds himself wrongly suspected of murder, and becomes a fugitive from justice! Adventures in Scotland and elsewhere ensue as Hannay attempts to elude his pursuers. CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/08/08: THE ONLY NOVEL EVER PUBLISHED BY EDGAR ALLAN POE -- AND IT'S A CLASSIC !!

Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) [American poet, editor, and author of novels and short stories] Wikipedia

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) Wikipedia [Poe's only novel, but a famous one. The hero and narrator is from the famous seafaring town of Nantucket, then at the height of its prosperity. Pym's father was "a respectable trader in sea-stores", so it is not surprising that in his late teens Pym embarks on a series of adventures at sea. To find out more about these truly astounding adventures, the simplest course is to read the novel!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/08/06: AN EARLY NOVEL BY JAMES HILTON, ABOUT A SCHOOLMASTER, BUT NOT MR CHIPS !!**

Hilton, James (1900-1954) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Passionate Year (1924) [This novel could be compared to Goodbye, Mr Chips from ten years later, since it takes place at a boys' school in England, where the main character is a teacher. But Kenneth Speed is at the start of his career, not near its end, and his adult life has only recently begun, while Mr Chips was a veteran. But the novel is not chiefly the story of Speed's career at Millstead, but of his involvement with the headmaster's daughter, their marriage, and the events that follow as new factors surface. That's a lot of passion!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68676]

**2022/08/04: A CLASSIC ADVENTURE NOVEL BY H. RIDER HAGGARD, NO LESS -- PERFECT SUMMER READING !!**

Haggard, H. Rider [Henry Rider] (1856-1925) [English colonial administrator and novelist] Wikipedia

Ayesha. The Return of She. (1905) Wikipedia [Not a sequel to She, says Haggard in his introduction, but "the conclusion of an imaginative tragedy... whereof one half has been already published." Yes, Ayesha is back -- but this book's adventures take place not in Africa, but in Thibet! (Haggard's exotic spelling of what we call "Tibet".) "It is a ripe and richly imaginative piece of work: the supernatural elements that pervade it are handled with a sure and effective craftsmanship, and the thrilling and picturesque incidents and episodes of the great quest are told with unfailing vigour and fertility of invention." (The Bookman [UK], November 1905)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/08/01: WE START AUGUST WITH A FAMOUS NOVELLA BY THE LEGENDARY IRISH AUTHOR J. SHERIDAN LE FANU !!**

Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan (1814-1873) [Irish writer of ghost stories and tales of horror] Wikipedia

Carmilla (1872) Wikipedia [Horror novella with strong lesbian elements, set in the ancient Austrian province of Styria -- not so very far from Transylvania! Laura, the narrator and main character, had a Styrian mother but an English father, who had been "in the Austrian service" and upon retirement had stayed in Styria, "where everything is so marvelously cheap." And so he naturally bought an ancient castle! "Nothing can be more picturesque or solitary." However, this solitude is interrupted by the chance arrival of a mysterious stranger, who says nothing about herself except that (1) her name was Carmilla, (2) "her family was very ancient and noble", and (3) "Her home lay in the direction of the west." Laura and Carmilla cannot possibly have seen each other before: why then are they both convinced that they have already met -- in childhood dreams they have never forgotten!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/07/29: OUR CATALOGUE HAS FOUR TITLES BY ENGLAND'S E. M. DELAFIELD -- TIME TO ADD A FIFTH !!**

Delafield, E. M. [Dashwood, Edmée Elizabeth Monica, née de la Pasture] (1890-1943) [English novelist and essayist] Wikipedia

The Optimist (1922) [The world is full of people who seem to be happy, and in fact largely are, but who in fact have transferred their stresses to those around them. This gently satirical and beautifully written novel is about one such person, Canon Morchard, and his family.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68524]

2022/07/27: THE THIRD AND FINAL NOVEL IN ARNOLD BENNETT'S CLAYHANGER TRILOGY !!

Bennett, Arnold [Enoch Arnold] (1867-1931) [English novelist] Wikipedia

These Twain (1915) Wikipedia [The concluding novel in the Clayhanger trilogy: in it we learn about the lives of Edwin Clayhanger and Hilda Lessways after their marriage, and the discoveries they make about themselves and each other. The first two novels were a difficult act to follow; did Bennett succeed in keeping the third novel at the same high level? When the novel appeared at least one critic seems to have thought so: "there is a power and security of characterization that is incontrovertible, and an amplitude of incident so natural and so significant that the sense of life never departs." (Francis Hackett, New Republic, 4 December 1915)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/07/24: WAS THERE EVER AN AUTHOR MORE TRULY COSMOPOLITAN THAN ROBERT SERVICE? BORN IN SCOTLAND, HE MOVED TO CANADA AND BECAME WORLD FAMOUS FOR HIS HIS YUKON BALLADS. THEN HE WENT TO FRANCE, WHERE HE WROTE TODAY'S NOVEL, WHICH WE NOW OFFER IN TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS -- TAKE YOUR PICK !!

Service, Robert William (1874-1958) [Scottish poet and novelist] Wikipedia Life of Service, by Dan Duffy

The Poisoned Paradise, A Romance of Monte Carlo (1922) [Novel, a successful one, for it was the basis of a 1924 film starring Clara Bow! From which you can see that Robert Service, whom Canadians know chiefly as the poet of the Yukon, was that and much more. Behind this novel lay a deep knowledge of France, for he moved to Paris in 1913, where he married in the same year: his wife lived to 102, and died in 1989 in Monte Carlo! So Service certainly knew his subject matter: hence the easy expertise of this novel about Monte Carlo and its famous casino. We offer two digital editions of this novel: the Project Gutenberg US ebook includes an EPUB version of the novel.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68549] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #482]

**2022/07/22: THE VERY FIRST SHORT STORY EVER PUBLISHED BY EDGAR ALLAN POE !!**

Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) [American poet, editor, and author of novels and short stories] Wikipedia

Metzengerstein (1832) Wikipedia [Horror story. Poe entered the story in a writing contest, it did not win, but Philadelphia's Saturday Courier wisely decided to publish it anyway. "Horror and fatality have been stalking abroad in all ages," Poe begins. "Why then give a date to this story I have to tell?" And indeed he does not provide a date, but he does provide a place, Hungary, where "The families of Berlifitzing and Metzengerstein had been at variance for centuries. Never before were two houses so illustrious, mutually embittered by hostility so deadly." There is an ancient prophesy, an ancient tapestry, and much more. In short, we are very much in the world of Poe's most famous stories, and this inaugural story reveals him as already a master of horror and fantasy! The University of Adelaide digital edition includes a fine 1909 colour illustration from British artist Byam Shaw (1872-1919) Wikipedia.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/07/20: JANE AUSTEN'S FINAL NOVEL, FAMOUS AND JUSTLY POPULAR EVER SINCE ITS FIRST APPEARANCE 204 YEARS AGO, AND FREQUENTLY ADAPTED FOR STAGE AND SCREEN !!**

Austen, Jane (1775-1817) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Persuasion (1818) Wikipedia [Austen's final novel, the story of Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth. When only nineteen, Anne had accepted an offer of marriage from Frederick, but was persuaded by her family that this was a match below her and her family's dignity. How time can change things! Some years later the Elliots are descending into (relative) poverty, so save money by renting out Kellynch Hall and moving to Bath. Not much of a hardship: their poverty really was relative. But Bath was very much a social centre, and there Anne meets Frederick once again. But the Napoleonic Wars have been good to him: he is now a Captain, and decidedly well off. A tricky situation for everyone!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par Mme Letorsay

Persuasion (1882) fr.wikipedia Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 36777]

2022/06/17: WILLA CATHER'S VERY FIRST NOVEL, WHICH HAS A DEFINITE LINK TO CANADA !!

2022/07/13: TODAY, A MARVELLOUS SET OF PICTURES OF LANDMARKS ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD LINE BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND, OREGON !!

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The Shasta Route in All of its Grandeur. A Scenic Guide Book from San Francisco, California, to Portland, Oregon on the Road of a Thousand Wonders. (ca. 1923) ["The illustrations shown in the following pages," says the preface to this magnificent collection, "are all made expressly for this book from photographs taken by special artists of the most striking objects of interest, which abound to a remarkable extent along the Southern Pacific Railroad, between San Francisco and Portland. Great care was taken to select only such views as every traveler actually sees along the line." And this Exclusive Edition was available to purchase only on the Shasta Route trains! The photographers are anonymous, with the exception of Chester Mullen who took a memorable photo of the Lassen Peak, which is not only a peak but also a volcano, that Mullen caught erupting sometime between 1914 and 1921: the biggest eruption was in 1915. But all of the pictures are remarkable in their different ways!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68494]

**2022/07/10: WE'RE NOW OFFERING YOU A CHOICE OF TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF CHARLES WILLIAMS' THEOLOGICAL NOVEL DESCENT INTO HELL !!**

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby (1886-1945) [English novelist, theologian, and poet] Wikipedia The Charles Williams Society

Descent into Hell (1937) Wikipedia [Novel about an amateur theatrical production and those involved in it. But this is a Charles Williams novel, ranging from past to present, dealing with things seen and unseen. "The ideas are fresh and resonant, and they are set forth in prose that is often poetry, and that is shot through with allusiveness and allusions (ranging from Dante to Shelley). It is a novel that requires rereading, that penetrates deeply into the worlds of the imagination with the wisdom, even with something of the inspired frenzy of the true poet." (Robert Halsband, Saturday Review, 23 April 1949)] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1111]

**2022/07/08: UNE INTRODUCTION À LA RELATIVITÉ! / AN INTRODUCTION TO RELATIVITY! TRÈS BIEN ÉCRITE, AND BEAUTIFULLY TRANSLATED !!**

Nordmann, Charles (1881-1940) [astronome français] fr.wikipedia

Einstein et l'univers. Une lueur dans le mystère des choses. (1921) [Traité sur la relativité, par l'Astronome de l'Observatoire de Paris: un chef-d'oeuvre de la vulgarisation scientifique, qui permet au lecteur de "monter jusqu'aux splendeurs einsteiniennes par le clair et noble escalier du langage français."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o41903]

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Einstein and the Universe. A Popular Exposition of the Famous Theory. (1922) [Written by the longtime Astronomer to the Paris Observatory, translated by Joseph McCabe (1867-1955) Wikipedia and with a preface by Richard Haldane (1856-1928) Wikipedia who has high praise for the book: "It is the lucidity of the French author, in combination with his own gift of expression, that has made it possible for the translator to succeed so well in overcoming the obstacles to giving the exposition in our own tongue this book contains. The rendering seems to me, after reading the book both in French and in English, admirable. M. Nordmann has presented Einstein's principle in words which lift the average reader over many of the difficulties he must encounter in trying to take it in."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68462]

**2022/07/06: OUR FIRST EBOOK BY THEOLOGIAN AND FANTASY NOVELIST GEORGE MACDONALD -- ONE OF C.S. LEWIS'S FAVOURITE AUTHORS !!**

MacDonald, George (1824-1905) [Scottish theologian and novelist] Wikipedia

At the Back of the North Wind (1871) Wikipedia [Fantasy novel written "for children", but don't let that deter you! Wasn't Alice in Wonderland written for children? Now to the story! A boy named Diamond, son of a coachman, lives in a room over the stables, lightly constructed: "For one side of the room was built only of boards, and the boards were so old that you might run a penknife through into the north wind." One windy night a knot comes out of one of the boards, so Diamond plugs the resulting hole with some hay. But the wind blows the hay out of the hole. And when Diamond replaces the hay, it's blown out again, and then a third time. At which point a voice is heard: "What do you mean, little boy--closing up my window?" Yes, it's the North Wind herself! And she becomes Diamond's friend and indeed teacher, for he learns important lessons about life as he accompanies her on her travels.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/07/02: TODAY, THE SECOND NOVEL IN ARNOLD BENNETT'S FAMOUS CLAYHANGER TRILOGY, SET IN THE SAME PLACE AND TELLING SOME OF THE SAME STORIES AS IN THE FIRST NOVEL, BUT THIS TIME FROM THE VIEWPOINT NOT OF EDWIN CLAYHANGER, BUT OF HIS WIFE, BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE !!

Bennett, Arnold [Enoch Arnold] (1867-1931) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Hilda Lessways (1911) Wikipedia [The second of the three novels in the Clayhanger trilogy, and a true tour de force of the novelist's craft. It follows the early years of Hilda Lessways, who in the course of the novel becomes the wife of Edwin Clayhanger. Their early lives were in some ways dissimilar (to start with, her family was much poorer than Edwin's) but had some things in common, since they did after all grow up in the same town. And so certain events appear in both books, but told from the two quite different points of view!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/06/30: IT'S 1880, AND ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE BAY AREA, BUT WANTS TO EXPLORE CALIFORNIA FURTHER !!**

Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) [Scottish novelist] Wikipedia RLS Website

The Silverado Squatters (1883) Wikipedia [When Robert Louis Stevenson arrived in California, his health, always precarious, was in crisis. However, with the help of his wife Fanny (they had recently married) he recovered some degree of health, and resolved to explore the region north of the Bay Area. He visited the Napa Valley, where vineyards had recently been planted, and then a mining town called Silverado, where silver mining had been abandoned, and its settlements left to decay. "There is something singularly enticing," wrote Stevenson, "in the idea of going, rent-free, into a ready-made house." And so he and Fanny became squatters. Of course things weren't that simple, as Stevenson soon discovered: there was, for example, the question of getting food. His experiences were certainly excellent material for a book, this book in fact: a unique record of the early history of modern California.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/06/27: TODAY, THE FIRST NOVEL IN ARNOLD BENNETT'S FAMOUS CLAYHANGER TRILOGY, SET IN STAFFORDSHIRE'S POTTERY DISTRICT !!**

Bennett, Arnold [Enoch Arnold] (1867-1931) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Clayhanger (1910) Wikipedia [The first of the three novels in the Clayhanger trilogy, which tells the story of the family of that name, and is a remarkable panorama of the social and economic life of their native Staffordshire at the height of the Victorian era. The first novel is about Edwin Clayhanger, the son of Darius Clayhanger. Darius, who had been born into poverty, definitely wants his son to join the family's successful printing firm in Staffordshire's Pottery District, and he gets his wish. But when Darius dies, Edwin finds himself wealthy and in control of his circumstances. Changes in his life naturally follow.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/06/24: UN TRÈS BEAU LIVRE POUR ENFANTS -- AVEC DE NOMBREUSES AQUARELLES !!

Grandmaison, Marie de [Dufour, Marie-Félicie] (née en 1846) [romancière française]

En voyage (vers 1900) [Récit de voyage pour enfants, avec des aquarelles par un peintre anonyme mais d'un talent hors du commun. / Travel story for children, with watercolours by an anonymous but very talented painter.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o68356]

**2022/06/22: ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON RECOUNTS HIS JOURNEY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FROM NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA !!**

Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) [Scottish novelist] Wikipedia RLS Website

Across the Plains (1892) [Robert Louis Stevenson's account of his journey in 1879 from New York City to San Francisco, written at the time of his journey, but not published until 1892 along with other "memories and essays". And what a vivid account it is! Stevenson certainly had an eye for detail, and was a careful observer of how social groups interact. He is particularly acute in discussing white Americans' attitudes towards Chinese-Americans and indigenous Americans "over whose own hereditary continent we had been steaming all these days." What better travel companion could a reader ask for?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/06/19: A FASCINATING ACCOUNT BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON OF WHAT HE SAW DURING HIS PROLONGED VISIT TO MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA !!**

Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) [Scottish novelist] Wikipedia RLS Website

The Old Pacific Capital (1880) [In 1879 Robert Louis Stevenson completed his trip across the United States and arrived in Monterey, which, as the title indicates, had been the capital of California between 1804 and 1846. Always prone to bad health, Stevenson was seriously ill on arrival, but did recover: fortunately for posterity, he was to live fourteen more years, and would eventually live at the other end of the Pacific, in Samoa. However, as always, Stevenson did not allow his health problems to get in the way of his writing, hence this pair of essays, both of them startlingly relevant today. The first part, "The Woods and the Pacific", is a vivid description of the region, including its forest fires: "These fires are one of the great dangers of California. I have seen from Monterey as many as three at the same time, by day a cloud of smoke, by night a red coal of conflagration in the distance. A little thing will start them, and, if the wind be favourable, they gallop over miles of country faster than a horse." The second part, "Mexicans, Americans, and Indians", is a demographic study of the city, its cosmopolitan nature, and the discreet but obvious persistence of Spanish culture and language. In short, the California we know today already existed in 1880!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/06/17: OUR LATEST SCIENCE FICTION MASTERPIECE BY H. G. WELLS !!**

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904) Wikipedia [Humanity no longer looks on "scientific breakthroughs" with uncritical credulity: this at least is something the last century has taught us. Consider the long-term consequences, now brutally clear, of plastics, nuclear power, pesticides, internal combustion, and much else. But H. G. Wells saw this clearly, more than a century ago: he will forever be our contemporary, not a mere "pioneer". As for this novel, it is about Professor Redwood, who is a student of the science of growth: he discovers Herakleophorbia IV, "the Food of the Gods", which stimulates growth, to say the least. Get a load of those hens! And of those wasps! Could humans be similarly affected?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/06/14: WE'RE NOW OFFERING YOU A CHOICE OF TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF CHARLES WILLIAMS' THEOLOGICAL NOVEL THE GREATER TRUMPS -- C. S. LEWIS WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF WILLIAMS AND A GREAT ADMIRER OF HIS WORKS !!

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby (1886-1945) [English novelist, theologian, and poet] Wikipedia The Charles Williams Society

The Greater Trumps (1932) [Theological thriller, in which Tarot cards play a major role. "The book is a kaleidoscope of ideas," says William Lindsay Gresham in his introduction to the 1950 New York edition. "It's a slam-bang action-fantasy melodrama too! Williams is one of those rare authors one longs to know and query in person about important things."] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1123]

**2022/06/12: A FAMILY SAGA BY ARNOLD BENNETT ABOUT TWO SISTERS WHOSE LIVES GO IN OPPOSING DIRECTIONS -- UNTIL MANY YEARS LATER, WHEN THEY ARE REUNITED !!**

Bennett, Arnold [Enoch Arnold] (1867-1931) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Old Wives' Tale (1908) Wikipedia [Those who are old were once young, and to understand them requires knowing what their life experiences have been. This novel, one of Bennett's most famous works, follows two sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines. Constance spends her entire life in a lightly fictionalized version of Staffordshire's Potteries District, while Sophia heads for Paris. But time passes, and after many decades Sophia returns to where she was born, and is reunited with her sister. Arnold takes no shortcuts, but "it would be hard to say where there is a repetition or a superfluity" in the tale of the sisters, and at the end of the novel "there is nothing about them which we are not grateful for knowing." (The Nation, 14 October 1909)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/06/10: A FINE ALBUM OF PAINTINGS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND VILLAGES OF ENGLAND'S FAMOUSLY PICTURESQUE COTSWOLDS REGION !!

Nicholls, George F. [Franck] (1885-1937) [English painter]

Cotswolds Water-Colours (1920) [The Cotswolds are the hill region which separates the Thames and the Severn. The region is famous for its scenery, which is beautifully depicted in this album's twenty excellent colour reproductions of villages and countryside.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66093]

**2022/06/08: OUR FIRST STORY BY H. P. LOVECRAFT WAS ALSO ITS AUTHOR'S OWN PERSONAL FAVOURITE !!**

Lovecraft, H. P. [Howard Phillips] (1890-1937) [American writer of fantasy and horror] Wikipedia

The Colour Out of Space (1927) Wikipedia [Short story of fantasy and horror, highly regarded by many, and its author's own personal favourite among his many stories. It is set in Massachusetts west of the fictional town of Arkham, where "the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut." No one lives there now, "not because of anything that can be seen or heard or handled, but because of something that is imagined. The place is not good for imagination, and does not bring restful dreams at night." But it has not always been this way! Everything started with the meteorite of 1882: "Before that time there had been no wild legends at all since the witch trials."] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/06/05: A CLASSIC NOVEL BY ARNOLD BENNETT, SET AT THE GRANDEST OF LONDON'S GRAND HOTELS !!**

Bennett, Arnold [Enoch Arnold] (1867-1931) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Grand Babylon Hotel (1902) Wikipedia [Hotel novel, set in what is clearly the fictional equivalent of the then recently opened Savoy Hotel in London, and the most prestigious hotel imaginable: "It was not good form to mention prices at the Grand Babylon; the prices were enormous, but you never mentioned them. At the conclusion of your stay a bill was presented, brief and void of dry details, and you paid it without a word. You met with a stately civility, that was all. No one had originally asked you to come; no one expressed the hope that you would come again. The Grand Babylon was far above such manoeuvres; it defied competition by ignoring it; and consequently was nearly always full during the season." Now you know about the hotel and you have sampled Bennett's very attractive style of writing. As for the plot, things are always on the go at the Grand Babylon -- to learn more, read the novel! (Or read the Wikipedia article first, then the novel!)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/06/03: F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'S SECOND NOVEL -- LIFE AMONG THE YOUNG, FASHIONABLE AND RICH IN NEW YORK CITY, AS THE FIRST WORLD WAR IS FORGOTTEN AND THE TWENTIES GET STARTED !!

Fitzgerald, F. Scott [Francis Scott Key] (1896-1940) [American novelist and essayist] Wikipedia

The Beautiful and Damned (1922) Wikipedia [Fitzgerald's second novel: its main characters are Anthony Patch and Gloria Gilbert, who have something but not everything in common with Fitzgerald himself and his wife Zelda. Patch is not himself extremely wealthy, but his grandfather is, which leaves him in the strange position of being wealthy... but not yet. The couple lead a glamorous life in Manhattan, but as time passes their circumstances become more complex.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/06/01: TO GIVE JUNE A TRULY EXCELLENT START, THE VERY FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL BY THE LEGENDARY IRISH AUTHOR FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS !!**

**2022/05/29: F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'S MOST FAMOUS NOVEL IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE GREAT GATSBY. NOW WE OFFER YOU TWO DIFFERENT DIGITAL EDITIONS -- TAKE YOUR PICK !!**

The Great Gatsby (1925) Wikipedia [Fitzgerald's most famous novel, set on Long Island and in New York City. Its focus is Jay Gatsby, who possesses vast and mysterious wealth, and who is observed with simultaneous fascination and scepticism by Nick Carraway, a recent Yale graduate newly started in the bonds business.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1619]

2022/05/26: F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'S VERY FIRST NOVEL -- THE BOOK WHICH MADE HIM FAMOUS !!

Fitzgerald, F. Scott [Francis Scott Key] (1896-1940) [American novelist and essayist] Wikipedia

This Side of Paradise (1920) Wikipedia [Fitzgerald's first novel, about undergraduate life at Princeton and life in the early twenties, the central character being Amory Blaine, whose family life and love life the novel follows. The publisher Scribner's was on the point of rejecting the novel because of its explicit content, but their famous editor Maxwell Perkins threatened to resign, and so the book duly appeared, and presented the world with a more or less accurate picture of how Americans of Fitzgerald's age and class actually lived: one contemporary reviewer commented that it was "delightful and encouraging to find a novel which gives us in the accurate terms of intellectual honesty a reflection of American undergraduate life. At last the revelation has come." ("R. V. A. S.", New Republic, 12 May 1920). Twenty-nine years later, no less a figure than John P. Marquand commented on how little the novel had dated: "It still remains almost exactly as the reviewers first saw it, an exceptionally brilliant piece of work by a precocious young Princeton graduate who was perhaps a genius... Scott Fitzgerald was writing of a world he knew and of the only world he could have known at his age, of school and schoolboys, of the Princeton undergraduate, of the Plaza and the brownstone fronts and the bright lights on Fifth Avenue, and he confined himself with the instinct of an artist exclusively to what he had known and lived. He wrote as splendidly as anyone ever has of his own youth." (Saturday Review, 6 August 1949)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/05/24: WE CELEBRATE VICTORIA DAY BY OFFERING YOU A SECOND EBOOK OF THIS FAMOUS THEOLOGICAL NOVEL BY CHARLES WILLIAMS. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE A CHOICE !!**

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby (1886-1945) [English novelist, theologian, and poet] Wikipedia The Charles Williams Society

Shadows of Ecstasy (1933) [Novel, actually Williams' first novel, but published some years after he wrote it. It starts off at the University of London, where Roger Ingram, recently appointed to the university, is at a banquet proposing a toast to a famous explorer recently returned from South America. Of course, this is a Charles Williams novel, so vaster plotlines quickly emerge, involving the continent of Africa and the possibility of achieving personal immortality, for example.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1399]

2022/05/22: HERE AT PROJECT GUTENBERG CANADA, WE HAVE A STRONG LIKING FOR TWENTIETH-CENTURY ESPIONAGE NOVELS: THE EARLIEST ONES ARE AMONG THE BEST! AND TODAY WE'RE DELIGHTED TO PRESENT ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF THEM ALL !!

Childers, Erskine (1870-1922) [Irish author and politician] Wikipedia

The Riddle of the Sands (1903) Wikipedia [Novel, set largely in the Frisian Islands, very low barrier islands, easily flooded, which dot the North Sea coast from the Netherlands east to Denmark. It is presented as a work of non-fiction, featuring "Carruthers" (an assumed name), who has a post in the UK's Foreign Office. Carruthers accepts an invitation from a friend to go on a yachting vacation to the Baltic Sea by way of Holland and the Frisian islands. But something mysterious is going on in the islands -- what are the Germans up to? Yes, this is definitely a novel of espionage, an early and very good one, continuously famous from its year of publication right up to the present day!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/05/20: FOR YOUR BROWSING PLEASURE, A SELECTION OF FINE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS FROM THE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES !!

Paston, George [Symonds, Emily Morse] (1860-1936) [English novelist, critic, and art historian] Wikipedia

Old Coloured Books (1905) [A general title, but the monograph has a very specific topic: the blossoming of etching and engraving in England which began at the end of the eighteenth century. The monograph includes sixteen nicely chosen and beautifully printed colour illustrations. Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) Wikipedia has pride of place, but other artists are by no means overlooked: quite the contrary!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #33682]

**2022/05/17: A NOVEL BY WILLA CATHER SET IN THE AMERICAN WEST AT THE END OF THE RAILROAD BOOM !!**

Cather, Willa [Willa Sibert] (1873-1947) [American novelist] Wikipedia Full biography by James Woodress

A Lost Lady (1923) Wikipedia [The modern history of Western Canada is largely the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the many settlements founded along its route while it was being constructed, some of them still quite small, but some now very large: Calgary, for instance, and Vancouver. The history of the western US is similar: the railroads came, the settlements started, and events followed their natural course. Which brings us to the town of Sweet Water, on the recently constructed Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad, and to Captain Daniel Forrester, who played a major role in constructing the railroad, until "the Captain's terrible fall with his horse in the mountains, which broke him so that he could no longer build railroads." At which point the Captain retired to his house in Sweet Water, accompanied by his much younger wife Marian, the "lost lady" of the title. She is a participant in many losses: the loss of the heroic pioneering days, the eventual loss of her husband, and the many changes in her life brought on by these events. Robert Littell (The New Republic, 19 December 1923) comments that Cather "accomplishes exactly what she sets out to do", and praises "the singular reality and solidity of the heroine, who remains in our minds as one of [the] most vivid inhabitants of any American novel of recent years."] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/05/14: AN ALBUM OF TWENTY FINE WATER COLOUR PAINTINGS -- OUR THIRD COLOUR PICTURE BOOK BY WILFRID BALL !!**

Ball, Wilfrid [Wilfrid Williams] (1852-1917) [English etcher and painter] Wikipedia

Hampshire Water-Colours (1913) [Similar in concept to Ball's equally famous 1906 collection of paintings of Sussex. In 1910 Ball had published an album devoted specifically to Winchester, but the books are hardly duplicates. There is much more to Hampshire than Winchester: Portsmouth and Southampton, for example! All three books feature amazingly good colour printing, and we are delighted to make them available at our customary charge of... nothing whatsoever! Inflation is not part of the universe at Project Gutenberg Canada!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66098]

**2022/05/12: A NOVEL BY WILLA CATHER SET IN AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY TOWN -- AND IN NEW MEXICO !!**

Cather, Willa [Willa Sibert] (1873-1947) [American novelist] Wikipedia Full biography by James Woodress

The Professor's House (1925) Wikipedia [The professor in question is the grandly named Godfrey St. Peter, who is of French-Canadian descent, and obtained his doctorate in France. But he is American, and as the novel opens is enjoying a successful university teaching career. The Professor is moving out of his old house, for good reason, for it had many issues and was not a comfortable place to live. But the Professor finds that he's unwilling to leave the old house, since that is where he prefers to do his writing. And yet his new house has "a beautiful study downstairs". All of which suggests that the Professor has a complex past and present. And indeed Tom Outland plays a major role in the novel, even though he died in the Great War: he had been the Professor's favourite student and had planned to marry the Professor's daughter, Rosamond, who became his sole heir, and consequently quite wealthy. The novel has a large and attractive cast of characters, and its plot ranges widely: it includes an archaeological expedition to the ancient but now abandoned Cliff City in New Mexico!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/05/11: A GALLERY OF FIFTY FINE ENGLISH ETCHINGS, FROM THE LATE EIGHTEENTH TO THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY !!**

Wedmore, Frederick (1844-1921) [English novelist and art critic] Wikipedia

Etching in England (1895) [A monograph about etching in the nineteenth century, with no fewer than fifty fine illustrations by many different etchers who worked in England during that period. Of course, not all of them were originally from England: in particular, between chapters XXII and XXIII there is an etching by Elizabeth Forbes, née Armstrong (1859-1912) who was from Kingston, Ontario, moved to England, and there achieved a lasting international reputation as a painter and art instructor. The galleries in her Wikipedia article and in the Wikimedia Commons are well worth visiting!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68011]

**2022/05/08: A MASTERPIECE OF SOCIAL SATIRE BY CHARLES DICKENS !!**

Dickens, Charles [Charles John Huffam] (1812-1870) [English novelist, editor, and social activist] Wikipedia

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (1844 [novel]; 1868 [postscript]) Wikipedia [The U.S. is now an aggressive colonial empire, and Canada is its colony, after they forced the Canadian government to accept copyright extensions and limits on where we could export, all this to enhance the monopolies held by U.S. companies. Canadians are naturally curious about what happened to the original thirteen colonies on their way to becoming our colonial masters. What more agreeable way of learning something of American history than by reading this fine novel by Charles Dickens? It contains some trenchant comments on the U.S. based on Dickens' own observations during an 1842 visit. It is only fair to say that in 1868 after a later visit Dickens added a postscript commenting on the "gigantic changes in this country" since his earlier visit, and describing how well he had been treated during this second visit. However, he left the novel's original text untouched. As for the novel itself (which takes place mostly in England), it offers some memorable social satire and has an extraordinary cast of characters, as one expects from the ever creative mind of Charles Dickens.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/05/06: TODAY, THE FIFTH TITLE IN THE "JUST WILLIAM" SERIES, FEATURING THE IMMORTAL SCHOOLBOY WILLIAM BROWN AND HIS FRIENDS !!

Crompton, Richmal [Lamburn, Richmal Crompton] (1890-1969) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Just William books, illustrated by Thomas Henry (1879-1962) Wikipedia

Still--William (1925) Wikipedia [The fifth book of stories (fourteen of them!) about William Brown and his friends. As the title suggests, William's character has not changed, nor would we want it to. And in fact his character (and age) would remain the same in every single one of the books, which appeared over a span of nearly half a century! Summarizing all fourteen of the stories is impossible, but fortunately the book's Wikipedia article has done this for us. Still, "Henri Learns the Language" has a special charm for Canadians, since virtually all of us have had to deal with learning a second language, be it English or French. But few language students have Henri's level of gentle determination: "We weel talk an' you weel teach to me ze slang."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67238]

**2022/05/04: EL GRAN NOVELISTA VALENCIANO VICENTE BLASCO IBÁÑEZ NOS CUENTA SUS VIAJES EN INDIA, CEILÁN, SUDÁN, NUBIA Y EGIPTO !!**

Ibáñez, Vicente Blasco (1867-1928) [Spanish novelist / romancier espagnol] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia es.wikipedia Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

La vuelta al mundo de un novelista - tomo III (1925) es.wikipedia [Relatos de viaje del gran escritor valenciano: India, Ceilán, Sudán, Nubia y Egipto!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67917]

2022/04/30-2022/05/01: FOR MAY DAY WEEKEND, A LATE AND EXCELLENT NOVEL BY JOHN P. MARQUAND. READERS OF CANADA, UNITE! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE EXCEPT YOUR FOREIGN OPPRESSORS' COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS !!

Marquand, John P. [John Phillips] (1893-1960) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Women and Thomas Harrow (1958) [Novel, set in the not extremely distant past: for instance, My Fair Lady is mentioned, which had only recently premiered on Broadway, and there is a quotation from Time magazine. Tom Harrow is a playwright who has had three wives and many theatrical successes. He is now past the height of his career, and of his finances (his marriages played a major role in reducing his wealth), but what a height it was! Now he is back in his hometown of Clyde, New Hampshire and is looking back at his career in show business: the reader naturally accompanies him in these excursions through the past, and learns much about life in Manhattan between the wars. "'Women and Thomas Harrow' may prove to be the best of Mr. Marquand's many books; it is certainly a novel to remember." (Harrison Smith, Saturday Review, 27 September 1958).] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1681]

**2022/04/29: EL GRAN NOVELISTA VALENCIANO VICENTE BLASCO IBÁÑEZ NOS CUENTA SUS VIAJES EN CHINA, MACAO, HONG-KONG, FILIPINAS, JAVA, SINGAPORE, BIRMANIA Y CALCUTA !!**

Ibáñez, Vicente Blasco (1867-1928) [Spanish novelist / romancier espagnol] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia es.wikipedia Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

La vuelta al mundo de un novelista - tomo II (1924) es.wikipedia [Relatos de viaje del gran escritor valenciano: China, Macao, Hong-Kong, Filipinas, Java, Singapore, Birmania y Calcuta!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #63816]

**2022/04/27: EL GRAN NOVELISTA VALENCIANO VICENTE BLASCO IBÁÑEZ NOS CUENTA SUS VIAJES EN AMÉRICA, EL PACÍFICO Y ASIA !!**

Ibáñez, Vicente Blasco (1867-1928) [Spanish novelist / romancier espagnol] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia es.wikipedia Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

La vuelta al mundo de un novelista - tomo I (1924) es.wikipedia [Relatos de viaje del gran escritor valenciano: Estados Unidos, Cuba, Panamá, Hawai, Japón, Corea y Manchuria!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #63810]

**2022/04/25: A NEW AUTHOR TODAY, JOHN GALSWORTHY: WE PRESENT THE FIRST NOVEL IN HIS FAMOUS FORSYTE SAGA !!**

Galsworthy, John (1867-1933) [English novelist, playwright, and social activist; 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature] Wikipedia

THE FORSYTE SAGA Wikipedia

The Man of Property (1906 [novel]; 1922 [preface]) Wikipedia [The novel that began it all! As the story starts, we are introduced to various generations of Forsytes at a family gathering, hosted by old Jolyon, the oldest male in the family, and we meet the many Forsytes, among them Soames, old Jolyon's nephew, who is destined to play a central role in this and in the succeeding novels. The Forsytes as a group are not truly wealthy, there is no actual family fortune, and so there is a certain unease in their relations with the world and with each other. This ambiguity is a primary source of conflict in every age, then, now, and in the distant past. Hence Galsworthy calls his story a saga, like the sagas of Viking times a millennium earlier: "we may be sure that tribal instinct was even then the prime force, and that 'family' and the sense of home and property counted as they do to this day." Truer and sadder words were never written, as is demonstrated by the life of Soames Forsyte, the Man of Property after whom the novel is named: he is obsessed with the notion of property and ownership, a sure sign that someone is not truly rich and certainly not happy. And so with this first instalment we launch the Forsyte Saga, which was the favourite reading of the Edwardian era, won Galsworthy the 1932 Nobel Prize, and inspired two very famous TV adaptations, by the BBC in 1967 and by ITV in 2002. In short, this and the ensuing instalments of the Forsyte Saga are enduring classics, which never cease to entertain as well as instruct. Enjoy!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/04/22: OUR SECOND NOVEL BY H. RIDER HAGGARD HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY FAMOUS SINCE ITS PUBLICATION, HAS BEEN FILMED MANY TIMES, AND HAS INSPIRED MANY ADVENTURE NOVELS !!**

Haggard, H. Rider [Henry Rider] (1856-1925) [English colonial administrator and novelist] Wikipedia

She. A History of Adventure. (1887) Wikipedia [Adventure novel, and a very famous one, often adapted to film. It starts sedately enough: we are at Cambridge University, where we meet Ludwig Horace Holly. But Holly becomes the guardian of the young and very handsome Leo Vincey; he and Holly travel to Africa following instructions left by Vincey's late father. And here in the Caves of Kôr they meet the ancient, powerful, and beautiful Ayesha, the "She" of the book's title: many adventures follow. No wonder the novel has captivated so many readers, and inspired so many novelists! The Adelaide EPUB we offer you includes the illustrations from the 1887 edition.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/04/20: FINE PAINTINGS OF ENGLISH GARDENS BY GEORGE S. ELGOOD -- GARDENS WERE HIS PASSION, AND HIS PAINTINGS OF THEM BROUGHT HIM LASTING FAME !!**

Elgood, George Samuel (1851-1943) [English painter and designer] Wikipedia

Some English Gardens (1904) [Watercolours, reproduced in excellent colour, of, well, some English gardens. Quite a few of them, actually! The accompanying text is worthy of the pictures and no wonder, for it is by the celebrated garden designer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) Wikipedia -- a perfect pairing, who created a truly marvellous album!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67874]

2022/04/19: UN ALBUM TOUT À FAIT REMARQUABLE DE DESSINS DE PARIS -- AVEC UN TEXTE (TRÈS BIEN ÉCRIT, D'AILLEURS) PAR LE DESSINATEUR LUI-MÊME !!

Robida, Albert (1848-1926) [Illustrateur et écrivain français] fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia

Paris de siècle en siècle. Le coeur de Paris, splendeurs et souvenirs. [1896] [Histoire de la cité de Paris. "Textes, dessins et lithographies par A. Robida". Un véritable chef-d'oeuvre du célèbre illustrateur!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 67853]

2022/04/17: HAPPY EASTER! TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY, WE'RE NOW OFFERING YOU A CHOICE OF TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF CHARLES WILLIAMS' THE PLACE OF THE LION -- ONE OF HIS MOST HIGHLY REGARDED THEOLOGICAL NOVELS !!

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby (1886-1945) [English novelist, theologian, and poet] Wikipedia The Charles Williams Society

The Place of the Lion (1931) Wikipedia [Theological novel, with more than a touch of Plato. Why has a lioness appeared in Hertfordshire? Much action and much philosophy ensue.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1103]

**2022/04/15: FOR EASTER WEEKEND, A THEOLOGICAL NOVEL BY CHARLES WILLIAMS. WE NOW OFFER TWO SEPARATE DIGITAL EDITIONS OF HIS FAMOUS FIRST NOVEL !! !!**

Williams, Charles Walter Stansby (1886-1945) [English novelist, theologian, and poet] Wikipedia The Charles Williams Society

War in Heaven (1930) [Williams' first novel. The Holy Grail ("Graal", as Williams calls it) Wikipedia, surfaces in England, with exciting consequences. "...because it is a much younger Williams writing in the Twenties, we find many more sardonic and outrageously funny lines here than in the later books... We could attend a Black Mass with Charles Williams and come away with him laughing through our bewitchment." (Richard McLaughlin, Saturday Review, 1 October 1949)] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1088]

**2022/04/11: OUR SECOND ALBUM OF PAINTINGS BY WILFRID BALL, THE PICTURES BEING OF THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF WINCHESTER IN HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND !!**

Ball, Wilfrid [Wilfrid Williams] (1852-1917) [English etcher and painter] Wikipedia

Winchester, Painted by Wilfrid Ball, Described by Telford Varley (1910) [A set of 24 paintings of the ancient city of Winchester, Alfred the Great's capital, and one of England's most important cities during the Middle Ages. The excellent colour plates are accompanied by a fine text, whose author Telford Varley (1866-1938) knew Winchester well, having served for thirty years in that city as the founding headmaster of Peter Symonds College Wikipedia. He is far too modest in his description of what he contributed, saying it is neither a history nor a guidebook, even though clearly it is both of these!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67808]

**2022/04/09: A NEW AUTHOR TODAY, AND A FAMOUS ONE! WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GEORGE MEREDITH, AND HIS NOVEL ABOUT NARCISSISM -- VERY RELEVANT TO OUR AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA !!**

Meredith, George (1828-1909) [English poet and novelist] Wikipedia

The Egoist. A Comedy in Narrative. (1879) Wikipedia ["Egoists" (or "egotists"; both forms are correct) are people who place their own interests first, so that other people do not seem real to them, except as aids or hindrances to the egotists' personal ambitions. This novel is about Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts to find a wife, which prove a struggle, for the woman he sets his sights on is no fool, and understands him better than he does. Naturally he does not see any of this. The novel is perfect reading for our own age, which is riddled with egotism, thanks to personal branding and similar nonsense, all enabled and made pervasive by social media. The internal culture of most companies and political parties accelerates the downward spiral.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/04/07: AN ART BOOK TODAY, FAMOUS SINCE ITS PUBLICATION, WHICH INCLUDES NO FEWER THAN SEVENTY-FIVE PAINTINGS OF SUSSEX -- IN COLOUR !!**

Ball, Wilfrid [Wilfrid Williams] (1852-1917) [English etcher and painter] Wikipedia

Sussex, Painted by Wilfrid Ball (1906) [No fewer than 75 paintings of Sussex landscapes in excellent full-colour reproductions: we can easily believe the publisher's claim that "No expense has been spared in reproducing the exact colourings of the artists, and the books are beautifully printed and bound." Wilfrid Ball was in his early adulthood an accountant, but his natural talent and preference eventually prevailed, so he became a full-time artist and a famous one. This book shows why he was and is so famous. The excellent text from an anonymous contributor gives much useful and interesting information on Sussex's geography and history.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67784]

**2022/04/05: A NOVEL BY JOSEPH CONRAD, SET IN THE SOUTH SEAS !!**

Conrad, Joseph [Korzeniowski, Józef Teodor Konrad] (1857-1924) [Polish mariner and novelist] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Victory. An Island Tale. (1915 [novel]; 1920 [Author's Note]) Wikipedia [Surely a novel called "Victory", published in 1915, must be concerned with the First World War. Well, no, it isn't! Conrad finished the novel on 19 May 1914, and "Victory" was the title he had already chosen, which he could not bring himself to change once the war had begun. And who can blame him? The main character is Axel Heyst, born in London, but "directly his father died he lit out into the wide world on his own", and eventually found himself in the Malay Archipelago: "Everyone in that part of the world knew of him, dwelling on his little island." This is the story of what happened to Heyst and to those he met, in particular the travelling "orchestra girl" Lena, who changed his life forever. The ebook we offer you includes not only Conrad's original Note to the First Edition, but also an extended Author's Note which he wrote for the 1920 limited edition of his collected works.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/04/02: TODAY, A CLASSIC SATIRICAL NOVEL ABOUT THREE FRIENDS, THEIR DOG, AND THEIR BOAT TRIP DOWN THE RIVER THAMES. WE INCLUDE THE FAMOUS ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS !!

Jerome, Jerome K. (1859-1927) [English author, editor, and playwright] Wikipedia

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (1889) Wikipedia [Few books of humour have withstood the years as well as this famous account of how Jerome and two friends, accompanied by Montmorency the dog, went on a boating trip down the river Thames. What a crew! And what a trip! The illustrations, classics in their own right, are by Jerome's close friend, the well known illustrator Arthur Frederics [Frederick Arthur Hipp] (1849-1929). EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/03/31: TODAY'S EBOOK HAS A VERY SIMPLE TITLE: WILLIAM--THE FOURTH. IT'S THE FOURTH OF RICHMAL CROMPTON'S FAMOUS SERIES OF BOOKS ABOUT THE ENGLISH SCHOOLBOY WILLIAM BROWN AND HIS FRIENDS, "THE OUTLAWS" !!

Crompton, Richmal [Lamburn, Richmal Crompton] (1890-1969) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Just William books, illustrated by Thomas Henry (1879-1962) Wikipedia

William--The Fourth (1924) [The fourth book of stories about William Brown and his friends. Rather than try to summarize all fourteen of them, we'll just give three of the titles: William and Photography, William the Showman, and William Enters Politics. Perhaps William would prove more adept than some of our modern English politicians -- look out, Boris!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66971]

**2022/03/28: TODAY, A TALE VERY MUCH FOR OUR PANDEMIC TIMES: EDGAR ALLAN POE'S THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH !!**

Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) [American poet, editor, and author of novels and short stories] Wikipedia

The Masque of the Red Death (1845 version) (1845) Wikipedia [Short story. The "Red Death" has reached the realms of Prince Prospero, but he has the answer, at least for the aristocracy. "When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys... The abbey was amply provisioned. With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion. The external world could take care of itself." Sounds a lot like the arrival of COVID-19 in our own times, with the well-off secluding themselves and leaving the "essential workers" and the marginalized to fend for themselves. That hasn't worked out too well for anyone. As for Prince Prospero... well, read the story! It comes with three fine illustrations by the Irish artist Harry Clarke (1889-1931)] Wikipedia.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/03/26: TODAY, A NOVELLA BY JOSEPH CONRAD! WHO, WE MAY WELL POINT OUT NOW THAT RUSSIA HAS INVADED UKRAINE, WAS BORN IN BERDYCHIV -- LESS THAN 200 KM FROM KYIV !!**

Conrad, Joseph [Korzeniowski, Józef Teodor Konrad] (1857-1924) [Polish mariner and novelist] Wikipedia

Typhoon (1902, with a preface from 1920) Wikipedia [Novella involving, not surprisingly, a major storm in the Pacific Ocean. It was based, Conrad tells us, on a genuine incident involving a steamship carrying a large number of passengers from Singapore to northern China. "I never met anybody personally concerned in this affair, the interest of which for us was, of course, not the bad weather but the extraordinary complication brought into the ship's life at a moment of exceptional stress by the human element below her deck." And that nicely describes the events of the book, and what faces its central character, the unforgettable Captain MacWhirr. "MacWhirr is not an acquaintance of a few hours, or a few weeks, or a few months. He is the product of twenty years of life. My own life. Conscious invention had little to do with him."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #1142] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/03/23: WHAT WOULD RUSSIA'S GREATEST NOVELIST, LEO TOLSTOY, HAVE THOUGHT OF THE UKRAINIAN WAR? HE WOULD HAVE HATED IT, AND OPPOSED IT UNCONDITIONALLY.

Tolstoy, Leo [Lev Nikolayevich] (1828-1910) [Russian novelist and social thinker] Wikipedia

"Bethink Yourselves!" (1904) [When in 1904 the Russo-Japanese War broke out, causing tens of thousands to die, Leo Tolstoy, a fervent pacifist, was furious: hence this passionate denunciation of war. "Again war," he begins. "Again sufferings, necessary to nobody, utterly uncalled for; again fraud; again the universal stupefaction and brutalization of men." Those reading it will naturally ask whether Tolstoy would have said the same things about the Russo-Ukrainian war which started in 2022 -- a very easy question to answer! This translation by Vladimir Chertkov (1854-1936) Wikipedia, and "I. F. M." was first published in The Times (London).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #27189]

**2022/03/21: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL BY H. G. WELLS -- ONE OF WELLS' PERSONAL FAVOURITES !!**

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

Love and Mr Lewisham. The Story of a Very Young Couple. (1900) Wikipedia [Novel. Its main character, Mr Lewisham, is "assistant master in the Whortley Proprietary School, Whortley, Sussex, and his wages were forty pounds a year... He was a passable-looking youngster of eighteen". Wells at that age had held a similar position, and yes, this is definitely an autobiographical novel, for at the age of twenty-one both Wells and Lewisham find themselves at the celebrated Normal School of Science, now part of Imperial College, London. The novel is about love, and Lewisham is indeed in love with his wife, but her very troublesome family is a different matter, and his marriage, as can happen, is fatal for his academic and political ambitions. But Lewisham is a very sympathetic hero, and the novel is a pleasure to read and was one of Wells' favourites among his many works.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/03/20: OUR FIRST NOVEL BY H. RIDER HAGGARD IS (WHAT ELSE?) KING SOLOMON'S MINES !!**

2022/03/16: NOVELIST GRACE METALIOUS WAS OF CANADIAN DESCENT — HER BIRTH NAME WAS "MARIE GRACE DE REPENTIGNY". HER FIRST NOVEL WAS PEYTON PLACE, BUT THIS WAS JUST THE BEGINNING! WERE HER LATER NOVELS EVEN BETTER THAN HER FIRST? THE ANSWER IS VERY LIKELY YES -- BUT YOU BE THE JUDGE !!

Metalious, Grace (1924-1964) [American novelist] Wikipedia

The Tight White Collar (1960) [Grace Metalious was an exceptionally fine writer, with a sound knowledge of French literature and music, as becomes clear in this novel. This is not at all surprising in someone of French-Canadian descent: her name at birth was Marie Grace deRepentigny. Her novels are of special interest to Canadians, but deserve a lasting worldwide fame for the skill of her writing and the truthfulness of her narratives. This truthfulness is what made her novels notorious, but she was simply depicting life as it is actually lived, which leads to controversy often enough. Like Peyton Place, the novel is set in New England, this time in the town of Cooper Station, New Hampshire, a wealthy and unwelcoming town subsisting off the city of Cooper's Mills ten miles to the north, where a visitor "would find the factories, the tenements, the sixty-watt light bulbs in the soiled beer joints, the Canucks and the Catholics. But Cooper Station was different. It was made up of the people who profited from the existence of Cooper's Mills and who could, therefore, afford not to live there." Social conflict, sexual attraction -- human life itself, ideal material for Grace Metalious!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1679]

2022/03/15: TODAY, THE THIRD VOLUME OF E. K. CHAMBERS' FAMOUS FOUR PART ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH STAGE IN THE TIME OF ELIZABETH I: IT FOCUSES ON HOW THE PLAYS WERE STAGED, AND HOW THEY CAME TO BE PUBLISHED !!

Chambers, E. K. [Edmund Kerchever] (1866-1954) [English literary historian] Wikipedia

The Elizabethan Stage, vol. 3 (1923) [This third volume of E.K. Chambers' famous work examines the mechanics of staging plays, both at court and in the theatres, and of publishing the plays, a topic crucially important to us, for that is how these plays were transmitted to future ages, including ours! The book ends with a fascinating list of the many playwrights of the period whose names are known to us, with a short biography and list of works for each.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67462]

**2022/03/13: TODAY, OUR SECOND NOVEL BY JANE AUSTEN -- WHICH SOME CONSIDER HER MASTERPIECE, SURPASSING EVEN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE !!**

Austen, Jane (1775-1817) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Emma (1815) Wikipedia ["Emma Woodhouse," begins this famous novel, "handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition... had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." But as can happen, Emma does not realize that her wealth and social position are lucky accidents, and not the result of her own efforts or intelligence. She should certainly not be telling others how to organize their lives, let alone whom they should marry! But that is what she does, naturally with limited success. Canadian politicians are like Emma: they are themselves well off, seem obsessed with "middle class aspirations", and show little knowledge of or respect for the working poor. Hence the class divisions, gigantic wealth, and mass poverty that we now see in Canada. Back to the novel! Some consider it Austen's finest work, and it is certainly popular, with many TV and film adaptations, including the 1995 film Clueless, set in Beverly Hills!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/03/10: TODAY, A FAMOUS COLLECTION OF STORIES BY RUDYARD KIPLING ABOUT THE DAILY LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF THREE SOLDIERS IN BRITISH INDIA !!**

Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) [Anglo-Indian novelist and poet; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1907] Wikipedia

Soldiers Three and Other Stories (1899) Wikipedia [Short stories about life in the British Army in India, originally published as three separate collections. The stories are about Privates Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris, and John Learoyd, who had already made their first appearance in Plain Tales from the Hills. Readers will learn much about daily life within the British Army at the height of the Raj, when the end of empire seemed impossibly far away, even though it was in fact only fifty years off. Kipling's representation of the privates' dialects (Irish, Cockney, and Yorkshire) takes some initial adjustment, but this soon wears off. What does not wear off is the very high quality of these classic stories.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/03/06: THE ORIGINAL AND UNREVISED VERSION OF WILLIAM STRUNK'S FAMOUS HANDBOOK ON WRITING ENGLISH !!

Strunk, William [Jr.] (1869-1946) [American literary critic and grammarian] Wikipedia

The Elements of Style (1920) Wikipedia [Strunk was teaching at Cornell when he wrote this manual for his undergraduate students: it gives a set of rules to assist them in clear and grammatical writing. These rules deal with such matters as punctuation and sentence structure, and taken as a whole are an amazingly useful and coherent set of suggestions for writers. As revised by one of Strunk's students at Cornell, E. B. White (1899-1985), a writer at the New Yorker famous for such children's books as Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web, it became very popular, and has often been reprinted and updated. But the original version which we present has much to be said for it: it is concise, and Strunk's personal voice is unmistakable.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #37134]

2022/03/04: TODAY'S EBOOK HAS BECOME NEWLY FAMOUS RECENTLY! IT'S ABOUT DOCTORS, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MONEY, THE REALITIES OF PANDEMICS, AND THE EFFECT OF ALL THIS ON INDIVIDUALS. THESE ISSUES BECAME NEWLY RELEVANT WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COVID-19 TWO YEARS AGO, AND ARE STILL RELEVANT TODAY, FOR COVID IS STILL WITH US. THE ISSUES WILL BE WITH US FOREVER.

2022/02/02: OUR SECOND EBOOK BY JOHN STEINBECK IS THE LAST BOOK HE WROTE -- A WONDERFUL ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN HIS TRUCK, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS DOG, CHARLEY !!

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968) [American novelist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1962] Wikipedia

Travels with Charley: In Search of America (1962) Wikipedia [Steinbeck's final book, its title based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes -- which you will find in the Project Gutenberg Canada catalogue! However, Steinbeck travelled not with a donkey but with a notably mild-tempered poodle, Charley: together they crisscrossed the forty-eight states in a newly purchased and modified pickup truck. And what a journey they had!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1679]

**2022/03/01: WE NOW OFFER TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF THIS CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVEL BY R. AUSTIN FREEMAN, WHICH HE WROTE IN HIS LATE SEVENTIES, WITH WORLD WAR II RAGING OVERHEAD !!**

Freeman, R. Austin [Richard Austin] (1862-1943) [English physician and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

Mr. Polton Explains (1940) [Mystery novel. The main character is of course Dr Thorndyke, but the action is narrated first by the Doctor's servant Nathaniel Polton, and later by the Doctor's faithful friend Christopher Jervis. The author describes it as the "story of a simple clockmaker", but of course it's far more than that, and is in fact one of his most celebrated works. And he wrote it when almost eighty!] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1636]

2022/02/27: TODAY'S EBOOK HAS HAD A HUGE AND LASTING IMPACT -- IT EXPLAINED THAT SLIPS OF THE TONGUE ARE NOT AS ACCIDENTAL AS THEY SEEM !!

2022/02/25: RICHMAL CROMPTON'S THIRD "JUST WILLIAM" BOOK !!

**2022/02/22: TODAY'S EBOOK BY H. G. WELLS IS AN EVERGREEN CLASSIC OF SCIENCE FICTION !!**

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) Wikipedia [An early science fiction novel, hugely successful and enduringly famous. The narrator, Edward Prendrick, is lost and presumed drowned in the South Seas, but a year later is found in a small open boat, in good health but apparently demented, and with no memory of what had happened during the intervening year. But with him was found his written narrative of these events -- and what events they were! While still living in England he had already heard of Doctor Moreau, who had become notorious for his experiments on animals ("the Moreau Horrors"), and it seems that on this distant southern island he had taken these experiments to new and horrifying extremes. We don't need to speculate on how Wells came to write this novel, for in the 1924 Atlantic Edition Wells himself has answered our question: "There was a scandalous trial about that time [1895], the graceless and pitiful downfall of a man of genius, and this story was the response of an imaginative mind to the reminder that humanity is but animal rough-hewn to a reasonable shape and in perpetual internal conflict between instinct and injunction." In other words, this account of human cruelty was prompted by the trial and conviction of Oscar Wilde, and has to be considered a defence of gay rights -- this in 1896! Wells did what he could given the vicious homophobia of his time, hence his indirect approach. But what a tremendous novel he wrote!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/02/19: TODAY, THE SECOND VOLUME OF E. K. CHAMBERS' FOUR-PART ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH STAGE IN THE TIME OF ELIZABETH I -- WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON (1) THE COMPANIES OF ACTORS AND (2) THE THEATRE BUILDINGS THAT THEY USED !!

Chambers, E. K. [Edmund Kerchever] (1866-1954) [English literary historian] Wikipedia

The Elizabethan Stage, vol. 2 (1923) [The second volume of E.K. Chambers's classic and wonderfully readable work focuses on the actors' companies, the playhouses they worked in, the design of these playhouses, and their way of operating. Much more is known about this than you might expect!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67423]

**2022/02/17: TODAY, WHAT SOME CONSIDER LEO TOLSTOY'S MOST PERFECT LITERARY CREATION, THE COSSACKS -- INSPIRED BY TOLSTOY'S OWN EXPERIENCES IN THE CAUCASIAN WAR !!**

Tolstoy, Leo [Lev Nikolayevich] (1828-1910) [Russian novelist and social thinker] Wikipedia

The Cossacks (1863 [original novel]; 1916 [this translation]) Wikipedia [The Russian Empire's nineteenth-century acquisition of vast territories to the north and the east of the Black Sea had consequences which extend to the present day. And so this early and excellent novella by Tolstoy often seems quite contemporary: to start with, not just Cossacks but also the Chechens play a prominent role! The main character, Dmitri Andreich Olenin, clearly based on the author himself, is a rich young man "who had squandered half his fortune and had reached the age of twenty-four without having done anything or even chosen a career." He joins the army, and takes part in the Caucasian War. Olenin is greatly changed by his military experience, and by living among the Cossacks (the Chechens' adversaries), whose way of life he largely adopts, although there are limits to how much of a Cossack he can become. Still, he's quite a different man by the time the novel ends. The translation we offer is by Aylmer and Louise Maude (1858-1938; 1855-1939) Wikipedia, long-term residents of Moscow, where Louise was actually born: they were friends of Tolstoy and were his preferred English translators!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/02/15: WE'D CALL IT A CULT CLASSIC, BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT! FROM 1904, WE'RE VERY PROUD TO PRESENT HADRIAN THE SEVENTH, BY FREDERICK ROLFE -- YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS "BARON CORVO" !!**

Rolfe, Frederick William (1860-1913) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Hadrian the Seventh. A Romance. (1904) Wikipedia [No ordinary novel! In 1886 Rolfe had become Roman Catholic, and had subsequently enrolled in seminaries on two separate occasions, but had not completed his studies, and consequently was never ordained. His life is clearly reflected in the novel's main character, George Arthur Rose, who visits Rome and through a strange set of circumstances is elected to the papacy. And the papacy of Hadrian VII (for that is the name he took) turns out to be unlike any other!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67369]

2022/02/10: TODAY'S EBOOK IS DON QUIXOTE -- YES, ONE OF THE GREAT CLASSICS OF WORLD LITERATURE, BUT ALSO A SATIRE, AND A VERY FUNNY ONE, IN JOHN ORMSBY'S FAMOUS 1885 TRANSLATION. AND WE INCLUDE THE FAMOUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY GUSTAVE DORÉ !!

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616) [Spanish soldier and novelist] Wikipedia

Don Quixote (1605 [first part]; 1615 [second part]; 1885 [this translation of both parts by John Ormsby (1829-1895)] Wikipedia [Novel, one of the great literary classics, but funny, and very approachable -- hence its enduring popularity ever since its first appearance. We offer the justly famous Ormsby Wikipedia translation from 1865 in a digital edition which includes the fabulous illustrations from 1863 by Gustave Doré (1832-1883) ! As the novel opens, we meet our hero, who is a member of the minor nobility. He is nearing fifty, has a small household, and not much money. He does, however, have a great deal of spare time, which he spends reading altogether too many romantic tales of chivalry: by the time we meet him he can no longer clearly distinguish between the fictional worlds he reads about and the world he actually lives in. And so he conceives the idea of leaving his home, becoming a knight errant, and righting the world's wrongs. The novel is the story of how this project goes. CAUTION: The many illustrations have made this ebook unusually large. It will require more storage space than is usual, and the download may take some extra time.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #996]

Traduction française par Louis Viardot (1800-1883) fr.wikipedia

L'ingénieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche - Tome I (1863) Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 16066]
L'ingénieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche - Tome II (1863) Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 16067]

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El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (1605);
El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha (1615)
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**2022/02/08: WE NOW OFFER TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF JOSEPHINE TEY'S FINAL MYSTERY NOVEL -- WHICH FEATURES INSPECTOR GRANT, OF COURSE !!**

Tey, Josephine [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896-1952) [Scottish novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

The Singing Sands (1952) [Josephine Tey's final mystery novel. As the book opens, Inspector Alan Grant's train is arriving in Glasgow from London: he is suffering from overwork, and his doctor has recommended that he take a break. But after the train has arrived, one of Grant's fellow passengers is found dead. So much for Inspector Grant's vacation! "The author's swan song, but she'll be read for a long, long time," commented "Sergeant Cuff" (John T. Winterich) in the Saturday Review, 13 June 1953. And indeed she is widely read to this day -- for here we are discussing her!] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #291]

2022/02/04: RICHMAL CROMPTON'S FIRST BOOK, "JUST WILLIAM", ABOUT THE ENGLISH SCHOOLBOY WILLIAM BROWN AND HIS FRIENDS, WAS CLEARLY A HIT -- FOR LATER IN THE SAME YEAR SHE PUBLISHED "MORE WILLIAM", ITS FIRST SEQUEL. MANY MORE LAY AHEAD !!

Crompton, Richmal [Lamburn, Richmal Crompton] (1890-1969) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Just William books, illustrated by Thomas Henry (1879-1962) Wikipedia

More William (1922) Wikipedia [Published with little delay in the same year as Just William, it is along the same lines as the earlier book -- why break something that most definitely isn't broken? So no reboot for William, now or ever. In fact, he remains the same age (eleven) through all the books, a span of nearly fifty years, though no one in the books ever seems to notice this.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #17125]

**2022/02/02: BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE -- AND YOUR THOMAS HEYWOOD !!**

Heywood, Thomas (ca. 1570-1641) [English actor, playwright, pamphleteer, and poet] Wikipedia

The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists: Thomas Heywood (1888) Wikipedia [No one today is likely to dispute Shakespeare's preeminence among Elizabethan playwrights. But many other playwrights were popular at the time: at least some of their works are certainly worth our time. But how to choose? For this "unexpurgated edition" in the famous Mermaid Series, the choosing is done for us by an excellent judge, Arthur Wilson Verity (1863-1937) : he was famous for his editions of Shakespeare. A fine introduction was added by John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) Wikipedia, the famous Renaissance scholar and poet. The edition includes numerous short footnotes to help with unusual words and phrases. It's hard to imagine a more attractive or practical introduction to Heywood!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67267]

2022/01/31: ON THE LAST DAY OF JANUARY, OUR FIRST EBOOK BY JOHN STEINBECK

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968) [American novelist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1962] Wikipedia

The Wayward Bus (1947) Wikipedia [Those who grew up in rural Canada far away from the large cities will easily relate to this novel about a very small bus service in California, run from a garage at a crossroads named Rebel Corners. The driver is the garage owner, Juan Chicoy. Once a day he does a round trip to the coastal town of San Juan de la Cruz, where his passengers transfer to the Greyhound bus heading north to San Francisco or south to Los Angeles. His passengers are few in number -- but what a cast of characters they are! And Steinbeck tells their stories as only he can.] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1678]

**2022/01/30: OUR FIRST EBOOK BY RICHMAL CROMPTON! YES, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO PRESENT THE FIRST OF HER "JUST WILLIAM" BOOKS !!**

Crompton, Richmal [Lamburn, Richmal Crompton] (1890-1969) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Just William novels, illustrated by Thomas Henry (1879-1962) Wikipedia

Just William (1922) Wikipedia [Crompton's first book about William Brown and his friends ("the Outlaws"); many were to follow. William is eleven years of age, and within the Outlaws has considerable moral authority, but is not really in charge of them. He has quick wits and, like many children, a sound understanding of how adult society really works -- not quite the way parents and teachers advertise! Popular with children for obvious reasons, the book, like Kim and many other "children's books", is in fact written at an adult level. And it comes with a fine set of illustrations by Thomas Henry (1879-1962) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #34414]

**2022/01/27: OUR THIRD NOVEL BY WILLA CATHER! IT FOLLOWS THE PROGRESS OF THEA KRONBORG FROM HER HOMETOWN IN COLORADO TO LATER FAME AS AN OPERA SINGER !!**

Cather, Willa [Willa Sibert] (1873-1947) [American novelist] Wikipedia Full biography by James Woodress

The Song of the Lark (1915) Wikipedia [Novel, which follows the life and career of Thea Kronberg, born in the small and recently founded Colorado town of Moonstone, which was not so very different from many towns of the same period in the western regions of Canada. By a series of fortunate events she moves first to Denver, and then to Chicago, where she takes singing lessons, which go well, so well that she becomes an internationally famous opera singer, but never loses touch with her origins. "This story," Cather comments, "attempts to deal only with the simple and concrete beginnings which color and accent an artist's work, and to give some account of how a Moonstone girl found her way out of a vague, easy-going world into a life of disciplined endeavor." But surely the most interesting part of most artists' lives is the beginning, later successes being only the logical consequence of what has already happened. In other words, Cather planned her novel well, and was soon rewarded by its commercial success.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/01/23: TODAY, A NOVEL BY STELLA BENSON! THE ENGLISH AUTHOR AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST WAS TRAVELLING THE WORLD AT THE TIME, AND ALONG THE WAY WROTE NOT ONLY TRAVEL BOOKS, BUT ALSO THIS NOVEL -- WHICH STARTS IN CALIFORNIA, BUT THEN MOVES TO CHINA !!

Benson, Stella (1892-1933) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Poor Man (1923) [Novel, set in San Francisco and Berkeley, where our author was living around the time she was writing it. The main character is Edward R. Williams, who, when we first meet him, has "very little money": hence the title. The novel's comments on life in the Bay Area seem as true today as when they were written: the tech bros had not yet arrived, but San Francisco was already cool. Very cool. Certainly it was a place where, then as now, it was better to have money. However, although he had many generous friends, he "was not too proud but too shy" to ask for money, The fact is that Edward was not socially adept and, in addition, was partly deaf, not that he thought most conversation worth listening to. And maybe he was right! He had been born and raised in India, and as the novel opens he may well be on his way back to Asia -- not India, but China!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67195]

**2022/01/19: OUR FIRST EBOOK BY THE FAMOUS AMERICAN NOVELIST AND ESSAYIST CHRISTOPHER MORLEY -- AND IT COMES WITH A FINE SET OF PEN AND INK DRAWINGS BY WALTER JACK DUNCAN !!**

Morley, Christopher (1890-1957) [American journalist, essayist, and novelist] Wikipedia

The Powder of Sympathy (1923) [The title may be obscure, but these sparkling essays are not (and one of them explains the title!). Since 1920, Morley had been on the staff of the New York Evening Post: this is his own selection of columns he had written. And what an exhilarating time it was to live in Manhattan and be a writer! Morley quickly became famous, and in these essays it is easy to see why: mostly quite short, they cover a startlingly wide range of topics literary, historical, and topical. As if this isn't enough, each column has an accompanying drawing or cartoon by the celebrated New York magazine and book illustrator Walter Jack Duncan (1881-1941) Wikipedia!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67188]

2022/01/17: RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERY FIRST BOOK OF STORIES !!

Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) [Anglo-Indian novelist and poet; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1907] Wikipedia

Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) Wikipedia [Kipling's first collection of stories, many of them written in Lahore for the Civil and Military Gazette, where Kipling was hired at the impressively young age of sixteen! Still more impressive: these stories became instant and permanent classics, whose fame endures to this day. Set in various parts of British India, including the hill station of Simla, their high reputation shows just how much impact truly short stories can have!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2022/01/14: WHAT BETTER READING FOR A WINTER WEEKEND THAN A MYSTERY BY THE LEGENDARY SCOTTISH NOVELIST JOSEPHINE TEY ?**

Tey, Josephine [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896-1952) [Scottish novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

To Love and Be Wise (1950) [Mystery novel, featuring Inspector Alan Grant. It is part of human nature to be at least initially suspicious of those from distant places. So it is hardly surprising that the celebrity photographer Leslie Searle is received coolly in the small English village of Salcott St Mary upon his arrival from Hollywood. Still, murder seems an overreaction, if it was a murder. It's a good thing that Inspector Grant is there to help out!] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #120]

2022/01/10: H. G. WELLS HAS A UNIQUE PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION -- BUT HE DID SO MUCH MORE! AS TODAY'S EBOOK WILL SHOW: PERHAPS THE FINEST OF HIS MANY NOVELS !!

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

Kipps. The Story of a Simple Soul. (1905) Wikipedia [Novel (nothing to do with science fiction!), with a high reputation: the inspiration for the musical Half a Sixpence Wikipedia Most would say that sudden wealth is a good thing, but it is a rupture with one's previous life that risks creating a social/economic distance from those one has always known. This novel tells the story of Artie Kipps: raised in poverty, in his mid twenties he unexpectedly comes into a major inheritance. We learn how he reacts to this change, and what then happens. Wells (lucky him! And lucky us!) was famous not only for his science fiction, but also for his social novels in the tradition of Dickens: this novel shows why.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/01/06: ALBERT EINSTEIN DISCOVERED THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY -- AND WON THE NOBEL PRIZE! NO ONE COULD EXPLAIN THIS THEORY BETTER THAN EINSTEIN'S FELLOW NOBEL LAUREATE, LORD BERTRAND RUSSELL !!

Russell, Bertrand [Arthur William], 3rd Earl Russell [Welsh philosopher, mathematician, and peace activist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1950] (1872-1970) Wikipedia

The A B C of Relativity (1925) ["Everybody knows that Einstein has done something astonishing," remarks Bertrand Russell at the start of this book, "but very few people know exactly what it is that he has done." Russell was writing only ten years after Einstein's discovery of general relativity, but his statement is certainly still true today. And who better to discuss relativity in a readable and comprehensible way than the famous mathematician and winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67104]

2022/01/04: IN MID DECEMBER WE PRESENTED YOU WITH ALICE IN WONDERLAND. WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW YEAR WE COMPLETE THE PAIRING, WITH THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. BOTH EBOOKS COME WITH SIR JOHN TENNIEL'S WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATIONS !!

Carroll, Lewis [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge] (1832-1898) [English mathematician, logician, and author] Wikipedia

Through the Looking-Glass (1871) Wikipedia [Or, to give Carroll's full title, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Published six years after Alice in Wonderland, and generally read in conjunction with the earlier novel, it is written at the same high level, and has some very famous episodes: Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Jabberwocky, Humpty Dumpty... In any case, here it is for you to enjoy, complete with the wonderful illustrations by Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914) from the 1871 first edition, as well as a preface added by Carroll in 1896!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2022/01/01: HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY -- AUTHORS FROM 1971 HAVE NOW JOINED THE CANADIAN PUBLIC DOMAIN!

BUT IF TRMP'S COERCIVE COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS ARE IMPOSED BY PARLIAMENT THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE A TWENTY-YEAR FREEZE* ON OUR PUBLIC DOMAIN -- UNTIL 2042.

FORTUNATELY, THESE EXTENSIONS ARE ON HOLD BECAUSE THE U.S. HAS INITIATED A TRADE QUARREL WITH CANADA.

THESE EXTENSIONS MUST BE CANCELLED IMMEDIATELY AND PERMANENTLY EVEN IF THAT QUARREL IS PATCHED OVER.

THE CANADIAN PUBLIC DOMAIN BELONGS TO THE CANADIAN PEOPLE, EACH ONE OF US. IT DOES NOT BELONG TO FOREIGN AUTOCRATS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.

Hilton, James (1900-1954) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Morning Journey (1951) [Novel, centred around the making of a film called Morning Journey, and the interactions between its director, Paul Saffron, and his leading lady, Irish-born Carey Arundel. In the course of the novel we learn not only about Hollywood, but also Dublin's Abbey Theatre, London's West End, and New York's Broadway. This was the world in which Hilton lived: Mrs. Miniver won him the 1942 Academy Award for best adapted screenplay!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1677]

**2021/12/24: SEASON'S GREETINGS! OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOU IS A NOVELLA BY CHARLES DICKENS, NO LESS! AND ONE WHICH SPEAKS TO ALL OF US AS WE DEAL WITH THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC AFTERMATH OF COVID !!**

Dickens, Charles [Charles John Huffam] (1812-1870) [English novelist, editor, and social activist] Wikipedia

The Chimes (1844) Wikipedia [Or, to give the novella its full title, "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In". An impassioned plea for social justice for the poor, with a message that hasn't dated with the years, we can safely say, as we survey the deep social and economic divisions in Canada and elsewhere. The novella was published the year after A Christmas Carol (also available from Project Gutenberg Canada -- in several languages!) to which it certainly bears a family resemblance: there are, for example, ghosts (goblins), each attached to a bell in a local bell tower. Our hero, Toby ("Trotty") Veck sees "in every Bell a bearded figure of the bulk and stature of the Bell". The Goblin of the Great Bell takes Toby through a series of visions of the unfortunate lives of those around him, until he awakes at the arrival of the New Year. Are his visions only dreams, or are they realities, which can yet be changed?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2021/12/22: OUR REFRESHED JOSEPHINE TEY SERIES CONTINUES, TODAY'S OFFERING IS BRAT FARRAR -- WE NOW OFFER TWO SEPARATE DIGITAL EDITIONS OF THIS TRULY CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVEL !!**

Tey, Josephine [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896-1952) [Scottish novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

Brat Farrar (1949) Wikipedia [Mystery novel. Latchetts is an estate in southern England, near the Channel. It is not the grandest of estates (there is no butler), but the Ashby family has owned it for centuries, and it is solvent, although expensive to run. But there's some money to be inherited, as well as the estate itself, and a new claimant shows up, the mysterious Brat Farrar. The novel involves intrigue, and indeed murder, or rather murders!] EPUB [University of Adelaide] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #112]

**2021/12/20: A FINE ALBUM OF DRAWINGS FOR CHILDREN BY WALTER CRANE !!**

Crane, Walter (1845-1915) [English artist and illustrator] Wikipedia

Legends for Lionel in Pen & Pencil (1887) [The "legends", as you might guess, are drawings, accompanied by short texts in the spirit of nursery rhymes. The drawings are gorgeous, as you would expect from Walter Crane, and were originally created for his son Lionel. "This book of sketches," wrote Crane. "the offspring of the odd half hours of winter evenings, was originally intended strictly for home consumption. One thing, however, leads to another, just as the sketches did, following one by one as fancy led, till they filled the book." A friend admired the book and passed it to the publisher Cassell, who duly published it, thus enabling us to enjoy the pictures today!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66966]

**2021/12/16: OUR VERY SPECIAL GIFT TO YOU -- LEWIS CARROLL'S ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, COMPLETE WITH SIR JOHN TENNIEL'S FAMOUS ILLUSTRATIONS !!**

Carroll, Lewis [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge] (1832-1898) [English mathematician, logician, and author] Wikipedia

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) Wikipedia [It is a hot summer afternoon, and Alice is sitting with her sister, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes runs close by her. This is no ordinary rabbit, however: it is speaking to itself ("Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!"), and then it takes a watch out of its pocket! And the adventures keep coming in this evergreen satirical classic, famous in every country: it is so much more than a children's book! Our EPUB includes the famous illustrations by the English cartoonist and illustrator Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914) Wikipedia. EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par Henri Bué (1843-1929)

Aventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles (1869) fr.wikipedia Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 55456]

**2021/12/12: TODAY, OUR REFRESHED OFFERING OF JOSEPHINE TEY'S THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR -- WE NOW OFFER TWO SEPARATE DIGITAL EDITIONS OF THIS TRULY CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVEL !!**

Tey, Josephine [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896-1952) [Scottish novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

The Franchise Affair (1948) Wikipedia [As this mystery novel opens, we meet Robert Blair, a solicitor in the quiet market town of Milford. But it's not completely quiet -- not when Marion Sharpe and her mother, the eminently respectable residents of The Franchise, "the house out on the Larborough road", find themselves accused of kidnapping! Which is why the Sharpes are consulting Robert Blair. As the plot develops, others show up -- including Inspector Alan Grant!] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #88]

2021/12/10: TODAY, A NEW AUTHOR -- SWEDEN'S SELMA LAGERLÖF, THE FIRST FEMALE AUTHOR TO RECEIVE THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE !!

Lagerlöf, Selma [Selma Ottilia Lovisa] (1858-1940) [Swedish teacher and author; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1909] Wikipedia

Mårbacka (1922 [Swedish original]; 1925 [this translation]) [Autobiography, translated by Velma Swanston Howard (1868-1937). Mårbacka Wikipedia is the country home where Selma Lagerlöf was born; it had been in the family since 1801. Financial problems arose which led to the sale of Mårbacka in 1889, but once Lagerlöf had become an established international author and won the Nobel Prize, these problems vanished, and she was able to acquire ownership of her beloved childhood home, and stay there for the rest of her life. This memoir is an evocative account of Lagerlöf's childhood at Mårbacka, and of Swedish country life at the height of the nineteenth century. What better way could be imagined of escaping for a while the crises of our own age than reading this fine memoir?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66906]

**2021/12/07: TODAY, THE THIRD AND FINAL EBOOK IN THE WONDERFUL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TRILOGY WITH WHICH LEO TOLSTOY MADE HIS TRIUMPHANT DEBUT IN WORLD LITERATURE !!**

Tolstoy, Leo [Lev Nikolayevich] (1828-1910) [Russian novelist and social thinker] Wikipedia

Youth (1857 [original novel]; 1912 [this translation]) Wikipedia [The third and final novel in Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, translated by Charles James Hogarth (1869-1945). As the novel opens, our hero and narrator, Nicola Irtenieff, is sixteen years of age, about to take his university entrance exams (which he duly passes), and is experiencing the pleasures and trials of his increased personal autonomy, as he meets and sometimes becomes close friends with people outside his immediate family circle. The novel takes him to the end of his time at university and to the threshold of manhood.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/12/05: FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE DURING THE HOLIDAYS, A MAGNIFICENT ALBUM OF TRULY AMAZING ETCHINGS FROM ACROSS FIVE CENTURIES. THEY'LL LOOK WONDERFUL ON YOUR TABLET OR MONITOR !!

Carrington, Fitzroy (1869-1954) [American art historian] Wikipedia Dictionary of Art Historians

Engravers and Etchers (1917) ["Six Lectures Delivered on the Scammon Foundation at the Art Institute of Chicago, March 1916", says the title page, but this doesn't come even close to describing this magnificent book and its 133 beautiful illustrations from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. "My sole aim," says Carrington, "has been to share with my audience the stimulation and pleasure which certain prints by the great engravers and etchers have given me." He is too modest: his book is very easy to read but full of learning. For those wanting even more information, tucked away at the end of each chapter are admirably complete bibliographical notes by Adam E. M. Paff (1891-1932) of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66848]

**2021/12/01: WE FOLLOW OUR EBOOK OF LEO TOLSTOY'S CHILDHOOD WITH ITS FAMOUS SEQUEL BOYHOOD -- THEREBY DOUBLING THE SIZE OF OUR TOLSTOY COLLECTION! WHAT A WAY TO START DECEMBER !!**

Tolstoy, Leo [Lev Nikolayevich] (1828-1910) [Russian novelist and social thinker] Wikipedia

Boyhood (1854 [original novel]; 1912 [this translation]) Wikipedia [Tolstoy's second novel, translated by Charles James Hogarth (1869-1945) . It is a sequel to Childhood, and has the same narrator, who is now naturally somewhat older. As the novel starts he is starting the long trip to Moscow from the village of Petrovskoe, where his mother has just died: he discovers that her passing has affected the lives of many people, in particular his own. Still, he is very young, and most of his life lies ahead. In the course of the novel he learns much about his family, about himself, and about his beloved tutor Karl Ivanitch, who played such an important role in the earlier novel.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2021/11/26: IT'S TIME TO LAUNCH OUR RUSSIAN LITERATURE SERIES! WHAT BETTER AUTHOR TO START WITH THAN LEO TOLSTOY, AND WHAT BETTER PLACE TO START THAN TOLSTOY'S VERY FIRST NOVEL ??**

Tolstoy, Leo [Lev Nikolayevich] (1828-1910) [Russian novelist and social thinker] Wikipedia

Childhood (1852 [original novel]; 1912 [this translation]) Wikipedia [Tolstoy's first novel, translated by Charles James Hogarth (1869-1945) Wikipedia. A wondrously evocative description of early childhood, clearly based on Tolstoy's own memories. As it starts, the tutor Karl Ivanitch is waking his charge, the youngest of the family, "just three days after my tenth birthday, when I had been given such wonderful presents". Perhaps you are already captivated, and simply must continue reading!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/11/22: TODAY'S SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WAS A BLAZING COMET OF ORIGINALITY WHEN IT FIRST APPEARED IN 1920, AND AT FIRST WAS ONLY APPRECIATED BY A LIMITED NUMBER OF ADMIRERS -- BUT THESE CONNOISSEURS INCLUDED C.S. LEWIS AND J.R.R. TOLKIEN !!

Lindsay, David (1876-1945) [British science fiction author] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

A Voyage to Arcturus (1920) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, accurately described by its title. But this is no ordinary science fiction novel: the other worlds described are well and truly "other" -- life as transacted on them is completely different from Earth. The book was greatly admired by J.R.R. Tolkien and by C.S. Lewis, whose science fiction novels (which you will find in the Project Gutenberg Canada catalogue) show its influence: they are not as uncompromising as Lindsay's novel, which is a challenging read, although its style and vocabulary are impeccable. Few novels are so entirely original.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/11/20: OUR REFRESH OF PROJECT GUTENBERG CANADA'S JOSEPHINE TEY SERIES CONTINUES -- WHAT A LUXURY FOR YOU AND FOR US! WE NOW OFFER TWO SEPARATE DIGITAL EDITIONS OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS NOVELS BY THAT SCOTTISH MISTRESS OF MYSTERY !!

Tey, Josephine [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896-1952) [Scottish novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

A Shilling for Candles (1936) Wikipedia [Mystery novel, a famous one, featuring Inspector Alan Grant. The life of a film actress can be glamorous -- and short! We now offer two editions of the novel: our original ebook, and also the elegant EPUB from the University of Adelaide.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1310]

**2021/11/18: TODAY, THE FIRST VOLUME OF E. K. CHAMBERS' FOUR-PART ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH STAGE IN THE TIME OF ELIZABETH I -- THE PERFECT AMALGAM OF READABILITY AND SCHOLARSHIP !!**

Chambers, E. K. [Edmund Kerchever] (1866-1954) [English literary historian] Wikipedia

The Elizabethan Stage, vol. 1 (1923) [Literary history, done well, does not date. E.K. Chambers was astoundingly well read: who today could surpass his direct knowledge of the history of early English theatre? Add to this a remarkable elegance of style, and you have a classic for the ages, and a very attractive read. This first volume is an account of the court of Elizabeth I, with particular attention to the stage. Note: The ample bibliography appears at the start of the book, not the end. The table of contents will take you to the main text of the book.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66003]

2021/11/16: THERE ARE MYSTERY NOVELS, AND THEN THERE ARE CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVELS. AND THEY DON'T COME MORE CLASSIC THAN THE NOVELS OF JOSEPHINE TEY! IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO OFFER NOT ONE BUT TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF HER FIRST NOVEL, FEATURING HER FAMOUS CREATION INSPECTOR ALAN GRANT !!

Tey, Josephine [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896-1952) [Scottish novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

The Man in the Queue (1929) [Josephine Tey's first mystery novel, in which she introduced her famous detective, Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard. The queue of the title is a theatre queue in London's West End: as it turns out, a dangerous place to be. "This exceptionally good detective story is worked out carefully enough so that even the Scotland Yard inspector who takes charge of the case strikes the reader as a human being, something rare enough among the Scotland Yarders of fiction... It is recommended to all detective story addicts" (Saturday Review, 12 October 1929). We now offer two editions of the novel: our original ebook, and also the elegant EPUB from the University of Adelaide.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1452]

**2021/11/14: TODAY'S EBOOK IS THE NOVEL THAT MADE MINNESOTA'S SINCLAIR LEWIS FAMOUS -- AND WON HIM THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE !!**

Lewis, Sinclair (1885-1951) [American novelist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1930] Wikipedia Nobelprize.org

Main Street (1920) Wikipedia [Sinclair Lewis was born in the small Minnesota town of Sauk Centre, which clearly served as the basis for Gopher City, where this satirical novel takes place. Its main character is Carol Milford, born in the larger town of Mankato, somewhat to the south, not far from the Iowa border. As the novel opens, she has just arrived in Gopher City, having attended a college "on the edge of Minneapolis", and then gone to Chicago for a year to study librarianship. She is educated and has a considerable knowledge of the wider world -- so Gopher City comes as a shock! The novel is particularly accessible to Canadian readers, since Minnesota shares not only a border but much of its history and social structure with Canada, from the time not so long ago when immigration from one country to the other was easy, and before the friendly border turned into a militarized frontier. This novel recalls this earlier, happier era. And it is wickedly funny!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/11/11: IT'S REMEMBRANCE DAY, AND WE'VE CHOSEN A FINE CANADIAN WAR NOVEL TO MARK IT! THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN HONOUR THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOMS IS BY INSISTING OUR POLITICIANS DO THE SAME -- BY NOT ALLOWING A FOREIGN AUTOCRAT TO DICTATE OUR COPYRIGHT AND TRADE LAWS! LESS TIME IN TOFINO, JUSTIN, AND MORE TIME SERVING CANADIANS BY FIXING THE MESS YOU MADE !!

Allen, Ralph (1913-1966) [Canadian journalist, historian, and novelist] Wikipedia

The High White Forest (1964) [The Belgium most people know is the country's fertile coastal plain, where Brussels, Antwerp, and other famous cities are located. But there is another Belgium, the eastern section, geographically the larger part of the country. Here can be found the Forest of the Ardennes, the "high white forest" of the title, which has many mountains, rivers, and swamps, a small population, and severe winter weather. It proved a nightmare for military operations during the Battle of the Bulge Wikipedia, which is the backdrop for this fine war novel, told from the perspective of members of the Canadian, German, and American armies. Ralph Allen knew what he was talking about: throughout the war he reported from Europe for Toronto's Globe and Mail, and his easy expertise and ample knowledge is apparent throughout the novel.] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1676]

2021/11/06: A FEW DAYS AGO, IT WAS OUR PRIVILEGE TO OFFER YOU LAURENCE STERNE'S A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. TODAY, FOR YOUR WEEKEND READING PLEASURE, WE OFFER HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK OF ALL, TRISTRAM SHANDY !!

Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768) [Anglo-Irish priest, anti-slavery activist, and novelist]] Wikipedia

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759-1767) Wikipedia [Sterne's most famous novel, a satirical travelogue: it was a huge, instantaneous and lasting success, and has often been translated: we offer not only the English-language original, but also a French translation from 1803. From the beginning, it was published as a serial, nine volumes, which appeared at intervals, the last of them being published the year before Sterne's passing. Not surprisingly, there is no particular indication that this was the end: no doubt Sterne might well have carried the novel further had he lived longer. But this does no harm to the novel, which is not an account of Tristram Shandy's life, but his observations on the people and incidents around him: his father and his uncle Toby play a major part in these anecdotes. The novel jumps back and forth as new distractions shift the narrative, but is not difficult to read, in spite of its age, and its vocabulary is straightforward, even if the first line of Sterne's dedication happens to present us with "wight", that is, "human being"! Sterne was very familiar with the great Renaissance satirists Rabelais and Cervantes, and he has joined their number as a European classic and a uniquely entertaining author.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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Vie et opinions de Tristram Shandy (1803) fr.wikipedia
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Tome second: Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 61816]
Tome troisième: Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 61856]
Tome quatrième: Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 61905]

2021/10/31: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! HERE AT PROJECT GUTENBERG CANADA, WE DON'T OFFER TRICKS -- WE LEAVE THOSE TO OUR POLITICIANS, WHOSE BIGGEST TRICK HAS SURELY BEEN THEIR TWENTY YEAR COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS. (THANKS, JUSTIN! THANKS, CHRYSTIA! AND PASS OUR THANKS ON TO YOUR BUDDY DONALD!) BUT WE LEAVE THE TRICKS TO THE TRICKSTERS, WHILE WE FOCUS ON TREATS FOR OUR READERS -- WONDERFUL FREE EBOOKS! TODAY'S TREAT IS BY IRELAND'S LAURENCE STERNE !!

Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768) [Anglo-Irish priest, anti-slavery activist, and novelist]] Wikipedia

A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768) Wikipedia [Sterne's second and final novel, in the form of a travelogue: it was a huge and lasting success with the public. More than a century later, it inspired the similarly titled Our Sentimental Journey through France and Italy by Joseph and Elizabeth Pennell, which you will find in our catalogue. The journey is "sentimental" because as the journey progresses Sterne focuses on the sentiments (feelings) of himself and those around him, rather than giving a dry recitation of geographical and historical information about the places he visits. A decision for which posterity thanks him!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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Le Voyage sentimental (1803) fr.wikipedia Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 62013]

2021/10/26: A TRAVEL BOOK BY THE JOURNALIST ELIZABETH PENNELL AND HER HUSBAND, THE FAMOUS ARTIST JOSEPH PENNELL, WHO CONTRIBUTED A HUGE NUMBER OF HIS WONDERFUL DRAWINGS. THIS IS A TRAVEL BOOK FOR THE AGES !!

Pennell, Joseph (1857-1926) [American artist] Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons The Victorian Web
with Pennell, Elizabeth Robins (1855-1936) [American travel writer, art critic, biographer and gastronome] Wikipedia

Our Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1893 version) [Travel book, inspired by the all but identically named A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768) by Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), which you will also find in the Project Gutenberg Canada catalogue. But unlike Laurence Sterne, the Pennells travelled on a tandem tricycle. And Joseph Pennell created a huge and dazzling set of drawings to illustrate their book! Really, these drawings are the main reason we have added this book to our catalogue.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #56438]

**2021/10/21: EMILY BRONTË WROTE ONLY ONE NOVEL, BUT NO SEQUEL IS NEEDED WHEN THE NOVEL IN QUESTION IS... WUTHERING HEIGHTS !!**

Brontë, Emily [Emily Jane] (1818-1848) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Wuthering Heights (1847) Wikipedia [Emily Brontë's only novel, controversial when published because of its language and subject matter, but now long established as one of the great English classics. The novel is set in (very) rural Yorkshire; as it opens Mr Lockwood, a new tenant, is making a call on his not very sociable landlord, Mr Heathcliff. In the course of the novel we shall learn much about Heathcliff's tumultuous life and how he has affected those around him. "Wuthering Heights... is passionate and profoundly moving; it has the depth and power of a great poem. To read it is not like reading a work of fiction, in which, however absorbed, you can remind yourself, if need be, that it is only a story; it is to have a shattering experience in your own life." (W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You). NOTE: As a special bonus, the EPUB we offer includes the fascinating 1850 biographical notice by Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) discussing her famous sisters and their works.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par Téodor de Wyzewa (1862-1917) fr.wikipedia

Un amant (1892) fr.wikipedia Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 63193]

**2021/10/18: TODAY, GREAT EXPECTATIONS -- OUR FOURTH EBOOK BY CHARLES DICKENS !!**

Dickens, Charles [Charles John Huffam] (1812-1870) [English novelist, editor, and social activist] Wikipedia

Great Expectations (1861) Wikipedia [Really a novel about class and money -- have things really changed in England? Or elsewhere, for that matter. Perhaps this universal theme explains the amazing success of this novel and of the fine movie adaptations it has inspired. In any case, our hero Pip is an orphan, living on the coast of Kent with his older sister and her husband, Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. Pip has no particular career prospects until the wealthy Miss Havisham becomes his patroness, paying for his apprenticeship as a blacksmith. But then he receives a gift from an anonymous benefactor, enough to make him financially independent. But will this enormous gift truly change his life? And if so, will it be for the better?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par Charles Bernard-Derosne (1825-1904) fr.wikipedia

Les grandes espérances (1863) fr.wikipedia Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #17565]

**2021/10/15: FALL IS NOW DEEPENING INTO WINTER: PERFECT READING WEATHER! AND WHAT BETTER READING THAN A CLASSIC NOVEL BY CHARLES DICKENS ?**

Dickens, Charles [Charles John Huffam] (1812-1870) [English novelist, editor, and social activist] Wikipedia

Bleak House (1853) Wikipedia [If you're considering launching a lawsuit, you might want to read Bleak House first! Lawsuits can go on year after year and produce little except huge legal bills, as with Jarndyce and Jarndyce, the legal case at the centre of this novel, which touches the lives of many people. The title may be bleak, but the novel is not, and has remained a favourite with the public (in particular with lawyers) up to the present day.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2021/10/14: WE CELEBRATED THANKSGIVING BY POSTING THE TIME MACHINE -- NOW WE MARK THE END OF THANKSGIVING WEEK WITH ANOTHER SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC BY H. G. WELLS !!**

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The War of the Worlds (1898) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, which has given rise to many adaptations, but none of these adaptations surpasses the original, with its famous opening words: "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own..." It's difficult to exaggerate the influence of this classic novel, not only on science fiction, but on the actual development of modern space travel: Wells had the original vision which started it all! But it would be an injustice to focus on Wells as a mere influence on others: this is a truly immortal classic, beautifully written. If you would like to see the famous illustrations created by Henrique Alvim Corrêa, greatly admired by Wells himself, have a look at the French translation listed below!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par Henry-D. Davray (1873-1944) fr.wikipedia avec les célèbres illustrations par Henrique Alvim Corrêa (1876-1910) fr.wikipedia

La Guerre des mondes (1906) Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #60656]

2021/10/08: OUR THANKSGIVING OFFERING TO YOU IS A VERY SPECIAL ONE: PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS WORK OF SCIENCE FICTION EVER WRITTEN !!

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Time Machine (1895) Wikipedia [Science fiction novella. Wells not only wrote the book, he actually invented the term "time machine", which has entered the language. And of course all subsequent time travel novels, films, and stories are derived from or influenced by Wells' masterpiece, which may be the most famous science fiction creation of them all. It's not just science fiction, but also social commentary: the narrator (the unnamed "Time Traveller") finds that class divisions, which we have certainly seen widen in the age of COVID-19, will not diminish with the passage of centuries: instead, the rich and the poor will apparently evolve into two separate species! Over the course of more than a century, Wells' great work has not dated at all.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/10/06: JUST AT THE MOMENT, NONE OF US REALLY HAVE TIME TO SPARE FOR THE FUTURE -- PRESENT EVENTS ARE EXCITING ENOUGH! THE ENVIRONMENT, THE PANDEMIC, THE POLITICIANS -- THINGS ARE PRETTY BAD ALREADY. ACTUALLY, THEY'RE A TOTAL MESS AND A COMPLETE CATASTROPHE. BUT THINGS USED TO BE DIFFERENT! THROUGHOUT HIS VERY LONG LIFE H. G. WELLS NEVER LOST HIS LOVE OF FORETELLING THE FUTURE. WHETHER TODAY'S NOVEL WAS AN ACCURATE FORECAST, WE LEAVE TO YOU. BUT AS ALWAYS WITH WELLS, IT'S BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND FULL OF FASCINATING IDEAS !!

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Shape of Things to Come (1933) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel. The diplomat Dr Philip Raven dies unexpectedly in 1930, but not before entrusting to Wells "a collection of papers and writings... a Short History of the World for about the next century and a half." Its origins are suspect: "For some years," Raven told our author, "off and on -- between sleeping and waking -- I've been -- in effect -- reading a book. A non-existent book. A dream book if you like. It's always the same book. Always. And it's a history." A history which includes the future, from 1933 to 2106! But actual world events between 1933 and 1936 had matched Raven's book precisely. And so Wells decided to publish the book!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/10/03: JACK LONDON'S NOVELS ARE FAMOUS WORLDWIDE, BUT IT CAN EASILY BE ARGUED THAT HIS SHORT STORIES ARE EVEN BETTER! TODAY'S SHORT STORY COLLECTION CONTAINS THE MOST FAMOUS STORY OF THEM ALL !!

London, Jack (1876-1916) [American novelist, political activist, and journalist] Wikipedia

Lost Face (1910) Wikipedia [A collection of short stories, sometimes quite graphic! This was noticed at the time: "Mr. London... seems willing to spare us nothing." (The Nation, 21 April 1910). And it includes the most famous story Jack London ever wrote, which certainly has an impact: the 1908 version of To Build a Fire. In most of Canada's vast geography, it is a very bad idea to go for a walk without a companion, particularly in winter. The more isolated the area, the worse the idea. And few places are more isolated than the forests of the Yukon!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

**2021/10/01: HAPPY OCTOBER! WE START THE MONTH WITH A COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN TALES OF THE "UNEXPECTED" -- BY H. G. WELLS, NO LESS !!**

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

Tales of the Unexpected (1922) [Science fiction stories, fifteen of them, where seemingly fantastic things happen: Wells heightens their impact by placing them firmly in the world we know. For example, in the first story, The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes, Sidney Davidson is working in the larger laboratory at Harlow Technical College, when suddenly something happens to his eyes. He doesn't lose his eyesight or anything like that, but he does not see the things actually in the laboratory; instead, he sees "the sun just rising, and the yards of the ship, and a tumbled sea, and a couple of birds flying. I never saw anything so real. And I'm sitting up to my neck in a bank of sand." Quite an opening! And this is just the first of the stories, with fourteen more to follow!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66409]

2021/09/29: IN 1902, CALIFORNIA'S JACK LONDON VISITED, WELL, LONDON, AND SPENT A MONTH LIVING WITH THE POOREST OF THE POOR IN THAT CITY. HIS ACCOUNT IS AN ENDURING MASTERPIECE, AND MORE RELEVANT TODAY THAN EVER, AS WE GRAPPLE WITH THE HUGE CLASS DIFFERENCES THAT COVID-19 HAS LAID BARE !!

London, Jack (1876-1916) [American novelist, political activist, and journalist] Wikipedia

The People of the Abyss (1903) Wikipedia ["The experiences related in this volume," writes Jack London in his preface, "fell to me in the summer of 1902. I went down into the under-world of London with an attitude of mind which I may best liken to that of the explorer. I was open to be convinced by the evidence of my eyes, rather than by the teachings of those who had not seen, or by the words of those who had seen and gone before." His explorations were successful, to say the least, and resulted in this enduring classic, a very readable classic: after all, we're talking about Jack London! "Mr. London understands and is in fullest sympathy with the poor and the outcast and hopeless people he writes about, and records his personal experiences amidst them with a vivid and unflinching actuality." (The Bookman [UK], January 1904)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/09/24: THE ELECTION'S OVER! IT (1) SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN HELD, (2) CHANGED NOTHING, AND (3) SHOWED US SOME UNFORTUNATE ASPECTS OF CANADIAN POLITICAL CULTURE.

IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE! LET'S HEAD BACK TWO CENTURIES, TO A NOVEL THAT HAS NEVER LOST ITS FRESHNESS AND NEVER WILL: JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE !!

Austen, Jane (1775-1817) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Pride and Prejudice (1813) Wikipedia [Novel, perhaps the most famous novel in the English language, and certainly one of the most popular. The Bennet family is wealthy, but their wealth is transient, since the five daughters will not inherit anything: the estate can only go to a male heir. Hence there is huge pressure for one of the daughters to marry well, or rather, to marry someone with serious money. The "pride" is that of Mr Darcy, whose initial impression of the Bennets is that they are not the sort of family he wants to be involved with. The "prejudice" is that of Elizabeth Bennet, who quickly begins to dislike Mr Darcy. The Project Gutenberg US ebook we present is drawn from an impeccable source, the 1923 edition of Austen's novels by the textual scholar R. W. Chapman (1881-1960) Wikipedia. For Pride and Prejudice, Chapman principally relied on the 1813 first edition, and included some illustrations from Jane Austen's era.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #42671]

2021/09/16: ONLY FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION! ON MONDAY, VOTE THE LIBERALS OUT OF OFFICE. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN CANCELLING THEIR COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS, AND ENDING CANADA'S STATUS AS A U.S. PUPPET STATE !!

THESE DAYS, CANADA'S PUBLIC DOMAIN FEELS LIKE KABUL'S AIRPORT. WE'RE TRYING TO RESCUE THE FINAL AUTHORS AVAILABLE BEFORE THE TRMP/TRUDEAU COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS DESCEND ON US, AND JUSTIN TRUDEAU SLAMS THE DOOR SHUT FOR TWENTY YEARS!

THE ENGLISH NOVELIST E. M. FORSTER IS ONE OF THE FINAL REFUGEES WHO MADE IT TO THE AIRPORT. TODAY'S EBOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1910, AND HAS BEEN UNDER COPYRIGHT FOR AN INCREDIBLE ONE HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS.

OF COURSE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. UNDER THE PREPOSTEROUS TRMP/TRUDEAU NAFTA SCHEME, IT WOULD BE UNDER COPYRIGHT FOR ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS -- UNTIL 2041 !

COPYRIGHTS SHOULD BE SHORTER, NOT LONGER. AND THEY SHOULD CERTAINLY NOT BE IMPOSED ON CANADIANS AGAINST OUR WILL, BY JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND THE WHITE HOUSE AUTOCRAT TR*MP.

Forster, E. M. [Edward Morgan] (1879-1970) [English novelist, travel writer, and critic] Wikipedia

Howards End (1910) Wikipedia [Novel, set in England, and involving three families of notably different economic classes and social views. The book is hugely admired by Forster connoisseurs, and involves many complex and interesting human interactions in the course of its forty-four chapters! It was the inspiration for the 1992 Merchant/Ivory film Wikipedia with a formidable cast, including Emma Thompson, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2946]

2021/09/14: ON SEPT 20, VOTE THE LIBERALS OUT OF OFFICE. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN CANCELLING THEIR COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS, AND ENDING CANADA'S STATUS AS A U.S. PUPPET STATE !!

THESE DAYS, CANADA'S PUBLIC DOMAIN FEELS LIKE KABUL'S AIRPORT. WE'RE TRYING TO RESCUE THE FINAL AUTHORS AVAILABLE BEFORE THE TRMP/TRUDEAU COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS DESCEND ON US, AND JUSTIN TRUDEAU SLAMS THE DOOR SHUT FOR TWENTY YEARS!

THE ENGLISH NOVELIST E. M. FORSTER IS ONE OF THE FINAL REFUGEES WHO MADE IT TO THE AIRPORT. TODAY'S EBOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1908, AND HAS BEEN UNDER COPYRIGHT FOR AN INCREDIBLE ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE YEARS.

OF COURSE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. UNDER THE PREPOSTEROUS TRMP/TRUDEAU NAFTA SCHEME, IT WOULD BE UNDER COPYRIGHT FOR ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO YEARS -- UNTIL 2041 !

COPYRIGHTS SHOULD BE SHORTER, NOT LONGER. AND THEY SHOULD CERTAINLY NOT BE IMPOSED ON CANADIANS AGAINST OUR WILL, BY JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND THE WHITE HOUSE AUTOCRAT TR*MP.

Forster, E. M. [Edward Morgan] (1879-1970) [English novelist, travel writer, and critic] Wikipedia

A Room with a View (1908) Wikipedia [Novel, set in Florence: The view in question is of the river Arno, which flows through Florence, and the main characters are a group of well-off English tourists. The novel is not as sedate as you might think: there is, for example, a murder! The novel has achieved enduring fame, and is the inspiration for the famous 1985 Merchant/Ivory film of the same name Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2641]

2021/09/12: THESE DAYS, CANADA'S PUBLIC DOMAIN FEELS LIKE KABUL'S AIRPORT. WE'RE TRYING TO RESCUE THE FINAL AUTHORS AVAILABLE BEFORE THE TRMP/TRUDEAU TWENTY YEAR* COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS DESCEND ON US, AND THE DOOR SLAMS SHUT.

OF COURSE CANADIANS WANTED NO PART OF THIS GARBAGE, BUT WE DON'T MATTER: TRUDEAU PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE AMERICAN AUTOCRAT TRMP, AND NONE AT ALL TO THE PEOPLE OF CANADA. BUT THE ONE TIME THE POLITICIANS CANNOT* IGNORE THE CITIZENS IS A GENERAL ELECTION. ON SEPT 20, VOTE THE LIBERALS OUT OF OFFICE. LET'S END CANADA'S STATUS AS A U.S. PUPPET STATE AND GET OUR PUBLIC DOMAIN BACK !!

THE FAMOUS PHILOSOPHER, MATHEMATICIAN, AND PEACE ACTIVIST BERTRAND RUSSELL IS ONE OF THE FINAL REFUGEES WHO MADE IT TO THE AIRPORT ON JAN 1ST OF THIS YEAR. TODAY'S EBOOK, A LECTURE BY RUSSELL ON FREE THOUGHT VS. PROPAGANDA, IS EXCELLENT READING AT ELECTION TIME -- JUST LOOK AT THE POWER GRAB IN JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S OUTRAGEOUS BILL C-10, WHICH HUGELY EXTENDS GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF INTERNET CONTENT, INCLUDING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS !!

Russell, Bertrand [Arthur William], 3rd Earl Russell [Welsh philosopher, mathematician, and peace activist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1950] (1872-1970) Wikipedia

Free Thought and Official Propaganda (1922) [The 1922 Conway Memorial Lecture Wikipedia with a short and fine introduction by the psychologist and social activist Graham Wallas (1858-1932) Wikipedia. With the advent of the internet and of social media, government propaganda has greater penetration and power than ever before, and society has entered a crisis from which it is not clear we shall escape anytime soon: this lecture from 1922 is more relevant today than ever. Profound thought, ease of reading, and brevity are qualities not usually found together, but Bertrand Russell knew how to combine the three, as this lecture demonstrates!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #44932]

2021/09/10: THESE DAYS, CANADA'S PUBLIC DOMAIN FEELS LIKE KABUL'S AIRPORT. WE'RE TRYING TO RESCUE THE FINAL AUTHORS AVAILABLE BEFORE THE TRMP/TRUDEAU TWENTY YEAR* COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS DESCEND ON US, AND THE DOOR SLAMS SHUT.

THE AMERICAN POET AND NOVELIST JOHN DOS PASSOS IS ONE OF THE FINAL REFUGEES WHO MADE IT TO THE AIRPORT ON JAN 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

OF COURSE CANADIANS WANTED NO PART OF THIS GARBAGE, BUT WE DON'T MATTER: TRUDEAU PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE AMERICAN AUTOCRAT TRMP, AND NONE AT ALL TO THE PEOPLE OF CANADA. BUT THE ONE TIME THE POLITICIANS CANNOT* IGNORE THE CITIZENS IS A GENERAL ELECTION. ON SEPT 20, VOTE THE LIBERALS OUT OF OFFICE. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN CANCELLING THEIR COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS, AND ENDING CANADA'S STATUS AS A U.S. PUPPET STATE !!

Dos Passos, John [American novelist and poet] (1896-1970) Wikipedia

Three Soldiers (1921) Wikipedia [War novel, which Dos Passos was certainly in a position to write, having seen the First World War close up, as a volunteer ambulance driver in France and Italy. The three soldiers in question are the narrator, the sensitive and highly educated John Andrews from New York, who is by no means enthusiastic about the war, and two of his close companions. The war turns out badly for Andrews. "There are those who think that John Dos Passos ought to be sent to jail and others who hail him as the first of native authors to tell the truth about the war." (Heywood Broun, The Bookman [US], 5 October 1921)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #6362]

2021/09/06: THESE DAYS, CANADA'S PUBLIC DOMAIN FEELS LIKE KABUL'S AIRPORT! WE'RE TRYING TO RESCUE THE FINAL AUTHORS AVAILABLE BEFORE THE TRMP/TRUDEAU TWENTY YEAR* COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS DESCEND ON US.

THE FAMOUS PHILOSOPHER, MATHEMATICIAN, AND PEACE ACTIVIST BERTRAND RUSSELL IS ONE OF THE FINAL REFUGEES WHO MADE IT TO THE AIRPORT ON JAN 1ST OF THIS YEAR, BUT IT WILL SHORTLY CLOSE FOR TWENTY YEARS WHEN THE TRMP/TRUDEAU COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS GO INTO FULL FORCE.

OF COURSE CANADIANS WANTED NO PART OF THIS GARBAGE, BUT WE DON'T MATTER: TRUDEAU PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE AMERICAN AUTOCRAT TRMP, AND NONE AT ALL TO THE PEOPLE OF CANADA. BUT THE ONE TIME THE POLITICIANS CANNOT IGNORE THE CITIZENS IS A GENERAL ELECTION. ON SEPT 20, VOTE THE LIBERALS OUT OF OFFICE. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN CANCELLING THEIR COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS, AND ENDING CANADA'S STATUS AS A U.S. PUPPET STATE

Russell, Bertrand [Arthur William], 3rd Earl Russell [Welsh philosopher, mathematician, and peace activist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1950] (1872-1970) Wikipedia

Icarus, or The Future of Science (1924) [Philosophical/political monograph. Lord Russell considers the role that the sciences play in accelerating the pace of change in society. But he also considers whether this acceleration has been a good thing, and concludes that "Men's collective passions are mainly evil; far the strongest of them are hatred and rivalry directed towards other groups. Therefore at present all that gives men power to indulge their collective passions is bad. That is why science threatens to cause the destruction of our civilization." Those of us who have witnessed the growing social disorder in the US, the UK, and elsewhere have to agree. And Russell was writing this a century ago!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66225]

2021/09/03: FOR THE LABOUR DAY WEEKEND, WE PRESENT YOU WITH A MAGNIFICENT ALBUM OF PAINTINGS BY THE GERMAN ARTIST (YES, HE WAS BORN IN BAVARIA) EDWARD HARRISON COMPTON !!

A COLONY-WIDE ELECTION HAS BEEN CALLED FOR SEPT 20. ONCE UPON A TIME WE CALLED THESE "FEDERAL" ELECTIONS, BUT AFTER THE FIVE OTTAWA PARTIES FORCED THE NEW NAFTA ON CANADIANS, WE CAN HARDLY CALL CANADA A SOVEREIGN STATE ANY MORE. SOVEREIGN STATES DON'T LET FOREIGN POWERS REWRITE THEIR COPYRIGHT LAWS OR OTHER DOMESTIC LEGISLATION.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE DOORMAT ("OPPOSITION") PARTIES NEED TO RE-ESTABLISH THEIR COUNTRY AND THEMSELVES BY GETTING RID OF THE ABOMINATIONS THEY PUT IN NAFTA AT THE COMMAND OF THE FOREIGN AUTOCRAT TRMP, AGAINST THE WILL OF CANADIANS -- IN PARTICULAR, THE TWENTY-YEAR COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS*.

Compton, Edward Harrison (1881-1960) [German painter] Wikipedia

Chester Water-Colours (1916) [Watercolour album. Chester Wikipedia (from "castrum", Latin for "army base") is located in Cheshire, not far from the Welsh border. As its name indicates, it was founded by the Romans, and was relatively prosperous throughout the Middle Ages. Watergate Street, included in this collection, was laid out as part of the Roman encampment, and substantial sections of the city's walls survive from Roman times. As you will see, this famous old city provided excellent material for Compton to paint. In spite of his name, Compton was a German artist: his father had emigrated from England to Upper Bavaria where he became a famous mountain climber and painter, married, and had his family. The son followed his father's example and became a painter. He trained in England, exhibited his paintings there, and was presumably in England throughout the First World War, for this fine portfolio was published in May 1916. The reproductions are all in colour: if there were wartime production issues, there are certainly no traces of them in this beautiful album.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66086]

2021/08/29: A LATE MASTERPIECE BY JOSEPH CONRAD, CERTAINLY INVOLVING THE SEA, BUT PRINCIPALLY TAKING PLACE ON LAND -- THE FRENCH PORT OF MARSEILLES, TO BE SPECIFIC! SMUGGLING IS INVOLVED, AND CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN !!

A COLONY-WIDE ELECTION HAS BEEN CALLED FOR SEPT 20. ONCE UPON A TIME WE CALLED THESE "FEDERAL" ELECTIONS, BUT AFTER THE FIVE OTTAWA PARTIES FORCED THE NEW NAFTA ON CANADIANS, WE CAN HARDLY CALL CANADA A SOVEREIGN STATE ANY MORE. SOVEREIGN STATES DON'T LET FOREIGN POWERS REWRITE THEIR COPYRIGHT LAWS OR OTHER DOMESTIC LEGISLATION.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE DOORMAT ("OPPOSITION") PARTIES NEED TO RE-ESTABLISH THEIR COUNTRY AND THEMSELVES BY GETTING RID OF THE ABOMINATIONS THEY PUT IN NAFTA AT THE COMMAND OF THE FOREIGN AUTOCRAT TRMP, AGAINST THE WILL OF CANADIANS -- IN PARTICULAR, THE TWENTY-YEAR COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS*.

Conrad, Joseph [Korzeniowski, Józef Teodor Konrad] (1857-1924) [Polish mariner and novelist] Wikipedia

The Arrow of Gold. A Story Between Two Notes. (1919) Wikipedia [Historical novel, set in Marseilles, but principally concerned with Spain, in particular the Third Carlist War Wikipedia. There is a direct line from the Carlist Wars to the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 and indeed to the question of Catalan independence which continues to roil Spanish politics today, and there is a direct line back to the Middle Ages, when Spain was far from being a unitary state, but was a group of independent kingdoms with very distinct religions, languages, and nationalities. So the Third Carlist War (1872-76) settled nothing, but was a dispute between two claimants to the Spanish throne, the not particularly popular Amadeo I, from Italy, and Carlos VII, who was opposed to liberalism, but in favour of the traditional autonomy of Catalonia, Aragon, and Valencia: this autonomy had been suppressed many years before by Philip V at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. But Conrad's novel is not about the great themes of Spanish history, but about individuals, mostly in Marseilles, who are involved in various ways with smuggling weapons to the Carlist forces in Spain. The chief of these characters is Doña Rita, born in Spain, but resident for many years in France, where she takes a chief role in the smuggling. "The murky intrigues of a royalist uprising form only the background for a tale of love triumphant, brooded over by the magic and mystery of the sea. There is something direct and elemental in the artless infatuation of the young sailor, known only as Monsieur George, palpitating on the threshold of his first love, and the experienced Doña Rita... whose youth and innocence still make answer to the youth and innocence of her lover." (Literary Digest, 11 October 1919)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/08/26: A CLASSIC NOVEL BY JACK LONDON -- IT STARTS IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY, BUT THE ACTION RANGES ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC ABOARD A SEALING SCHOONER (ITS CREW HUNTS SEAL). ITS CAPTAIN IS THE DECIDEDLY TOUGH WOLF LARSEN, AND ABOARD THE SHIP IS THE NOT SO TOUGH HUMPHREY VAN WEYDEN, RICH BY INHERITANCE AND NOT WELL VERSED IN THE WAYS OF THE WORLD. BUT HE'S TOUGHER THAN HE SEEMS !!

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London, Jack (1876-1916) [American novelist, political activist, and journalist] Wikipedia

The Sea-Wolf (1904) Wikipedia [Novel. The "sea-wolf" of the title is not an actual wolf, such as can be found in the other works of Jack London, but Captain Wolf Larsen, captain of a schooner which scours the North Pacific hunting seals. When in San Francisco Bay he rescues Humphrey "Hump" Van Weyden, a young man who is wealthy by inheritance, from the shipwreck in the San Francisco fog of a ferry on its way from Sausalito to the city. The Martinez does not drop Van Weyden off at San Francisco, but continues the voyage it has started. There is much conflict between the two men, and Larsen certainly has the more powerful position, but he is more complicated than at first appears.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/08/20: FROM 1941, A BOOK BY MARGERY ALLINGHAM THAT IS NOT ONE OF HER FAMOUS MYSTERY NOVELS. INSTEAD, IT'S AN ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN HER VILLAGE ON THE NORTH SEA COAST WHEN A GERMAN INVASION OF ENGLAND SEEMED IMMINENT !!

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Allingham, Margery [Youngman Carter, Margery Louise] (1904-1966) [English mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Oaken Heart (1941) [Memoir; not a mystery novel! In 1941 a German invasion of England was a strong possibility, and the village of Tolleshunt D'Arcy Wiktionary on the Essex coast was at particularly high risk. And it is in that village (called "Auburn" in the book), that Allingham and her husband Philip lived. This is her account of village life under these very unusual circumstances. Her writing has an authenticity which is refreshing after the manufactured history and manufactured debate we've seen coming out of England in recent years. After all, Allingham was faced with the very real threat of a foreign occupation, rather than the decidedly less concrete threat posed by "Brussels bureaucrats"!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1675]

2021/08/17: IN THE CALL OF THE WILD, JACK LONDON HAD TOLD THE STORY OF A DOG THAT JOINED A PACK OF WOLVES. IN WHITE FANG, HE TELLS THE STORY OF A HYBRID WOLF-DOG WHO WENT THE OTHER WAY. BORN ON THE BANKS OF THE MACKENZIE RIVER, HE IS PARTIALLY DOMESTICATED BY AN ABORIGINAL, AND STARTS ON A LONG AND ARDUOUS PERSONAL JOURNEY !!

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London, Jack (1876-1916) [American novelist, political activist, and journalist] Wikipedia

White Fang (1906) Wikipedia [Novel, the classic sequel to The Call of the Wild, to which it bears many resemblances, except the title character is not a domestic dog that heads to Northern Canada and joins a pack of wolves, but a wolf-dog hybrid born wild in Northern Canada near the Mackenzie River, who is gradually domesticated, and goes on some very long travels, first to the Yukon, and then to the south.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/08/12: TODAY, A TRANSBORDER TALE LARGELY SET IN THE YUKON AND ALASKA IN A HAPPIER TIME, WHEN THE UNITED STATES WAS A CLOSER NEIGHBOUR THAN IN OUR OWN SAD DAYS. YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CALL OF THE WILD, WHICH BROUGHT JACK LONDON INSTANT FAME WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED -- A FAME WHICH ENDURES TODAY, AND SHOWS NO SIGN OF FADING !!

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The Call of the Wild (1903) Wikipedia [For the millions who love Canada and the United States, the last twenty-five years have been a complete nightmare. Our friendly border is now a militarized frontier, where passports are now demanded (for centuries, until 2004, less than twenty years ago, they were not) and hostile interrogations by border guards have taken the place of friendly chats with border agents. Still worse, the Thirteen Colonies have become an oppressive military empire, which has used a "free trade agreement" to make Canada an American puppet state, rewriting Canada's domestic legislation against the will of Canadians: hence the copyright extensions we so often discuss on this site, and will continue discussing, until these extensions, imposed by the White House autocrat and weakly agreed to by Congress and Parliament, are completely and permanently removed. But the nightmare we see today was only created recently, as will be seen from the pages of this famous novel, an enduring classic famous worldwide which takes place partly in Canada, and partly in the United States. The story starts in California, in Santa Clara County, where Buck lives. Buck is a dog, a very large dog, of some one hundred and forty pounds, who lives on the vast agricultural estate of Judge Miller, where he is well treated and likes his existence. But this happy environment was not to endure, "Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland. These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost." So Buck is kidnapped and finds himself first in Alaska and then in the Yukon during the Klondike gold rush! As the story proceeds, Buck feels himself less and less attached to humans and more and more attracted towards the wolf packs he encounters. He is, in fact, hearing the Call of the Wild.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/08/08: TODAY'S EBOOK IS A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF PEN AND PENCIL DRAWINGS FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES -- THEY'LL LOOK WONDERFUL ON YOUR TABLET OR MONITOR !!

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Holme, Charles Geoffrey (1887-1954) [Anglo-American art historian]

Drawings in Pen & Pencil from Dürer's Day to Ours (1922) ["The Studio" Wikipedia was a London art magazine published between 1893 and 1964. Its founder was Charles Holme (1848-1923), who was succeeded as editor by his son, Charles Geoffrey Holme. In addition to its regular issues, The Studio from time to time published magnificently illustrated monographs, some of them, such as this one, very large: it includes drawings from the end of the fifteenth to the start of the twentieth century. The drawings were selected by Holme, and supplied with lively and informative "notes and appreciations" by English painter and designer George Sheringham (1884-1937) Wikipedia. The individual artists are too many to discuss here, but are listed at the start of the book; most of them have substantial articles at Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65836]

2021/08/05: TODAY'S EBOOK BY RUDYARD KIPLING IS SET NOT IN EUROPE OR ASIA, BUT IN NORTH AMERICA -- NOT JUST THAT, BUT MUCH OF IT TAKES PLACE IN THE GRAND BANKS OFF NEWFOUNDLAND. YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT "CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS" !!

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Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) [Anglo-Indian novelist and poet; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1907] Wikipedia

Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks. (1897) Wikipedia [Rudyard Kipling is often thought of as a supporter of imperialism. But how then do we explain the pro-Indian feelings so predominant in Kim? And if he was such an upholder of the privileges of the propertied classes, how do we explain Captains Courageous? It is the story of an American rich kid whose character is transformed. The rich kid is Harvey Cheyne, the son of a California millionaire: "Built one place at San Diego, the old man has; another at Los Angeles; owns half a dozen railroads, half the lumber on the Pacific slope, and lets his wife spend the money..." Harvey is washed overboard while he and his family are crossing the Atlantic, but he is rescued by Manuel, a Portuguese seaman who is part of the crew of the fishing schooner We're Here, sailing out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Harvey works on the schooner, and his formerly difficult character is completely changed by the time he reaches port. Readers of the novel will be instructed as well as entertained, for it contains much information about the cod fishery, as well as an enduringly famous account of how Harvey's parents managed to get from San Diego to Boston with astonishing speed. If you're a railroad magnate, you can make some very special arrangements! We present two digital editions of this immortal classic: an elegant EPUB from the University of Adelaide, and an illustrated digital edition from Project Gutenberg US, based on the 1897 Macmillan edition, which includes twenty-two drawings by Massachusetts artist Isaac Walton Taber (1857-1933) Wikipedia] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2225]

2021/08/02: WE CONCLUDE THE AUGUST LONG WEEKEND AS WE STARTED IT -- WITH A NOVELLA BY NATHANAEL WEST !!

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West, Nathanael [Weinstein, Nathan] (1903-1940) [American novelist and screenwriter] Wikipedia

Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) Wikipedia [West's famous novella set in the newspaper industry. In spite of her name "Miss Lonelyhearts" is in fact a man, a not particularly happy one, who runs the personal advice column at a New York newspaper. He finds his job stressful, since after a while it is difficult to come up with original answers for situations which come up time and time again. And the letters he gets from readers are invariably sad ones, involving often intractable situations.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/07/30: AS WE HAVE LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC, FILM AND VIDEO NOW PLAY AN EVEN LARGER PART IN OUR LIVES THAN BEFORE. SO WE NOW OFFER TWO DIGITAL EDITIONS OF NATHANAEL WEST'S FAMOUS 1939 NOVEL ABOUT LIFE AS IT ACTUALLY WAS LIVED IN HOLLYWOOD IN THE THIRTIES -- FINE SUMMER READING FOR THE AUGUST LONG WEEKEND !!

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The Day of the Locust (1939) Wikipedia [Novel about life as it was actually lived in and around Hollywood, where West himself worked as a screenwriter, filmed in 1975 by John Schlesinger Wikipedia. The US Declaration of Independence famously cites as a basic human right not actual happiness, but the pursuit of happiness. Many have moved to California seeking happiness, yet have not found it. And our hero Tod Hackett discovers that many of those he encounters "had come to California to die": this is the world he sets out to explore. He is himself a new arrival, hired by a studio on the basis of his work as a student at the Yale School of Fine Arts.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1658]

2021/07/28: OUR ARTHUR GASK INITIATIVE IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE WITH TODAY'S SHORT STORY. WE NOW OFFER TWENTY-EIGHT TITLES BY ADELAIDE'S WORLD-FAMOUS MYSTERY AUTHOR !!

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Gask, Arthur [Arthur Cecil] (1869-1951) [Australian novelist, journalist, and dentist] Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Hatton Garden Crime (1945) [A short story, which does not feature Gask's famous sleuth Gilbert Larose! Hatton Garden Wikipedia is an area of central London that has long been famous as a centre of the jewellery trade. "For many years," the story begins, "Reuben Leyden had been one of the best-known diamond dealers in Hatton Garden... almost fabulous sums of money had at times, in the course of a few minutes, changed hands in his modest suite of rooms." One day... no, let's stop right there! To learn more, just read this very short story. Hint: there may be a murder!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/07/25: TODAY'S EBOOK IS A VERY GREAT NOVEL AND AN ETERNAL CLASSIC: THACKERAY'S "VANITY FAIR" -- WITH THE AUTHOR'S OWN ILLUSTRATIONS !!

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Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863) [English novelist, journalist, and illustrator] Wikipedia

Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. (1848) Wikipedia [Thackeray's most celebrated novel, a true panorama of English society in the early nineteenth century. In the novel's prologue we find ourselves in a travelling fair ("Vanity Fair") at which Thackeray has been presenting his Show; he acknowledges "the kindness with which it has been received in all the principal towns of England through which the Show has passed". (The novel had been published as a serial, and would have been read throughout England.) The Fair represents life as it is actually lived, and is "not a moral place certainly; nor a merry one, though very noisy." And the Show is Thackeray's "novel without a hero". It is not a comedy: Thackeray commenting on his own role as stage manager comments that "a feeling of profound melancholy comes over him in his survey of the bustling place." But this should not deter you from reading the novel! It has infinite energy, sparkling narrative, and unforgettable characters. And within its pages people do what people do: plot for their own advantage, with little thought of others except insofar as it serves their own interests. Perhaps it should be mandatory reading in our high schools, since the novel certainly prepares its readers for the world around them, where few people can be relied on. Certainly not our politicians, as was shown in 2020 by the "new NAFTA" (yes, we're talking about the copyright extensions, but much more) and by the shocking history of the COVID pandemic, where the vast gulf between the rich and the poor became even clearer than before. As the novel's main narrative begins, Becky Sharp is graduating from Miss Pinkerton's academy for young ladies. She is much poorer than her classmates, and is well aware that she will have to rely on her own wits through the years to come: there will be no one to help her. Fortunately she is talented, motivated, and ruthless. And things proceed from there! The Adelaide EPUB we are presenting to you contains the fine illustrations created for the novel by Thackeray himself -- classics in their own right!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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La foire aux vanités, Tome I (1884) Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #19112]
La foire aux vanités, Tome II (1884) Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #20864]
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2021/07/22: OUR SECOND EBOOK BY WILLIAM MORRIS CARRIES THE STORY FORWARD FROM HIS TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS !!

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Morris, William (1834-1896) [English novelist, poet, painter, textile designer, and social activist] Wikipedia

The Roots of the Mountains (1889) Wikipedia [Novel, "Wherein is told somewhat of the lives of the men of Burgdale their friends their neighbours their foemen and their fellows in arms." It is a continuation of the Tale of the House of the Wolfings: the descendants of the Wolfings show up as the Sons of the Wolf. As with the earlier novel, there are many elements in common with The Lord of the Rings, for which it was clearly a source. Morris's language has a deliberate antique grandeur, but he ensures that his meaning is always clear. For example, he renders the first sentence of the novel that much more accessible by saying "town or thorp" rather than just "thorp": "Once upon a time amidst the mountains and hills and falling streams of a fair land there was a town or thorp in a certain valley." Yes, this sounds a lot like Rivendell!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/07/20: WILLIAM MORRIS DIDN'T REALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN FANTASY. IT'S TRUER TO SAY THAT HE INVENTED IT !!

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A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark (1889) Wikipedia [Novel, which largely created the modern fantasy novel. Its influence can clearly be seen in The Lord of the Rings: both novels have a place called Mirkwood, and in both dwarfs play an important role. No hobbits, though! It is written in a deliberately archaic style, with many words and usages from early English and other Germanic languages. With astounding skill and judgment Morris ensures that his archaic language is consistent, comprehensible, and beautiful to the ear. From the moment of its appearance to the present day the novel has always had many admirers, starting with Oscar Wilde!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/07/18: TODAY'S EBOOK IS A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF FAR MORE THAN A THOUSAND WOODCUTS FROM THE RENAISSANCE -- THEY'LL LOOK ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS ON YOUR SCREEN !!

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Jennings, Oscar (ca. 1850-1914) [Anglo-French medical researcher and bibliographer]

Early Woodcut Initials (1908) [Monograph "containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings, M.D., Member of the Bibliographical Society". Because of the many illustrations, this ebook may take some extra time to load. Dr. Jennings had a deep knowledge of the history of printing, as is obvious from this classic work, which at times comes close to being a history of the invention and early development of printing, with more than a hundred mentions of Johannes Gutenberg, the patron of Project Gutenberg Canada! But these studies were not the only or even the primary field in which Oscar Jennings worked! "For many years he practised in Paris, and won a considerable reputation by his writings on the mechanical treatment of diseases of the spinal cord, and particularly on the treatment of the morphine habit, on which he wrote several monographs. He was an enthusiastic believer in the virtues of cycle exercise and, we believe, very successfully reduced his own weight by this means." (Obituary, British Medical Journal 19 December 1914).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65847]

2021/07/16: TODAY'S EBOOK BY RUDYARD KIPLING INCLUDES FOUR GHOST STORIES... AND THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING !!

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Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) [Anglo-Indian novelist and poet; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1907] Wikipedia

The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories (1888) Wikipedia ["Other Eerie Stories", according to some early editions, and indeed four of the five stories are ghost stories: The Phantom Rickshaw (it looks like a rickshaw, but is it real?), My Own True Ghost Story (why should mere death interfere with a passion for billiards?), The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes (sometimes it's really not a good idea to go out at night in an area you don't know, even if the sound of dogs baying at the moon is annoying you), and "The Finest Story in the World" (Charlie Mears "lived in the north of London, coming into the City every day to work in a bank. He was twenty years old and suffered from aspirations." Needless to say, some strange things start happening to Charlie.) Yet the most famous story of all, The Man Who Would Be King Wikipedia, does not involve ghosts, but personal ambition and imperial overreach. Two enterprising individuals in British India decide to seek their fortune over the border, in Kafiristan, part of modern Afghanistan. They have plans to set up their own kingdom, and at first this preposterous scheme seems to work, until things go wrong. Very wrong. Of course, in Afghanistan the collapse of the dreams of empire is a familiar story, as is shown by the failed attempts at conquest over the past two centuries by the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and, as recently as 2021, the United States. Perhaps the Soviets and the Americans should have read their Kipling! Of course, you don't have to physically invade a country to make it your colony, as the US's successful takeover of Canada demonstrates: the 2020 version of NAFTA, which coercively imposed American copyright durations and other outrages on our country, is certainly the act of an aggressive imperial power. Perhaps the Americans will learn their Afghanistan lesson, and start treating other countries, Canada included, as their equals, not their subjects. Not a moment too soon!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/07/13: TODAY'S EBOOK IS FROM OHIO'S LOUIS BROMFIELD AND IS A FAMILY EPIC SET IN MASSACHUSETTS. IN 1927 IT BROUGHT ITS AUTHOR THE PULITZER PRIZE !!

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Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956) [American novelist, journalist, and organic farmer] Wikipedia

Early Autumn (1926) Wikipedia [A novel from near the beginning of Bromfield's career -- it won him the 1927 Pulitzer Prize! It is a family epic, set in the old but fictional Massachusetts town of Durham, where the Pentland family has roots dating back to the seventeenth century. But now it's the twentieth century, Durham has changed and grown, and the Pentlands, it turns out, are not immune to the problems which can beset long-established families dependent on inherited wealth. The novel features old John Pentland, his alarming sister Cassie, and his son Anson, who had married Olivia, whom Cassie "had never quite forgiven... for being an outsider who had come into the intricate web of life at Pentlands out of (of all places) Chicago." Still, when she arrived, so did her substantial fortune. By this point you probably get the picture. Now try the novel, written with Louis Bromfield's typical combination of elegance and approachability!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

2021/07/11: "THE RICH GET RICHER, AND THE POOR GET POORER" -- THE COVID-19 MESS HAS BRUTALLY EXPOSED HOW TRUE THIS IS. JUST LOOK AT THE STOCK MARKET'S RECORD HIGHS. THEN LOOK AT AVERAGE INCOMES! NO ONE UNDERSTOOD THESE THINGS BETTER THAN UPTON SINCLAIR, THE AUTHOR OF TODAY'S EBOOK !!

A FALL ELECTION IS LIKELY. OUR PARTIES ARE GOOD AT BOASTING, BUT NOT SO GOOD AT ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING.

OUR SUGGESTION: THEY SHOULD (1) DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM THE U.S. AND (2) REESTABLISH CANADA'S SOVEREIGNTY, BY GETTING RID OF THE ABOMINATIONS PUT IN NAFTA AT THE COMMAND OF THE FOREIGN AUTOCRAT TRMP, AND AGAINST THE WILL OF CANADIANS -- IN PARTICULAR, THE TWENTY-YEAR COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS.

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Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968) [American novelist, journalist, and politician] Wikipedia

Letters to Judd, an American Workingman (1926) [No one has ever had a clearer view of how the economic system really works than Upton Sinclair. "This book is written and published," says the author, "as an act of love for America. It is made out of faith in our country, and in you." He discusses theory versus reality. And here's the reality: "Well, the first thing the big corporation financier does is to seek out some form of special privilege, some opening through which he knows that he can make quick and certain profits." We certainly see this in the COVID era. Why such vast public subsidies for corporations? Why did the citizens pay for developing the COVID vaccines, but private interests ended up owning the patents, with guaranteed monopoly profits for many years into the future? And why were American commercial interests allowed to hijack our copyright laws, using open coercion? The government and all the "opposition" parties just rolled over and played dead! Excessive copyright lengths are economically harmful, are an attack on the poor, and do not benefit the original creators, who are (how shall we put this?) dead. As PGC readers know, public domain ebooks cost less than those under copyright, because there is no longer a monopoly, but an open competitive market. Speaking of copyright, there never was a copyright on Upton Sinclair's fine book: "This book is an act of service, not of money-making. The work is not copyrighted, and any one may reprint it. If you want a large edition, the author's plates are at your service free of cost. Read, and do your part."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65818]

2021/07/08: OUR FIRST EBOOK BY THEODORE DREISER IS NOT ONE OF HIS CELEBRATED NOVELS, BUT AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS IN EUROPE -- WITH MARVELOUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY PHILADELPHIA'S WILLIAM GLACKENS !!

A FALL ELECTION IS LIKELY. OUR PARTIES ARE GOOD AT BOASTING, BUT NOT SO GOOD AT ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING EXCEPT TAKING ORDERS FROM TRMP, THE U.S. AUTOCRAT. WHY SHOULD CANADIANS VOTE FOR ANY OF THE PARTIES?

OUR SUGGESTION: THEY SHOULD (1) DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM THE U.S. AND (2) REESTABLISH CANADA'S SOVEREIGNTY, BY GETTING RID OF THE ABOMINATIONS PUT IN NAFTA AT THE COMMAND OF THE FOREIGN AUTOCRAT TRMP, AND AGAINST THE WILL OF CANADIANS -- IN PARTICULAR, THE TWENTY-YEAR COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS.

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Dreiser, Theodore [Theodore Herman Albert] (1871-1945) [American journalist, poet, and novelist] Wikipedia

A Traveler at Forty (1913) [Dreiser's delightfully written memoir of an extended trip to Europe. And what a time to go! Europe was at its prewar height, and no one suspected the catastrophe that was about to engulf the continent. The places he visited included England, France, Italy, the Vatican, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. Wow! What more need be said? How about this: the book includes drawings by the fabulously talented American artist William Glackens (1870-1938) Wikipedia! Reviewers noticed that the book, unlike many travel narratives, paid close attention to all social classes. The Nation (18 December 1913) seems to have liked this well enough: "In the pursuit of knowledge Mr. Dreiser showed enterprise. His London contacts were carefully arranged, but he managed to quiz a street-walker on his own account. At Paris such investigations were naturally part of the programme. Into all his observations Mr. Dreiser carries a keen, quiet curiosity that is pretty close to sympathy. There is an odd reverence about what can only be described as prying tactics." But in The Bookman (February 1914), Stuart Henry was less positive: "Instead of bringing to notice men who are worth while or entertaining, he acquaints us rather with those who can guide through night haunts of immorality, have sex on the brain or desire to "lick" foreigners. And for the women of Europe we are freely offered examples from the various tenderloins who, even for their class, do not propose much in the way of edification or esprit." But what else can we we expect or would we want than a balanced view of all sectors of society? And who better to provide it than the author of Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65765]

2021/07/04: A MYSTERY NOVEL BY ARTHUR GASK, TAKING PLACE IN 1925, FOUR YEARS AFTER GILBERT LAROSE HAS MOVED TO ENGLAND TO TAKE UP A NEW POST IN LONDON !!

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Gask, Arthur [Arthur Cecil] (1869-1951) [Australian novelist, journalist, and dentist] Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography

Marauders by Night (1951) [A Gilbert Larose novel, set in 1925! As the novel opens, a very serious conference is underway at Scotland Yard. In the Eastern Counties (Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk) there have been no fewer than five major robberies. In attendance is Gilbert Larose, "then in his twenty-ninth year and the youngest Detective Inspector at Scotland Yard... a good-looking young fellow with a pleasant smiling face. Transferred from Australia to the Criminal Investigation Department in London, in four years he had earned an almost legendary reputation." And Larose's achievements in this case will only increase this reputation!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

2021/07/01: NORMALLY, NATIONAL HOLIDAYS CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE. HERE IN CANADA, OUR POLITICAL PARTIES OPERATE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY -- SO HERE WE ARE OBSERVING THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF CANADA'S RECOLONIZATION (THE "NEW NAFTA") -- IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES, WITH THE ACTIVE ASSISTANCE OF CANADA'S FEDERAL POLITICIANS.

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SO FOR CANADA DAY WE OFFER YOU AN EBOOK BY THE FAMOUS BENGALI AUTHOR RABINDRANATH TAGORE (NOBEL PRIZE, 1913), A FIERCE OPPONENT OF BRITISH RULE IN INDIA. EXCELLENT READING, AND AN INSPIRATION TO CANADIANS AS WE SEEK TO RECLAIM OUR COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE !!

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You will find thousands of other interesting titles at Project Gutenberg's US and Australian websites. Many of the Canadian ebooks listed below were originally created for these two sites, which have kindly made them available to us. You will find a large catalogue of excellent titles in French at Ebooks Libres et Gratuits, who have also kindly made their catalogue available to us.

Nous tenons à remercier nos partenaires, Projet Gutenberg US, Ebooks libres et gratuits et Projet Gutenberg Australie, qui vous offrent des milliers de livres captivants. Les deux premiers possèdent un vaste catalogue de titres en français. Ce sont nos partenaires qui se sont occupés de numériser de nombreux documents ci-dessous.

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Select Comic Tales. From the Best Authors. (ca. 1808) [A collection of tales, mostly anonymous, selected by an anonymous editor, but including stories by François Blanchet (1707-1784) fr.wikipedia and Charles Johnstone (ca.1719 - ca.1800) Compendium of Irish Biography. Colour frontispiece and title page by an anonymous artist. All in all, a work with a good deal of anonymity.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #560]
Aunt Ann's Lesson-Book, for Very Young Children. In Words of One and Two Syllables. (1822) [Vignettes intended to entertain and instruct young children, "by a friend to little children." Includes colour illustrations by an anonymous artist.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #515]
Tales and Novels for Youth of Both Sexes (1831) [Tales and historical accounts from French history and culture, published in Paris in 1831, but written in English. The illustrations include an engraved frontispiece reproducing a work by Charles-Abraham Chasselat (1782-1843).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #549]
The Broken Vase, and Other Stories; for Children and Youth. (1847) [Stories for children, with illustrations]
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Story of Simple Simon (this edition ca. 1850-1864) [Traditional children's poem Wikipedia, nicely illustrated by an unknown hand] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #514]
Dan Drake's Rhymes and Dame Duck's Jingles (1859) [Illustrated poems]
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Ball-Room Dancing Without a Master, and complete guide to the Etiquette, Toilet, Dress and Management of the ball-room; with all the Principal Dances in Popular Use. (1872) [Manual]
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Comic Animals and their Adventures. With Alphabet and Rhymes. (ca. 1880?) [Alphabet book and children's story: includes illustrations by G. H. Thompson (fl. 1833-1884) and Louis Wain (1860-1939) Wikipedia]
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The Shasta Route in All of its Grandeur. A Scenic Guide Book from San Francisco, California, to Portland, Oregon on the Road of a Thousand Wonders. (ca. 1923) ["The illustrations shown in the following pages," says the preface to this magnificent collection, "are all made expressly for this book from photographs taken by special artists of the most striking objects of interest, which abound to a remarkable extent along the Southern Pacific Railroad, between San Francisco and Portland. Great care was taken to select only such views as every traveler actually sees along the line." And this Exclusive Edition was available to purchase only on the Shasta Route trains! The photographers are anonymous, with the exception of Chester Mullen who took a memorable photo of the Lassen Peak, which is not only a peak but also a volcano, that Mullen caught erupting sometime between 1914 and 1921: the biggest eruption was in 1915. But all of the pictures are remarkable in their different ways!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68494]
WAAC: The Woman's Story of the War (1930) [Autobiography: an intimate account of the writer's personal experience of the First World War. Not your standard war memoir!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Metropolitan Cook Book, Edition of Aug. 1954 (1954) [Cookbook. published by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Abbott, John Stevens Cabot (1805-1877) [American historian] Wikipedia

The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and his Companions in their explorations of the prairies, forests, lakes, and rivers, of the New World, and their interviews with the savage tribes, two hundred years ago. (1875) [History, mostly concerning René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Abbott-Smith, George (1864-1947) [Canadian theologian and philologist]

A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1937 [third edition: first edition published in 1921, second edition in 1923]) [Dictionary of New Testament Greek, with many references to how Greek words in the New Testament were used in the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament to represent their Hebrew counterparts] HTML zipped DjVu PDF

Because of the specialized nature of this work, and the advanced Greek and Hebrew typography of the printed edition, we present this monument of scholarship as a downloadable set of scans approximately 42 megabytes in size. You should download the file, unzip it, and use the main HTML page to navigate to the appropriate pages. As an alternative, you can download the scans in DjVu format (15 megabytes) or as a PDF file (54 megabytes).

Acland, Peregrine Palmer (1890-1963) [Canadian novelist] The Dusty Bookcase (Brian Busby) Field Punishment No.1 (James Calhoun)

All Else Is Folly. A Tale of War and Passion. (1929) [One of the most famous Canadian novels about the First World War, describing the experiences of a young soldier, Alexander Falcon, who finds himself transported from a ranch in southern Alberta to the battlefields of France, with part of the novel being set at an English country house, Bendip Towers. No less a figure than Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) Wikipedia contributed the preface: "Major Acland's is, I imagine, the first really authentic work of imaginative writing dealing with the War to come out of one of the great British Dominions... it will be little less than a scandal if the book is not read enormously widely. And that is the truth."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1162]

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) [English essayist and playwright] Wikipedia NNDB

Cato. A Tragedy. (1713) [Tragedy, extremely popular throughout the eighteenth century, describing the last days of Cato the Younger (95-46 B.C.) Wikipedia, a leading opponent of Julius Caesar. Our edition includes some introductory remarks by the playwright and novelist Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia [PGC #496]

Aeschylus (ca. 525-456 B.C.) [Athenian playwright] Wikipedia

Translations by Murray, Gilbert [George Gilbert Aimé] (1866-1957) [English classical scholar] Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) [in German]

The Persians (472 B.C. [Greek original], 1939 [this translation]) [The oldest surviving Greek tragedy. It deals with a contemporary event: the reaction of the Persian court to the news of the Greek victory over the Persians at Salamis Wikipedia, a battle in which Aeschylus is believed to have fought. The tone of the play is surprisingly sympathetic to the Persians.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #752] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com H. W, Smyth's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
The Suppliant Women (ca. 463 B.C. [Greek original], 1930 [this translation]) [A very early Greek tragedy, notable for the importance of the chorus in the drama. The daughters of Danaus Wikipedia arrive as refugees in Argos, seeking protection from forced marriage in Egypt.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #841] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com H. W, Smyth's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
Prometheus Bound (fifth century B.C. [Greek original], 1931 [this translation]) [Tragedy. Prometheus Wikipedia has given mankind the gift of fire. Zeus in anger has chained him to a mountain in the Caucasus. Two millennia after the original, Shelley wrote a famous sequel, Prometheus Unbound Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped [PGC #751] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com H. W, Smyth's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)

Alain-Fournier, pseudonyme de Fournier, Henri Alban (1886-1914) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Le Grand Meaulnes (1913) [Roman] HTML et Texte

Albani, Emma (1847-1930) [Canadian opera singer] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Library and Archives Canada La Scena Musicale (article by Gilles Potvin) The Virtual Gramophone (recordings!) The Virtual Gramophone (biography)]

Forty Years of Song (1911) [Albani's own account, profusely illustrated, of her sensational rise to international fame in the world of opera and oratorio] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PG Canada ebook #500]

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Legendre, Napoléon (1841-1907) [Journaliste canadien] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Albani (Emma Lajeunesse) (1874) [Biographie de la cantatrice Emma Albani (1847-1930) fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Bibliothèque et Archives Canada La Scena Musicale (article par Gilles Potvin)] Le Gramophone virtuel (enregistrements!) Le Gramophone virtuel (biographie)]
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Allen, Grant [Charles Grant Blairfindie] (1848-1899) [Canadian scientist, novelist, and historian] Wikipedia Peter Morton's Grant Allen website grantallen.org

Philistia (1884) [Novel] Text
Biographies of Working Men (1884) [Short biographies of Thomas Telford, George Stephenson, John Gibson, William Herschel, Jean-François Millet, James Garfield, and Thomas Edward] Text Text
Falling in Love, with other essays on more exact branches of science (1889) [Essays on science] HTML and Text
What's Bred in the Bone (1890) [Novel] Text
The Great Taboo (1890) [Novel] Text
Recalled to Life (1891) [Novel] Text
Anglo-Saxon Britain (1891) [History] HTML and Text
Science in Arcady (1892) [Essays on science] HTML and Text
Michael's Crag (1893) [Novel] Text
Post-Prandial Philosophy (1893) [Light essays] HTML and Text
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The Woman Who Did (1895) Wikipedia [Novel, controversial at the time of its publication. Herminia Barton is very well educated, rather poor, and thinks for herself: she does not wish to marry, a fact which largely determines the course of the novel. We include the 1895 title page, which was created by Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #950] PG US ebook
An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay (1897) [Detective short stories] Text
Twelve Tales, with a Headpiece, a Tailpiece, and an Intermezzo: Being Select Stories by Grant Allen, Chosen and Arranged by the Author (1899) [Allen's own selection of his personal favourites among the many short stories he created. In the very interesting introduction he explains how, essentially by accident, he became a writer of fiction.]
CAUTION: Certain language in this ebook today would be considered grossly racist.
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Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose (1900) [Posthumous novel; final chapters completed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)] HTML and Text

Allen, Ralph (1913-1966) [Canadian journalist, historian, and novelist] Wikipedia

Peace River Country (1958) [Novel. A family decides to moves to Peace River Country, the vast region which straddles northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia Wikipedia. The move does not go smoothly, but transforms their lives completely! If you or your family are from any part of Western Canada, the world described by this novel may well seem familiar: it is a past still not very distant.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1615]
The High White Forest (1964) [The Belgium most people know is the country's fertile coastal plain, where Brussels, Antwerp, and other famous cities are located. But there is another Belgium, the eastern section, geographically the larger part of the country. Here can be found the Forest of the Ardennes, the "high white forest" of the title, which has many mountains, rivers, and swamps, a small population, and severe winter weather. It proved a nightmare for military operations during the Battle of the Bulge Wikipedia, which is the backdrop for this fine war novel, told from the perspective of members of the Canadian, German, and American armies. Ralph Allen knew what he was talking about: throughout the war he reported from Europe for Toronto's Globe and Mail, and his easy expertise and ample knowledge is apparent throughout the novel.] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1676]

Allingham, Margery [Youngman Carter, Margery Louise] (1904-1966) [English mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Crime at Black Dudley (1929) Wikipedia [Mystery novel: the first to feature Albert Campion Wikipedia as a character. Black Dudley is a large, old and mysterious house in a remote area. Where better to hold a house party? In the course of which the elderly Colonel Coombe dies -- but not, it seems, of natural causes! The sleuth is pathologist George Abbershaw; but among the guests is Albert Campion, who to some extent steals the show. He was to appear as the principal sleuth in many subsequent novels and stories by our author.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75359] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1631]
Look to the Lady (1931) Wikipedia [At the beginning of this, the third Campion novel, Mr Val Gyrth is homeless and living in the streets of London, whence he is retrieved by someone who has mysteriously good knowledge of his circumstances. His rescuer is none other than Albert Campion! What lies ahead? Mystery and intrigue, of course! All of it involving a fabled family treasure; hence the novel's US title, The Gyrth Chalice Mystery.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1652]
Police at the Funeral (1931) Wikipedia [The fourth mystery novel featuring Albert Campion, and taking place in Cambridge, more specifically at a house named Socrates Close. The house's name is mysterious, and so are the events taking place in and around it.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1628]
Sweet Danger (1933) Wikipedia [The fifth Campion novel, which starts in the opulent surroundings of the French Riviera, and later shifts to a Suffolk village named Pontisbright. But Pontisbright is no ordinary village, and this is no ordinary mystery novel! The Saturday Review (8 July 1933) called it Albert Campion's "most hair-raising and side-splitting adventure... this author makes witchcraft really exciting, a mythical kingdom really romantic, a mystery both thrilling and hilarious."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1659]
Dancers in Mourning (1937) Wikipedia [Mystery novel, the eighth to feature Albert Campion, set within the glamorous world of the British stage.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1566]
Mr. Campion: Criminologist (1937) [Mystery stories. "Bespectacled Albert ambles shrewdly through one long, six short episodes involving murders, thefts, etc... Verdict: Irreproachable" (Saturday Review, 20 November 1937). The long story is The Case of the Late Pig, which we have omitted for the simple reason that it is already available in our catalogue as a separate ebook!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1543]
The Case of the Late Pig (1937) Wikipedia [Mystery novel, featuring (and narrated by) Allingham's famous creation Albert Campion Wikipedia. Obituaries are normally published after someone's passing. But the obituary for R. I. "Pig" Peters appeared in the newspaper; then, some weeks later, he died. Naturally the situation interests Campion: he and Pig had gone to school together!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1407]
The Fashion in Shrouds (1938) Wikipedia [Mystery novel featuring Albert Campion. Not one murder to solve, but three, with, as you might guess, considerable attention to the world of high fashion!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1637]
The Oaken Heart (1941) [Memoir; not a mystery novel! In 1941 a German invasion of England was a strong possibility, and the village of Tolleshunt D'Arcy Wiktionary on the Essex coast was at particularly high risk. And it is in that village (called "Auburn" in the book), that Allingham and her husband Philip lived. This is her account of village life under these very unusual circumstances. Her writing has an authenticity which is refreshing after the manufactured history and manufactured debate we've seen coming out of England in recent years. After all, Allingham was faced with the very real threat of a foreign occupation, rather than the decidedly less concrete threat posed by "Brussels bureaucrats"!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1675]
Coroner's Pidgin (1945) Wikipedia [The twelfth mystery in the Albert Campion series. "Pidgin" in the title and in the novel carries its secondary meaning of "A person's business, occupation, work, or trade" Wiktionary. The American publisher chose, perhaps wisely, to use a different title, Pearls Before Swine. Now let's discuss the novel! Mr Campion has been out of the country for three years on a government mission "so secret that he had never found out quite what it was". (Or perhaps the disorder we see at Westminster these days stretches back to the days of Albert Campion!) In any case, he's back from the mission, even the trip itself lasted a full eight weeks, and he is taking a bath, having been in London for a whole hour and ten minutes. Then a murder happens!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1662]
More Work for the Undertaker (1949) Wikipedia [Mystery novel, featuring Albert Campion, taking place in an area of London where people are known to disappear mysteriously. A central role is played by the Palinode family, formerly rich, more recently not so rich, but now some of their old wealth may be coming back.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1656]
No Love Lost (1954) [Two mystery novellas. The Patient at Peacocks Hall, is narrated by Ann Fowler, an assistant GP in a rural medical practice, who has to deal not only with the challenges of her practice, but also with losing her fiancé, John Linnett, to Francia Forde, a new and scintillating starlet -- they'll even appear in a movie together! The narrator of the second novella, Safer than Love, is Elizabeth Lane, newly married to the headmaster of Buchanan House, in the town of Tinworth. But the townspeople are puzzled -- Victor seems to be leading exactly the same kind of independent life as before the arrival of his glamorous wife from the city. Both novellas are written with Allingham's usual expertise and style, not to mention an unusually wide view of the world and its doings: one of the factors that gives her a special place among the classic mystery authors.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1642]
Word in Season. A Story for Christmas. (1965 version) [A very short story, set at Christmas and featuring Albert Campion Wikipedia. An earlier version, A Word in Season, had appeared in 1955.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1450]

Alloway, Mary Wilson (1848-1919) [Canadian novelist and historian]

Famous Firesides of French Canada (1899) [Essays on the history of French Canada] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #443]
Crossed Swords. A Canadian-American Tale of Love and Valor. (1912) [Historical novel set during the 1775 attack on Quebec Wikipedia by American forces led by Richard Montgomery Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography and Benedict Arnold Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, successfully repulsed by the British garrison under the command of Guy Carleton Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #660]

Andersen, Hans Christian (1805-1875) [Danish writer and poet; écrivain et poète danois] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Contes merveilleux - Tome I [Contes] HTML et Texte
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The Nightingale (1844 [Danish original], 1896 [this edition]) [Short story, The Emperor of China learns of the existence of a nightingale who lives not in the emperor's magnificent garden, but in the forest, and wants to know more. Translation by Henry William Dulcken (1832-1894) with some fine illustrations by the English designer and illustrator Mary J. Newill (1860-1947) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 71096]

Stories from Hans Andersen (1911) [Stories: illustrated by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) Wikipedia] HTML and Text

Tales from Hans Andersen Forty-Two Stories (1930) [Stories: translated from the Danish by M. R. James (1862-1936) Wikipedia]

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Something HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped HTML ['"Noget."' (1858) — Danish] (The Royal Library of Denmark) [PGC #434]
The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream (A Christmas Tale) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped HTML ['Det gamle Egetræes sidste Drøm (Et Jule-Eventyr)' (1858) — Danish] (The Royal Library of Denmark) [PGC #499]
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Andrews, Roy Chapman (1884-1960) [American explorer] Wikipedia

An Explorer Comes Home. Further Adventures of Roy Chapman Andrews. (1947) [The author's account of his life in Colebrook, Connecticut Wikipedia after his decades of exploration in the Far East] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #902]
Heart of Asia. True Tales of the Far East. (1951) [Autobiographical essays about various adventures of the author during his celebrated expeditions to China and Mongolia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #886]
Beyond Adventure. The Lives of Three Explorers. (1954) [Biographical sketches of the Arctic explorer Robert Peary (1856-1920) Wikipedia, of the African explorer Carl Akeley (1864-1926) Wikipedia, and of the author himself. These short biographies originally appeared in True, The Man's Magazine Wikipedia Field & Stream (David E. Petzal) before they were collected in this book.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #962]

Anet, Claude [pseudonyme de Jean Schopfer] (1868-1931) [Journaliste et romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Les Roses d'Ispahan: La Perse en automobile à travers la Russie et le Caucase (1906) [Récit de voyage, avec plusieurs photos. Un portrait inoubliable de la Perse et ses pays voisins avant le déclenchement de la Première Guerre mondiale, une époque que nous ne reverrons jamais.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70650]
Ariane, jeune fille russe (1920) [Roman: la source de deux films célèbres: Ariane, jeune fille russe (1932, Paul Czinner) IMDb et Ariane [Love in the Afternoon] (1957, Billy Wilder, avec Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper, et Maurice Chevalier) IMDb en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip

Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880-1918) [Romancier et poète français] fr.wikipedia

Les Onze Mille Verges (1907) [Roman érotique] fr.wikipedia HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip RTF RTF zip PDF PDF zip

Aristophanes (445 B.C. or earlier - ca. 385 B.C.) [Athenian playwright] Wikipedia

Translations by: Murray, Gilbert [George Gilbert Aimé] (1866-1957) [English classical scholar] Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) [in German]

The Knights (424 B.C. [Greek original], 1956 [this translation]) [Comedy about the political scene in Athens during the Peloponnesian War Wikipedia. A sausage seller becomes a political rival to Cleon Wikipedia, a prominent Athenian politician (and an opponent of Aristophanes). The "knights" of the title are not the mediaeval warriors from a millennium later, but the citizen cavalry of Athens. The Wikipedia article on the play provides a helpful guide to its many contemporary allusions; Murray provides a set of notes as well.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #894] ancient-literature.com F. W. Hall and W. M. Geldart's 1907 edition of the original Greek text: Perseus Digital Library
The Birds (414 B.C. [Greek original], 1950 [this translation]) [Comedy. The birds of the world band together to take over control of the universe from the Olympian gods. The Wikipedia article on the play provides a helpful guide to its many contemporary allusions.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #730] ancient-literature.com F. W. Hall and W. M. Geldart's 1907 edition of the original Greek text: Perseus Digital Library

Arkell, Reginald (1882-1959) [English novelist and poet] Wikipedia

Old Herbaceous (1950) [The celebrated light novel, featuring Bert Pinnegar, a rather special gardener. Beautifully illustrated by John Minton (1917-1957). Wikipedia Tate Collection] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #843]

Arlen, Michael (1895-1956) [English novelist, playwright, and essayist] Wikipedia

The London Venture (1920) [Novel, with many fine drawings by émigré Russian artist Michel Sevier (1886-1941). This is the first work published by Arlen under the name we know him by: up till its publication he had been known as Dikran Kouyoumdjian. As this name suggests, he was of Armenian descent, and had been born in Ruse, Bulgaria, on the banks of the Danube. However, he had been living in England for a good length of time when he published this lighthearted and apparently autobiographical novel about a young writer living in London. It was based on "The London Papers", a series of essays he had published in The New Age.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 40375]
The Green Hat (1924) Wikipedia [Certainly Arlen's most famous novel, set in a world similar to the early novels of Evelyn Waugh, namely London of the 1920s; later successfully adapted to the stage and the screen. The film, A Woman of Affairs, was released in 1928, and starred Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It changed the names of all the characters, and omitted controversial topics, such as sexual orientation and recreational drugs. For all that, best stick to the novel!)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71913]
Ghost Stories (1932) [Seven ghost stories by a famous master] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1143]

Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888) [English poet and critic] Wikipedia NNDB

St. Paul and Protestantism, with an essay on Puritanism and the Church of England (1870) [Two essays on St. Paul's teachings, as they have been conceived, and misconceived] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #880]

Atiyah, Edward [Edward Selim] (1903-1964) [Lebanese political activist and novelist] Wikipedia

The Cruel Fire (1962) [Mystery novel, notable in several respects: (1) it is set in Lebanon, although there is a Hollywood connection, (2) it's not so much about a murder as the attempt to conceal the murder, and (3) its author was not primarily a novelist, but an Oxford-educated journalist and sometime secretary of the Arab League. The novel is nicely written, and succeeds in offering both entertainment and instruction.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1537]

Aubert, Albert [Écrivain français]

L'Horloge qui chante. Nouvelle américaine. (1843) [Conte. L'histoire de l'horloger Daniel, originaire de la Nouvelle-Écosse, et Louise Saunders, une jeune fille de Cleveland.] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PG Canada n^o 955]

Aubert de Gaspé, Philippe (1814-1841) [Romancier canadien] Encyclopédie canadienne Wikipedia (en anglais)

L'influence d'un livre (1837) [Roman] HTML et Texte

Aumonier, Stacy (1877-1928) [English writer of short stories] Wikipedia

The Golden Windmill and Other Stories (1921) [Short story collection. Aumonier did write some novels, six of them in fact, but during his lifetime and afterwards his fame rested on his many short stories, hugely admired by such masters as John Galsworthy (The Forsyte Saga) and James Hilton (Goodbye, Mr Chips). But in his preface to this collection of nine stories Aumonier makes no claim to greatness: "In these stories, then, I have merely tried to be a good apprentice to skilled craftsmen. I claim for them no originality at all. Though their setting is entirely modern, and they deal with such things as fried-fish shops, and public-houses, and the like, they are just the same old... stories told in the bazaars of Ispahan three thousand years ago." But if this is "only" craftsmanship, let us have more of it!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74926]

Austen, Jane (1775-1817) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Pride and Prejudice (1813) Wikipedia [Novel, perhaps the most famous novel in the English language, and certainly one of the most popular. The Bennet family is wealthy, but their wealth is transient, since the five daughters will not inherit anything: the estate can only go to a male heir. Hence there is huge pressure for one of the daughters to marry well, or rather, to marry someone with serious money. The "pride" is that of Mr Darcy, whose initial impression of the Bennets is that they are not the sort of family he wants to be involved with. The "prejudice" is that of Elizabeth Bennet, who quickly begins to dislike Mr Darcy. The Project Gutenberg US ebook we present is drawn from an impeccable source, the 1923 edition of Austen's novels by the textual scholar R. W. Chapman (1881-1960) Wikipedia. For Pride and Prejudice, Chapman principally relied on the 1813 first edition, and included some illustrations from Jane Austen's era.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #42671]
Emma (1815) Wikipedia ["Emma Woodhouse," begins this famous novel, "handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition... had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." But as can happen, Emma does not realize that her wealth and social position are lucky accidents, and not the result of her own efforts or intelligence. She should certainly not be telling others how to organize their lives, let alone whom they should marry! But that is what she does, naturally with limited success. Canadian politicians are like Emma: they are themselves well off, seem obsessed with "middle class aspirations", and show little knowledge of or respect for the working poor. Hence the class divisions, gigantic wealth, and mass poverty that we now see in Canada. Back to the novel! Some consider it Austen's finest work, and it is certainly popular, with many TV and film adaptations, including the 1995 film Clueless, set in Beverly Hills!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Persuasion (1818) Wikipedia [Austen's final novel, the story of Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth. When only nineteen, Anne had accepted an offer of marriage from Frederick, but was persuaded by her family that this was a match below her and her family's dignity. How time can change things! Some years later the Elliots are descending into (relative) poverty, so save money by renting out Kellynch Hall and moving to Bath. Not much of a hardship: their poverty really was relative. But Bath was very much a social centre, and there Anne meets Frederick once again. But the Napoleonic Wars have been good to him: he is now a Captain, and decidedly well off. A tricky situation for everyone!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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Persuasion (1882) fr.wikipedia Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 36777]

Auzias-Turenne, Raymond (1861-1940) [Écrivain et diplomate français] (gendre de Louis Beaubien [1837-1915] Dictionnaire biographique du Canada)

République Royale (1894) [Essai politique] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

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Babcock, John Pease (1855-1936) [Canadian naturalist and author] University of Washington

Peace River Joe (1924) [A prize-winning short story, dedicated by its author "to my friends in remembrance of many happy days spent on the waters and in the woods of British Columbia."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #842]

Bainville, Jacques (1879-1936) [Historien et journaliste français] fr.wikipedia Académie Française

Comment s'est faite la Restauration de 1814 (1914) [Monographie sur le retour des Bourbons en 1814] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PGC n^o 829]
Napoléon (1931) [Biographie du soldat et homme d'État français fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB [PGC n^o 739]

Ball, Wilfrid [Wilfrid Williams] (1852-1917) [English etcher and painter] Wikipedia

Sussex, Painted by Wilfrid Ball (1906) [No fewer than 75 paintings of Sussex landscapes in excellent full-colour reproductions: we can easily believe the publisher's claim that "No expense has been spared in reproducing the exact colourings of the artists, and the books are beautifully printed and bound." Wilfrid Ball was in his early adulthood an accountant, but his natural talent and preference eventually prevailed, so he became a full-time artist and a famous one. This book shows why he was and is so famous. The excellent text from an anonymous contributor gives much useful and interesting information on Sussex's geography and history.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67784]
Winchester, Painted by Wilfrid Ball, Described by Telford Varley (1910) [A set of 24 paintings of the ancient city of Winchester, Alfred the Great's capital, and one of England's most important cities during the Middle Ages. The excellent colour plates are accompanied by a fine text, whose author Telford Varley (1866-1938) knew Winchester well, having served for thirty years in that city as the founding headmaster of Peter Symonds College Wikipedia. He is far too modest in his description of what he contributed, saying it is neither a history nor a guidebook, even though clearly it is both of these!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67808]
Hampshire Water-Colours (1913) [Similar in concept to Ball's equally famous 1906 collection of paintings of Sussex. In 1910 Ball had published an album devoted specifically to Winchester, but the books are hardly duplicates. There is much more to Hampshire than Winchester: Portsmouth and Southampton, for example! All three books feature amazingly good colour printing, and we are delighted to make them available at our customary charge of... nothing whatsoever! Inflation is not part of the universe at Project Gutenberg Canada!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66098]

Barrie, J. M. [James Matthew] (1860-1937) [Scottish playwright] Wikipedia The New Yorker (Anthony Lane)

Quality Street (1901) [Comedy. Our ebook is based on an edition assigned to 1913 which included a marvellous set of colour illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) Ulster History Circle] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PG Canada ebook #648] Wikipedia
Half an Hour (1913 [first performance]; 1928 [first publication]) [A one-act play, unusually sardonic in tone for Barrie, as can be seen from his introduction to the play: "Mr. Garson, who is a financier, and his young wife, the lovely Lady Lilian, are in their mansion near Park Lane, but they are not at home this evening to the public eye; they are in the midst of a brawl..."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #876] Half an Hour : An Aspect of J. M. Barrie's View of Womankind (Yashima Tanabe, 1974)
Half Hours (1914) [Four one-act plays] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped New York Times (8 Nov. 1914): review by Hildegarde Hawthorne (1871-1952), children's author and granddaughter of PG Canada author Nathaniel Hawthorne
Shall We Join the Ladies? (1928) [A one-act play. Barrie's description: "For the past week the hospitable Sam Smith has been entertaining a country house party, and we choose to raise the curtain on them towards the end of dinner...Smith is a little old bachelor, and sits there beaming on his guests like an elderly cupid. So they think him, but they are to be undeceived."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #874]

Barrière, Théodore (1821-1877) [Dramaturge canadien],
Decourcelle, Adrien (1824-1892) [Dramaturge canadien],
Grangé, Eugène (1810-1887) [Dramaturge canadien], et
Roy, Régis (1864-1944) [Dramaturge canadien]

La tête de Martin: Comédie en un acte (1900) [Comédie] HTML et Texte

Barry, Philip [Philip Jerome Quinn] (1896-1949) [American playwright] Wikipedia Georgetown University Time (cover), 25 January 1932

The Animal Kingdom. A Comedy. (1932) [Comedy; one of Barry's greatest hits] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #788] Time, 25 January 1932

Bateman, Reginald John Godfrey (1883-1918) [Canadian university teacher and military officer] Dictionary of Canadian Biography Wikipedia

Reginald Bateman, Teacher and Soldier. A Memorial Volume of Selections from his Lectures and Other Writings. (1922) [An anthology, edited and with a preface by unnamed friends and students of Bateman at the University of Saskatchewan, where Bateman taught English. The anthology includes lectures and essays on Francis Thompson (1859-1907) Wikipedia, J. M. Synge (Bateman was from Ireland), Browning, Wordsworth, Dickens and Thackeray, some skilfully written poems, and some wartime items.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1056]

Beach, Thomas Miller ["Major Henri Le Caron"] (1841-1894) [English intelligence agent] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Twenty-five years in the Secret Service. The Recollections of a Spy. (1892) [The author calls this "the story of my eventful life", and his life certainly was an eventful one. He apologizes for being in no sense a practised writer, but this apology was certainly not needed: he writes beautifully about his early life in England, his time in France, his move to the United States, and his accidental but astoundingly successful work as a British agent countering the Irish republican Fenian movement and its raids into Canada. He did not regret the decisions he had taken: "I can admit no shame and plead no regret. By my action lives have been saved, communities have been benefited, and right and justice allowed to triumph, to the confusion of law-breakers and would-be murderers." The book sold well: our ebook is based on the third edition!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68765]

Bealby, John Thomas (1858-1943/1944) [Canadian fruit rancher and author]

Fruit Ranching in British Columbia (1909) [The author's account of his emigration from England to Nelson, B.C. and his subsequent adventures as a successful fruit rancher. Includes 32 photographs.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #682]

Beaugrand, Honoré (1848-1906) [Journaliste canadien] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Encyclopédie de l'Agora

Anita: Souvenirs d'un contre-guerillas (ca. 1874) HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
Jeanne la Fileuse: épisode de l'émigration franco-canadienne aux États-Unis (1878) [Roman] HTML et Texte
Six mois dans les Montagnes-Rocheuses: Colorado—Utah—Nouveau-Mexique (1890) [Récit de voyage] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
La chasse galerie: légendes canadiennes (1900) [Récits] HTML et Texte

Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616) [English playwright] Wikipedia
Fletcher, John (1579-1625) [English playwright] Wikipedia

The Knight of the Burning Pestle (1613) [Parodic drama, certainly influenced by Don Quixote, first presented in 1607 and published six years later. We present the 1898 annotated edition by Frederic William Moorman (1872-1919) Wikipedia, notable for its deep but unobtrusive learning.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #698] Wikipedia

Bechdolt, Jack [John Ernest] (1884-1954) [American journalist, cartoonist, and science fiction author] Wikipedia

The Torch (1920) Wikipedia [Post-apocalyptic novel, not so very different in tone from any number of recent movies, in spite of its being first published almost a century ago. The "torch" in question is that held by the Statue of Liberty!]
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Beeman, Herbert (d. 1931) [Canadian businessman and poet] ABCBookworld

For Our Bureau. Being the Bureau Ballads contributed to Volumes One and Two of "Via Vancouver," the journal of the Foreign Trade Bureau of the Vancouver Board of Trade, by the Secretary, Herbert Beeman. (1924) [Expertly written light poems, taking as their inspiration the subject matter of the weekly Luncheon Lectures at the Foreign Trade Bureau of the Vancouver Board of Trade. Trade patterns being what they are, some of the poems are surprisingly topical even today.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1222]

Beerbohm, Max [Henry Maximilian] (1872-1956) [English satirist, critic, and caricaturist] Wikipedia The Victorian Web

The Works of Max Beerbohm (1896) [Essays: bibliography by John Lane (1854-1925)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Text (PG US)
Yet Again (1909) [Essays] HTML and Text
Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story (1911) [Novel] HTML and Text
A Christmas Garland (1912) [Parody] HTML and Text
And Even Now (1920) [Parody] HTML and Text
Lytton Strachey (1943) [Lecture] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Mainly on the Air (1946) [Radio talks, and some articles] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #542]

Belcourt, Napoléon-Antoine (1860-1932) [Canadian politician] Wikipedia

Bilingualism: Address Delivered before the Quebec Canadian Club (1916) [Lecture] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Bellamy, Edward (1850-1898) [American novelist and social theorist] Wikipedia

Looking Backward 2000-1887 (1888) [Novel: introduction by Heywood Broun (1888-1939) Wikipedia; biographical sketch by Sylvester Baxter (1850-1927)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia New York Times (article by Warren Sloat)

Belloc, Hilaire [Joseph Hilaire Pierre René] (1870-1953) [Anglo-French man of letters and controversialist] Wikipedia

The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896) Wikipedia [Satirical animal verses, nominally directed towards children. They appeared shortly after Belloc's graduation from Balliol College, Oxford. The illustrations match the poems perfectly, and were drawn by Belloc's college friend Basil Temple Blackwood (1870-1917) Wikipedia, who had spent part of his early life in Canada -- his father, Lord Dufferin, was our third Governor General. The book was an instant and permanent success, and led to several more collaborations by the two friends.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
More Beasts (For Worse Children) (1897) [Further satirical animal verses, nominally directed towards children, published the year after the success of The Bad Child's Book of Beasts. As in the earlier book, the illustrations match the poems perfectly, and are by Belloc's college friend Basil Temple Blackwood (1870-1917). The book includes the Python, the Porcupine, the Crocodile, the Llama, and various other animals.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #27176]
Cautionary Tales for Children (1907) Wikipedia [Satirical verses, similar to Belloc's very successful verses about animals from a decade earlier, but these are about children, and were "Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years." Like the earlier books, it was illustrated by Belloc's college friend Basil Temple Blackwood (1870-1917) .] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #27424]

Belloc Lowndes, Marie (1868-1947) [Anglo-French novelist] Wikipedia

His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII (1901) [Charles III ascended the throne in 2023, at the age of 74. The only precedent for such a long period as heir apparent is Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria, who became king in 1901 at age 59. "This book," states the preface, "originally published as a Life of the Prince of Wales, has now been much enlarged and brought up to the latest date, including His Majesty's Accession and the events which followed. Fresh illustrations have also been added." And indeed it has a huge set of illustrations, carefully selected. Belloc Lowndes would go on to become an extremely famous novelist, and the book itself is beautifully written, as one would expect. But it is also thoroughly researched, and contains a wealth of information.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #52237]

Benchley, Robert Charles (1889-1945) [American essayist, critic, and actor] Wikipedia National Review Online (S. T. Karnick)]

Review of Gordon Daviot's play "Richard of Bordeaux" (1934) [Review of the New York production of the West End hit Richard of Bordeaux, written by Elizabeth MacKintosh using the pen name of Gordon Daviot. MacKintosh's famous mystery novels were written using the pen name of Josephine Tey; and it is under Tey's name that you will find PG Canada's digital edition of Richard of Bordeaux!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #558]
Benchley Beside Himself (1943) [Satirical essays] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #662]

Benét, Stephen Vincent (1898-1943) [American author and poet] Wikipedia

From Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds (1937) [Short stories]

By the Waters of Babylon [Post-apolocalyptic story Wikipedia. One of Benét's most famous works.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #689] Wikipedia
The Blood of the Martyrs [Professor Malzius has been condemned to death; interesting events ensue.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #714]
The King of the Cats [The world is a different place for those with tails.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #715]
A Story by Angela Poe [A tale of the world of publishing in New York City] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #731]
The Treasure of Vasco Gomez [Captain Gomez has been marooned by his crew...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #734]
The Curfew Tolls [Are historical outcomes inevitable? To what extent are they determined by chance? This story, set in France before the Revolution, addresses these questions. The story's title is taken from the opening line of Thomas Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard Wikipedia.]
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The Sobbin' Women [A story from the American frontier]
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The Devil and Daniel Webster [A very famous short story, made into a 1941 film Wikipedia. A New Hampshire farmer makes an agreement with a mysterious stranger, profitable in the short term; then things start happening! In the course of the story Benét demonizes, as it were, a number of historical figures considered in Canada as being among the Loyalists Wikipedia who founded English Canada: Walter Butler (1752-1781) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Simon Girty (1741-1818) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, and Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography]
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Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent [A second Benét story involving Daniel Webster Wikipedia]
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Glamour [A budding author moves to Brooklyn and there discovers glamour.]
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Everybody Was Very Nice [Life, love, and family in the American bourgeoisie]
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A Death in the Country [A New York lawyer visits the rural town where he grew up. Things are not as they once were.]
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Blossom and Fruit [The predictions of youth are not the same as the outcomes of maturity.]
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From Tales before Midnight (1939) [Short stories]

Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer [Johnny Pye is a young boy, and an impressionable one. He has been told that he is a fool, and that there is such a person as a Fool-Killer...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #895]
O'Halloran's Luck [Many Irishmen have emigrated across the Atlantic. But what about leprechauns?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #896]
Jacob and the Indians [A pious young German Jew arrives in eighteenth-century Philadelphia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #898]
The Die-Hard [The American Civil War ended in 1865...or did it? Not, it seems from the perspective of the town of Shady, Georgia in 1897.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #900]
Doc Mellhorn and the Pearly Gates [Can a country GP ever retire?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #910]
The Story about the Anteater [Not a story about an anteater, but a story about a story about an anteater. We hope that this is clear.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #959]

Nightmare at Noon (1940) [Poem, written around the time that the U.S. entered the Second World War] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #818]

Bengough, John Wilson (1851-1923) [Canadian cartoonist and publisher] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Bengough's Chalk-Talks. A Series of Platform Addresses on various topics, with reproductions of the impromptu Drawings with which they were illustrated. (1922) [Illustrated lectures] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

You will find an interesting and very readable essay "A Pioneer Canadian Cartoonist" on Bengough in Hector Charlesworth's The Canadian Scene (1927), which includes essays on many other things Canadian. Charlesworth's fine book is available to you from this site as a PG Canada ebook, with our compliments!

Bennet, Robert Ames (1870-1954) [American novelist] Wikipedia University of Wyoming

The Desert Girl (probably ca. 1928: certainly before 1958) [Novel (Western)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Bennett, Arnold [Enoch Arnold] (1867-1931) [English novelist] Wikipedia

A Man from the North (1898) [In Canada the centres of literature are Toronto and Montreal; in France it is Paris; and in England it is of course London. Naturally this situation creates obstacles for writers not from these centres. So the opening sentence of Bennett's first novel reads, "There grows in the North Country a certain kind of youth of whom it may be said that he is born to be a Londoner." The Northerner in question is Richard Larch, who in the early chapters of the book moves from Staffordshire to London in pursuit of a literary career. This obviously autobiographical novel (which won the praise of Joseph Conrad, no less!) recounts Larch's subsequent adventures.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #52247]
The Grand Babylon Hotel (1902) Wikipedia [Hotel novel, set in what is clearly the fictional equivalent of the then recently opened Savoy Hotel in London, and the most prestigious hotel imaginable: "It was not good form to mention prices at the Grand Babylon; the prices were enormous, but you never mentioned them. At the conclusion of your stay a bill was presented, brief and void of dry details, and you paid it without a word. You met with a stately civility, that was all. No one had originally asked you to come; no one expressed the hope that you would come again. The Grand Babylon was far above such manoeuvres; it defied competition by ignoring it; and consequently was nearly always full during the season." Now you know about the hotel and you have sampled Bennett's very attractive style of writing. As for the plot, things are always on the go at the Grand Babylon -- to learn more, read the novel! (Or read the Wikipedia article first, then the novel!)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Old Wives' Tale (1908) Wikipedia [Those who are old were once young, and to understand them requires knowing what their life experiences have been. This novel, one of Bennett's most famous works, follows two sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines. Constance spends her entire life in a lightly fictionalized version of Staffordshire's Potteries District, while Sophia heads for Paris. But time passes, and after many decades Sophia returns to where she was born, and is reunited with her sister. Arnold takes no shortcuts, but "it would be hard to say where there is a repetition or a superfluity" in the tale of the sisters, and at the end of the novel "there is nothing about them which we are not grateful for knowing." (The Nation, 14 October 1909)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Literary Taste. How to Form It. With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature. (1909) Wikipedia [Who better to write an instruction manual for reading classic literature than Arnold Bennett? He is now himself a classic author, but when he wrote this he was a bestselling author with a massive worldwide following. And few writers had Arnold's talent for simplicity and persuasiveness, which this book certainly displays. For obvious reasons, he does not discuss authors later than the nineteenth century, and he writes from the perspective of his own period. This does bring an advantage, however: many of the titles he discusses are available in free digital editions from sources such as Project Gutenberg Canada and Project Gutenberg US, and so acquiring a good-sized personal library need not cost you anything! (Bennett, always practical, pays close attention to how much books actually cost.)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Clayhanger (1910) Wikipedia [The first of the three novels in the Clayhanger trilogy, which tells the story of the family of that name, and is a remarkable panorama of the social and economic life of their native Staffordshire at the height of the Victorian era. The first novel is about Edwin Clayhanger, the son of Darius Clayhanger. Darius, who had been born into poverty, definitely wants his son to join the family's successful printing firm in Staffordshire's Pottery District, and he gets his wish. But when Darius dies, Edwin finds himself wealthy and in control of his circumstances. Changes in his life naturally follow.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Hilda Lessways (1911) Wikipedia [The second of the three novels in the Clayhanger trilogy, and a true tour de force of the novelist's craft. It follows the early years of Hilda Lessways, who in the course of the novel becomes the wife of Edwin Clayhanger. Their early lives were in some ways dissimilar (to start with, her family was much poorer than Edwin's) but had some things in common, since they did after all grow up in the same town. And so certain events appear in both books, but told from the two quite different points of view!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Friendship and Happiness (1912) [Reflections on happiness, with special reference to friendship and to the importance of Christmas] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
These Twain (1915) Wikipedia [The concluding novel in the Clayhanger trilogy: in it we learn about the lives of Edwin Clayhanger and Hilda Lessways after their marriage, and the discoveries they make about themselves and each other. The first two novels were a difficult act to follow; did Bennett succeed in keeping the third novel at the same high level? When the novel appeared at least one critic seems to have thought so: "there is a power and security of characterization that is incontrovertible, and an amplitude of incident so natural and so significant that the sense of life never departs." (Francis Hackett, New Republic, 4 December 1915)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Things That Have Interested Me (1921) [A journal of day-by-day reflections on a multitude of subjects. A type of writing more common in French literature than English, but none the worse for that, especially coming from Arnold Bennett.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #849]
Things That Have Interested Me. Second Series. (1923) [Further essays and reflections. Includes a review of James Joyce's recently published Ulysses Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #858]
Riceyman Steps (1923) Wikipedia [Novel about a London secondhand bookseller, his wife, and his maid. Winner of the 1923 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1006]
Elsie and the Child. A Tale of Riceyman Steps and Other Stories. (1924) [Thirteen tales about various residents of London, the first of them being Elsie Sprickett, the domestic servant who had already appeared in Arnold's well received 1923 novel Riceyman Steps.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1004]
Things That Have Interested Me. Third Series. (1926) [Essays] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Strange Vanguard: A Fantasia (1928) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Accident (1929) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Imperial Palace (1930) Wikipedia [Hotel novel (Bennett's final novel, and his longest), with a multitude of plots and characters: "rich with good humor and understanding... a book to be bought, to be read fast or slowly, to he kept and read again." (Henry Williamson, Saturday Review, 12 December 1930). It was published at much the same time as Vicki Baum's Menschen im Hotel (Grand Hotel): both could be called forerunners of Canadian novelist Arthur Hailey's 1965 bestseller Hotel. Bennett must have been fond of grand hotels: many years earlier, in 1902, he had published The Grand Babylon Hotel, also available from Project Gutenberg Canada!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1447]
The Night Visitor and Other Stories (1931) [Short stories] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

You will find many other ebooks by Arnold Bennett at Project Gutenberg's US site.

Benson, E. F. [Edward Frederic] (1867-1940) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Room in the Tower and Other Stories (1912) [Benson was famous for his ghost stories: here are seventeen of them! "These stories have been written in the hopes of giving some pleasant qualms to their reader, so that, if by chance, anyone may be occupying in their perusal a leisure half-hour before he goes to bed when the night and the house are still, he may perhaps cast an occasional glance into the corners and dark places of the room where he sits, to make sure that nothing unusual lurks in the shadow."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72421]
Visible and Invisible (1923) [Stories of the supernatural] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped EPUB [PGC #1003]
Lucia in London (1927) Wikipedia [The third novel in Benson's Mapp and Lucia series of satirical novels. Emmeline Lucas ("Lucia") is something of a social climber, and no doubt found the provincial atmosphere of the town of Riseholme somewhat confining. But then an aged relative dies, who owned a house in London. A very fashionable part of London. That changes everything!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74310]
Spook Stories (1928) [Ghost stories, as you might guess.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #809]
Charlotte Brontë (1932) [A biography of the famous author of Jane Eyre, with a fine selection of contemporary illustrations] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1074]
More Spook Stories (1934) [Further ghost stories, written as a sequel to Spook Stories, which had appeared six years earlier] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1030]

Benson, Louis FitzGerald (1855-1930) [American church historian and hymnologist] Princeton Theological Seminary

The Hymnody of the Christian Church [The Stone Lectures, 1926, Princeton Theological Seminary] (1927) [Lectures on various aspects of the use of hymns in Christian worship] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped [PGC #479]

Benson, Stella (1892-1933) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Poor Man (1923) [Novel, set in San Francisco and Berkeley, where our author was living around the time she was writing it. The main character is Edward R. Williams, who, when we first meet him, has "very little money": hence the title. The novel's comments on life in the Bay Area seem as true today as when they were written: the tech bros had not yet arrived, but San Francisco was already cool. Very cool. Certainly it was a place where, then as now, it was better to have money. However, although he had many generous friends, he "was not too proud but too shy" to ask for money, The fact is that Edward was not socially adept and, in addition, was partly deaf, not that he thought most conversation worth listening to. And maybe he was right! He had been born and raised in India, and as the novel opens he may well be on his way back to Asia -- not India, but China!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67195]
The Little World (1925) [Travel essays, describing our author's visits to numerous exotic locations. "Have no fears that "The Little World " is not interesting and well-written and clever and alive. Stella Benson is never, in any of these respects, a disappointment; she is too expert a journalist to fail the readers who for her sake alone will wander through India and China, and go across the American continent, and touch Africa, and swelter in Aden." (Saturday Review, 5 December 1925)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #267]
Goodbye, Stranger (1926) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Man Who Missed the 'Bus (1928) [Short story] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Worlds Within Worlds (1928) [Travel essays] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Hope Against Hope and Other Stories (1931) [Short stories] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Bernanos, Georges (1888-1948) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Sous le soleil de Satan (1895) [Le premier roman de Bernanos. Un portrait de la vie et des croyances de l'abbé Donissan, et des défis auxquels il fait face: "Le ministère paroissial... est une charge au-dessus de mes forces." Sera-t-il capable de surmonter ces défis?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 71272]
L'Imposture (1927) [Roman] HTML (Ebooks libres et gratuits)
Saint Dominique (1928) [Biographie] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
La joie (1929) [Roman] HTML (Ebooks libres et gratuits)
Un crime (1935) [Roman policier] HTML (Ebooks libres et gratuits)
Journal d'un curé de campagne (1936) [Roman: Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, 1936] HTML (Ebooks libres et gratuits)
Nouvelle histoire de Mouchette (1937) [Roman] HTML (Ebooks libres et gratuits)
Réflexions sur le cas de conscience français (1943) [Conférence faite à Rio-de-Janeiro le 15 Octobre 1943] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
Monsieur Ouine (1946) [Roman] HTML (Ebooks libres et gratuits)

Lord Berners (Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, fourteenth Baron Berners) (1883-1950) [English composer, painter, and novelist] Wikipedia New Criterion (article by Joseph Epstein) The Guardian (article by Gavin Bryars)

First Childhood (1934) [Autobiography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Bernier, Hector (1886-1947) [Romancier canadien]

Au large de l'Écueil (1912) [Roman] Texte
Ce que disait la flamme (1913) [Roman] Texte

Besier, Rudolf (1878-1942) [English playwright] Wikipedia

The Barretts of Wimpole Street. A Comedy in Five Acts. (1930) [Play about the initial meeting of the poets Elizabeth Barrett Wikipedia and Robert Browning Wikipedia, and the events that ensued] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #861] Wikipedia

Bevan, Samuel (active ca. 1849) [English man of affairs and of letters]

Sand and Canvas; A Narrative of Adventures in Egypt, with a Sojourn among the Artists in Rome (1849) [A personal memoir, beautifully illustrated *in colour* and in monochrome, with an opening straight out of a novel. When we first meet our author, he is seeking employment, since his old job has vanished -- a common experience then as now! Over breakfast he sees an ad in the Times: "Wanted immediately, for service in a foreign country, a gentleman of business-habits and good address. Salary £250. per annum. All expenses paid." He naturally applies, and on the basis of a short and strange interview is hired! His first assignment is to make his way to Cairo, not a simple task; other events follow. Bevan makes no special claims for his book: "All that awaits the reader, is a simple narrative of adventures during a few months' active employment in Egypt" and of what he sees in Italy on his way back to England. But he is far too modest: what an extraordinary tale it is, and how outstanding his skill as a writer!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68780]

Bibaud, François-Maximilien (1823-1887) [Écrivain canadien] Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

Biographie des Sagamos illustres de l'Amérique Septentrionale (1848) HTML et Texte

Biedermann, Woldemar von (1817-1903) [German literary historian / historien littéraire allemand] de.wikipedia

Goethe und die Fikentscher (1878) [Biographical essay in German / Essai biographique en allemand] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip
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Biggers, Earl Derr (1884-1933) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Love Insurance (1914) [Novel, adapted to film no fewer than three times Wikipedia. A British Lord falls in love with an American heiress. He decides to take out an insurance policy against her falling out of love with him before the wedding. Assorted mayhem/hilarity ensues...] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #56077]
The House Without a Key (1925) Wikipedia [The first of Biggers' six novels featuring Detective-Sergeant Charlie Chan of the Honolulu police force. Miss Minerva Winterslip, of an old Boston family, has lived in Hawaii for many years. Her nephew, John Quincy Winterslip, has been visiting Hawaii, hoping to persuade his aunt to return to Boston. But a murder happens, and the nephew takes a leading role in the investigation. CAUTION: If anything, Biggers fought vigorously against the prejudices of his age. Nonetheless. some degree of racial stereotyping does creep into the novel from time to time.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1523]
The Chinese Parrot (1926) Wikipedia [The second novel featuring Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, interesting in various respects: (1) it takes place in California, not Hawaii, (2) the parrot of the title itself becomes a murder viction, and (3) Chan cleverly makes use of his ancestry to disguise himself as a Chinese cook! CAUTION: some degree of racial stereotyping.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1555]
Fifty Candles (1926) [Mystery novella set in Honolulu, "a story that stretches over twenty years, all the way from that bare Honolulu court room to a night of fog and violence in San Francisco." However, the novel does not feature Biggers' famous Honolulu-based detective Charlie Chan! "A murder mystery told in short space in a masterly manner." (The Outlook, 7 April 1926)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1462]
Behind That Curtain (1928) Wikipedia [The third Charlie Chan novel. Our detective is in California, and so is Sir Frederic Bruce of Scotland Yard, pursuing a cold case -- which now seems be heating up! CAUTION: some degree of racial stereotyping.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1556]
The Black Camel (1929) Wikipedia [Mystery novel. Film star Shelah Fane is vacationing in Waikiki! Very glamorous... and very dangerous. It's a good thing that famed detective Charlie Chan Wikipedia is with the Honolulu police! CAUTION: Considerable racial stereotyping. That said, Charlie Chan is after all the hero of the novel, and is presented in a positive light.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1430]
Charlie Chan Carries On (1930) Wikipedia [Mystery novel, involving a round the world cruise. Inspector Duff of Scotland Yard begins the investigation, which he eventually passes to his friend Charlie Chan of the Honolulu police. "For continuous excitement, masterfully presented, there is nothing better now on tap than 'Charlie Chan Carries On,' by Earl Derr Biggers." (Saturday Review, 3 January 1931) CAUTION: some degree of racial stereotyping.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1573]
Keeper of the Keys (1932) Wikipedia [The sixth and last of Biggers' Charlie Chan novels. An opera singer spends a weekend at Lake Tahoe in the company of four previous husbands, and a prospective future one. Murder makes an appearance: calling Charlie Chan! CAUTION: some degree of racial stereotyping.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1557]

Bindloss, Harold (1866-1945) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Cattle-Baron's Daughter (1906) [Novel: illustrated by David Axel Ericson (1869-1946) mnartists.org (article by Thomas O'Sullivan) Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, Duluth]
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The Dust of Conflict (1907) [Novel: frontispiece by Dunton, W. Herbert (1878-1936) The W. Herbert "Buck" Dunton Online Exhibit. Bernard Appleby, a poor but talented young Englishman, arrives in Cuba on the eve of the Spanish-American War Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped [PGC #799]
Masters of the Wheat-Lands [United Kingdom title: Hawtrey's Deputy] (1910) [Novel: illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo (1879-1916) Cuneo Society] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Protector (1911) [Novel, with a frontispiece by an anonymous artist. Wallace Vane is a successful immigrant to British Columbia, the basis of this success being a mineral discovery. We follow his adventures in British Columbia, and in the North of England, which he visits for the first time since his departure at age eighteen.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #890]
Prescott of Saskatchewan [United Kingdom title: The Wastrel] (1913) [Novel: frontispiece by Dunton, W. Herbert (1878-1936) The W. Herbert "Buck" Dunton Online Exhibit] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Brandon of the Engineers [United Kingdom title: His One Talent] (1916) [Novel: frontispiece by Cyrus Cuneo (1879-1916) Cuneo Society] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Wilderness Mine [United Kingdom title: Stayward's Vindication] (1920) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Dark Road (1927) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Lone Hand (1928) [Novel; U.K. title The Firm Hand. Mark Crozier has spent his entire life so far in the (English/Scottish) Borders region — what does his future hold? Canada shows up in a supporting role.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #994]
Larry of Lonesome Lake (1929) [Novel; U.K. title The Harder Way. Lawrence (Larry) Bethune, formerly of England, is now a rancher near Lonesome Lake in British Columbia. Lonesome the lake may be, but his life is eventful, and not without romantic interests.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #998]

You will find other titles by Harold Bindloss at Project Gutenberg's US site.

Binyon, Laurence [Robert Laurence] (1869-1943) [English poet, translator, and art historian] Wikipedia

Dutch Etchers of the Seventeenth Century (1895) [Art monograph. Laurence Binyon is best known today for his poetry, but in his early adulthood he worked at the British Museum, specializing in prints and drawings, and this is his first published work: learned and yet easy reading. Many illustrations, ideal for displaying on your monitor or mobile device!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #64570]

Birmingham, George A. [Hannay, James Owen] (1865-1950) [Irish priest and novelist] Wikipedia

King Tommy (1923) [Light novel, somewhat similar in tone to the works of P. G. Wodehouse. The Marquis of Norheys, a young and not particularly responsible aristocrat, becomes a candidate for the throne of Lystria, a country in central Europe. A country with oil...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1135]

Bishop, William Avery ["Billy"] (1894-1956) [Canadian aviator] Wikipedia
with: Stuart-Wortley, Rothesay (1892-1926) [English aviator] Wikipedia

The Flying Squad (1927) [Novel. Two students at Upper Canada College Wikipedia in Toronto discover that their Greek instructor was a pilot during the Great War: he offers to teach them to fly. During the training, a pilot friend of their instructor stumbles into a criminal gang while he's out flying...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #914]

Blixen, Karen [Dinesen, Isak] (1885-1962) [Danish memoirist and novelist] Wikipedia

Published under the pen-name Isak Dinesen:

Seven Gothic Tales (1934) Wikipedia John Updike (New York Times, 23 Feb 1986) [Seven novellas, all set in the nineteenth century, in various parts of Europe, and all with a rich sense of the past and how it affects the present. With an introduction by critic and author Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879-1958) Wikipedia, who took a major role in arranging the book's publication, which brought the author enduring fame.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1534]
Anecdotes of Destiny (1958) Wikipedia [Five late and excellent stories by Karen Blixen, with a wide variety of subjects, but all displaying our author's characteristic gifts and style. One of them, Babette's Feast served as the basis for the 1987 film of the same name Wikipedia -- the first Danish movie to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1536]
Shadows on the Grass (1960) [Four short memoirs, an epilogue to Out of Africa, Wikipedia, the author's famous account of farming in the uplands of Kenya, published almost thirty years earlier.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1347]
Ehrengard (1963) [Novella: "another of her splendid Gothic tales that combine great ingenuity of plot with old-fashioned precision and purity of style." (Charles Alva Hoyt, Saturday Review, 29 June 1963) Ehrengard von Schreckenstein, as you might expect from someone with a name like that, is descended from an old and distinguished family, and as our story opens is the new maid-of-honour to Princess Ludmilla. One of the main characters is a somewhat dubious painter: "if Herr Cazotte was famous as a portraitist of fair ladies, he was no less celebrated and talked about as their conqueror and seducer, the irresistible Don Juan of his age." For more information on all this, read the novella!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1491]

Blot, Pierre (1818-1874) [French chef, teacher, and author] Feeding America (Michigan State University)

Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks. Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food. (1867) [A full set of recipes intended, in the author's words, to explain "how to arrange a bill of fare for every season, to suit any number of guests, at a greater or less expense..."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #762]

Bodley, R. V. C. [Ronald Victor Courtenay] (1892-1970) [English soldier and writer] Wikipedia

Algeria from Within (1927) [Colonies are important to Canada, if only because we live in one: the United States recently demonstrated this by coercively imposing a twenty year extension on Canadian copyrights, against the will of Canadians. The Ottawa administration did what they were told, and not a single MP, senator, or political party objected. This could not happen in a truly sovereign nation. Algeria, by way of contrast, overthrew French colonial rule in 1962: an example for Canadians. France most definitely does not rule Algeria today, but for more than a century it did. After his service in the First World War, our author attended the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, and there he met Lawrence of Arabia, who advised him to go and live with the Arabs. Which he did, learning Arabic and living with a Saharan tribe for seven years. This book is his account of the Algeria he saw, and became an instant classic.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70287]

Bosse, Sara [née Eaton] (1868-1940) [Canadian author] Michigan State University
Watanna, Onoto [Reeve, Winnifred Eaton: née Eaton, Winnifred] (1875-1954) [Canadian novelist] The Winnifred Eaton Digital Archive Michigan State University University of Calgary Wikipedia University of Minnesota Ryerson University Glenbow Museum (photograph)

Chinese-Japanese Cook Book (1914) [Cookbook]
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Bottome, Phyllis (1882-1963) [English psychologist, teacher, and novelist] Wikipedia

"Broken Music" (1914) [Good fortune is rarely complete. Jean d'Ucelles is from an aristocratic family, has talent (he is a composer), but unfortunately no money, which does pose a problem. What's an impoverished aristocrat to do? Move to Paris, of course!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #69246]
Helen of Troy and Rose (1918) [Two novellas of equal length from Phyllis Bottome's early prime, each with a frontispiece by New York's Norman J. L. Osborne (1878-1965). The "Helen of Troy" character is not the Trojan original: "Helen of Troy went back to America (did I tell you she was half-Jewish and half-American?)." The second novella is about Mr and Mrs Pinsent, who wished their daughters to be "modern", but not too modern: "Somewhere between the ages of fourteen and seventeen Mrs. Pinsent presented her daughters with an approximate definition of life. Agatha yawned and Edith said, "Oh, dear! We knew all that ages ago." For a moment Mrs. Pinsent became agitated. Had they, in spite of the healthiness of their surroundings, come in contact with evil influences? But she was reassured when Agatha explained that they had picked it up from rabbits." By now you have probably decided whether this is to yout taste. If so, read on, and get to know the world of Phyllis Bottome!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74949]
Old Wine (1925) [In 1918, the First World War came to an end, and so did the Habsburg Empire, which had lasted a thousand years. But although the Empire was gone, Vienna remained, shorn of its empire. How did the citizens of Vienna and more particularly the former aristocrats deal with this cataclysm? In this novel, Phyllis Bottome examines the question in scintillating fashion. She was in an excellent position to do so; she spoke excellent German, and was living in Vienna with her husband, who was in charge of British intelligence in the region.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1513]
Windlestraws (1929) [Novel, written in a light and luminous style as befits a book written during the Jazz Age. Jean Arbuthnot, the daughter of an Egyptologist, has been hired as a personal secretary at the very grand country house known as Windlestraws. Of course, very grand houses come with very grand families, who can be challenging to deal with. Such is most definitely the case at Windlestraws, as our heroine discovers!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1529]
Man and Beast (1953) [Five truly short stories, all involving the interactions between men and animals: in a circus, for example, and other locales. "Essentially they are psychological tales equally penetrating with both the human and animal characters... Each of them introduces a fresh twist of narrative to some classic theme." (Edmund Fuller, Saturday Review, 27 November 1954)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1535]

Boucher, Anthony [White, William Anthony Parker] (1911-1968) [American science fiction and mystery author] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

The Compleat Werewolf (April 1942) [Science fiction story, one of Boucher's most famous, set in Berkeley, California. It appears that Professor Wolfe Wolf, known to his students (he teaches German) as Woof-woof, is in fact a wolf, or rather a werewolf: this is news to him.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1592]

Boucher-Belleville, Jean-Philippe [Jean-Baptiste] (1800-1874) [Journaliste canadien] Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Université du Québec à Montréal

Dictionnaire des barbarismes et des solécismes les plus ordinaires en ce pays, avec le mot propre ou leur signification (1855) [Dictionnaire] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip

Bourinot, Sir John George (1837-1902) [Canadian historian and constitutional scholar] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia

The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People (1881) [Historical essays] Text
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Bower, B. M. [Bower, Bertha Muzzy] (1871-1940) [American author of Westerns] Wikipedia (B. M. Bower) University of Oklahoma (Kate Baird Anderson) Wikipedia (Western fiction) Wikipedia (Westerns)

The Parowan Bonanza (1923) [Novel about prospectors in Nevada. Includes a frontispiece by the American artist Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939) Wikipedia Sid Richardson Museum National Museum of Wildlife Art Christie's] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped University of Oklahoma [PGC #556]
Points West (1928) [Western novel. Cole is the son of wealth, but through no fault of his own this wealth has disappeared. He must take action...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #723]
Hay-Wire (1928) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped University of Oklahoma [PGC #555]
Rodeo (1929) [Western] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped University of Oklahoma [PGC #554]
Tiger Eye (1930) [Western] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped University of Oklahoma [PGC #553]
Fool's Goal (1930) [Western] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #526]
The Flying U Strikes (1933) [Western] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #527]
Trails Meet (1933) [Western novel. Our hero, Jess Robison, a cowboy with talents as an artist, turns out to have talents as a detective as well.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB University of Oklahoma [PGC #666]

Boyle, Eleanor Vere (1825-1916) [Scottish illustrator and author] Wikipedia

Beauty and the Beast. An Old Tale New-Told, with Pictures, By E. V. B. (1875) [A retelling of the famous French fairy tale Wikipedia in a deliberately archaic style, with many fine drawings and no fewer than ten colour plates of surpassing excellence! On seeing them, you will immediately understand why Boyle became so famous during her lifetime.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74277]

Brazil, Angela (1868-1947) [English novelist] Wikipedia Literary Heritage West Midlands National Portrait Gallery (UK)

An Exciting Term (1936) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Bridges, Thomas Charles (1868-1944) [English boys' novelist] The Wee Web

The River Riders: An Exciting Lumberjack Story (1892) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956) [American novelist, journalist, and organic farmer] Wikipedia

The Green Bay Tree (1924) [Bromfield's first novel! His native Ohio is the principal setting, but France plays a role as well: Bromfield knew the country well, having served in the US Army Ambulance Corps during the First World War, and shortly after publishing this novel he would move to Paris, where he would become a familiar of Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway. The novel centres on two sisters, Lily and Irene Shane, who move in high social circles. Irene is very devout, Lily is not: she's the one who moves to France!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73944]
Possession (1925) [The third of the four novels in Bromfield's Escape tetralogy. It is not so much a sequel to The Green Bay Tree as its logical counterpart in the tapestry he was weaving about "the waning years of the nineteenth century up to the present time." In his foreword Bromfield explains that in the first novel he had deliberately played the character of Ellen Tolliver down, and this for two reasons: "first, because she was a character of such violence that, once given her way, she would soon have dominated all the others; second, because the author kept her purposely in restraint, as he desired to tell her story in proportions worthy of her." And he tells her remarkable story in this novel. "She would, doubtless," Bromfield comments, "have been successful in any direction she saw fit to direct her boundless energy." In the event, she chose the demanding career of a classical pianist, and the action takes place in some glamorous locales, notably New York and Paris, cities which Bromfield knew intimately.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73188]
Early Autumn (1926) Wikipedia [A novel from near the beginning of Bromfield's career -- it won him the 1927 Pulitzer Prize! It is a family epic, set in the old but fictional Massachusetts town of Durham, where the Pentland family has roots dating back to the seventeenth century. But now it's the twentieth century, Durham has changed and grown, and the Pentlands, it turns out, are not immune to the problems which can beset long-established families dependent on inherited wealth. The novel features old John Pentland, his alarming sister Cassie, and his son Anson, who had married Olivia, whom Cassie "had never quite forgiven... for being an outsider who had come into the intricate web of life at Pentlands out of (of all places) Chicago." Still, when she arrived, so did her substantial fortune. By this point you probably get the picture. Now try the novel, written with Louis Bromfield's typical combination of elegance and approachability!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
A Good Woman (1927) ["The last of a series of four novels," said Bromfield, "dealing from various angles with a strongly marked phase of American life." He suggested Escape as the title for the tetralogy, which he thought could be considered a single novel. The "good woman" of the title is Emma Downes: deserted by her husband, she opens a bakery which develops into a large and thriving restaurant. Her husband Jason never returns, but she still has their son Philip, a missionary in Africa. But one day she gets a letter from him: "I ought to tell you that I've made a mistake in my calling. I'm not going to be a missionary any longer." When Philip arrives home, Emma finds that he is no longer the submissive young man she had raised. Many events follow!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74011]
Awake and Rehearse (1929) [Short stories, originally published separately, now collected in book form by the already famous novelist, taking place in various locales. "These are stories, for the most part, of women. And what women! Hogarth and Daumier might have battled for them as models...hags, harlots, spinsters, hoofers, jeunes filles, grandes dames, priestesses..." (Gladys Graham, Saturday Review, 1 June 1929)]
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The Man Who Had Everything (1935) [Novel, set in the U.S. and in France. Tom Ashford is a playwright in early middle age, and everything in life has gone his way. But success, as can happen, turns out to have some unexpected aspects. His glittering present cannot shake off the spell of the past: his early years on a farm in Illinois!]
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Night in Bombay (1940) [Novel about the guests in a hotel in India: one might say, Grand Hotel moved to the subcontinent. "This is fiction for fun. And as such it is done with sophistication, good meaty sentimentality, a shrewd seeing eye for surfaces, and the greatest skill in writing for pure entertainment." (Jonathan Daniels, Saturday Review, 11 May 1940)]
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Wild is the River (1941) [Novel. The "river" of the title is the Mississippi, in New Orleans, where things are indeed wild, since it is no longer controlled by the Confederacy, but has fallen to the Union Army. Which does not mean that things have calmed down, either at the political level or in the lives of those living in what is still a largely French-speaking city. The novel is quite a read! "It is entertaining, it has enormous gusto, swagger, voodoo mysteries, wonderful black women who devise love potions for good American dollars, aristocratic Creoles, moonlight, fever, sultry heat... and lots and lots of sex." (Bess Jones, Saturday Review, 29 November 1941)] CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today. HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1666]
Until the Day Break (1942) [Our author was born in Ohio, but spent some happy years in France. His familiarity with that wonderful country is evident in this novel, not so much a "war novel" as a "novel set during a war", in this case the Second World War. The novel is set in Paris, involves wartime intrigue, and features Roxie Dawn, born in Evanston, Indiana but now a Paris showgirl -- and more!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1650]
Mrs. Parkington (1943) [Novel: the basis for the 1944 film of the same name Wikipedia. Mrs. Parkington, born in Leaping Rock, Nevada, has ascended the social ladder and is now a lady of great wealth. But the children of the wealthy often lack the qualities of their forebears. "'Mrs. Parkington' is in the old and rich tradition of Thackeray and Trollope, Howells and Mrs. Wharton... if the book is tuned to the familiar theme from shirt-sleeves to shirt-sleeves in three generations, the melody is full-blooded, the interest does not flag." (Howard Mumford Jones, Saturday Review, 9 January 1943)]
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What Became of Anna Bolton (1944) [Novel. It is 1937: Anna Bolton, an American by birth, has been living in "the Europe of the period between wars... that night and day carnival which preceded the invasion of Poland". But the world of Anna Bolton was about to change.]
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The World We Live In (1944) [Nine short stories, set in various locales (the U.S., Monte Carlo, Switzerland...) and with various sets of characters, but all showing Louis Bromfield's creative powers and unobtrusively excellent style of writing.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1252]
Colorado (1947) [Novel about money and family. Richard Meaney returns to his native Colorado after three years at Oxford, accompanied by his tutor, Mr. Chatsworthy. "As swift in pace and as highly colored as a first-rate Western movie, Mr. Bromfield's latest story rushes with great gusto through most of the situations which Hollywood has taught us to look for in tales of rowdy, frontier days... But it is no small tribute to Mr. Bromfield's vivid storytelling that the reader can put down the book almost convinced that he has seen rather than read a great part of the novel." (Pamela Taylor, Saturday Review, 1 November 1947)]
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Kenny (1947) [Three novellas, each with a link to the Second World War, but each quite distinct in topic: the first takes its main character from an Ohio farm to the Pacific war, the second ("Retread") is about a veteran of the First World War who enlists when the next war comes, and the third is set in occupied Paris.]
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Mr. Smith (1951) [Novel. In alternating chapters, Wolcott Ferris describes (1) his upbringing and his successful but not particularly happy career as a business executive, and (2) his new existence as an officer on an isolated Pacific island during wartime.]
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Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Shirley (1849) [Novel, set in Yorkshire during the Industrial Revolution Wikipedia]
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Brontë, Emily [Emily Jane] (1818-1848) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Wuthering Heights (1847) Wikipedia [Emily Brontë's only novel, controversial when published because of its language and subject matter, but now long established as one of the great English classics. The novel is set in (very) rural Yorkshire; as it opens Mr Lockwood, a new tenant, is making a call on his not very sociable landlord, Mr Heathcliff. In the course of the novel we shall learn much about Heathcliff's tumultuous life and how he has affected those around him. "Wuthering Heights... is passionate and profoundly moving; it has the depth and power of a great poem. To read it is not like reading a work of fiction, in which, however absorbed, you can remind yourself, if need be, that it is only a story; it is to have a shattering experience in your own life." (W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You. NOTE: As a special bonus, the EPUB we offer includes the fascinating 1850 biographical notice by Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) discussing her famous sisters and their works.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par Téodor de Wyzewa (1862-1917) fr.wikipedia

Un amant (1892) fr.wikipedia Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 63193]

Brooke, Frances (1724-1789) [English novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

The History of Emily Montague (1769) [Novel: in fact, the first novel written in Canada] HTML and Text

Brooke, Leonard Leslie (1862-1940) [English children's artist and writer] Wikipedia Harwell Parish

Johnny Crow's Garden (1903) [Story book with pictures] HTML and Text
The Story of the Three Little Pigs (1904) [Story book with pictures] HTML and Text
The Golden Goose Book, being the stories of The Golden Goose, The Three Bears, The 3 Little Pigs, Tom Thumb, with numerous Drawings in Colour and Black-and-White (1905) [Stories with pictures] HTML and Text
Nursery Rhymes I. Songs and Ditties. (ca. 1916) [the first in a set of three volumes of the traditional rhymes, with Brooke's marvellous illustrations] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB (experimental) [PGC #580]
Ring O' Roses: A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book with numerous Drawings in Colour and Black-and-White (1923) [Story book with pictures] HTML and Text

Brooker, Bertram (1888-1955) [Canadian painter and novelist] Wikipedia University of Manitoba CyberMuse

Think of the Earth (1936) [Novel: winner in the year of its publication of the first Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction ever awarded. An expatriate Englishman has a weekend of self-discovery in Manitoba: he falls in love, and realizes that he must become less introspective than formerly.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #765]
The Robber. A Tale of the Time of the Herods. (1949) [Historical novel, based on the figure of Barabbas Wikipedia in the Gospel.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1013]

Broughton, Rhoda (1840-1920) [English novelist] Wikipedia Literary Heritage West Midlands

Doctor Cupid. A Novel. (1886) [Novel. Social and romantic doings in Victorian England. At the novel's beginning stands one of many versions of a famous four-line poem from late mediaeval Germany Wikipedia de.wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #757]

Brown, E. K. [Edward Killoran] (1905-1951) [Canadian literary critic] Wikipedia

On Canadian Poetry (1943) [A monograph which won the 1943 Governor General's Award, and deservedly so. It discusses at length the works of Project Gutenberg Canada author E. J. Pratt, of Archibald Lampman (1861-1899) Wikipedia Project Gutenberg US, and of Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947) Wikipedia Project Gutenberg US. His sympathetic account of the special challenges faced by Canadian literature is clear, accurate, and well worth reading: "To one who takes careful account of the difficulties which have steadily beset its growth its survival as something interesting and important seems a miracle."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1344]

Browning, Robert (1812-1889) [English poet] Wikipedia Academy of American Poets

Strafford: An Historical Tragedy (1837) [Play] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #623]

Bruce, James, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine (1811-1863) [Governor General of the Province of Canada 1847-54] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia

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Bruce, Jean [Brochet, Jean Alexandre] (1921-1963) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

O.S.S. 117 voit rouge (1956) [Roman d'espionnage. Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath (alias O.S.S. 117) fr.wikipedia est envoyé à San Francisco par la CIA. Agent spécial Enrique Sagarra «a trouvé un cadavre dans une ruelle de Russian Hill». O.S.S. 117 à la rescousse!] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PGC n^o 1384]

Buchan, Anna Masterton [Douglas, O.] (1877-1948) [Scottish novelist] Wikipedia

Ann and her Mother (1922) [One of the early Priorsford novels, set in the Scottish Borders region in the valley of the River Tweed Wikipedia. Like all of Anna Buchan's novels, chiefly concerned with everyday doings, and therefore easy to relate to: unpretentious, captivating, and classic.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #53522]
Pink Sugar (1924) [Novel, part of Anna Buchan's celebrated Priorsford series, set in the Borders region of Scotland. Following the death of her stepmother, Kirsty Gilmour moves to Scotland, the land of her ancestors, but a country of which she knows little. Naturally this changes as the novel proceeds.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1321]
The Proper Place (1926) [Novel, set in Scotland. Lady Jane Rutherfurd has to sell the magnificent family house ("twelve large bedrooms and eight smaller ones"), and move to the much smaller Harbour House, far away in Fife Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1369]
The Day of Small Things (1930) [Novel, carrying on from The Proper Place. Lady Jane Rutherfurd has found happiness in her new home in Fife, but of course life rarely remains still, and unexpected events happen. In the agreeable universe of Anna Buchan, these events are generally happy ones, and provide an admirable backdrop to our author's beautifully written narrative of domestic life in Scotland. Her world is not so very far removed from that of her beloved Jane Austen.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1411]
Priorsford (1932) [Novel, part of the Priorsford series, and consequently set mostly in the Scottish Borders region, although the first chapter takes place in southern England. A beautifully written novel, with Anna Buchan's usual focus on everyday people and events.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1335]
Taken by the Hand (1935) [Beatrice Dobie has spent her entire life in Glasgow, but now finds herself alone. In her final days, Janie Dobie had suggested that her daughter Beatrice consider moving to London: a new city and a new country! This novel tells us what comes of this suggestion.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1370]
Jane's Parlour (1937) Leaves & Pages Reading 1900-1950 — Sheffield Hallam University (Helen C) [Novel, set in Scotland, with a focus on the events of everyday life — not necessarily a bad thing, as the novels of Jane Austen demonstrate. Written in a classic and elegant style, as befits the sister of John Buchan. But the sensational events found in her brother's action novels are quite foreign to the sympathetic world of Anna Buchan.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1189]
The House That Is Our Own (1940) [Novel, part of the novelist's famous Priorsford series set in the Scottish Borders, and focusing on the lives of two old friends, Kitty Baillie and Isobel Logan. In the latter part of the novel, Isobel makes an extended visit to Canada!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1292]
Unforgettable, Unforgotten (1945) [A memoir of the author's family, especially her beloved brother John, the celebrated novelist and fifteenth Governor General of Canada, whom Anna visited in Canada. Illustrated with five nicely chosen photographs.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #850]

Buchan, John [first Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield] (1875-1940) [Scottish novelist; Governor General of Canada 1935-1940] Wikipedia

Sir Quixote of the Moors. Being Some Account of an Episode in the Life of the Sieur de Rohaine. (1895) [Buchan's first novel (or rather, novella: it is quite short): the Sieur de Rohaine has fallen on hard times, and leaves his native France to live for a while in the Scottish Highlands. "We understand that this is the first piece of fiction by a new writer. If so, it is a decidedly promising bit of work, full of humour and vitality, and it deserves to be successful" (The Bookman, December 1895). Includes a frontispiece by New Jersey artist Walter Conant Greenough (d. 1898)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1049]
A Lost Lady of Old Years. A Romance. (1899) [Historical novel, described by Buchan as an "auld Highland story", taking place during the tumultuous events of 1745, when Bonnie Prince Charlie Wikipedia landed in Scotland and set in play the events that led to the disastrous Battle of Culloden.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1007]
Prester John (1910) Wikipedia [Buchan's first true action novel, his first set outside the British Isles, and his first to achieve large and lasting popularity. The novel begins in Scotland, in a town overlooking the North Sea, where the young David Crawfurd, the novel's narrator, has spent his entire life. After his father's passing he goes to South Africa (a country Buchan knew well) where he becomes a storekeeper in a remote town where, he is told, something mysterious has been happening: "You look as if you had a stiff back, so I'll be frank with you. There is something about the place. It gives the ordinary man the jumps. What it is, I don't know, and the men who come back don't know themselves. I want you to find out for me. You'll be doing the firm an enormous service if you can get on the track of it." Crawfurd tells us what he discovers, and the exciting events he witnesses during his investigation. CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist, indeed extremely racist, by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) Wikipedia [An action novel which achieved instant and lasting fame as soon as it was published, and has had a huge influence on subsequent novelists -- and screenplay writers! In it, as Buchan says, "the incidents defy the probabilities, and march just inside the borders of the possible." But real life is full of things that defy probability! The novel begins just before the First World War, when its main character, Richard Hannay, has just returned to London from a stay of many years in Rhodesia and South Africa. Almost immediately, he starts suffering from boredom. This boredom quickly vanishes when Hannay finds himself wrongly suspected of murder, and becomes a fugitive from justice! Adventures in Scotland and elsewhere ensue as Hannay attempts to elude his pursuers. CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Power-House (1916) Wikipedia [Novel of action and intrigue, the first to feature Buchan's famous creation the Scottish barrister and politician Sir Edward Leithen Wikipedia Leithen lives and works in London, but the novel plays out against an international backdrop. The "Power-House" has nothing to do with electricity: it is a secret and sinister international organization! The novel was, our author states, "written in the smooth days before the war"; in 1916 he published it in book form "in the hope that it may enable an honest man here and there to forget for an hour the too urgent realities." A goal, we can safely say, that it certainly accomplished!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #57631]
Greenmantle (1916) Wikipedia [Buchan's second novel featuring Richard Hannay and other characters from The Thirty-Nine Steps. The First World War is now raging, and Hannay is in England recovering from a serious wound, when he is summoned to the Foreign Office. He is needed for a secret mission behind Turkish lines! CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Mr Standfast (1919) Wikipedia [The third Richard Hannay novel, taking place during the latter part of the First World War. Hannay has been serving on the Western Front, with considerable success, and is expecting more of the same, when he is transferred out of the military and given a new assignment: he must now work undercover! Many adventures follow, in England, Scotland, and on the Continent. "Among the best of English stories of spies and plotting in the great war have been those by Mr. Buchan... decidedly above the average of its class." (The Outlook, 24 September 1919) CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys (1922 [original edition]; 1925 [this edition]) [A series of essays on twelve famous escapes, ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, and from Central Asia to the New World. Our future Governor General's abilities as a writer and as a historian are on full display. The 1925 edition we used as the basis of our ebook was meant for school use, and includes a new set of illustrations, and an epilogue by an anonymous author containing questions for discussion.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #945]
Midwinter. Certain Travellers in Old England. (1923) Wikipedia [Historical novel, set in England and Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1745 Wikipedia, when Bonnie Prince Charlie (more formally, Charles Edward Stuart) Wikipedia attempted an invasion of Scotland with the objective of gaining the British throne. The novel's main character is Alastair Maclean, a Scottish exile; the English essayist, poet, and lexicographer Samuel Johnson Wikipedia plays an unexpected role. "Altogether this tale is, besides being highly diverting, more intelligent than most. It will and should be read." (The Forum, November 1923)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1432]
The Three Hostages (1924) Wikipedia [The fourth Richard Hannay thriller. Hannay is now married, has a young son, and is living in the Cotswolds. His life is a calm and prosperous one, and his exciting but disruptive earlier adventures are now firmly in the past. Or are they? Soon enough Hannay finds himself in London, and then in Norway: his unexpected new adventure has well and truly begun! CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #678]
Lord Minto. A Memoir. (1924) [Biography of Buchan's fellow Scotsman Gilbert John Elliot (1845-1914), fourth Earl of Minto, Governor General of Canada from 1898 to 1904 Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography. It was through Lord Minto's efforts that the National Archives of Canada came into being.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #764]
The Dancing Floor (1926) Wikipedia [Buchan's third novel featuring Scottish barrister Sir Edward Leithen: intrigue in the glamorous setting of the Greek Islands] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1012]
Witch Wood (1927) Wikipedia [Novel about mysterious events in seventeenth-century rural Scotland. At the time the novel appeared, Samuel Merwin commented that "His [Buchan's] knowledge and his sense of the past seem to me to find their best outlet in this new book... He has taken an old border legend, of a gentle country minister, supposed to have been spirited away by the fairies in the dark wood of Melanudrigill, and has breathed an astonishing life into it." (Saturday Review, 13 August 1927)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped EPUB [PGC #1044]
The Runagates Club (1928) [Twelve stories told at the monthly meetings of a (fictional) London dining club, whose members included some famous figures from Buchan's novels, such as Richard Hannay!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1101]
The Courts of the Morning (1929) Wikipedia [Action novel, set in South America, and featuring various Buchan heroes familiar from his other novels. Some aspects of this novel seem quite contemporary: Latin American scepticism towards the United States, drugs ("this continent is the home of drugs"), and a sinister foreign mining company!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1439]
The Blanket of the Dark (1931) [Historical novel, set in England during the reign of Henry VIII, vividly depicting both high life and low in the society of that time. Written in an easy and natural style, not something to taken for granted in such novels.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #935]
Sir Walter Scott (1932) [A biography of the Scottish novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Wikipedia, published by Buchan on the hundredth anniversary of the passing of his fellow Scotsman and fellow novelist. Includes as frontispiece a portrait of Scott by Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873) Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #960]
The Magic Walking-Stick (1932) [Novel for children. A young boy, Bill, buys a walking stick from a roadside pedlar. He discovers that it's a magic stick that will take the owner to anywhere he wishes. Adventures ensue...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1113]
A Prince of the Captivity (1933) Wikipedia [Action novel. Our hero, Adam Melfort, sacrifices his reputation to save that of his wife. Afterwards, he does some espionage in Belgium (the First World War is raging). Then, he's off to Greenland!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1440]
The Free Fishers (1934) Wikipedia [Historical novel, Buchan's last. Anthony Lammas, a young Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at the University of St Andrews Wikipedia, is our unexpected hero in this novel of intrigue, set in Scotland and England at the start of the nineteenth century.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1581]
The King's Grace 1910-1935 (1935) [A profile of the life and times of George V Wikipedia, published in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of that monarch's accession to the throne. The few but well-chosen illustrations include photographs by the W. & D. Downey studio Wikipedia, and E. O. Hoppé (1878-1972) Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #878]
The House of the Four Winds (1935) Wikipedia [The third and final Dickson McCunn novel: political intrigue and daring deeds in the central European country of Evallonia, with some Scottish visitors playing a crucial role. Buchan's monarchist beliefs show through — beliefs most appropriate in someone about to be become the Governor General of Canada!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1047]
The Island of Sheep [U.S. title: The Man from the Norlands] (1936) Wikipedia [Buchan's fifth and final novel starring Richard Hannay, who is no longer young but whose talents have by no means deserted him, as we discover. The novel starts in London, but then moves to the (fictional) Norland Isles in the arctic seas, a Danish possession: one of these isles is the Island of Sheep. Dark doings are afoot, a considerable challenge even for Richard Hannay! "Buchan enthusiasts will rejoice to know that this is a Richard Hannay tale, and that, before the feud is disposed of, the action has reached from South Africa to Scotland. The author, as usual, states his case and develops it, relying upon no tricks to sustain suspense. If one is seeking a high adventure tale with a colorful background, here it is." (The Literary Digest, 22 August 1936). CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1011]
Memory Hold-the-Door [U.S. title: Pilgrim's Way. An Essay in Recollection.] (1940) Wikipedia [Memoir of those incidents and aspects of Buchan's life which he thought most significant. "This book is a journal of certain experiences," writes Buchan, "not written in the experiencing moment, but rebuilt out of memory... It is not a book of reminiscences in the ordinary sense, for my purpose has been to record only a few selected experiences." That said, the book covers the whole span of Buchan's varied life. It was one of the favourite books of U.S. President John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Includes illustrations by B. C. Boulter (died 1960) Church of Saint Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, Sholto Johnstone Douglas (1871-1958), Charles Gere (1869-1957), Sir William Orpen (1878-1931), and photographs by Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped EPUB [PGC #1160]
Sick Heart River (1941) [Buchan's last novel, published posthumously. American title: Mountain Meadow. With an introduction by the novelist and biographer Howard Swiggett (1891-1957). Sir Edward Leithen Wikipedia, the hero of four earlier Buchan novels, is no longer young. He receives some bad news, and in its aftermath heads to Canada, where he learns a great deal about our country and about himself. "John Buchan could write the English language and his descriptions of Canada from the woods of Quebec to the desolation of the Arctic muskeg are beautiful and exciting." (The American Mercury, April 1941)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1052]

Buckley, Arabella Burton (1840-1929) [English science writer]

The Fairy-Land of Science (1878) [Science lectures for children: includes one anonymous engraving, and many others supervised by English engraver James Davis Cooper (1823-1904) Darwin Correspondence Project] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Burdett, Osbert (1885-1936) [English literary critic and biographer]

W. E. Gladstone (1927) [A beautifully written biography of the Victorian statesman William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) Wikipedia, who served as Prime Minister no fewer than four times, a record unequalled in British history.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1126]

Burpee, Lawrence Johnstone (1873-1946) [Canadian historian and librarian] Wikipedia Pratt Library Archives de Montréal

Recent Canadian Fiction (1899) [Overview of Canadian novels in English published in the 1890s. Many of the authors discussed are represented in the Project Gutenberg Canada collection.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #485]
A Little Book of Canadian Essays (1909) [Essays on Canadian authors Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Charles Heavysege (1816-1876) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Archibald Lampman (1861-1899) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, George Thomas Lanigan (1845-1886), Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, John Hunter-Duvar (1821-1899) Dictionary of Canadian Biography, and George Frederick Cameron (1854-1885) Dictionary of Canadian Biography]
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De Mille, James (1833-1880) [Canadian classical scholar and novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia
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Duncan, Sara Jeannette [Mrs Everard Cotes] (1861-1922) [Canadian journalist and novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler (1796-1865) [Canadian essayist and humorist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia
Howe, Joseph (1804-1873) [Canadian journalist and politician] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Lanigan, George Thomas (1845-1886) [Canadian journalist and poet]
McCarroll, James (1814-1892) [Canadian journalist, inventor, and poet]

On the Old Athabaska Trail (1926) [A retracing of the famous Athabasca Pass fur route Parks Canada. The nineteen illustrations include works by Canadian painter Paul Kane (1810-1871) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography and British military officer Sir Henry James Warre (1819-1898) University of Washington Oregon History Project American Antiquarian Society]
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Bury, J. B. [John Bagnell] (1861-1927) [Irish historian] Wikipedia

The Life of St. Patrick and his Place in History (1905) [These days St Patrick's Day is marked by worldwide drunkenness, which seems strange given the saint's apparent character. He lived in the fifth century, an age that is not well documented, but Patrick was certainly a historical personage: in fact, several of his works have survived to our times! Still, much mystery surrounds various aspects of his life, and so Bury's famous biography was definitely needed: it would be hard to imagine a more thorough or more readable study of his life by a famous historian of late antiquity -- who was himself born in Ireland!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71431]

Busch, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm (1832-1908) [German caricaturist and poet / caricaturiste et poète allemand] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia de.wikipedia Wilhelm Busch Geburtshaus Wilhelm-Busch-Museum Leibniz Universität Hannover

Zu guter Letzt (1904) [Poems in German: the last of Busch's works published during his lifetime / Poèmes en allemand: le dernier livre de Busch publié de son vivant] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip [PGC #530/n^o 530]
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Plish and Plum (1882 [[German original], 1883 [this translation]) [Busch's beautifully illustrated collection of light verse Plisch und Plum, translated by Charles T. Brooks (1813-1883) Wikipedia. The publisher's advertisements at the end of the book include illustrations by Sol Eytinge, Jr. (1833-1905) The Victorian Web The Vault at Pfaff's (Lehigh University) and Mary Hallock Foote (1847-1938) Wikipedia Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission (Casey Bush).]
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Butler, Smedley D. [Darlington] (1881-1940) [American soldier and political activist] Wikipedia

War Is a Racket (1935) Wikipedia [A classic anti-war pamphlet, and a quick but fascinating read. The retired United States Marines major general, one of the most distinguished American soldiers of his era, came to see war as little more than a sinister money-making enterprise: that is, a racket: "Only a small 'inside' group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1320]

Byrne, Donn [Brian Oswald Donn] (1889-1928) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Changeling and Other Stories (1923) [Short stories, with a focus on Ireland] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #817]
Blind Raftery and his Wife, Hilaria (1924) [A short and wonderful novel set in Ireland during the time of the South Sea Bubble (1711-1720) Wikipedia. Raftery is a blind Irish poet/folk-singer who marries Hilaria, a Spanish woman. Then they start their travels...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #776] Time, 29 September 1924
An Alley of Flashing Spears and other stories (1933) [A collection of nine of Byrne's stories, published posthumously] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #779]

Byron, Robert (1905-1941) [English art critic and travel writer] Wikipedia

First Russia, Then Tibet (1933) [A very famous travel book describing, as you might expect, Russia and, in a second section, Tibet: two very different places.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1641]

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Cagna, Achille Giovanni (1847-1931) [Italian playwright and novelist / Dramaturge et romancier italien] Sapere.it Università degli studi di Pavia [Microsoft Word]

Contrada dei Gatti. Proiezioni. (1924) [Novel in Italian / Roman en italien] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip [PGC #519/n^o 519]
Learn Italian! / Apprenez l'italien!

Cameron, David Young (1865-1945) [Scottish etcher and painter] Wikipedia National Galleries of Scotland Tate Collection

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Sir D.Y. Cameron, R.A. (1925) [Monograph on the famous Scottish artist, profusely illustrated] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PG Canada ebook #426]

Campbell, Duncan (1818-1886) [Canadian historian] Dictionary of Canadian Biography

History of Prince Edward Island (1875) [A history of Prince Edward Island Wikipedia from 1763 (when it passed from France to Britain) to 1873 (when it joined Confederation)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped EPUB [PGC #812]

Campbell, Roy (1901-1957) [South African poet] Wikipedia National Review, 15 August 1986 (Thomas P. McDonnell)
with: Freedman, Barnett (1901-1958) [English painter] Wikipedia Barnett Freedman Archive Tate Collection

Choosing a Mast (1931) [Poem, with two illustrations, one in colour] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Cantù, Cesare (1804-1895) [Historien et romancier italien] fr.wikipedia cesarecantu.it (en italien)

Margherita Pusterla (1838 [en italien]; 1843 [cette traduction]) [Roman historique, dont l'action se déroule en Lombardie vers 1340. Nous vous offrons la traduction contemporaine publiée par L'Illustration en 1843, avec plusieurs belles gravures. Project Gutenberg US vous offre le texte italien du roman.] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PG Canada n^o 942]

Carman, Bliss [William Bliss] (1861-1929) [Canadian poet] Wikipedia jrank.org

Far Horizons (1925) [Poems] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #614]
Sanctuary. Sunshine House Sonnets. (1929) [Poems] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #635]
Wild Garden (1929) [Poems] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #609]

Carr, Emily (1871-1945) [Canadian painter and writer] Wikipedia Canadian Encyclopedia

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Carrington, Fitzroy (1869-1954) [American art historian] Wikipedia Dictionary of Art Historians

Prints and their Makers. Essays on engravers and etchers old and modern. (1912) [A magnificently illustrated collection of essays by various eminent art historians of Carrington's era: these essays "range from Italian engravers before the time of Raphael and woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer to contemporary etchings."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68720]
Engravers and Etchers (1917) ["Six Lectures Delivered on the Scammon Foundation at the Art Institute of Chicago, March 1916", says the title page, but this doesn't come even close to describing this magnificent book and its 133 beautiful illustrations from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. "My sole aim," says Carrington, "has been to share with my audience the stimulation and pleasure which certain prints by the great engravers and etchers have given me." He is too modest: his book is very easy to read but full of learning. For those wanting even more information, tucked away at the end of each chapter are admirably complete bibliographical notes by Adam E. M. Paff (1891-1932) of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66848]

Carroll, Lewis [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge] (1832-1898) [English mathematician, logician, and author] Wikipedia

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) Wikipedia [It is a hot summer afternoon, and Alice is sitting with her sister, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes runs close by her. This is no ordinary rabbit, however: it is speaking to itself ("Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!"), and then it takes a watch out of its pocket! And the adventures keep coming in this evergreen satirical classic, famous in every country: it is so much more than a children's book! Our EPUB includes the famous illustrations by the English cartoonist and illustrator Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914) Wikipedia. EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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Aventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles (1869) fr.wikipedia Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 55456]

Through the Looking-Glass (1871) Wikipedia [Or, to give Carroll's full title, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Published six years after Alice in Wonderland, and generally read in conjunction with the earlier novel, it is written at the same high level, and has some very famous episodes: Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Jabberwocky, Humpty Dumpty... In any case, here it is for you to enjoy, complete with the wonderful illustrations by Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914) from the 1871 first edition, as well as a preface added by Carroll in 1896!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Carter, John Franklin (1897-1967) [American economist, journalist, and novelist] Wikipedia

Published under the pen-name Jay Franklin:

The Rat Race (1950 Galaxy version) Wikipedia [Novel, a heady mixture of science fiction and political intrigue. It starts in April 1945 when an atomic bomb explodes on board the U.S.S. Alaska. But the bomb uses thorium Wikipedia rather than uranium! In the explosion's aftermath, Lieutenant-Commander Frank Jacklin finds himself in someone else's body, and that's when things really start happening. The anonymous reviewer at Fantasy Book thought it was one of the best books of the year: "A fast-moving satire of American life, sharp, funny, and to the point." For Groff Conklin (Galaxy, October 1950) the novel lacked credibility: "There have been incredible pieces of pseudo-science fantasy in the past... But this book really should take a prize." As regards the science part, perhaps. But from the perspective of today, the political intrigues highlighted by Conklin seem entirely realistic: the murder of the U.S. president, for example, American citizens not charged with any specific crime being sequestered in a huge mental hospital, and so on. Actually, Conklin recognized that the book "is fascinating reading... Certainly Franklin wanted to have his readers haunted by the idea that some of what he was writing was actually true. Maybe it was and just doesn't sound it." And indeed, perhaps it was true: as an eminent political journalist and former State Department employee, Conklin certainly had access to excellent sources! The source for our ebook is the 1950 edition published by the editors of Galaxy Magazine, and is described on the front cover as "complete and unabridged" and on the title page as "a complete novel", but a note after the title page states that "This novel has been slightly abridged for the sake of better pacing." The edition was published during the author's lifetime: presumably he did the trimming, or at least consented to it.]
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Cartier, Jacques (1491-1557) [Explorateur français] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Encyclopédie canadienne

Relation Originale du Voyage de Jacques Cartier au Canada en 1534 (1534) [Histoire: éd. Henri-Victor Michelant (1811-1890) et Alfred Ramé (1826-1886)] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
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Cary, Joyce [Arthur Joyce Lunel] (1888-1957) [Irish novelist] Wikipedia Paris Review interview with Cary New York Review of Books (Brad Leithauser)

Mister Johnson (1939 [novel]; 1952 [prefatory essay]) Wikipedia [The adventures and misadventures of a young Nigerian in the British colonial civil service] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #968]

Casgrain, Henri-Raymond (1831-1904) [Historien canadien] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada encyclobec.ca (article par Jacques Saint-Pierre)

Un contemporain — F. X. Garneau (1866) [Biographie de François-Xavier Garneau Dictionnaire biographique du Canada fr.wikipedia]
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Cather, Willa [Willa Sibert] (1873-1947) [American novelist] Wikipedia Full biography by James Woodress

Alexander's Bridge (1912) Wikipedia [Bartley Alexander is a professional engineer, and a famous one: "whatever else he might do, he would probably always be known as the engineer who designed the great Moorlock Bridge, the longest cantilever in existence." The Moorlock Bridge is in Canada, and so is his newest project, which will be the longest bridge in the world. However, it is a difficult project, and success is not certain. In addition, he is now married: gone is the world he knew as a young engineer, and his marriage to the wealthy Winifred Alexander has its own challenges, including the resurfacing in his life of Hilda Burgoyne, the London actress who has achieved stardom in the years since they went their separate ways.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
O Pioneers! (1913) Wikipedia [A truly epic novel about a Swedish immigrant family's experiences through several generations. It starts in the 1880s, and is set in the fictional Nebraska town of Hanover, which was very similar to the towns being founded further north in Canada along the Canadian Pacific Railway: "The dwelling-houses were set about haphazard on the tough prairie sod... The main street was a deeply rutted road, now frozen hard, which ran from the squat red railway station and the grain "elevator" at the north end of the town to the lumber yard and the horse pond at the south end." The life of these early residents was not an easy one, but after their father's passing the Bergsons decide to stay in Hanover when many others are leaving. Or rather, Alexandra decides to stay and obtains her brothers' reluctant cooperation. Will things work out financially? And will peace descend on the Bergson clan?] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #24]
The Song of the Lark (1915) Wikipedia [Novel, which follows the life and career of Thea Kronberg, born in the small and recently founded Colorado town of Moonstone, which was not so very different from many towns of the same period in the western regions of Canada. By a series of fortunate events she moves first to Denver, and then to Chicago, where she takes singing lessons, which go well, so well that she becomes an internationally famous opera singer, but never loses touch with her origins. "This story," Cather comments, "attempts to deal only with the simple and concrete beginnings which color and accent an artist's work, and to give some account of how a Moonstone girl found her way out of a vague, easy-going world into a life of disciplined endeavor." But surely the most interesting part of most artists' lives is the beginning, later successes being only the logical consequence of what has already happened. In other words, Cather planned her novel well, and was soon rewarded by its commercial success.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
One of Ours (1922) Wikipedia [The novel which won Cather the 1923 Pulitzer Prize: she wrote most of it while visiting Canada, and completed it while in Toronto! The novel tells the life story of Claude Wheeler, whose relatively unhappy youth in Nebraska was followed by a relatively unhappy marriage. Then the First World War started, which cannot really be said to have been a good thing for Wheeler, since he did not survive it. However, in the short term he did find new meaning in life, and clearly he found military life more congenial than civil. Cather's inspiration was her cousin Grosvenor Cather, who grew up on the Nebraska farm next to hers; after his death in 1918 she found herself thinking about him more and more, which eventually resulted in her writing this novel.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2369]
A Lost Lady (1923) Wikipedia [The modern history of Western Canada is largely the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the many settlements founded along its route while it was being constructed, some of them still quite small, but some now very large: Calgary, for instance, and Vancouver. The history of the western US is similar: the railroads came, the settlements started, and events followed their natural course. Which brings us to the town of Sweet Water, on the recently constructed Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad, and to Captain Daniel Forrester, who played a major role in constructing the railroad, until "the Captain's terrible fall with his horse in the mountains, which broke him so that he could no longer build railroads." At which point the Captain retired to his house in Sweet Water, accompanied by his much younger wife Marian, the "lost lady" of the title. She is a participant in many losses: the loss of the heroic pioneering days, the eventual loss of her husband, and the many changes in her life brought on by these events. Robert Littell (The New Republic, 19 December 1923) comments that Cather "accomplishes exactly what she sets out to do", and praises "the singular reality and solidity of the heroine, who remains in our minds as one of [the] most vivid inhabitants of any American novel of recent years."] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Professor's House (1925) Wikipedia [The professor in question is the grandly named Godfrey St. Peter, who is of French-Canadian descent, and obtained his doctorate in France. But he is American, and as the novel opens is enjoying a successful university teaching career. The Professor is moving out of his old house, for good reason, for it had many issues and was not a comfortable place to live. But the Professor finds that he's unwilling to leave the old house, since that is where he prefers to do his writing. And yet his new house has "a beautiful study downstairs". All of which suggests that the Professor has a complex past and present. And indeed Tom Outland plays a major role in the novel, even though he died in the Great War: he had been the Professor's favourite student and had planned to marry the Professor's daughter, Rosamond, who became his sole heir, and consequently quite wealthy. The novel has a large and attractive cast of characters, and its plot ranges widely: it includes an archaeological expedition to the ancient but now abandoned Cliff City in New Mexico!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) Wikipedia [Novel, enormously successful when published and with an enduring reputation. It is about the Roman Catholic church in New Mexico in the nineteenth century, and is told through the life stories of two French-born clergy. Fictional, but based on actual personalities and events. "Miss Cather is growing restless in the old forms. The novel irks her... for the 'Archbishop,' she chooses the method of chronicle history. Instead of providing suspense and a climax, she depends, like history, upon interest in men and events. It is the honester way, if you can succeed with it. She has." (Saturday Review, 10 December 1927)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1584]
Shadows on the Rock (1931) [Historical novel, set in New France during the time of Frontenac Wikipedia, telling the story of the physician Euclide Auclair, and his daughter Cécile] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #860] Wikipedia

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616) [Spanish soldier and novelist] Wikipedia

Don Quixote (1605 [first part]; 1615 [second part]; 1885 [this translation of both parts by John Ormsby (1829-1895)] Wikipedia [Novel, one of the great literary classics, but funny, and very approachable -- hence its enduring popularity ever since its first appearance. We offer the justly famous Ormsby Wikipedia translation from 1865 in a digital edition which includes the fabulous illustrations from 1863 by Gustave Doré (1832-1883) ! As the novel opens, we meet our hero, who is a member of the minor nobility. He is nearing fifty, has a small household, and not much money. He does, however, have a great deal of spare time, which he spends reading altogether too many romantic tales of chivalry: by the time we meet him he can no longer clearly distinguish between the fictional worlds he reads about and the world he actually lives in. And so he conceives the idea of leaving his home, becoming a knight errant, and righting the world's wrongs. The novel is the story of how this project goes. CAUTION: The many illustrations have made this ebook unusually large. It will require more storage space than is usual, and the download may take some extra time.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #996]

Traduction française par Louis Viardot (1800-1883) fr.wikipedia

L'ingénieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche - Tome I (1863) Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 16066]
L'ingénieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche - Tome II (1863) Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 16067]

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El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (1605);
El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha (1615)
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Centlivre, Susanna (ca. 1669-1723) [English playwright] Wikipedia

The Stolen Heiress; or, The Salamanca Doctor Outplotted. A Comedy. (1702 [first performance]; 1703 [first publication]) [Comedy] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped [PGC #828]

Chambers, E. K. [Edmund Kerchever] (1866-1954) [English literary historian] Wikipedia

The Elizabethan Stage, vol. 1 (1923) [Literary history, done well, does not date. E.K. Chambers was astoundingly well read: who today could surpass his direct knowledge of the history of early English theatre? Add to this a remarkable elegance of style, and you have a classic for the ages, and a very attractive read. This first volume is an account of the court of Elizabeth I, with particular attention to the stage. Note: The ample bibliography appears at the start of the book, not the end. The table of contents will take you to the main text of the book.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66003]
The Elizabethan Stage, vol. 2 (1923) [The second volume of E.K. Chambers's classic and wonderfully readable work focuses on the actors' companies, the playhouses they worked in, the design of these playhouses, and their way of operating. Much more is known about this than you might expect!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67423]
The Elizabethan Stage, vol. 3 (1923) [This third volume of E.K. Chambers' famous work examines the mechanics of staging plays, both at court and in the theatres, and of publishing the plays, a topic crucially important to us, for that is how these plays were transmitted to future ages, including ours! The book ends with a fascinating list of the many playwrights of the period whose names are known to us, with a short biography and list of works for each.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67462]

Chambers, Robert William (1865-1933) [American painter and novelist] Wikipedia yankeeclassic.com The Literary Gothic Wikimedia [painting]

The Maids of Paradise (1902) [Novel: includes several illustrations of unknown authorship, and one illustration by Ludovico Marchetti (1853-1909) Art Gallery of Ballarat Government Art Collection [UK] Fine Art Dealers Association]
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Champlain, Samuel de (vers 1570-1635) [Explorateur français] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Encyclopédie canadienne

Oeuvres de Champlain [Histoire: éd. C.-H. Laverdière (1826-73: Dictionnaire biographique du Canada)] HTML et Texte

Chandler, Raymond [Raymond Thornton] (1888-1959) [American novelist and screenplay writer] Wikipedia

The Big Sleep (1939) Wikipedia [Chandler's first full-length crime novel. Private investigator Philip Marlowe, making his first appearance in literature, takes on a case of blackmail, and finds that matters are even murkier than they seem.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #696]
Farewell, My Lovely (1940) Wikipedia [Crime novel. The manager of a Los Angeles club is murdered, and no one seems to care. No one, that is, except Philip Marlowe...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1046]
The High Window (1942) Wikipedia [Crime novel. A wealthy widow calls in Philip Marlowe to investigate the disappearance of a rare and valuable coin, a matter mysterious enough in itself, but this is only the beginning... ] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1036]
The Lady in the Lake (1943) Wikipedia [Crime novel. The wife of a wealthy Los Angeles businessman has mysteriously disappeared, having last been seen at Little Fawn Lake. Definitely a case for Philip Marlowe...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1033]
The Little Sister (1949) Wikipedia [Novel, featuring Philip Marlowe and also the film industry, with which by this time Chandler was very familiar.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1279]
The Long Goodbye (1953) Wikipedia Mark Coggins [Mystery novel, Chandler's favourite among his novels, and winner of the 1955 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Private investigator Philip Marlowe gets involved in a heady set of intrigues involving a writer, alcohol, Mexico, and, of course, murder. "The dialogue is as vividly overheated as ever, the plot is clearly constructed and surprisingly resolved, and the book is rich in many sharp glimpses of minor characters and scenes. Perhaps the longest private-eye novel ever written (over 125,000 words!). It is also one of the best -- and may well attract readers who normally shun even the leaders in the field." (Anthony Boucher, New York Times, 25 April 1954)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1522]
Playback (1958) Wikipedia [The last Philip Marlowe mystery novel completed by Chandler, set in a resort town on the coast of California. Marlowe is to follow a woman named Eleanor King, newly arrived in Los Angeles. Whether this is her real name is only one of the mysteries in store for Marlowe.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1209]

Chant, Joseph Horatio (1837-1928) [Canadian poet]

Gleams of Sunshine: optimistic poems (1915) [Poetry] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Charlesworth, Hector Willoughby (1872-1945) [Canadian journalist and essayist] Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Music in Canada Empire Club of Canada (1932 address by Charlesworth) Cybermuse (portrait of Charlesworth by Arthur Lismer [1885-1969])

The Canadian Scene. Sketches : Political and Historical. (1927) [Essays on Canadian history and literature] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Chase, Alvin Wood (1817-1885) [American physician and entrepreneur] Ann Arbor District Library (article by Grace Shackman) rdhinstl.com

Dr. Chase's New Receipt Book (1889) [Self-help manual] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904) [Russian physician, playwright, and novelist] Wikipedia

The Shooting Party (1884 [Russian original]; 1926 [this translation]) Wikipedia [Chekhov's only full-length novel -- and it's a mystery story, an accomplished one! The murder takes place during a hunting party in the Russian countryside. But who is the murderer? The translation is by Alfred Edward Chamot (1855-1934). Chamot had lived in Russia until 1918, and been administrator of the Imperial Palace Gardens at Strelna, to the west of Saint Petersburg, on the south side of the Gulf of Finland.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73729]

Chesterton, G. K. [Gilbert Keith] (1874-1936) [English author, journalist, and theologian] Wikipedia

The Father Brown stories:

The Complete Father Brown (1911-1935) [Father Brown is G. K. Chesterton's famous priest-detective Wikipedia. The stories are famous worldwide, and have often been reprinted and adapted. The five individual collections published between 1911 and 1935 are available from Project Gutenberg Canada as individual ebooks, but it is our pleasure to offer all five of these books in an elegant single EPUB edition from the University of Adelaide.] EPUB

The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) [Mystery stories. The first of the five Father Brown Wikipedia collections, introducing the celebrated priest-detective.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #971]
The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914) [Mystery stories. The second of Chesterton's five collections featuring the priest-detective Father Brown.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #972]
The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926) [Mystery stories. The third of Chesterton's five collections featuring the priest-detective Father Brown.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #973]
The Secret of Father Brown (1927) [Mystery stories. The fourth of Chesterton's Father Brown collections, constructed as eight individual stories within a story.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #975]
The Scandal of Father Brown (1935) [Mystery stories. Chesterton's fifth and final Father Brown collection.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #977]

The Everlasting Man (1925) Wikipedia [Theological work, written for a general audience, and published three years after Chesterton had joined the Roman Catholic church, of which he became a strong advocate. It is an overview of human history from a theological perspective. "The view suggested is historical rather than theological, and does not deal directly with a religious change which has been the chief event of my own life... Much of it is devoted to many sorts of Pagans rather than any sort of Christians". The book has been greatly admired by many, including C. S. Lewis, and is written in Chesterton's characteristically vigorous style, full of illuminating paradoxes.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65688]

With: Gill, Eric [Arthur Eric Rowton] (1882-1940) [English artist and type designer] Wikipedia National Archives (UK) Identifont

Gloria in Profundis (1927) [Poem, with two wood engravings] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #440]

Chevalier, Henri-Émile (1828-1879) [Romancier canadien] Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

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Cheyney, Peter [Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse] (1896-1951) [English poet and novelist] Wikipedia

The Stars are Dark (1943) [Novel, the second in Cheyney's "Dark" series. "Dark and devilish doings of British and German spies told in hard-hitting, effective, and hair-raising fashion. Verdict: Tops in spy-stuff" (Saturday Review, 23 October 1943)]
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The Dark Street (1944) [Novel of intrigue and murder, from Cheyney's "Dark" series. One of the main characters is named Quayle: his business, we are told, "was nobody's business... It was a business necessitated by war, by the ghastly mechanics of war, by the scheming, plotting, machinations, underhand tactics, filthy murders..." He has an employee, Shaun Aloysius O'Mara, who "played the piano, rode a horse, was a good shot, could sail a boat. He spoke a considerable number of languages, though very few people were aware of the fact... and was extremely apt with a hand gun." After this, who needs a plot summary? By this point you'll know whether this book is for you! But we'll also mention the mysterious Spaniard Miguales, who had "fought on both sides in the Spanish Civil War and enjoyed the process."]
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Uneasy Terms (1946) [Mystery novel: the first of Cheyney's novels to be adapted to film. Colonel Gervase Stenhurst, late of the Indian Army, journeys to London, seeking the expert assistance of private detective Slim Callaghan, who at first is difficult to find (he's having a drink or two at the Night Light Club in Mayfair), and who when found is reluctant to take on the mysterious assignment he is offered. But of course he eventually relents, greatly increasing the likelihood that the truth will be found and that justice will prevail.]
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Dark Bahama (1950) [The "Dark" in the title is a tipoff: this spy novel is part of Cheyney's "Dark" series of espionage novels, not so very far removed from the works of Ian Fleming, his contemporary. And just as Fleming used Jamaica in some of his most famous James Bond stories, so Cheyney has here used the Bahamas. The island of Dark Bahama, our novelist tells us, is beautiful, and the people living there devote their lives to pleasure. But if Cheyney's mysterious Ernest Guelvada is there, chances are that there is trouble. And indeed there is: murder, to start with, and assorted intrigues. "Pseudo-sophistication, cliché culture", commented the Saturday Review (3 Feb 1951), but what's wrong with that? Yet the novel also features "taut narrative and plausible surprise to last sentence" -- that sounds good! All in all, if you like the spy stories of Fleming and his contemporaries, you may find this very much to your taste!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1667]
Ladies Won't Wait (1951) [Spy/murder novel featuring (and narrated by) British agent Michael Kells, with much of the action taking place in the glamorous setting of Paris.]
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Childers, Erskine (1870-1922) [Irish author and politician] Wikipedia

The Riddle of the Sands (1903) Wikipedia [Novel, set largely in the Frisian Islands, very low barrier islands, easily flooded, which dot the North Sea coast from the Netherlands east to Denmark. It is presented as a work of non-fiction, featuring "Carruthers" (an assumed name), who has a post in the UK's Foreign Office. Carruthers accepts an invitation from a friend to go on a yachting vacation to the Baltic Sea by way of Holland and the Frisian islands. But something mysterious is going on in the islands -- what are the Germans up to? Yes, this is definitely a novel of espionage, an early and very good one, continuously famous from its year of publication right up to the present day!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Chrysler, Walter Percy (1875-1940) [American automotive engineer] Wikipedia Time, 7 January 1929 [Man of the Year article] Time, 7 January 1929 [Man of the Year cover] Time, 26 August 1940 [obituary]
With: Sparkes, Boyden (1890-1954) [American journalist]

Life of an American Workman (1950 edition with new postscript by Sparkes; original edition published in1937) [Autobiography of the automotive engineer and founder of the Chrysler Corporation] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Time, 30 October 1950

Churchill, Winston Spencer (1874-1965) [English statesman and historian; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1953] Wikipedia Nobelprize.org

Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. (1900) Wikipedia [Churchill's only novel, a political one, set in Laurania, an imaginary country on the north side of the Mediterranean. "It is the character of Savrola himself that fascinates us, for we realize that in creating the great republican of Laurania young Churchill was depicting his ideal hero, that he was putting into words the kind of man he wished to be--that he was, perhaps, determined to become." (Ben Ray Redman, Saturday Review, 14 April 1956)] HTML, Text, EPUB, and Kindle [Project Gutenberg US #50906]
My Early Life. A Roving Commission. (1930) Wikipedia [Sir Winston's account of his life from childhood up to 1902. "When I survey this work as a whole," our author remarks, "I find I have drawn a picture of a vanished age." But what an age it was, and what a fine account Sir Winston created!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1315]
Painting as a Pastime (1948) [An essay, first published in 1932, in which Sir Winston recommends having at least two or three hobbies. Reading, of course, but also painting--which he personally took up at the age of forty! This enhanced edition of the essay includes eighteen colour reproductions of his paintings, which demonstrate how well he had learned his new craft.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1373]

Clynes, John Robert (1869-1949) [English trade unionist and politician] Wikipedia

When I Remember... (1940) [Pamphlet: history of Britain's social service and income support programs] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Cody, Hiram Alfred (1872-1948) [Canadian priest, novelist, and biographer] University of New Brunswick (see under "Cody")

The Trail of the Golden Horn (1923) [Mystery novel, with elements of romance, set in Northern Canada (Cody lived in the Yukon for some years). A trapper finds an empty cabin, with evidence of a crime. We are introduced to a nurse, then to a Mountie, and matters proceed from there.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Master Revenge (1924) [Christian morality play done in the form of a novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Songs of a Bluenose (1925) [Poetry] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #622]
The Crimson Sign (1935) [Historical novel, set in Acadia Wikipedia towards the end of the seventeenth century.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #946]
Fighting Stars (1937 edition) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #978]

Colby, Charles William (1867-1955) [Canadian historian] Colby Curtis Museum, Stanstead

The Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain (1915) [Biography of Samuel de Champlain Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography: vol. 3 of "The Chronicles of Canada". Illustrations by Champlain himself, and by C. W. Jefferys (1869-1951) Wikipedia Library and Archives Canada, Balthazar Moncornet (ca. 1600-1668), and John David Kelly (1862-1958) Ontario's Historical Plaques]
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Colden, Cadwallader (1688-1776) [Scottish physician; governor of New York 1769-71] Wikipedia

The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada (in two volumes) (1747 [expanded second edition]; 1727 [original edition]) [The first full account in English of the Iroquois League Wikipedia; Colden had the advantage of considerable direct contact with the League as a negotiator for the British government. Our ebook is based on the 1747 London edition.]
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Cole, G. D. H. [George Douglas Howard] (1889-1959) [English labour activist, economist, and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Brooklyn Murders (1923) [Most of Cole's mystery novels were written in collaboration with his wife, Margaret Cole (1893-1980), who outlived her husband by 21 years. The monstrous "New NAFTA", imposed on Canada by the foreign autocrat Tr*mp, extended copyright terms by twenty years: an act of cultural vandalism involving completely unacceptable coercion and interference in Canada's affairs. Consequently the many mystery novels they collaborated on have been blocked from joining Canada's public domain until 2051! It's time for these extensions to be annulled, or, still better, thrown out by Canada's courts. Still, he wrote The Brooklyn Murders without his wife's assistance, and so it entered the Canadian public domain in 2010: we are delighted to present it to you! The "Brooklyn" in the title refers not to the famous New York borough of that name, but to an English acting family. "At seventy Sir Vernon Brooklyn was still the outstanding figure in the theatrical world," the novel begins. To celebrate his seventieth birthday, Sir Vernon has left his country place in Sussex and returned to his very grand house in London, overlooking Green Park, where the guests are gathering. As the title suggests, things start happening! "A story of more than usual skill and interest," said The Outlook (19 November 1924). "Some good amateur detective work, and odd investigations into the night life of London." Our ebook includes the cover art from the 1924 U.S. edition by the Polish-American painter Samuel Halpert (1884-1930) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73716]

Coles, Manning [pseudonym of English author Adelaide Frances Oke Manning (1891-1959) and British intelligence agent Cyril Henry Coles (1899-1965)] Wikipedia

Drink to Yesterday (1940) [Neighbours Adelaide Manning, who had worked in the War Office during the First World War, and Cyril Coles, a career officer in British Intelligence, in 1940 jointly wrote their first novel (many were to follow) featuring Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon Wikipedia. It is set during the First World War: Hambledon is nominally a teacher, but in fact the important part of his work takes place during the vacations -- when he is in Germany! This work behind German lines is presumably based on Coles' own experience: he joined up as a teenager, had a phenomenal ability to learn languages quickly, and did indeed work behind German lines! "Tremendously effective and entirely thrilling tale of man whose split nationality and tragically divided personal loyalties changed his whole life." (Saturday Review, 15 February 1941)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1670]
Pray Silence (1940) [It's hard to give a more accurate and concise summary than the one provided by the Saturday Review in their 10 May 1941 issue: "British spy loses memory and turns up decade later as high Nazi police official. He makes up for lost time." Yes, it's Tommy Hambledon, of course, in the second Manning Coles novel to feature him, a novel known in the United States as A Toast to Tomorrow, an excellent title, since it nicely parallels the title of the first novel, Drink to Yesterday, which was set during the First World War. Be that as it may, our hero is as far behind German lines as could be imagined: Hitler himself shows up as a character!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1671]
Without Lawful Authority (1943) [Espionage novel, set during the runup to the Second World War. Some very mysterious crimes are happening in England. They are not what they seem: but what are the motives? Perhaps Tommy Hambledon of British Intelligence can sort out these complexities!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1610]
Green Hazard (1945) [Action novel, set in the year 1941, and featuring British intelligence agent Tommy Hambledon doing dangerous and important espionage. Then comes shocking news: Hambledon has been killed, in Switzerland! Or has he?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1620]
The Fifth Man (1946) [Espionage novel, naturally featuring British intelligence agent Tommy Hambledon. In wartime, a dubious life history can be the ideal background for espionage inside another country -- for example, Germany! "A-1 Spy thriller" (Saturday Review, 19 January 1946)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1616]
Alias Uncle Hugo (1952) [Novel of intrigue and espionage. Tommy Hambledon's latest assignment takes him to the Soviet Union. The Second World War is now over, but much intrigue is underway. Kaspar, the orphaned son of an Eastern European monarch, is living in the Soviet Union being sheltered by his tutor, who is passing him off as his great-nephew. This is not a situation that can last: fortunately Kaspar's Uncle Hugo shows up! But who exactly is Uncle Hugo, and what is he planning?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1669]
A Knife for the Juggler (1953) [Novel of murder and intrigue, the sixteenth in the Tommy Hambledon series, taking place in the glamorous settings of the City of Paris and of the Canary Islands!]
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Not for Export (1954) [Spy/mystery novel. Some very sensitive airplane design documents disappear: who better to find them than British intelligence agent Tommy Hambledon? Much action in West Germany, particularly Berlin, but Russia also plays a role. "Familiar mixture of international mayhem and mirth... Peppy as ever" (John T. Winterich, Saturday Review, 13 March 1954)]
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No Entry (1958) [Spy/mystery novel, which begins in the city of Goslar Wikipedia, near the former boundary between West and East Germany. The son of the British Foreign Secretary has mysteriously disappeared while visiting. Are the Russians involved? To the Foreign Office it seems obvious: the situation calls for the special talents of Thomas Elphinstone "Tommy" Hambledon Wikipedia.]
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Collins, Wilkie (1824-1889) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Moonstone (1868) Wikipedia [Perhaps the very first English detective novel! Dorothy L. Sayers and G. K. Chesterton thought it probably the finest English detective novel ever written: a century and a half after it was published, who are we to disagree? It features an accomplished "amateur" sleuth, Franklin Blake, and the very capable Sergeant Richard Cuff, called in from (where else?) Scotland Yard. The Moonstone itself is an ancient gem which had been stolen by a British soldier in 1799 during the British conquest of India. (One of the novel's many strengths is its realistic assessment of the true nature of British colonialism.) But when the Moonstone arrives in England, the intrigue and violence which have dogged its history follow it from India.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Compton, Edward Harrison (1881-1960) [German painter] Wikipedia

Chester Water-Colours (1916) [Watercolour album. Chester Wikipedia (from "castrum", Latin for "army base") is located in Cheshire, not far from the Welsh border. As its name indicates, it was founded by the Romans, and was relatively prosperous throughout the Middle Ages. Watergate Street, included in this collection, was laid out as part of the Roman encampment, and substantial sections of the city's walls survive from Roman times. As you will see, this famous old city provided excellent material for Compton to paint. In spite of his name, Compton was a German artist: his father had emigrated from England to Upper Bavaria where he became a famous mountain climber and painter, married, and had his family. The son followed his father's example and became a painter. He trained in England, exhibited his paintings there, and was presumably in England throughout the First World War, for this fine portfolio was published in May 1916. The reproductions are all in colour: if there were wartime production issues, there are certainly no traces of them in this beautiful album.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66086]

Conan Doyle, Arthur (1859-1930)
See: Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930)

Conference on the Medical Services in Canada (1924)

Report of the Conference on the Medical Services in Canada held at Ottawa, December 18, 19, 20, 1924 (1925) [Transcript of conference] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Connell, Richard [Richard Edward, Jr.] (1893-1949) [American journalist, screenwriter, and novelist] Wikipedia

The Most Dangerous Game (1924) Wikipedia [A very famous and very influential short story, involving a special kind of big game hunting.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1480]

Connington, J. J. [Stewart, Alfred Walter] (1880-1947) [Scottish chemist, physicist, and writer of mysteries and science fiction] Wikipedia

Nordenholt's Million (1923) [Disaster novel. Environmental catastrophe has arrived on Earth and the multimillionaire Nordenholt constructs a refuge for himself and some others. Not in today's favoured location of New Zealand, but in the Clyde Valley of Scotland! Parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic and the behaviour of our modern ultrarich are easy to see. How did Connington foresee all this? Well, he certainly knew his science: he was a famous organic chemist. And a fine writer: he went on to write a considerable number of mystery novels!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #64567]
The Dangerfield Talisman (1926) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned Canada into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies. It's time to kick them out of office! Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists who have already made it into our public domain, very good ones, such as Glasgow's J. J. Connington. He mainly wrote murder mysteries, but not always, as this novel proves: it is about a heist involving an extremely valuable piece of jewellery, the Dangerfield Talisman. As the novel opens we are at a bridge party. Among those present is old Rollo Dangerfield, owner of the Dangerfield Talisman, last appraised in his grandfather's time, at some £50,000. And that was when a pound was a pound! Up to now, the Talisman has never been stolen, or, if stolen, its disappearance has been only for a short time. Is that about to change?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73753]
Murder in the Maze (1927) [Mystery novel, featuring Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield. We begin at Whistlefield, which belongs to Roger Shandon, who is not just a barrister, but a King's Counsel (KC), if you please! Which is presumably why he can afford a house like Whistlefield, which has not only a name. but also grounds, and on those grounds a maze. Which, of course, is where a murder is discovered. Hence the intervention of Sir Clinton!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71351]
Tragedy at Ravensthorpe (1926) Wikipedia [Thanks to Canada's gutless parliamentarians, it seems we're stuck with Trump's copyright extensions for some years to come. That's our property, dude, hand those books over *now*! While we're waiting for them to be released from copyright prison and returned to Canadians by the White House felon, there are excellent earlier titles we can offer you. One of them is Tragedy at Ravensthorpe, featuring Sir Clinton Driffield,whom we have already met in Murder in the Maze, also in the PGC catalogue. The novel is set not just at a country house, but one with its own museum! A likely setting for theft, you may be thinking, and perhaps worse! You're right!] EPUB
Mystery at Lynden Sands (1928) [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election! However, Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period, and we are delighted to present this fine mystery novel by J. J. Connington, featuring Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield. Lynden Sands, as you might guess, is a beach area and indeed a resort area, with a hotel and a new golf course. A wonderful place for a holiday, where nothing bad can happen, until it does. Fortunately Sir Clinton Driffield is also an accomplished golfer, and is visiting Lynden Sands when all this starts!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73126]
The Case with Nine Conclusions (1928) [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election! However, Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period, and we are delighted to present this fine mystery novel by J. J. Connington, featuring Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield. The best summary of its opening is from the mouth of Dr Ringwood, who has been substituting for a colleague who is unwell. "I'm Dr. Carew's locum and a stranger in Westerhaven; and in this fog I went to the wrong house--the one next door to here: Ivy Lodge, 28 Lauderdale Avenue. Mr. Hassendean's house. The place was lit up and a car was at the door; but I got no answer when I rang the bell. Something roused my suspicions and I went inside. The house was empty: no maids or anyone on the premises. In a smoke-room on the ground floor I found a youngster of about twenty-two or so, dying. He'd been shot twice in the lung and he died on my hands almost as I went in." What a situation! Fortunately Dr Ringwood is talking to no ordinary policeman, but Sir Clinton Driffield, whose butler has been under his medical care. And Sir Clinton takes on the case!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72816]

Connor, Ralph [pen name of Rev. Charles William Gordon] (1860-1937) [Canadian clergyman and novelist] Wikipedia Canadian Encyclopedia

Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks (1898) [Novel] HTML and Text
Gwen's Canyon (1898) ["Gwen was undoubtedly wild and, as the Sky Pilot said, wilful and wicked." This short story describes her transformation.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #625]
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Conrad, Joseph [Korzeniowski, Józef Teodor Konrad] (1857-1924) [Polish mariner and novelist / marin et romancier polonais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River. (1895) Wikipedia [Conrad's first novel, in which his peculiar strengths are already evident. He wrote English beautifully, and yet he was not from an English-speaking country, but from Poland, which through almost his entire life was not an independent country, but a region, split between the Russian, German, and Austrian empires: in fact, a colony. This put Conrad in an excellent position to observe and understand the colonial experience. Almayer's Folly demonstrates this nicely. It is the first of Conrad's three Malay novels, set in what is now Indonesia, but at the time was a Dutch colony. Kaspar Almayer is a Dutch trader who lives with his Malayan wife, by whom he has had a daughter, Nina. In anticipation of a British annexation of the area (which never happens), and the resulting increase in business (which also never happens), he puts up a preposterously large half-finished house ("Almayer's Folly") as a venue for his business affairs. But Almayer's delusions are not limited to commerce: his wife is secretly determined that under no circumstances will their daughter Nina marry a European. Nina is, in fact, strictly opposed to the European colonial dream/nightmare, in which Almayer is so deeply invested.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
An Outcast of the Islands (1896) Wikipedia [Conrad's second novel, a sequel to Almayer's Folly. The islands in question are the Malay Archipelago (modern Indonesia), where Almayer's Folly had been set. Like its predecessor, the novel's focus is on a European, in this case Peter Willems. "The man who suggested Willems to me," wrote Conrad in his 1919 Author's Note, included in our ebook, "was not particularly interesting in himself. My interest was aroused by his dependent position, his strange, dubious status of a mistrusted, disliked, worn-out European living on the reluctant toleration of that Settlement hidden in the heart of the forest-land, up that sombre stream which our ship was the only white men's ship to visit." And, really, there you have the novel. Like its predecessor, it is a careful examination of what men will do when tempted or pressured, particularly if the colonial system puts them in a position of privilege.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Nigger of the Narcissus. A Tale of the Forecastle. (1897) Wikipedia [Novella. CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today. It is truly unfortunate that the title includes an example of such language, but the policy at Project Gutenberg Canada is that under no circumstances do we censor what we publish. As it happens, the novel, if anything, is an attack on the racist attitudes of Conrad's time: it is the story of James Wait, born in the West Indies, who is on his way from Bombay to London, gravely ill with tuberculosis, and of what happens on this voyage. Connoisseurs of Conrad consider it one of his finest works.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Heart of Darkness (1899) Wikipedia [Rarely have an author's personal experiences been so powerfully transformed into literature: Conrad himself had captained a boat on the Congo River, and eight years later he gave the world this classic novella. In essence, it is an attack on the catastophes that European colonialism brought to Africa, and centres on the life and death of Mr. Kurtz, who runs a trading post in a very remote area upriver in central Africa, and is both feared and worshipped by the people in his trading area. Not all of the story takes place in Africa. At the beginning of the story, the narrator, an English seaman named Charles Marlow, describes how he crosses the Channel to sign his contract, and duly arrives "in a city that always makes me think of a whited sepulchre... I had no difficulty in finding the Company's offices. It was the biggest thing in the town, and everybody I met was full of it. They were going to run an over-sea empire, and make no end of coin by trade." At the end of the novel Marlow finds himself back in Europe, and his outlook has been permanently changed by the appalling things he has seen. If this happens to remind you of Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now Wikipedia, that is no coincidence, for this famous novella inspired that famous film!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #219] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par André Ruyters (1876-1952) fr.wikipedia

Coeur des ténèbres (1925) fr.wikipedia [Le célèbre roman dont le cinéaste Francis Ford Coppola s'est servi pour créer son chef d'oeuvre Apocalypse Now. Avec une note bibliographique par G. Jean-Aubry (1882-1950) fr.wikipedia, qui a également contribué sa traduction de Youth (Jeunesse).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 72252]

Lord Jim (1900) Wikipedia [Novel, set largely amidst the islands of the Malay Archipelago. It can be read as a cautionary tale, showing how important it can be to resist peer pressure. Very early on in his seafaring career the title character makes the disastrous error of following the rest of his crew in abandoning his ship during a storm. Not just the ship, but its passengers! In a 1917 Author's Note included in this Adelaide digital edition, Conrad wrote, "As a matter of principle I will have no favourites; but I don't go so far as to feel grieved and annoyed by the preference some people give to my Lord Jim." Conrad thereby has let the cat out of the bag -- it seems that he in fact had a favourite novel, and that novel is called Lord Jim!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Typhoon (1902, with a preface from 1920) Wikipedia [Novella involving, not surprisingly, a major storm in the Pacific Ocean. It was based, Conrad tells us, on a genuine incident involving a steamship carrying a large number of passengers from Singapore to northern China. "I never met anybody personally concerned in this affair, the interest of which for us was, of course, not the bad weather but the extraordinary complication brought into the ship's life at a moment of exceptional stress by the human element below her deck." And that nicely describes the events of the book, and what faces its central character, the unforgettable Captain MacWhirr. "MacWhirr is not an acquaintance of a few hours, or a few weeks, or a few months. He is the product of twenty years of life. My own life. Conscious invention had little to do with him."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #1142] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par André Gide (1869-1951) fr.wikipedia

Typhon (édition de 1923) fr.wikipedia [Nouvelle. L'histoire du capitaine MacWhirr, de sa navire, et d'une tempête. Un jour "MacWhirr considérait la baisse d'un baromètre dont il n'avait aucune raison de se défier. La baisse -- étant donné l'excellence de l'instrument, le moment de l'année et la position du navire sur l'écorce terrestre -- était certes de mauvais augure; mais la face rouge de l'homme ne trahissait aucun trouble intérieur. Les présages n'existaient point pour lui, et la signification d'une prophétie ne savait lui apparaître qu'après que l'événement l'avait surpris. «Pas d'erreur: c'est une baisse», pensait-il. «Il doit faire là-bas un sale temps peu ordinaire.»" Faut-il dire qu'il ne se trompait pas?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 73022]

Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard. (1904) Wikipedia [Novel, with an Author's Note added by Conrad in 1917. It marks a transition point in his extraordinary writing career, being preceded by various sea novels and stories (Lord Jim, Youth, Typhoon), and followed by the political novels (The Secret Agent, Under Western Eyes). Nostromo is an adventure novel, set in a South American country named Costaguana, which is fictional, but bears an obvious resemblance to Colombia. There are many shenanigans, both political and financial, as was the case with Colombia during the exciting period of the US annexation of the Panama Canal Zone. The central character, Nostromo, originally from Italy, is at the same time an important figure in Costaguana, and yet somewhat apart from its people. "Perhaps the nearest approach to a brief analysis of the complex web of this book is to say that it tells how this Nostromo, whose pride and joy, whose whole stock-in-trade in life, is his integrity, his unblemished reputation, becomes a thief..." (Frederic Taber Cooper, The Bookman [US], November 1904)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Secret Agent (1907) Wikipedia [One of Conrad's most famous novels, but its fame was late in coming: when published in 1907 it did not sell extremely well, and reviews were mixed. How things have changed! Now it is one of Conrad's most famous novels, and it is easy to see why. It is quite different from Conrad's earlier novels of seafaring, and instead deals with the very modern world of espionage, conspiracy, and police surveillance -- with a good dose of incompetence mixed in. Need more be said?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Under Western Eyes (1911) Wikipedia [This is a novel of politics, intrigue, and assassination, taking place in Geneva and St Petersburg, and centred on Kirylo Sidorovitch Razumov, a Russian university student with a mysterious background. The "Western Eyes" of the title belong to the novel's narrator, an elderly teacher of languages who is a longtime resident of Geneva. "A whole quarter of that town, on account of many Russians residing there, is called La Petite Russie -- Little Russia. I had a rather extensive connexion in Little Russia at that time. Yet I confess that I have no comprehension of the Russian character." Conrad's father and grandfather had been politically active, which no doubt explains why in his 1921 Author's Note he said that "My greatest anxiety was in being able to strike and sustain the note of scrupulous impartiality... 'Under Western Eyes' on its first appearance in England was a failure with the public, perhaps because of that very detachment." But the book ended up a success for Conrad: in particular it went through many editions in Russia, and has become an enduring classic. Conrad drily noted in 1921 that "by the mere force of circumstances 'Under Western Eyes' has become already a sort of historical novel dealing with the past"; that is, the First World War and the Russian Revolution had changed everything. But this simply demonstrates how clear Conrad's vision was of where society was headed. For us today it has special relevance, given the shadowy world that has unexpectedly emerged around us: autocracies and oligarchies worldwide, massive state surveillance even in what are claimed to be liberal democracies, "black ops" and secret prisons, and the rest of it.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Victory. An Island Tale. (1915 [novel]; 1920 [Author's Note]) Wikipedia [Surely a novel called "Victory", published in 1915, must be concerned with the First World War. Well, no, it isn't! Conrad finished the novel on 19 May 1914, and "Victory" was the title he had already chosen, which he could not bring himself to change once the war had begun. And who can blame him? The main character is Axel Heyst, born in London, but "directly his father died he lit out into the wide world on his own", and eventually found himself in the Malay Archipelago: "Everyone in that part of the world knew of him, dwelling on his little island." This is the story of what happened to Heyst and to those he met, in particular the travelling "orchestra girl" Lena, who changed his life forever. The ebook we offer you includes not only Conrad's original Note to the First Edition, but also an extended Author's Note which he wrote for the 1920 limited edition of his collected works.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Arrow of Gold. A Story Between Two Notes. (1919) Wikipedia [Historical novel, set in Marseilles, but principally concerned with Spain, in particular the Third Carlist War Wikipedia. There is a direct line from the Carlist Wars to the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 and indeed to the question of Catalan independence which continues to roil Spanish politics today, and there is a direct line back to the Middle Ages, when Spain was far from being a unitary state, but was a group of independent kingdoms with very distinct religions, languages, and nationalities. So the Third Carlist War (1872-76) settled nothing, but was a dispute between two claimants to the Spanish throne, the not particularly popular Amadeo I, from Italy, and Carlos VII, who was opposed to liberalism, but in favour of the traditional autonomy of Catalonia, Aragon, and Valencia: this autonomy had been suppressed many years before by Philip V at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. But Conrad's novel is not about the great themes of Spanish history, but about individuals, mostly in Marseilles, who are involved in various ways with smuggling weapons to the Carlist forces in Spain. The chief of these characters is Doña Rita, born in Spain, but resident for many years in France, where she takes a chief role in the smuggling. "The murky intrigues of a royalist uprising form only the background for a tale of love triumphant, brooded over by the magic and mystery of the sea. There is something direct and elemental in the artless infatuation of the young sailor, known only as Monsieur George, palpitating on the threshold of his first love, and the experienced Doña Rita... whose youth and innocence still make answer to the youth and innocence of her lover." (Literary Digest, 11 October 1919)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Suspense (1925) [Novel, left incomplete by Conrad, who gave instructions that no one was to complete it; but what he left was in itself a sizeable piece of work. The story is set in Italy at the very end of the Napoleonic wars, and features the young Englishman Cosmo Latham, who at the novel's opening is just arriving in Genoa, not so very far from the former emperor's place of exile, Elba. Our ebook includes a frontispiece by the Scottish artist Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) Wikipedia.]
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Selected and with an introduction by Conrad's friend R. B. Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936) [Scottish politician and author] Wikipedia:

Tales of Hearsay (1925) [Four stories written at various points during Conrad's life, dealing with the sea, Polish history, and much else.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1354]

Cornford, F. M. [Francis Macdonald] (1874-1943) [English classical scholar] Wikipedia

Microcosmographia Academica. Being a Guide for the Young Academic Politician. (1908) Wikipedia [Monograph on political practices within universities, continually famous since its anonymous publication in 1908] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #889]

Costain, Thomas B. [Thomas Bertram] (1885-1965) [Canadian journalist, novelist, and historian] Wikipedia

The Silver Chalice (1952) Wikipedia [Historical novel about the Holy Grail, taking place at various places around the Roman Empire, including the court of the emperor Nero. Written with all the skill, smoothness, and historical knowledge we expect from Costain, it became an instant bestseller.]
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The Darkness and the Dawn (1959) [Large scale historic novel about Attila ("the Hun") Wikipedia, the founder of a large but short lived kingdom on the northern boundaries of the Roman Empire. "I wish to make it clear," says our author, "that in telling the story... I have adhered quite closely to such facts as history supplies of that spectacular conqueror, Attila the Hun."]
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with: Eayrs, Hugh S. [Hugh Sterling] (1894-1940) [Canadian publisher and novelist] McMaster University

The Amateur Diplomat (1917) [Novel about intrigue in the Balkan kingdom of Ironia during the First World War. And it includes a love story. The "amateur diplomat" of the title is Canadian!] HTML, Text, EPUB, and Kindle [Project Gutenberg US #51077]

Courage, James Francis (1903-1963) [New Zealand novelist] Te Ara (Grant Harris) Christchurch City Libraries (Virginia Clegg, Courage's niece)

From a Balcony (1926) [Short story. Major (retd.) Lionel Pratts is living happily in a fashionable area of London, along with his (female) dog Tommy. And he has a friend, Miss Mildred Gannet...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1186]

Covarrubias, Miguel (1904-1957) [Mexican cartoonist and painter] Wikipedia

The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans (1925) Wikipedia [In his preface, the famous American photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) describes how eighteen months earlier he had first met Miguel Covarrubias, newly arrived in New York from Mexico City, looked at the drawings Covarrubias had with him, and "was immediately convinced that I stood in the presence of an amazing talent, if not, indeed, genius. That afternoon he made the sketches for his caricature of me, delivered two days later, the first, I think, of this New York series." And what a series it is! The Prince of Wales was not American of course, but was visiting New York. And a famous Canadian was among Covarrubias' subjects: the film actress Mary Pickford, born in Toronto!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70493]

Cox, Anthony Berkeley (1893-1971) [English journalist and writer of mysteries] Wikipedia

The Layton Court Mystery (1925) [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

However, Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period, and we are delighted to present the first mystery novel by her friend Anthony Berkeley Cox, published anonymously in 1925. It was a success, needless to say, and featured Roger Sheringham, who was to be the detective in many of Cox's subsequent mysteries. As the novel opens, Sheringham is talking with William, the gardener at Layton Court, about greenfly, a type of aphid. Then as now, aphids are hard to control, and William is concerned about his roses. Moving on, the body is found of the decidedly wealthy Victor Stanworth, and with that body a suicide note. Is that the end of the case? Certainly not!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72883]
Mr Priestley's Problem [U.S. title: The Amateur Crime] (1927) [There is a wonderful lightness of touch in the mysteries of A. B. Cox, reminiscent of P. G. Wodehouse, who was his contemporary, and with whom he shared a publisher, Herbert Jenkins -- who is, by the way, a PGC author! At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Matthew Priestley, who is thirty-six years of age, independently wealthy, and, as he thinks, remarkably happy. A friend insists that he cannot possibly be happy, since he is in a rut. "Mr. Priestley looked round the cosy bachelor room in the cosy bachelor flat; if it was a rut, it was a remarkably pleasant one." Pleasant or not, he is shaken out of this rut: murder will do that!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 72675]

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Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery [U.S. title: The Mystery at Lover's Cave] (1927) [Mystery, skilfully written in a light and entertaining style. As the novel opens, the sparkling and witty Roger Sheringham has been asked by the Daily Courier to visit Hampshire to report on an apparent murder in the small seaside town of Ludmouth Bay. With him he takes his cousin Anthony Walton. "Although there were more than ten years between the cousins (Roger was now thirty-six, Anthony a bare twenty-five), they had always been good friends, and that also in spite of the fact that they had scarcely a taste or a feeling in common." The two of them prove an effective and entertaining pair of investigators.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70877]
The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929) Wikipedia [It now (March 2025) seems that NAFTA is doomed: after all, the US is trying to annex Canada against our will, making any kind of "special relationship" impossible. With luck NAFTA's collapse will bring the cancellation of its illegal and coercive copyright extensions, and we'll be welcoming Agatha Christie to our public domain in 2027 after all, not 2047! But Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period: for example her friend Anthony Berkeley Cox. The Poisoned Chocolates Case features Cox's famous sleuth Roger Sheringham: he and five other members of the "Crimes Circle" take on a case that has baffled Scotland Yard. And they solve the mystery, but in six different ways! But which of these solutions (if any) is the correct one?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75476]

Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock (1826-1887) [English author] Wikipedia "Dinah Mulock Craik" [1983 book by Sally Mitchell]

The Fairy Book. The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered Anew. (1863 [text], 1913 [illustrations]) Illustrated in colour by Warwick Goble (1862-1943) [English artist] Wikipedia
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Crane, Walter (1845-1915) [English artist and illustrator] Wikipedia

The Absurd ABC (1874) [Picture book] HTML and Text
An Alphabet of Old Friends (1874) [Picture book] HTML and Text
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Legends for Lionel in Pen & Pencil (1887) [The "legends", as you might guess, are drawings, accompanied by short texts in the spirit of nursery rhymes. The drawings are gorgeous, as you would expect from Walter Crane, and were originally created for his son Lionel. "This book of sketches," wrote Crane. "the offspring of the odd half hours of winter evenings, was originally intended strictly for home consumption. One thing, however, leads to another, just as the sketches did, following one by one as fancy led, till they filled the book." A friend admired the book and passed it to the publisher Cassell, who duly published it, thus enabling us to enjoy the pictures today!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66966]
The Song Of Sixpence Picture Book containing Sing a Song of Sixpence; Princess Belle etoile; An Alphabet of Old Friends: with the original Coloured Designs By Walter Crane including a preface and other embellishments (1909) [Picture book] HTML and Text

with Molesworth, Mary Louisa (1839-1921) [Scottish children's writer] Wikipedia

A Christmas Child. A Sketch of a Boy-Life. (1880) [Children's novel by Mrs. Molesworth, with illustrations by English artist and illustrator Walter Crane , engraved by Joseph Swain (1820-1909) The website of Bob Speel British Museum, or an unnamed assistant] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #630]
The Adventures of Herr Baby (1881) [Children's novel by Mrs. Molesworth, with illustrations by Crane] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Crofts, Freeman Wills (1879-1957) [Irish engineer and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Cask (1920) Wikipedia [Crofts had been a railroad engineer for more than twenty years when he had a major illness, and wrote this mystery novel, his first, while recovering. It remains famous to this day. As you might expect, the plot does indeed involve a cask, a wine cask, but one with some interesting contents! Railways are often mentioned, as is appropriate given Crofts' profession -- including the railways of France!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #59854]
The Ponson Case (1921) [Crofts' second mystery novel. As it opens, we are introduced to Sir William Ponson, who "had retired from business some ten years before our story opens and, selling his interest in the large ironworks of which he was head, had bought Luce Manor and settled down to end his days in the rôle of a country squire." Very much "a self-made man", in Crofts' words, and one presumably accustomed to living life on his own terms. And yet in spite of his wealth, "he remained a simple, honourable, kindly old man, a little headstrong and short tempered perhaps, but anxious to be just, and quick to apologise if he found himself in the wrong." Could such a man have mortal enemies? Since he's the main character of a mystery novel named after him, the answer could well be yes!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72235]
The Pit-Prop Syndicate (1922) Wikipedia [Coal mining has now disappeared from England, but it was still of central importance when Crofts published this novel, his fifth. Coal mine tunnels require pit props: reinforcements, usually of wood, to ensure their stability. Murder does occur in the course of events, but the novel's central mystery is why pit-props are being brought to England from Bordeaux, when Norway would be a better choice. Is there some kind of financial crime lurking in the background?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2013]
Inspector French's Greatest Case (1924) [Mystery novel, Crofts' fifth, which introduced Inspector Joseph French Wikipedia who plays a central role in most of the many mystery novels which Crofts was subsequently to write. French works out of Scotland Yard, naturally, and in this initial case has to solve a murder in Hatton Garden Wikipedia , then as now the centre of London's jewellery trade.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65553]
Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery [U.S. title: The Cheyne Mystery] (1926) Wikipedia [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from a foreign autocrat named D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in the next election!

However, Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period, and we are delighted to present this mystery novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, the second of many to feature Inspector Joseph French. The novel starts in Plymouth, a city familiar to Maxwell Cheyne, since during the First World War he had served in the Royal Navy, like his father before him. There is much intrigue, the action moves to the new London suburb of Wembley, and then to Belgium. As for the outcome, can it be in doubt after Inspector French intervenes? We include the cover illustration from the first edition: it is by "C. Morse", that is, the famous and prolific Dutch-born illustrator Salomon van Abbé (1883-1955) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72986]
Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy [U.S. title: The Starvel Hollow Mystery] (1927) Wikipedia [Mysterious deaths on the moors of western Yorkshire. Inspector French to the rescue!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #59854]
The Sea Mystery (1928) Wikipedia [This mystery novel, the fourth to feature Inspector Joseph French, takes place on the south coast of Wales. Mr Morgan and his fourteen year old son Evan have been out fishing, and on their way back retrieve a large sunken crate. What was in this crate? Here at PGC we try to avoid spoilers, but we can reveal that the crate's contents are enough to have Inspector Joseph French take the next day's 1.55 P.M. luncheon car express from Paddington to Wales. And this, of course, is only the beginning of the adventure!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72771]
The Box Office Murders [U.S. title: The Purple Sickle Murders] (1929) Wikipedia [Donald Trump's annexation of Canada began in his first term with his "New NAFTA" and its takeover of our copyright laws, WHICH MUST BE REVERSED. Canada strong!, as Mark Carney says, and we completely agree. Until the reversal happens, as it must, Agatha Christie will be forcibly confined under copyright until 2047. In the meantime, we have other fine writers of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction who are safely in the public domain and available to all of us: Freeman Wills Crofts, for example! This is his fifth novel to feature Inspector French. The murders all take place in cinema box offices: hence the title.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75488]

Crompton, Richmal [Lamburn, Richmal Crompton] (1890-1969) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Just William books, illustrated by Thomas Henry (1879-1962) Wikipedia

Just William (1922) [Crompton's first book about William Brown and his friends ("the Outlaws"); many were to follow. William is eleven years of age, and within the Outlaws has considerable moral authority, but is not really in charge of them. He has quick wits and, like many children, a sound understanding of how adult society really works -- not quite the way parents and teachers advertise! Popular with children for obvious reasons, the book, like Kim and many other "children's books", is in fact written at an adult level. And it comes with a fine set of illustrations by Thomas Henry (1879-1962) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #34414]
More William (1922) Wikipedia [Published with little delay in the same year as Just William, it is along the same lines as the earlier book -- why break something that most definitely isn't broken? So no reboot for William, now or ever. In fact, he remains the same age (eleven) through all the books, a span of nearly fifty years, though no one in the books ever seems to notice this.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #17125]
William Again (1923) [The third book of stories (fourteen of them!) about William Brown and his friends. In the first story, William decides to write (and put on stage!) a new play. Many other adventures follow.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65590]
William--The Fourth (1924) [The fourth book of stories about William Brown and his friends. Rather than try to summarize all fourteen of them, we'll just give three of the titles: William and Photography, William the Showman, and William Enters Politics. Perhaps William would prove more adept than some of our modern English politicians -- look out, Boris!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66971]
Still--William (1925) Wikipedia [The fifth book of stories (fourteen of them!) about William Brown and his friends. As the title suggests, William's character has not changed, nor would we want it to. And in fact his character (and age) would remain the same in every single one of the books, which appeared over a span of nearly half a century! Summarizing all fourteen of the stories is impossible, but fortunately the book's Wikipedia article has done this for us. Still, "Henri Learns the Language" has a special charm for Canadians, since virtually all of us have had to deal with learning a second language, be it English or French. But few language students have Henri's level of gentle determination: "We weel talk an' you weel teach to me ze slang."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67238]

Crowe, Catherine Ann (1790-1872) [English novelist and playwright] Wikipedia University of Kent

Ghosts and Family Legends. A Volume for Christmas. (1859) ["It happened," writes Mrs. Crowe, "that I spent the last winter in a large country mansion, in the north of England, where we had a succession of visitors, and all manner of amusements." Among these amusements were ghost stories...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #938]

Cruikshank, Ernest Alexander (1854-1939) [Canadian historian] Library and Archives Canada

The Administration of Lieut.-Governor Simcoe, Viewed in his Official Correspondence (1891) [Lecture on various interesting details of the early history of Upper Canada (Ontario) which can be found in the official correspondence of John Graves Simcoe Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #445]
The Story of Butler's Rangers and the Settlement of Niagara (1893) [History of the Loyalist regiment Wikipedia founded by John Butler (1728-1796) Dictionary of Canadian Biography Wikipedia and their eventual settlement in and around the future town of Niagara-on-the-Lake Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Life of Sir Henry Morgan. With an account of the English settlement of the island of Jamaica (1655-1688). (1935) [A very interesting biography of the Welsh privateer Wikipedia. The PG Canada catalogue includes The Privateer, a historical novel about Sir Henry, published in 1952 by Josephine Tey using the pen name Gordon Daviot: in her Author's Note, Tey describes Cruikshank's work as the "definitive biography of Henry Morgan...It is dispassionate, exhaustive, and accurate, and will prove an excellent corrective to both fictional biographies and biographical fictions."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #767]

Cullum, Ridgwell [Burghard, Sidney Groves] (1867-1943) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Bull Moose (1931) [Adventure novel, set in the Yukon (where Cullum had lived). A mysterious and dangerous man known as the Bull Moose has been robbing gold miners. People are concerned; the police are concerned.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1139]

Cummings, Ray [Raymond King] (1887-1957) [American science fiction author] Wikipedia

The Man Who Mastered Time (1929) [Science fiction novel. Time travel can be helpful if you're on a rescue mission!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1061]
The Shadow Girl (1962 version) [The 1962 book version of Cummings' famous novel, first published in 1929 in serialized form. A custom-built television set does not bring in any of the usual channels. It does, however, reveal a mysterious girl, and a mysterious tower. What do these visions portend? Time travel, it would seem...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1060]

Curwood, James Oliver (1878-1927) [American novelist] Wikipedia Shiawassee Regional Chamber of Commerce

The Ancient Highway. A Novel of High Hearts and Open Woods. (1925) [Novel, with four illustrations by Walt Louderback (1887-1941). The novel is set in the years following the First World War, and describes the adventures of Clifton Brant, a young war veteran, in the vast northern forests of Quebec. Curwood's brief preface pays tribute to the memory of his friend Sir William Price (1867-1924) Dictionary of Canadian Biography Centre d'histoire Sir William Price]
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The Black Hunter. A Novel of Old Quebec. (1926) [Novel, illustrated by Arthur Ernst Becher (1877-1960), taking place in 1755, on the eve of the Seven Years' War, and telling the story of Anne St. Denis and David Rock, two young people living in the wilderness of New France. Anne is sent to Quebec City to be introduced into Quebec society; she convinces David to follow her. Intendant Bigot Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography and his cronies see Anne and decide to plot to have her fall into his clutches and to get rid of David. Matters proceed from there...]
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The Plains of Abraham (1928) [Historical novel, set around 1750. A young boy's parents are killed in a Mohawk raid. He and a girl in a similar plight are adopted by the Senecas. They have many adventures, and he ends up as a participant in the famous battle. This ebook includes the endpapers, illustrated by an anonymous artist.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia

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D'Annunzio, Gabriele (1863-1938) [Italian playwright and novelist/ Dramaturge et romancier italien] en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia it.wikipedia
La città morta. Tragedia. (1898) [Play in Italian / Pièce de théâtre en italien] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip Text / Texte UTF-8 Text / Texte UTF-8 zip [PG Canada #432/n^o 432]
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Dafoe, John Wesley (1866-1944) [Canadian journalist] Wikipedia

Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics (1922) [History and political analysis] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Canada, an American Nation (1935) ["American" as in "North American" — three lectures delivered by Dafoe in 1934 at Columbia University and published in the following year with some additional material. Dafoe "thought the time and occasion opportune to discuss... the common foundation of early North American feeling and belief upon which the structures of government in both countries rest." As these lectures show, Dafoe combined the writing and speaking skills of a fine professional journalist with a deep knowledge of history and politics: hence, no doubt, the honour of the invitation from Columbia to deliver these lectures.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1219]

Dantzig, Tobias (1884-1956) [American mathematician] Wikipedia

Henri Poincaré, Critic of Crisis. Reflections on his universe of discourse. (1954) [Essays on the philosophy of the French mathematician and physicist Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) Wikipedia, intended for the general reader]
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The Beauty of the Purple. A Romance of Imperial Constantinople Twelve Centuries Ago. (1924) [Historical novel about the astounding career of the eighth-century Byzantine emperor Leo the Isaurian Wikipedia. "This romance attempts to show forth," our novelist remarks, "something of the brilliancy, magnificence and teeming life of Christian Constantinople in an age when London and Paris were little better than squalid villages."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1144]

de la Mare, Walter (1873-1956) [English poet, novelist, and writer of stories] Wikipedia

Stories from the Bible (1929) [Stories from the Old Testament, retold in modern English] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #441]
Best Stories of Walter de la Mare (1942) [The author's own favourites among his stories for adults. Elsewhere in this catalogue you will find many of his children's stories.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #992]
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Collected Stories for Children (1947)

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Inward Companion (1950) [Lyric poems] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #908]

de la Roche, Mazo (1879-1961) [Canadian novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

The Jalna novels, in the order of the events they describe. We offer the following titles from the sixteen novels in the series:

The Building of Jalna (1944) [Novel, telling of the arrival of the Whiteoaks in Canada, and the founding of Jalna, their family home: the first of the Jalna saga's sixteen novels. The sixteen novels in the series were not published in chronological order: this was the ninth novel, and by the time it appeared the Jalna series was already famous around the world!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1361]
Mary Wakefield (1949) [The third Jalna novel, taking place in the 1890s, years before the events described in Jalna and Whiteoaks. The recently widowed Philip Whiteoak has two young children, and needs a governess: the young and beautiful Mary Wakefield, freshly arrived from England. Her arrival naturally causes great commotion at Jalna. "Sometimes we have thought we had been given a little too much of Jalna... this volume convinces us that we really needed more of the chronicle. Taken as a whole, the work begins to stand up as one of the best achievements of Canadian literature". (Allan Nevins, Saturday Review, 29 January 1949). The novel is dedicated to the celebrated Canadian sculptor Walter Allward (1876-1955) Wikipedia, creator of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1231]
Young Renny (1935) [The fourth Jalna novel. Renny and Meg Whiteoak are now in their twenties, a complicated time of life for anyone, but particularly for Whiteoaks. Family members of various ages, from the formidable Adeline down, participate fully in the turbulent but generally happy life of Jalna.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1238]
Whiteoak Harvest (1936) [The fifth Jalna novel, taking place during the Great Depression, the effects of which are being felt even at Jalna. It's a bad time to be in debt, but Renny has a mortgage to deal with -- a mortgage on Jalna itself! Nicholas and Ernest return to Jalna; perhaps their presence will bring some calm to the friendly turmoil which, as usual, is engulfing Jalna. And Finch returns as well. As with all of the Jalna novels, our author skilfully ensures that to enjoy the novel you need have no prior knowledge of Jalna and the Whiteoak family.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1506]
The Whiteoak Brothers (1953) [The sixth Jalna novel, principally about the Whiteoak brothers; but their grandmother Adeline, now nearing 100, plays a memorable role. The plot involves a mysterious visitor from England, a gold mine, and many other things. If you liked the TV series Dallas, the Jalna saga may be exactly your literary cup of tea! The writing could hardly be better, and the novel does not require any previous knowledge of Jalna and the Whiteoaks.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1397]
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Whiteoaks (1929) [Novel: the sequel to Jalna, and featuring the same brilliant set of characters. "The chapters which describe the last days of old Gran, and which hold us in suspense to learn upon which member of the great Jalna clan she has bestowed her hoarded fortune, would alone make the book a welcome acquisition." (Allan Nevins, Saturday Review, 21 September 1929)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1134]
Finch's Fortune (1931) [Novel. Finch Whiteoak, grandson of Adeline Whiteoak, turns twenty-one, and receives an enormous legacy under the terms of his grandmother's will. Naturally this changes his life, and also the life of those around him. "From the first page to the last, Finch's Fortune holds the reader enthralled." (Myra M. Waterman, The Bookman, November 1931)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1102]
The Master of Jalna (1933) [Novel. Finch has returned from England and rejoined the rest of the Whiteoak family at Jalna. Of course, this doesn't mean that things are quiet and settled — after all, we're talking about the Whiteoaks! "In this latest instalment, the family vicissitudes are dominated by red-haired Rennie — the strongest-willed of all since the passing of old Gran... he presides at the mansion, raises horses, decides vital family issues, and keeps the clan together." (Allan Nevins, Saturday Review, 16 September 1933)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1213]
Renny's Daughter (1951) [Novel, the fourteenth in the Jalna narrative. Nicholas and Ernest Whiteoak, born in 1852 and 1854 respectively, are now very old men: the novel largely concerns Adeline Whiteoak, "Renny's daughter", born in 1930, named after her formidable great-grandmother, and now fully participating in the never-ending drama of the Whiteoak family and their life at Jalna.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1449]

Other works by Mazo de la Roche:

Delight (1926) [Novel. Delight is not an emotion, but a person: Delight Mainprize, originally from England, but now a waitress in Brancepeth, Ontario, where she finds many admirers. Competition ensues among the men of Brancepeth: who will win her hand?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1508]
Whiteoaks. A Play. (1936) [Play adapted by de la Roche from her 1929 novel of the same name in the Jalna series. An enormous hit in London's West End, it was subsequently produced on Broadway.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1115]
Growth of a Man (1938) [Novel, which follows Shaw Manifold from his boyhood in Southern Ontario to his adulthood as a forester in British Columbia. H. R. Macmillan Wikipedia, de la Roche's cousin, and a central figure in the history of British Columbia's forest industry, appears to have inspired the novel!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1187]

De Mille, James (1833-1880) [Canadian classical scholar and novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography jrank.org

The "B. O. W. C." A book for boys. (1869) [Novel for teenagers] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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Behind the Veil. A Poem. (1893) [Transcendental poem, influenced by the ideas of the Greek philosopher Plato Wikipedia. Discovered among De Mille's papers after his death, and published by Archibald McKellar MacMechan (1862-1933) Wikipedia, his friend and colleague at Dalhousie University Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped [PGC #646]

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Humour of the North (1912) [Anthology] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Decorde, Jean-Eugène (1811-1881) [Curé, historien et lexicographe français]

Dictionnaire du patois du pays de Bray (1852) [Dictionnaire: Decorde était curé de Bures fr.wikipedia, pays de Bray fr.wikipedia, Normandie fr.wikipedia entre 1836 et 1870. Le français que nous parlons aujourd'hui au Canada trouve ses origines en Normandie.] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
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Deeping, Warwick [George Warwick] (1877-1950) [English physician and novelist] Wikipedia

Countess Glika and Other Stories (1919) [A collection of five short(ish) stories, all in a setting of intrigue, revolution, or war, all ending in romance. For example, the second story (The Red Shirt) is set in the mid-1800's, during the Italian Revolution, when the French were attacking Rome.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1051]

DeGuise, Charles (1827-1884) [Romancier canadien]

Le Cap au Diable, Légende Canadienne (1863) [Conte] Texte
Hélika: Mémoire d'un vieux maître d'école (1872) [Roman] HTML et Texte

Delafield, E. M. [Dashwood, Edmée Elizabeth Monica, née de la Pasture] (1890-1943) [English novelist and essayist] Wikipedia

The War-Workers (1918) [The First World War was an unmitigated disaster that the world inflicted on itself: even the "victors" had in fact lost the war, as became clear afterwards. But it did accelerate some social changes: for example, while the men of England were being sent to the slaughterhouse in France, many of the women took their places in the workforce. Of course, social conflicts could arise, as in the (fictional) Midland Supply Depôt in Questerham. It is run by Miss Vivian, who is well aware of her own importance. Then Grace Jones arrives from Wales: she has "a curious quality of absolute sincerity", which in a deeply politicized work environment can be a dangerous thing. And so the comedy begins!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #37181]
Tension (1920) [Satirical novel. Why did the novelist and publisher think "Tension" was an attractive title? Hard to say, but the novel is low on stress and high on entertainment and social satire, as is usual with this most agreeable of English novelists. The novel starts by introducing us to the rather grand Rossiter family. There is a bombshell announcement: Aunt Iris has written a book which has been accepted for publication: Why, Ben! A Story of the Sexes. A provocative title indeed. And this is just the beginning of the novel! As for the main story, Sir Julian Rossiter is the chairman of the "Commercial and Technical College for the South-West of England", and Lady Rossiter does not hesitate to get involved with the college, its people, and its conflicts. Hence arises the Tension of the title.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74638]
Humbug. A Study in Education. (1921) ["Humbug" is a word less common now than formerly, but it certainly deserves a place in our language. It means nonsense, a special kind of nonsense, produced to deceive people and give them a false impression of the way things work. Parents are often guilty of humbug, and what a joy it is to see children as they grow up become aware of parental indoctrination and start to think for themselves. But the process of healing and growth does not always happen. This is the story of Lily and Yvonne Stellenthorpe, and the influence their mother tries to wield over them: she "had all a good woman's capacity for the falsification of moral values." This is a satirical novel, and a pleasure to read: why should a light novel not deal with deep topics? Particularly if it comes from E. M. Delafield!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74452]
The Optimist (1922) [The world is full of people who seem to be happy, and in fact largely are, but who in fact have transferred their stresses to those around them. This gently satirical and beautifully written novel is about one such person, Canon Morchard, and his family.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68524]
To See Ourselves. A Domestic Comedy in Three Acts. (1930 [first performance]; 1931 [first publication]) [Comedy. Freddie and Catherine Allerton live in what might appear to be perfect happiness in their country house in South Devon. But their reality is a little more nuanced than at first appears!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #884]
Gay Life (1933) [Novel. Hilary and Angie Moon, now married for two years and somewhat bored, arrive penniless on the Côte d'Azur Wikipedia. Then things start happening...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #815]
General Impressions (1933) [Light-hearted anecdotes drawn from our author's daily life, with dialogue] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #852]
Late and Soon (1943) [Delafield's final novel. Valentine Arbell, widowed for twelve years, is the mistress of a gigantic, dilapidated, and mostly empty English country house. But her life is not as fully settled as she might think...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1020]

Dent, John Charles (1841-1888) [Canadian biographer, historian, and short story writer] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia

Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 (1880) [Biography] Text
The Canadian Portrait Gallery [A four-volume set of biographies, many of them illustrated using photographs by William Notman (1826-1891) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography McCord Museum and W. J. Topley (1845-1930) Dictionary of Canadian Biography Wikipedia]
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Simon Fraser (1928) [An introduction to the life and achievements of the explorer Simon Fraser (1776-1862) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Includes an illustration by C. W. Jefferys (1869-1951) Wikipedia McMaster University (Eric Weichel) Library and Archives Canada.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #605]

Dickens, Charles [Charles John Huffam] (1812-1870) [English novelist and editor / romancier et éditeur anglais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. (1838) Wikipedia [One of Dickens' earliest novels, and certainly one of the most famous! It is the personal history of Oliver Twist, who is born into poverty and grows up in it, at one point becoming a member of a gang of young pickpockets, who turn out to be a remarkable group of characters. The Wikisource EPUB we offer contains the famous illustrations by Dickens' friend George Cruikshank (1792-1878) Wikipedia. We also offer the handy text-only Adelaide EPUB.] EPUB [Wikisource] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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Olivier Twist (1893) fr.wikipedia [Ce célèbre roman nous raconte la vie et les aventures d'un orphelin anglais, mais finit par nous donner un portrait sans égal de la vie quotidienne anglaise à l'époque de Dickens!] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

Nicholas Nickleby (1839; with a later Author's Preface) Wikipedia [Novel, Dickens' third, continually famous since its publication, and often adapted to stage and screen. Its full title is The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the Nickleby Family, virtually a summary in itself. But the Wikipedia article includes a fuller description. And there's a lot to summarize: no fewer than sixty-five chapters, describing how our hero lost his father at a young age, and the many events that followed. The Project Gutenberg US ebook includes the many illustrations by Dickens' favourite artist Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) ["Phiz"] Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #967] We also offer the handy text-only Adelaide ebook: EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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Vie et aventures de Nicolas Nickleby (1885) fr.wikipedia [Le troisième roman de Dickens. Le très jeune Nicholas Nickleby perd son père; sa famille déménage à Londres, où son oncle bien nanti lui offre... plus ou moins rien. Prochaine escale: le Yorkshire!] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

A Christmas Carol (1843) Wikipedia [Or, to give its full title, A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. This short novel by Dickens is surely the most famous of his works. Is a summary really needed? Perhaps not, but here goes! Ebenezer Scrooge ("scrooge" has long since become a word in the English language) is the surviving partner of the financial firm of Scrooge and Marley. It is Christmas Eve, but Scrooge is not an admirer of that holiday, and tells his nephew, who has different opinions, that "every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart." But then Scrooge encounters the ghost of his late partner Jacob Marley, who warns him that he must change his ways. Over the next three days he will be visited by three spirits, each with a message for him!

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Cantique de Noël [Le Chant de Noël] (1857) fr.wikipedia
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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (1844 [novel]; 1868 [postscript]) Wikipedia [The U.S. is now an aggressive colonial empire, and Canada is its colony, after they forced the Canadian government to accept copyright extensions and limits on where we could export, all this to enhance the monopolies held by U.S. companies. Canadians are naturally curious about what happened to the original thirteen colonies on their way to becoming our colonial masters. What more agreeable way of learning something of American history than by reading this fine novel by Charles Dickens? It contains some trenchant comments on the U.S. based on Dickens' own observations during an 1842 visit. It is only fair to say that in 1868 after a later visit Dickens added a postscript commenting on the "gigantic changes in this country" since his earlier visit, and describing how well he had been treated during this second visit. However, he left the novel's original text untouched. As for the novel itself (which takes place mostly in England), it offers some memorable social satire and has an extraordinary cast of characters, as one expects from the ever creative mind of Charles Dickens.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Chimes (1844) Wikipedia [Or, to give the novella its full title, "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In". An impassioned plea for social justice for the poor, with a message that hasn't dated with the years, we can safely say, as we survey the deep social and economic divisions in Canada and elsewhere. The novella was published the year after A Christmas Carol (also available from Project Gutenberg Canada -- in several languages!) to which it certainly bears a family resemblance: there are, for example, ghosts (goblins), each attached to a bell in a local bell tower. Our hero, Toby ("Trotty") Veck sees "in every Bell a bearded figure of the bulk and stature of the Bell". The Goblin of the Great Bell takes Toby through a series of visions of the unfortunate lives of those around him, until he awakes at the arrival of the New Year. Are his visions only dreams, or are they realities, which can yet be changed?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
David Copperfield (1850 [novel]; 1869 [preface]) Wikipedia [Or, to give its full title "The personal history, adventures, experience & observation of David Copperfield of Blunderstone Rookery. (Which he never meant to be Published on any Account.)" Dickens' eighth novel, probably his most famous one, and certainly its author's personal favourite. A rich panorama of life in the early Victorian era, largely inspired by Dickens' own early life.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Bleak House (1853) Wikipedia [If you're considering launching a lawsuit, you might want to read Bleak House first! Lawsuits can go on year after year and produce little except huge legal bills, as with Jarndyce and Jarndyce, the legal case at the centre of this novel, which touches the lives of many people. The title may be bleak, but the novel is not, and has remained a favourite with the public (in particular with lawyers) up to the present day.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) Wikipedia [Canadians are very much aware of how things can change in a neighbouring country. The US, with whom we had had tranquil relations for two centuries, elected an autocrat as president, and everything changed. The US even seized control of Canada's copyright laws, hardly the behaviour of an ally. So much for government "by the people, for the people"! (Abraham Lincoln) The neighbours of France had a similar shock with the advent of the French Revolution in 1789, when they had thought that "things in general were settled for ever." And this famous novel is about the Revolution and its effects on the citizens of Paris and London, the "two cities" of the title. The principal character is Sydney Carton, the "idlest and most unpromising of men", who becomes a hero by the time the novel ends. The Project Gutenberg US edition we offer you includes the illustrations from the 1859 first edition, by Hablot Knight Browne ["Phiz"] (1815-1882) ] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #98]
Great Expectations (1861) Wikipedia [Really a novel about class and money -- have things really changed in England? Or elsewhere, for that matter. Perhaps this universal theme explains the amazing success of this novel and of the fine movie adaptations it has inspired. In any case, our hero Pip is an orphan, living on the coast of Kent with his older sister and her husband, Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. Pip has no particular career prospects until the wealthy Miss Havisham becomes his patroness, paying for his apprenticeship as a blacksmith. But then he receives a gift from an anonymous benefactor, enough to make him financially independent. But will this enormous gift truly change his life? And if so, will it be for the better?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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Les grandes espérances (1863) fr.wikipedia Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #17565]

Dinesen, Isak (1885-1962)
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Dionne, Narcisse-Eutrope (1848-1917) [Historien, lexicographe et bibliothécaire canadien] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

Historique de l'église Notre-Dame des Victoires, basse-ville de Québec: deuxième centenaire, 1688-1888 (1923) [Monographie sur l'église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires fr.wikipedia Les églises de Québec Université du Québec] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip

Djurklou, Nils Gabriel, friherre (1829-1904) [Swedish author] sv.wikipedia (in Swedish) runeberg.org (in Swedish)

Fairy Tales from the Swedish of Baron G. Djurklou (1901) [Fairy tales: translated by Hans Lien Brækstad (1845-1915); illustrated by Theodor Severin Kittelsen, (1857-1914) Wikipedia Lauvlia (Kittelsen's home), Erik Werenskiold (1855-1938) Wikipedia, and Carl Larsson (1853-1919) Wikipedia Carl and Karin Larsson Family Association]
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Doin, Ernest (1809-1891) [Dramaturge canadien]

Le divorce du tailleur. Pièce archi-comique en un acte (1873) [Comédie] HTML et Texte
Le dîner interrompu ou Nouvelle farce de Jocrisse. Farce comique en un acte (1873) [Comédie] HTML et Texte
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Dos Passos, John [American novelist and poet] (1896-1970) Wikipedia

Three Soldiers (1921) Wikipedia [War novel, which Dos Passos was certainly in a position to write, having seen the First World War close up, as a volunteer ambulance driver in France and Italy. The three soldiers in question are the narrator, the sensitive and highly educated John Andrews from New York, who is by no means enthusiastic about the war, and two of his close companions. The war turns out badly for Andrews. "There are those who think that John Dos Passos ought to be sent to jail and others who hail him as the first of native authors to tell the truth about the war." (Heywood Broun, The Bookman [US], 5 October 1921)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #6362]
Manhattan Transfer (1925) Wikipedia [Novel, in three sections, which describe life in Manhattan across the decades, through the eyes of characters of different ages and social classes. "Just to rub it in, I regard 'Manhattan Transfer' as more important in every way than anything by Gertrude Stein or Marcel Proust or even the great white boar, Mr. Joyce's 'Ulysses.' For Mr. Dos Passos can use, and deftly does use, all their experimental psychology and style, all their revolt against the molds of classic fiction. But the difference! Dos Passos is interesting! Their novels are treatises on harmony, very scholarly, and confoundedly dull; 'Manhattan Transfer' is the moving symphony itself." (Sinclair Lewis, Saturday Review, 5 December 1925)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71853]

Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Dostoïevski, Fiodor (1821-1881) (Russian novelist, critic, translator, and journalist / romancier russe) Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

The Gambler (1866 [Russian original] 1915 [this translation]) Wikipedia [translated by Charles James Hogarth (1869-1945) Wikipedia . Dostoevsky was in an excellent position to write this novella, for he was a gambler himself, in fact a problem gambler. This famous novella is about debt, gambling, inheritances (real or imagined) and related topics, a world which would have seemed utterly alien to Canadians not so many years ago, when betting was actually illegal in our country and gambling debts not collectible. But all that has changed thanks to the corporations and their servants, our governments. Sports events on television have become nonstop advertisements for online gambling! So the popularity of gambling has not diminished, but neither has the lasting fame of Dostoevsky's novella, nor its relevance to society.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2197]

Douglas, Amanda Minnie (1831-1916) [American novelist and poet] New Jersey Historical Society

A Modern Cinderella (1913) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Douglas, Lloyd C. [Lloyd Cassel] (1877-1951) [American clergyman and novelist] Wikipedia

The Robe (1942) Wikipedia [Historical novel, a massive bestseller written on a grand scale and with much historical information about the Roman Empire. After Jesus's crucifixion, the soldiers used gambling to decide who should get his clothing. This novel tells what subsequently happened to the robe and more particularly its new owner, the tribune Marcellus Gallio, and his slave Demetrius.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1630]

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930) [Scottish physician and author / médecin et écrivain écossais] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Stories and novels featuring Mr. Sherlock Holmes Wikipedia

A Study in Scarlet (1887) Wikipedia [Few literary events of such magnitude have been as quiet as this mystery novel's introduction to the world of Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle was not yet a professional author, but a physician living in Southsea when he published this novel in the Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887. It is narrated by John H. Watson, "Late of the Army Medical Department": Watson was indeed a veteran, wounded in Afghanistan -- some things really don't change! Anyway, like many before and after him, he finds London expensive, and is trying "to solve the problem as to whether it is possible to get comfortable rooms at a reasonable price" when he learns that Mr. Sherlock Holmes is trying to solve exactly the same problem. They are introduced, and agree to save money by sharing lodgings. Dr Watson naturally has no idea that his new roommate is a consulting detective ("I suppose I am the only one in the world"): the famous partnership of Holmes and Watson begins!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Sign of the Four (1890) Wikipedia [The second of the four full-length Sherlock Holmes novels. It was first published in Lippincott's Magazine as The Sign of the Four, which seems to be the standard form used these days, but it was first published in book form as The Sign of Four. Be that as it may, the story begins when Miss Mary Morstan visits 221B Baker Street to consult Sherlock Holmes on the mysterious disappearance of her father some years before, and the strange events which followed, which seem to be linked to her father's military service in India. All this, of course, is masterfully resolved by Mr Sherlock Holmes with the able assistance of Dr Watson.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) Wikipedia [Twelve short stories, all of them published in The Strand Magazine Wikipedia in 1891 and 1892, and then published as a book, the first Sherlock Holmes collection: an instant and permanent classic. There is probably no such thing as a Sherlock Holmes story that is not well known, but the book does include some especially famous stories: The Adventure of the Speckled Band, for example, Doyle's personal favourite among all the stories he wrote about Sherlock Holmes, and A Scandal in Bohemia. The Project Gutenberg US ebook we use includes the contemporary illustrations by Sidney Paget (1860-1908) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #48320]
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893) Wikipedia [Doyle's second collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, twelve in number, all of them, as in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, initially published in The Strand Magazine, and all of them famous to this day: each of them has its own Wikipedia article.) Doyle intended this to be the end of his involvement with Sherlock Holmes, although this turned out not to be the case. But some years were to pass before the appearance of The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1902.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #834] (includes The Adventure of the Cardboard Box Wikipedia, which was part of the first edition, but was omitted from many later editions) EPUB [University of Adelaide] (omits The Adventure of the Cardboard Box)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) Wikipedia [Novel, perhaps the most famous adventure of Mr Sherlock Holmes. In the moorlands of Devonshire, a mysterious gigantic hound seems to be active. And Sir Charles Baskerville, who had recently taken up residence in Baskerville Hall, has just died under mysterious circumstances. Could these two facts be connected? Could the hound be none other than the fabled Hound of the Baskervilles, feared for centuries?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905) Wikipedia [Doyle had killed Holmes off in "The Final Problem", the story which had concluded the second collection, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. But the fans were not happy with his departure, so Doyle relented, and wrote the stories in this collection, in the first of which, "The Adventure of the Empty House", Holmes reappears in London, to the consternation and delight of Dr Watson. This was among Doyle's favourite Sherlock Holmes stories, as were several other stories in this book: "The Adventure of the Dancing Men", "The Adventure of the Priory School", and "The Adventure of the Second Stain".] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Valley of Fear (1915) Wikipedia [The fourth and final Sherlock Holmes mystery novel. Holmes receives what today we would call an encrypted note, but not the cipher (key) needed to read it. Will Holmes be able to decrypt the note? Well, really, what an absurd question to ask! Soon enough, Holmes and Watson arrive at the village of Birlstone, "a small and very ancient cluster of half-timbered cottages on the northern border of the county of Sussex." For at the ancient Manor House a murder has just occurred.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
His Last Bow (1917) Wikipedia ["The friends of Mr. Sherlock Holmes", remarks Dr Watson in his preface to this collection, "will be glad to learn that he is still alive and well, though somewhat crippled by occasional attacks of rheumatism." And indeed we are glad! He is in fact living in Eastbourne, on the Sussex coast, then as now a town attractive to the elderly. Despite its title, this is not the last set of Sherlock Holmes short stories, for ten years later The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes was to appear! Doyle had a remarkable ability to sustain the quality of his Sherlock Holmes stories as the series grew. His personal favourites among the Sherlock Holmes stories included two from this collection: "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" and "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans". Note: the University of Adelaide edition includes "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" in this collection rather than in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, where it had first appeared in 1893.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927) Wikipedia [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's final collection of stories featuring Sherlock Holmes: published forty years after Holmes' first appearance in print! All twelve of the stories were published in the Strand Magazine between 1921 and 1927. Doyle himself thought that "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" and "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client", both in this collection, were among the best stories he had ever written about Holmes.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1274] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

The Professor Challenger Wikipedia novels and stories:

The Lost World (1912) Wikipedia [The first and most famous of the novels featuring Professor Challenger Wikipedia. Edward Malone, a reporter, has a girl friend Gladys, who is somewhat interested in marriage, but "If I marry, I do want to marry a famous man!" Instead of wondering why he is wasting his time on her, he asks his editor for an assignment involving adventure and danger: that will impress her! And so he ends up accompanying Professor George Edward Challenger to a remote corner of South America. It's a shock when they encounter their first pterodactyl Wikipedia -- and we mean a living pterodactyl, not a fossil! Much else follows.] EPUB [Wikisource] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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Le Monde perdu (1912 [version originale anglaise]; 1913 [cette traduction]) fr.wikipedia [Un classique immortel parmi les romans d'aventures, qui a inspiré plusieurs films et romans. Traduit par Louis Labat (1867-1947) avec des gravures executées par l'illustrateur normand Géo Dupuis (1874-1932) fr.wikipedia. Un jeune journaliste irlandais, Edward Malone, doit accompagner le professeur Georges-Édouard Challenger en Amérique du Sud, où ils font des découvertes tout à fait étonnantes.] EPUB [fr.wikisource]
The Poison Belt (1913) Wikipedia [Doyle's second novel to feature Professor Challenger, narrated as before by reporter Edward Malone: three years after the earlier adventure, it reunites the Professor with his companions from The Lost World. But this time they are headed not for South America, but for Professor Challenger's house in the London suburb of Surrey! Here they will ride out Earth's passing through a belt of deadly poison.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Land of Mist (1926) Wikipedia [After the First World War, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who had lost several close male relatives in that war, became interested in Spiritualism Wikipedia; and that interest is reflected in this third and final Professor Challenger novel, which is quite different from its two predecessors. The Professor is indeed back, although no longer quite the ultimate alpha male of former years. This change was induced by the death of his wife in the flu epidemic: "Life had much yet to teach him, but he was a little less intolerant in learning." Similarly, Edward Malone is back, "but life had toned him down also, and made him a more subdued and thoughtful man... his mind was deeper and more active. The boy was dead and the man was born." The two attend a raucous public lecture at a Spiritualist Church off Edgware Road, and they start their investigations into the spiritual world.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
When the World Screamed (1928) Wikipedia [Does our planet, the Earth, have feelings? Professor Challenger investigates, aided as in all his adventures by Edward Malone, and a new character, Mr Peerless Jones, a friend of Malone's who is an expert in Artesian boring, that is, deep drilling, as in drilling wells.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Disintegration Machine (1929) Wikipedia [Science fiction short story. Professor Challenger Wikipedia is introduced to "a Latvian gentleman named Theodore Nemor... who claims to have invented a machine of a most extraordinary character which is capable of disintegrating any object placed within its sphere of influence. Matter dissolves and returns to its molecular or atomic condition. By reversing the process it can be reassembled." What if this claim turns out to be true?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

The Maracot Deep (1929) Wikipedia [Fantasy novel. Professor Maracot and his companions, who are both learned and intrepid, run into trouble during a deep-sea dive in the Atlantic, and are rescued by strangers who seem to be descendants of an ancient and mysterious race. Can our heroes find out who these strangers really are?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Sherlock Holmes en français Wikipedia

Un crime étrange (1887 [version originale anglaise] 1903 [cette traduction] fr.wikipedia [Traduction anonyme du roman policier A Study in Scarlet, où Sherlock Holmes et le docteur James Watson font leurs débuts littéraires. Le docteur Watson se trouve à Londres à la suite de son service militaire en Afghanistan et fait la connaissance de Holmes, qui "parut ravi à l'idée de partager son logement avec moi: «J'ai un appartement en vue, me dit-il, il est situé Baker Street, et nous irait comme un gant...»"] EPUB [fr.wikisource]
La Marque des quatre (1890 [version originale anglaise] 1896 [cette traduction] fr.wikipedia [Traduction de The Sign of the Four (1890) par Jeanne de Polignac (1861-1919). La deuxième aventure de Sherlock Holmes, mais la première traduite en français! Le docteur Watson est préoccupé, voire fâché. Trois fois par jour depuis des mois Sherlock Holmes prend de la morphine ou de la cocaïne. Comment résoudre ce problème? "Fournissez-moi soit des problèmes à résoudre, soit un travail à faire, proposez-moi l'énigme la plus indéchiffrable ou l'analyse la plus subtile, je me sentirai aussitôt dans l'atmosphère qui me convient. C'est alors que les stimulants artificiels me deviennent inutiles." Mais l'ennui de Sherlock Holmes ne va pas durer longtemps. Madame Hudson frappe à leur porte, portant une carte sur un plateau. Miss Mary Marston entre en scène!] EPUB [fr.wikisource]
Le Chien des Baskerville (1902 [version originale anglaise] 1905 [cette traduction]) fr.wikipedia [Traduction de The Hound of the Baskervilles par Adrien de Jassaud (1881-1937). [Sherlock Holmes et le docteur Watson font face à un cas assez perplexe. Un grand chien noir terrifie le voisinage de Baskerville Hall dans le Devonshire: "une horrible bête, noire, de grande taille, ressemblant à un chien, mais à un chien ayant des proportions jusqu'alors inconnues".] EPUB [fr.wikisource]
Nouvelles Aventures de Sherlock Holmes [1905] [Traduction par Jeanne de Polignac (1861-1919) de cinq nouvelles: L'Association des Hommes Roux [La Ligue des rouquins], Un cas d'identité [Une affaire d'identité], Le Mystère de la vallée de Boscombe [Le Mystère du Val Boscombe], L'Aventure des Cinq Pépins d'orange [Les Cinq Pépins d'orange], et L'Homme à la lèvre retroussée [L'Homme à la lèvre tordue]. Pour de plus amples renseignements, vous n'avez qu'à consulter fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]
Premières aventures de Sherlock Holmes [1913] fr.wikipedia [Traduction anonyme de sept nouvelles célèbres: L'Escarboucle Bleue, Aventure de la Bande mouchetée, Le Pouce de l'Ingénieur, L'Aristocratique Célibataire, Le Diadème de Béryls, Les Hêtres Pourpres, et Un Scandale en Bohême fr.wikipedia avec des dessins tout à fait exceptionnels par Gaston Simoes de Fonseca (1874-1943) fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]
Souvenirs de Sherlock Holmes [1918] [Traduction par Jeanne de Polignac (1861-1919) de six nouvelles: Silver Blaze [Flamme d'Argent], Le Document volé [Le Traité naval]. Le Gloria Scott, Le Visage jaune [La Figure jaune], Le Commis d'agent de change [L'Employé de l'agent de change], et Le Rituel des Musgraves [Le Rituel des Musgrave]. Pour de plus amples renseignements, vous n'avez qu'à consulter fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]
Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes (1924) [Traduction de six nouvelles par Jeanne de Polignac (1861-1919) , avec une belle préface littéraire et biographique par la traductrice. Les six nouvelles: L'Escarboucle bleue, Aventure de la bande mouchetée [Le Ruban moucheté], Le Pouce de l'ingénieur. L'Aristocratique célibataire [Un Aristocrate célibataire], Le Diadème de béryls, et Les Hêtres rouges [Les Hêtres pourpres]. Pour de plus amples renseignements, vous n'avez qu'à consulter fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]
Nouveaux Exploits de Sherlock Holmes [1930] [Traduction anonyme de sept nouvelles: L'Homme estropié [Le Tordu], La Cycliste solitaire, Aventure de trois étudiants [Les Trois Étudiants], Les Propriétaires de Reigate, L'Interprète grec, Le Malade pensionnaire [Le Pensionnaire en traitement], et Le Problème final [Le Dernier Problème]. Pour de plus amples renseignements, vous n'avez qu'à consulter fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

Dreiser, Theodore [Theodore Herman Albert] (1871-1945) [American journalist, poet, and novelist] Wikipedia

A Traveler at Forty (1913) [Dreiser's delightfully written memoir of an extended trip to Europe. And what a time to go! Europe was at its prewar height, and no one suspected the catastrophe that was about to engulf the continent. The places he visited included England, France, Italy, the Vatican, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. Wow! What more need be said? How about this: the book includes drawings by the fabulously talented American artist William Glackens (1870-1938) Wikipedia! Reviewers noticed that the book, unlike many travel narratives, paid close attention to all social classes. The Nation (18 December 1913) seems to have liked this well enough: "In the pursuit of knowledge Mr. Dreiser showed enterprise. His London contacts were carefully arranged, but he managed to quiz a street-walker on his own account. At Paris such investigations were naturally part of the programme. Into all his observations Mr. Dreiser carries a keen, quiet curiosity that is pretty close to sympathy. There is an odd reverence about what can only be described as prying tactics." But in The Bookman (February 1914), Stuart Henry was less positive: "Instead of bringing to notice men who are worth while or entertaining, he acquaints us rather with those who can guide through night haunts of immorality, have sex on the brain or desire to "lick" foreigners. And for the women of Europe we are freely offered examples from the various tenderloins who, even for their class, do not propose much in the way of edification or esprit." But what else can we we expect or would we want than a balanced view of all sectors of society? And who better to provide it than the author of Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65765]
A Hoosier Holiday (1916) [For readers not familiar with Indiana, a "Hoosier" is anyone from that great state -- such as the celebrated novelist Theodore Dreiser. In 1913 he had published A Traveler at Forty, which you will find in our catalogue. But after the First World War started, travel to Europe was not so easy to arrange. So instead, he and his fellow Hoosier Franklin Booth (1874-1948) Wikipedia went on a road trip to Warsaw, Indiana, which Dreiser had left some twenty-eight years before: it is a hundred miles up the road from Booth's birthplace of Carmel, itself just north of Indianapolis. It is Booth, a well known artist, who contributed the book's many illustrations. The trip started in New York City and largely paralleled the Ontario border to the north. But the trip was not merely to Indiana, but also to Dreiser's earliest years. Much had changed, much had not: he stays longer than first intended, and shares with his readers vivid and pleasurable recollections of what was already a past age.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70269]

Du Bois, Louis [Louis-François] (1773-1855) [Écrivain et polymathe français]
Travers, Julien (1802-1888) [Biographe français]

Glossaire du patois normand (1856) [Glossaire, avec une vie de Louis Du Bois par Travers. Le français que nous parlons aujourd'hui au Canada trouve ses origines en Normandie.] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip [PGC n^o #458]

Du Bois, W. E. B. [William Edward Burghardt] (1868-1963) [American historian and civil rights leader] Wikipedia

Life Seen at Ninety (1958) [An essay written by Du Bois on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday. Age had not dimmed his passion and insight. One wonders what he would say about the world today!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1203]

Duguay, Camille (1882-1936) [Écrivain canadien]

La Veillée de Noël: pièce du terroir en deux actes et un tableau (1926) [Pièce de théâtre] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip

Dukes, Ashley (1885-1959) [English playwright, producer, critic, and translator] Wikipedia The Modernist Journals Project (Mark Gaipa)

The Man with a Load of Mischief. A Comedy in Three Acts. (1924) [Comedy, of which the action takes place at an English country inn. Dukes' most famous play.]
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The Scene is Changed (1942) [Dukes' account of his brilliant theatrical career in England, Germany, and North America, and the many literary and theatrical luminaries he knew. Includes a photograph of the author by Howard Coster (1885-1959) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #926]

Duncan, Isadora (1877-1927) [American dancer] Wikipedia

My Life (1927) [The autobiography of the celebrated dancer, written shortly before her premature passing, and published shortly thereafter: a principal source of the 1968 film Isadora Wikipedia. Includes a preface by her publisher, Horace Liveright (1886?-1933) Wikipedia, and photographs, some of them iconic, by the Munich studio Atelier Elvira Wikipedia, founded by Anita Augspurg (1857-1943) Wikipedia and Sophia Goudstikker (1865-1924) de.wikipedia, the Parisian photographer Paul Berger, Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) Wikipedia, Otto Wegener (1849-1922) Pär Rittsel, the New York photographer Jacob Schloss (1857-1938), and Edward Steichen (1879-1973) Wikipedia]
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Duncan, Norman McLean (1871-1916) [Canadian journalist and novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography jrank.org

The Measure of A Man. A Tale of The Big Woods. (1911) [Novel, set in northern Minnesota: illustrated by George Matthews Harding (1882-1959) U.S. Army Center of Military History] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #548]

Duncan, Sara Jeannette (1861-1922) [Canadian journalist and novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia

A Daughter of Today (1894) [Novel] Text
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A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') (1897) [Novel] HTML and Text
Hilda: A Story of Calcutta (1898) [Novel] HTML and Text
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Humour of the North (1912) [Anthology] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Duncan-Jones, Arthur Stuart (1879-1955) [English theologian and church historian]

The Crooked Cross (1940) [Pamphlet: history of the Confessional Movement in Nazi Germany] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Dunham, Bertha Mabel (1881-1957) [Canadian librarian and novelist] Libraries Today (University of Guelph)

The Trail of the Conestoga (1925) [Novel about the early history of Waterloo, Ontario Wikipedia: with a preface by William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950), tenth Prime Minister of Canada Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Dunn, Oscar (1845-1885) [Journaliste et lexicographe canadien] Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

Glossaire franco-canadien et vocabulaire de locutions vicieuses usitées au Canada (1880) [Glossaire] HTML et Texte

Lord Dunsany [Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, eighteenth Baron Dunsany] (1878-1957) [Irish author and playwright] Wikipedia

A Night at an Inn. A Play in One Act. (1916) [Play] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924) Wikipedia [The classic fantasy novel. The Lord of Erl sends his son to Elfland to seek a bride: much ensues.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1127]
Seven Modern Comedies (1928) [Seven short plays with small casts: Atalanta in Wimbledon, The Raffle, The Journey of the Soul, In Holy Russia, His Sainted Grandmother, The Hopeless Passion of Mr. Bunyon, and The Jest of Hahalaba] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1090]
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Dupuy, Paul (1831-1891) [Biographe canadien]

Trois Héros de la colonie de Montréal (1887) [Biographies de Jacques Le Maître et Guillaume Vignal, prêtres de Saint-Sulpice, et du major Lambert Closse] HTML et Texte

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Eager, Edward [Edward McMaken] (1911-1964) [American novelist, librettist, and translator] Wikipedia

Half Magic (1954) [Does magic really exist? Four children are wondering this, when suddenly... Well, we're not going to give the story away, but we will say that this is a genuine children's classic! "This story belongs to the E. Nesbit school of fantasy, in which magic pursues its inevitable course... a book whose total contribution is one of fun and relaxation." (Elizabeth Nesbitt, Saturday Review, 15 May 1954)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1254]
Knight's Castle (1956) [Novel, second in the series initiated by Half Magic. Four children discover a magic item, an enchanted toy soldier. But an act of magic can happen only every three days!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1256]
Magic by the Lake (1957) [Novel, third in the series initiated by Half Magic. This time, the four children (and their parents) are at a summer cabin by a lake. The cabin is named "Magic by the Lake", and it doesn't take them long to discover that the entire lake is magic: assorted magical adventures ensue. At the start of the book, there's a talking turtle; later on, there's a talking penguin!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1283]
Magic or Not? (1959) [Novel, fifth in the series initiated by Half Magic. This time, there are four children to whom odd things are happening, but... they're not sure if it's actual magic making things happen, or if things just work out in the best possible way!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1259]
Seven-Day Magic (1962) [The seventh and final novel in the series initiated by Half Magic. Several children are in the local public library, and one of the girls finds a small red book, well used. The librarian tells them they can keep the book for only seven days. The book grants wishes, but only for the seven days they're allowed to have it. Adventures ensue...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1260]

Eayrs, Hugh S. [Hugh Sterling] (1894-1940) [Canadian publisher and novelist] McMaster University

with: Costain, Thomas B. [Thomas Bertram] (1885-1965) [Canadian journalist, novelist, and historian] Wikipedia

The Amateur Diplomat (1917) [Novel about intrigue in the Balkan kingdom of Ironia during the First World War. And it includes a love story. The "amateur diplomat" of the title is Canadian!] HTML, Text, EPUB, and Kindle [Project Gutenberg US #51077]

Eddington, Arthur Stanley (1882-1944) [English astronomer and physicist] Wikipedia

Stars and Atoms (1927) [An expanded version of an "Evening Discourse" Eddington had delivered in Oxford the preceding year. Our knowledge of astrophysics may have grown since Eddington's time, but his ability to explain complex physics to a general audience remains unsurpassed.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73362]
The Nature of the Physical World (1928) [Eddington's celebrated explanation of the discoveries of Einstein Wikipedia and Rutherford Wikipedia, intended for a general audience. The book is based on Eddington's Gifford Lectures Wikipedia delivered in Edinburgh in 1927, and exhibits the attractive conversational style of the original lectures.] HTML HTML zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped EPUB [PGC #1097]

Eddison, E. R. [Eric Rücker] (1882-1945) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Worm Ouroboros (1922) Wikipedia [Novel of high fantasy, written at the level of epic poetry. Eddison has a full command of older English, and makes constant use of it, to very good effect: "In reading this book the reader... will delight in a prose that is as life-giving as it is magnificent." (Introduction to the 1926 New York edition by Irish novelist James Stephens [1880/82-1950] Wikipedia.]
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Edgeworth, Maria (1767-1849) [Irish novelist] Wikipedia NNDB

The Modern Griselda. A Tale. (1804) [Novel. Unlike the traditional folk character Griselda Wikipedia, the new Griselda is impatient and arrogant.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #638] Review, from 1804, of the first edition!
Orlandino (1848) [Novel for children, illustrating various virtues and the social problems they prevent: these problems include drunkenness and high personal debt, which were apparently as prevalent in 1848 as they are today. With a preface and epilogue by the Scottish publisher William Chambers (1800-1883) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PG Canada #659]

Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) [German physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics, 1921 / physicien allemand; prix Nobel de physique, 1921] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Gemeinschaft und Persönlichkeit (1934) [Essay in German on the relationship between individuals and society / Essai en allemand sur les liens entre l'individu et son milieu] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB (experimental) [PGC #583/n^o 583]
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Elgood, George Samuel (1851-1943) [English painter and designer] Wikipedia

Some English Gardens (1904) [Watercolours, reproduced in excellent colour, of, well, some English gardens. Quite a few of them, actually! The accompanying text is worthy of the pictures and no wonder, for it is by the celebrated garden designer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) Wikipedia -- a perfect pairing, who created a truly marvellous album!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67874]

Eliot, George [Evans, Mary Anne] (1819-1880) [English novelist] Wikipedia The Victorian Web

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861) Wikipedia [Novel, set in the early 19th century: largely about the effect of money on human behaviour. Our edition includes the illustrations published in 1907 by Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) Dictionary of Ulster Biography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #491]
Gems from George Eliot (1910) [A small but skilfully chosen collection of quotations from the works of George Eliot. The celebrated novelist excelled at compressing into a single sentence what lesser authors might have needed several paragraphs to express.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1350]

Eliot, T. S. [Thomas Stearns] (1888-1965) [American poet, playwright, and critic] Wikipedia Nobelprize.org

The Sacred Wood. Essays On Poetry And Criticism. (1920) Wikipedia [A collection of short essays on plays, poetry, and related matters: one of Eliot's earliest works of criticism]
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) Wikipedia [The delightful and classic poems which many years later inspired the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats Wikipedia.]
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Introduction to Charles Williams' All Hallows' Eve (1948) [Preface to Charles Williams' last novel, All Hallows' Eve, which you will find in the Project Gutenberg Canada catalogue. As Eliot comments, Williams "left behind him a considerable number of books which should endure, because there is nothing else that is like them or could take their place." And yet, his novels "are first of all very good reading, say on a train journey or an air flight for which one buys a novel from a bookstall, perhaps without even noticing the name of the author."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1488]

Espanca, Florbela (1894-1930) [Portuguese poet / Poétesse portugaise] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia pt.wikipedia Vidas Lusófonas

Sonetos Completos (1934) [Poems in Portuguese; Italian translations by Guido Battelli (1869-1955); frontispiece sculpture by Diogo de Macedo (1889-1959) / Poèmes en portugais; traductions italiennes par Guido Battelli (1869-1955); la sculpture du frontispice par Diogo de Macedo (1889-1959)] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip Text / Texte UTF-8 Text / Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB

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Learn Portuguese ! BBC EasyPortuguese sonia-portuguese.com WordReference.com Portuguese-English (beta) WordReference.com Portugués-español

with/avec: Guido Battelli (1869-1955) [Italian translator / Traducteur italien] Dizionario Biografico dei Parmigiani (Roberto Lasagni) [Basalei-Beiliardi]
Traduções [italianas] (1934) [Poems in Italian / Poèmes en italien] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip
Learn Italian! / Apprenez l'italien!

Euripides (ca. 480-406 B.C.) [Athenian playwright] Wikipedia

Translations by Murray, Gilbert [George Gilbert Aimé] (1866-1957) [English classical scholar] Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) [in German]

Rhesus (ca. 450 B.C.? [Greek original], 1913 [this translation]) [Tragedy, based on the tenth book of Homer's Iliad. The siege of Troy has been underway for some years when Rhesus, King of Thrace, arrives to help the Trojans.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #719] Wikipedia Murray's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
Medea (431 B.C. [Greek original], 1906 [this translation]) [Tragedy. The marriage of Jason Wikipedia the Argonaut Wikipedia and his foreign wife Medea Wikipedia ends badly. Very badly.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #736] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com David Kovacs' edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
The Trojan Women (415 B.C. [Greek original], 1905 [this translation]) [Tragedy, centred on the fate of the women of Troy after the destruction of their city. Often thought to be a protest by Euripides against the Peloponnesian War Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #738] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com Murray's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
Ion (ca. 413 B.C. [Greek original], 1954 [this translation]) [Technically a tragedy, but in fact a drama with a pleasantly optimistic tone. We meet Ion at the temple of Apollo at Delphi, where he has lived from his earliest years. As the play begins, he is unaware of who his parents are...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #722] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com Murray's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
Bacchae (405 B.C. [Greek original], 1906 [this translation]) [Euripides' most famous tragedy, originally presented the year following his death. Pentheus, King of Thebes, does not recognize the limits of his power, nor the limits of pure rationality. For this mistake he pays a heavy price.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #717] Wikipedia Murray's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)

Ewald, Carl (1856-1908) [Danish author] dk.wikipedia (in Danish)

My Little Boy (1899 [Danish original (Min lille Dreng)]; 1906 [this translation]; 1935 [Alexander Woollcott's afterword]) [The author's charming, sincere, and interesting observations of the daily events of his son's earliest years. The son, Jesper Ewald (1893-1969) Wikipedia, would himself become a celebrated author. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865-1921), and with an afterword by the American critic Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) Wikipedia]
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Fagan, James Bernard (1873-1933) [Irish playwright] Wikipedia

The Improper Duchess. A modern comedy in three acts. (1931) [A comedy, set in Washington, D.C.! The first act takes place in the Poldavian embassy. Written with an agreeably light touch, the play was made into a film in 1936 Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #881]

Falconer, Sir Robert Alexander (1867-1943) [Canadian New Testament philologist and historian; President of the University of Toronto 1907-32] Wikipedia Marianopolis College (biography by Damien-Claude Bélanger) Canadian Encyclopedia

The Quality of Canadian Life (1917) [Lecture: published in The Federation of Canada 1867-1917. Four Lectures delivered in the University of Toronto in March, 1917, to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Federation (1917), along with lectures by George M. Wrong (1860-1948), Sir John Willison (1856-1927), and Z. A. Lash (1846-1920)]
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Faribault, George Barthélémy (1789-1866) [Bibliographe canadien] Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

Catalogue d'Ouvrages sur l'Histoire de l'Amérique, et en particulier sur celle du Canada, de la Louisiane, de l'Acadie, et autres lieux, ci-devant connus sons le nom de Nouvelle-France; avec des Notes Bibliographiques, Critiques, et Littéraires (1837) HTML et Texte

Farjeon, Eleanor (1881-1965) [English author of books and poems for children] Wikipedia

Gypsy and Ginger (1920) [Novel, we could say novel for children, but we don't want to limit its audience. It is the story of Gypsy and his wife Ginger, their wedding, honeymoon, and many subsequent adventures. Written with the skill and light touch that would set Farjeon apart throughout her remarkable career. With illustrations by the celebrated English painter and illustrator C. E. Brock (1870-1938) Wikipedia.]
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Italian Peepshow (1926) [Eleven stories for children, most of them quite short, and most of them set in Italy!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1336]
The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket (1931) [The Old Nurse knows many stories: stories she is happy to tell. The Saturday Review (2 January 1932) called it "a book that has charm and humor in plenty and is delightfully written..."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1297]
Ten Saints (1936) [Short lives of ten saints, with some poetry, written for children. Includes beautiful colour illustrations by American artist Helen Sewell (1896-1957) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1349]
The Silver Curlew (1953) [Novel for children, with many traditional folk-take elements. It's hard to stop reading after an opening sentence like this: "Mother Codling lived in a windmill in Norfolk near the sea."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1334]
The Little Bookroom. Eleanor Farjeon's short stories for children chosen by herself. (1955) Wikipedia [Twenty-seven short stories for children, selected by their author! "This is a book any child (and storyteller, too) will read over and over again." (Maria Cimino, Saturday Review, 12 May 1956)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1294]

Farley, Ralph Milne [Hoar, Roger Sherman] (1887-1963) [American lawyer and science fiction writer] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

The Golden City (1933) [Science fiction novel. It's about the lost continent of Mu; it features "that public enemy, the Spider"; and it's by Ralph Milne Farley, both a respected constitutional lawyer and a famous pulp author! What's not to like?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1526]
Liquid Life (October 1936) [Science fiction novella ("novelette"), often reprinted. The waters of Salt Pond are behaving strangely. What's happened to the water lilies, the reeds, and the fish? Not to mention the half eaten cow near the edge of the pond!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1528]
A Month a Minute (December 1937) [Science fiction novella ("novelette"). How can a space ship be designed to travel fast -- really fast? Old Professor Porter may have managed this feat. The test pilots: his student Benson Crocker, and Professor Porter's granddaughter, Iralene!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1527]

Farnol, [John] Jeffery (1878-1952) [English novelist] Wikipedia knol (Pat Bryan) Literary Heritage West Midlands Jeffery Farnol Appreciation Society

The Money Moon, A Romance (1911) [Romantic novel, set in England before the First World War] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC ebook #483] Previously available: Text (PG US)
The Loring Mystery (1924) [Mystery novel set in the mid-1800s: involves an amnesiac, a detective, a murder, and a romance] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Time, 16 October 1925 (third book reviewed)
The Quest of Youth (1927) [A romance intertwined with a murder mystery. Set in London at about the same time as The Loring Mystery, it features Mr. Shrig, the detective from the earlier novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Time, 14 November 1927
Another Day (1929) [Novel. A boy meets an English girl, and falls in love with her. So far, so good. But... back in the U.S. he may be guilty of a murder — he is a fugitive! Will love and justice triumph?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #750]
Over the Hills. A Romance of the Fifteen. (1930) [Historical novel set in Scotland during the 1715 uprising Wikipedia against the newly arrived Hanoverian king, George I, the successor to the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1098]
The Way Beyond (1933) [Novel. Boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, and things really start happening, including a murder. At this point, Detective Shrig appears on the scene...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #781]
Winds of Fortune (1934) [Historical novel, set in Spanish America during the colonial era. Pirates are mentioned; Incas play a role. All of this is narrated by Ursula Revell, 23 years of age, and a participant in the various adventures she recounts.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #906]
Adam Penfeather, Buccaneer: his Early Exploits (1940) [Historical novel, "Being a curious and intimate relation of his (Adam Penfeather's) tribulations, joys and triumphs taken from notes of his Journal and pages from his Ship's Log, and here put into complete narrative"] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped The Lost Club Journal (Colin Langeveld)
Heritage Perilous (1946) [Historical novel, set in the Napoleonic era. Sam Felton, a plain-spoken sailor, discovers that he has succeeded to the title (and fortune) of Earl of Wrybourne. Then things get complicated...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #477]
My Lord of Wrybourne (1948) [Historical novel: the sequel to Farnol's 1946 novel Heritage Perilous. The new Earl of Wrybourne is living in peace with his beautiful wife and their recently born son. Who could wish him ill? His old enemy Sir Robert Chalmers, perhaps, but he has vanished from the scene. Or has he?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1131]

Farquhar, George (1676/7-1707) [Irish playwright] Wikipedia NNDB Dictionary of Ulster Biography Ulster History Circle

The Constant Couple, or, A Trip to the Jubilee (1700) [Comedy. Our edition includes some introductory remarks by the playwright and novelist Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped New York Times (review by Anne Midgette of the 2007 New York production) [PG Canada ebook #531]

Faucher de Saint-Maurice, Narcisse-Henri-Édouard (1844-1897) [Journaliste canadien] Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

Les îles. Promenades dans le golfe Saint-Laurent: une partie de la Côte Nord, l'île aux Oeufs, l'Anticosti, l'île Saint-Paul, l'archipel de la Madeleine (1887) [Récit de voyage] HTML et Texte

Faulkner, William (1897-1962) [American novelist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1949] Wikipedia Nobelprize.org

Mississippi (October 1954) [Faulkner on his native state. Not an essay, but an original creative work, as you will see.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1208]

Fea, Rev. Samuel (1872-1943) [Canadian writer]

Irish Ned, The Winnipeg Newsy (1910) [Novella] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Fearing, Kenneth (1902-1961) [American poet and novelist] Wikipedia Modern American Poetry Site (MAPS)

Dagger of the Mind (1941) [Mystery novel. 'Mr. Fearing mixes very funny satire about an "artists' colony" with a couple of properly gory and appropriately intellectual killings and writes the whole works beautifully.' (The American Mercury, April 1941)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1312]
The Big Clock (1946) [Fearing's most famous crime novel. George Stroud lives in New York City, and is the editor of Crimeways magazine. He is asked by his publisher to investigate the murder of the publisher's girlfriend: not a simple request to fulfil, as it turns out!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1107]

Fearn, John Russell (1908-1960) [English science fiction author] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Brain of Venus (February 1937) [Science fiction story first published by Thrilling Wonder Stories. Not just published, but summarized! "The malignant brain of a condemned criminal comes to life on another planet and radiates force-rays of madness and death." We couldn't say it better!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1550]
Menace from the Microcosm (June 1937) [Science fiction novella, not about giant worlds in outer space, but about microworlds closer to us. "It seemed to me," wrote the author, "that the conception of intra-atomic worlds, though by no means novel, had not so far been explored in all its possibilities... It gave me great pleasure to debate the possibilities while I wrote it; I hope that some of you at least will have an equal pleasure in reading it."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1553]
A Summons from Mars (June 1938) [Short story: short, but long enough to have five chapters. Long-distance engagements are tricky even when both parties are on Earth. They're even more complicated when one of them lives on Earth, but the other on Mars!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1410]
Martian Avenger (April 1939) [Science fiction story. From his name, Lance Halworthy, you would think he was from Earth. But you would be wrong!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1403]
The Ultimate Analysis (November 1944) [Science fiction story. We really can't improve on the original summary from 1944: here goes! "Just as Ruthless Invaders from a Far-Off Cosmic Frontier Are Poised to Invade the Earth, Out of a Curious Experimental Machine Darts the Perfect Mathematical Equation, Loaded with Potential Destruction!"] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1554]
Interlink (November 1945) [Science fiction story. It's hard being a cop. It's even harder being a space cop. And it's especially difficult being a space cop when your fiancée is a space pirate!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1551]

Ferber, Edna (1885-1968) [American novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

So Big (1924) Wikipedia [Novel, winner of the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A schoolteacher marries and has a son, who is physically large: hence the novel's title, his nickname. Dirk (his formal name) as an adult finds success as an architect, and then as a bond salesman. But his apparently successful career choices turn out to have unexpected consequences. "Character after character stands out as memorable, incident after incident remains in the mind... the best American novel of the year." (John C. Farrar, The Bookman (U.S.), March 1924)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1608]
Show Boat (1926) Wikipedia [Ferber's enduringly famous novel about a theatrical troupe plying the great rivers of the United States; a major subplot involves miscegenation (interracial marriage), illegal at the time in the state of Mississippi. The novel was the basis of the 1927 musical Wikipedia by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. "Miss Ferber's documentation of her story of theatre days down the rivers of mid-America is admirable. This is a book particularly notable for the small scene, the memorable wave of the hand, the magnificent dress, the unforgetable gesture." (John C. Farrar, The Bookman (U.S.), September 1926)] CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1653]

Féval, Paul (1816-1887) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Le dernier chevalier (1877 ou avant) [Roman] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip

Fewster, Ernest Philip (1868-1947) [Canadian physician and poet] City of Vancouver Archives Canadian Poetry (See bottom note)

My Garden Dreams (1926) [A book about flowers. The author describes his flower garden (one flower per essay), his philosophy about each flower, his care and tending of it, and occasional daydreams triggered by it.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #981]
The Immortal Dweller (1938) [Book of short poems] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #979]

Field, Eugene (1850-1895) [American author and poet] Wikipedia

From A Little Book of Profitable Tales (1889) [Stories for children; musical samples arranged by Theodore Thomas (1835-1905) Wikipedia, founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Wikipedia]

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Firbank, Ronald (1886-1926) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Caprice (1917) [Written in the depths of the First World War, although the novella is not at all dark in tone: such was not the way of Ronald Firbank. With a fine frontispiece by Augustus John (1878-1961) Wikipedia. This is the story of Miss Sarah Sinquier, the daughter of Canon Sinquier. She was born in "the sleepy peaceful town of Applethorp", but as the novella opens she is about to visit London, which as it turns out she likes very much. Particularly the West End!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70073]
Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli (1926) [Novella about the startling behaviour of a Cardinal who, it would appear, has little interest in being (1) celibate, or (2) heterosexual.] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #657]

Fitzgerald, F. Scott [Francis Scott Key] (1896-1940) [American novelist and essayist] Wikipedia

This Side of Paradise (1920) Wikipedia [Fitzgerald's first novel, about undergraduate life at Princeton and life in the early twenties, the central character being Amory Blaine, whose family life and love life the novel follows. The publisher Scribner's was on the point of rejecting the novel because of its explicit content, but their famous editor Maxwell Perkins threatened to resign, and so the book duly appeared, and presented the world with a more or less accurate picture of how Americans of Fitzgerald's age and class actually lived: one contemporary reviewer commented that it was "delightful and encouraging to find a novel which gives us in the accurate terms of intellectual honesty a reflection of American undergraduate life. At last the revelation has come." ("R. V. A. S.", New Republic, 12 May 1920). Twenty-nine years later, no less a figure than John P. Marquand commented on how little the novel had dated: "It still remains almost exactly as the reviewers first saw it, an exceptionally brilliant piece of work by a precocious young Princeton graduate who was perhaps a genius... Scott Fitzgerald was writing of a world he knew and of the only world he could have known at his age, of school and schoolboys, of the Princeton undergraduate, of the Plaza and the brownstone fronts and the bright lights on Fifth Avenue, and he confined himself with the instinct of an artist exclusively to what he had known and lived. He wrote as splendidly as anyone ever has of his own youth." (Saturday Review, 6 August 1949)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Beautiful and Damned (1922) Wikipedia [Fitzgerald's second novel: its main characters are Anthony Patch and Gloria Gilbert, who have something but not everything in common with Fitzgerald himself and his wife Zelda. Patch is not himself extremely wealthy, but his grandfather is, which leaves him in the strange position of being wealthy... but not yet. The couple lead a glamorous life in Manhattan, but as time passes their circumstances become more complex.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Great Gatsby (1925) Wikipedia [Fitzgerald's most famous novel, set on Long Island and in New York City. Its focus is Jay Gatsby, who possesses vast and mysterious wealth, and who is observed with simultaneous fascination and scepticism by Nick Carraway, a recent Yale graduate newly started in the bonds business.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1619]
Echoes of the Jazz Age (November 1931) [Essay: the author, himself one of the most famous figures of the Jazz Age of the 1920s Wikipedia, describes the period from its beginning to its then quite recent end. A neat and witty piece of writing.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1183]
Tender is the Night (1934) Wikipedia [The last of Fitzgerald's four novels to be published in his lifetime, with some likely elements of autobiography. The novel starts in the glamorous setting of the French Riviera, in a hotel outside Cannes. Dick and Nicole Diver seem destined for permanent happiness, but life is rarely that simple, as they discover.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1618]

Flammenberg, Lorenz [Kahlert, Karl Friedrich] (1765-1813) [German lawyer, playwright, and novelist]

The Necromancer: or The Tale of the Black Forest. Founded on Facts. (1792 [German original]; 1794 [translation]; 1927 [preface]) [Free translation by Peter Teuthold of Flammenberg's original Gothic novel Der Geisterbanner; with a preface by Montague Summers (1880-1948) Wikipedia The novel is mentioned by Jane Austen in her novel Northanger Abbey Wikipedia. It relates mysterious and sinister events in the Black Forest.] Wikipedia HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1005]

Flandrau, Charles Macomb (1871-1938) [American essayist] Wikipedia

Viva Mexico! (1908) [These days the United States often seems like a great big armed encampment, its citizens peering out warily at the wicked world, which these days seems to include Canada, of all places, and certainly Mexico. But for many decades (the period before the Wall) relations between the three countries were on the whole harmonious, and there was much visiting and migration back and forth. This is a memoir of those happy days. Flandrau's extended visit gave him ample opportunity to experience the country. He liked the Mexicans, but his view of his fellow American expatriates was not quite so enthusiatic. But this is a wonderful book, entertaining and informative!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72552]

Fleming, Archibald Lang (1883-1953) [Canadian bishop and missionary] Canadian Encyclopedia Canadian Museum of Civilization

For Us. Meditations on the Seven Words from the Cross. (1927 or earlier, probably 1924) [Meditations] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Fleming, Ian [Ian Lancaster] (1908-1964) [English intelligence officer and novelist] Wikipedia

Novels and stories featuring James Bond Wikipedia:

Casino Royale (1953) Wikipedia Guardian (article by Nicholas Lezard) [James Bond's first appearance in literature. The novel features much of what would become the familiar Bond universe: gambling, foreign agents, a glamorous French setting, Bond's Bentley, much alcohol; also the mysterious and captivating Vesper Lynd. Quite different from the 2006 film starring Daniel Craig Wikipedia, to say nothing of the 1967 version starring David Niven Wikipedia.]
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Live and Let Die (1954) Wikipedia [The second James Bond novel. Intrigue in Harlem, Florida, then Jamaica; also voodoo.]
CAUTION: Certain language in the novel may seem racist by the standards of today.
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Moonraker (1955) Wikipedia [The third James Bond novel. It is set in England, specifically the county of Kent. It features a rocket ("The Moonraker"), a fine villain (Sir Hugo Drax), a famous game of bridge, and much else. The 1979 film Wikipedia is quite different from the novel: read the novel and decide which you prefer. (Speaking personally, we like the novel!)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1267]
Diamonds are Forever (1956) Wikipedia [Novel featuring James Bond, who at M's request is investigating the murky world of diamond smuggling. Not a spy in sight, but lots of gangsters. Some fine writing, with memorable episodes set in Las Vegas and in Saratoga Springs, New York, famous for its horse races. The basis of the 1971 film of the same name Wikipedia, the last in the Bond series to star Sean Connery.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1415]
From Russia with Love (1957) Wikipedia [The favourite James Bond novel not only of Fleming himself, but also of American president John F. Kennedy! The action takes place in various glamorous European locales, including London, Istanbul, Trieste, and Paris. The Russians play a major role, through the operations of their agency, SMERSH; also through Corporal Tatiana Romanova.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1296]
Dr. No (1958) Wikipedia [The sixth James Bond novel, set in the Caribbean, and the basis of the first James Bond film, starring Sean Connery Wikipedia. "The Empire still lives in this one; bizarrerie abounds... Erudite cliff-hanger, with sex sauce." (John T. Winterich, Saturday Review, 16 August 1958)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1457]
Goldfinger (1959) Wikipedia [Novel. James Bond encounters Mr Auric Goldfinger, who is passionate about gambling, golf, and of course, gold. That's where Fort Knox Wikipedia comes in!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1228]
For Your Eyes Only. Five secret occasions in the life of James Bond. (1960) Wikipedia [Espionage, murder, smuggling -- five different short stories with five different challenges for James Bond. Locales include Paris, Jamaica, the Seychelles, Italy and, yes, Canada!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1429]
The Spy Who Loved Me (1962) Wikipedia [Novel, narrated by Vivienne Michel, who is from Canada, more specifically from Sainte-Famille, the oldest town on the Île d'Orléans Wikipedia. The novel does not follow the classic Bond formula: a welcome innovation in the eyes of some, but not of others. It is shorter than the other Bond novels, and features a good deal of sex (and violence).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1288]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963) Wikipedia [Novel featuring James Bond, set in the Swiss Alps: dark doings on the upper slopes. The 1969 film adaptation Wikipedia has the rare distinction of being very faithful to the book: if you like one, you'll like the other!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1530]
You Only Live Twice (1964) Wikipedia [The last Bond novel published during Ian Fleming's lifetime. James Bond is in Japan, sent there because the CIA is no longer providing as much information on the Far East as formerly. "They're worried about our security," comments M. "Can't blame them. I'm equally worried about theirs." Fleming had visited Japan, and had included an account of Tokyo in his 1963 travel book Thrilling Cities, which you will find in our catalogue.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1481]
The Man with the Golden Gun (1965) Wikipedia [Fleming's last James Bond novel, written under difficult conditions, and published posthumously. Bond reappears in London after months of absence: he is a changed man. But he recovers, and is sent to Jamaica on a dangerous and important mission.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1558]

The Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang stories:

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, The Magical Car. Adventure Number One. (1964) Wikipedia [Children's novel. We are introduced to Caractacus Pott and his family. They buy a car, no ordinary car... and the adventures begin!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1278]
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, The Magical Car. Adventure Number Two. (1964) Wikipedia [At the end of Adventure Number One, the Potts family, on a seaside picnic, had failed to notice the tide coming in, threatening to cut them off from the mainland – or worse! It's just as well that Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is there...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1289]

Essays and articles:

Jamaica (December 1947) [One of a series of articles in Horizon Wikipedia, by different authors, about the advantages of living in various places around the world. Ian Fleming contributed this essay on Jamaica, where he had just built his house, Goldeneye Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1230]
Automobilia (April 1958) [Essay. Ian Fleming, like his creation James Bond, was fond of cars. Here he fondly describes his Ford Thunderbird — and gives an account of going for a drive in Jamaica with his friend Noël Coward!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1226]
Thrilling Cities (1963) Wikipedia [Thirteen essays on various world cities: cities that James Bond would be familiar with! The essays were commissionede by the Canadian entrepreneur and newspaper magnate Roy Thomson Wikipedia, and first appeared in the Sunday Times, which he had recently purchased, but with some passages removed: in this collected edition, Fleming added them back.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1313]

Fleming, May Agnes (1840-1880) [Canadian novelist] Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Magdalen's Vow (1871) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #610]
A Mad Marriage. A Novel. (1875) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #634]
Norine's Revenge, and Sir Noel's Heir (1875) [Two novels] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #626]
One Night's Mystery. A Novel. (1876) [As the novel starts, our heroine Sydney Owenson is a pupil in a school for young ladies in the Canadian town of Petit St. Jacques. She is unaware of the events that lie in her future...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #726]
Carried by Storm. A Novel. (1879) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #512]
Sharing Her Crime. A Novel. (1883) [Novel. It is Christmas Eve: the mysterious Madge Oranmore summons Dr. Wiseman, and offers him an enormous fee for some rather specialized professional services...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #732]
The Actress' Daughter. A Novel. (1885) [Novel.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #790]
Edith Percival. A Novel. (1893) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #529]

Fletcher, J. S. [Joseph Smith] (1863-1935) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia gadetection

The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation (1917) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them abandoned Canada and voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned our country into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to cancel NAFTA and declare Canada an independent country, not a US colony. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. This mystery novel begins in Fletcher's native Yorkshire, and is set in May 1914, when the First World War was about to erupt, but no one had noticed. Marshall Allerdyke, a successful Bradford manufacturer, has just arrived back from a business trip to Manchester, and is immediately handed a telegram summoning him to meet his cousin James Allerdyke in Hull: he has just arrived at a hotel there, on his way back from a business trip of his own, to Moscow and Scandinavia. So off goes Marshall to Hull, where he finds his cousin -- dead! And that's just the beginning! The novel is written with Fletcher's customary skill and energy, as befits a contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #10443]
The Chestermarke Instinct (1918) [Yorkshire-born J. S. Fletcher was not a celebrity in the modern sense, that is, he was not a public figure. He was, however, an extremely skilled writer of mysteries, which acquired an international following. This novel shows why! The main character is named Wallington Neale: he is a bank clerk in the ancient and very quiet market town of Scarnham. With the passage of time Neale is more and more aware of how monotonous his job truly is. But this monotony is broken by the sudden disappearance of his guardian, John Horbury, who had gotten him his position at Chestermarke's Bank!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #27965]
The Middle Temple Murder (1919) [Canadians have no right to look down on Americans for choosing Donald Tr*mp: our own federal "leaders", every one of them, voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", against the will of Canadians. What cowards they are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. If you are not an English barrister, you may wonder what the "Middle Temple" might be. Well, it is one of the four Inns of Court: barristers in England and Wales must belong to one of them. Middle Temple is quite large; from its gatehouse, Middle Temple Lane leads down to the Victoria Embankment on the Thames. And it is in Middle Temple Lane that a journalist named Spargo, on his way home one night to Bloomsbury from Fleet Street, runs across a breaking news story: a newly discovered corpse! Fortunately he recognizes Driscoll, the constable who is handlng the case. And matters proceed from there.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #10373]
The Talleyrand Maxim (1919) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned Canada into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. Today's mystery novel has a mysterious title! The Talleyrand in question is the famous French diplomat Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), who somehow managed to retain his high position through all the regime changes from Louis XVI to Louis Philippe I. The maxim in question, we are told, is this: "With time and patience, the mulberry leaf is turned into satin." In other words, success takes time. Linford Pratt is very fond of this maxim. He is a "senior clerk to Eldrick & Pascoe, solicitors, of Barford, a young man who earnestly desired to get on in life, by hook or by crook, with no objection whatever to crookedness, so long as it could be performed in safety and secrecy." And he is about to receive a visit from the old and wealthy antiquarian book dealer, Antony Bartle, who will disclose to him some curious recent incidents in Barford, involving some mysterious deaths and a will. The adventure begins!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #9834]
The Paradise Mystery (1920) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned Canada into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. The (fictional) cathedral town of Wrychester is impossibly picturesque, and very peaceful. It has a thirteenth-century cathedral, and some of the houses near it are almost as old: "Under those high gables, behind those mullioned windows, in the beautiful old gardens lying between the stone porches and the elm-shadowed lawn, nothing, one would think, could possibly exist but leisured and pleasant existence: even the busy streets of the old city, outside the crumbling gateway, seem, for the moment, far off." Nothing bad could every happen there, right? Wrong! Murder plays a central role, of course, and there are many surprises -- as when a retired tradesman turns out to be a retired policeman!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #5308]
Scarhaven Keep (1920) [A classic mystery novel by a classic author. "Mystery, character, love, a setting that combines the romance of the theatrical profession with the oddity of a quaint village on the Scottish border: satisfying ingredients for a detective yarn... here is one that I can recommend with vigor." ("J. F.", The Bookman [US], March 1922)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #9807]
The Herapath Property (1920) [Mystery novel, written in Fletcher's notably attractive style. Your first question might be, who is Herapath? That's easy to answer: Jacob Herapath is "a Member of Parliament, the owner of a sort of model estate of up-to-date flats, and something of a crank about such matters as ventilation, sanitation, and lighting." As you might guess, he is wealthy. But he unfortunately is no longer alive. Murder or suicide? That's only the first of many questions that need answers. "In Mr. J. S. Fletcher's stories there is no stint of adventure. The solution of this mystery is most unexpected. The reader will find it hard to lay down." (Literary Digest, 28 January 1922)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #25388]
The Orange-Yellow Diamond (1920) [Canadians have no right to look down on Americans for choosing Donald Tr*mp: our own federal "leaders", every one of them, voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", against the will of Canadians. What cowards they are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novels to choose from, very good ones, such as this title, set in the area of London near Paddington Station which includes Praed Street. Yes, the same Praed Street as in Cecil Street's The Murders in Praed Street, also available from PGC. You will not be surprised to learn that murder plays a major role in the plot. And that the novel is written in beautiful classic English prose: a pleasure but not a surprise, since when Fletcher was born, Victoria had been on the throne for only sixteen years! The novelist is not impressed with the neighbourhood: "an assemblage of mean streets, the drab dulness of which forms a remarkable contrast to the pretentious architectural grandeurs of Sussex Square and Lancaster Gate, close by. In these streets the observant will always find all those evidences of depressing semi-poverty which are more evident in London than in any other English city." A breeding ground of crime, perhaps. Certainly of urban poverty, of which Fletcher provides a memorable description. CAUTION: Certain language in this ebook today would be considered grossly racist. But let us not be too quick to condemn our author: times change, and there are no doubt aspects of modern culture which Fletcher would find intolerable.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #9297]
The Root of All Evil (1921) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them abandoned Canada and voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned our country into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to cancel NAFTA and declare Canada an independent country, not a US colony. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. The root of all evil, according to 1 Timothy 6:10, is not money, but the love of money: that is, the effect it has on people's behaviour. And that is reflected in this novel, which is about William Farnish, his daughters Jeckie and Rushie, and the family farm, Applecroft, which had been poorly run, and the family is now at risk of losing.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #40603]
The Borough Treasurer (1921) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them abandoned Canada and voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned our country into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to cancel NAFTA and declare Canada an independent country, not a US colony. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. This fine mystery novel begins in the yard of Mallalieu & Cotherstone, a successful, and eminently respectable building firm, who also do property rentals. But how respectable are they, really? A new tenant arrives from out of town who seems to know things about them they would prefer remain hidden. Yes, blackmail ensues, And much more! "The latest J. S. Fletcher novel is... one of those cold analytical detective stories that can boast a couple of murders and never upset the reader's mood of contemplation. "The Borough Treasurer" (Knopf) is a clever portrayal of crime and character... Mr. Fletcher has adopted a dry and unusual method of unfolding his plot that, together with an amusingly faithful picture of the small town fluttering in the face of murder, accusation, and trial, makes this a fascinating book of its kind." ("J. F.", The Bookman [US], September 1921)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #20630]
In the Mayor's Parlour (1922) [A mystery novel from J. S. Fletcher is always something special. Naturally there is a murder at the centre of this fine novel, and if you have identified this victim as the Mayor in the title, congratulations on your sleuthing! He is indeed John Wallingford, recently elected mayor of the ancient town of Hathelsborough. Now you have enough to start with: enjoy the novel!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #25424]
Ravensdene Court (1922) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned Canada into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. This suspense novel is set far from London in a distant corner of Northumberland, and involves the discovery and attempted theft of a monastic treasure buried centuries earlier. We shall not attempt to summarize the novel, for "as in all Mr. J. S. Fletcher's stories, there is enough plot to furnish half a dozen books" (Literary Digest, 19 August 1922).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #26324]
The Middle of Things (1922) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them abandoned Canada and voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned our country into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as J. S. Fletcher. "A mystery story containing the usual amount of thrills, and more than the usual amount of good writing", said The Bookman [U.S.] (December 1922) of this book, and they were right! At the beginning of the novel we meet a young man named Richard Viner, who shares a house in Bayswater with an aunt, the formidable Miss Bethia Penkridge. Miss Penkridge likes nothing better than a mystery novel, "a story which began with crime and ended with a detection--a story which kept you wondering who did it, how it was done, and when the doing was going to be laid bare to the light of day." She strongly believes that such books describe real life. Her nephew disagrees. But then a real-life murder occurs, and by the end of the novel Richard Viner has learned a great deal about how the world actually works.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #9902]
The Charing Cross Mystery (1923) gadetection ["Mr. Fletcher is noted among writers of detective stories as being one of two or three to write good English and to have the knack of making his people talk like human beings." So commented The Outlook (21 March 1923), in what is clearly meant to be high praise. And this praise was deserved : how can we explain otherwise the enduring worldwide popularity of an author who seems to have avoided publicity throughout his writing career? Perhaps his concentration on the writer's craft explains the excellence of his novels. As for this novel, it involves the Charing Cross railway station in London and an apparent murder, and it "is built up in a workmanlike way, and its surprises are not so startling as to make the reader put it down with a feeling that he has been fooled or tricked." What more could be asked for?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #59893] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #647]
The Copper Box (1923) [Novel, written in beautiful nineteenth-century English: Fletcher was born when Dickens, Trollope, and George Eliot were alive, and it shows! Winter lasts a long time in Northumberland and the Borders region. The narrator is from a region of England far to the south and is taken by surprise during an overambitious day trip near the Scottish border. "The morning was bright and promising, and for many enjoyable hours all went well. But about three o'clock came a disappearance of the sun and a suspicious darkening of the sky and lowering of temperature; before long snow began to fall, and in a fashion with which I, a Southerner, was not at all familiar. It was thick, it was blinding, it was persistent; it speedily obscured tracks, and heaped itself up in hollows; I began to have visions of being lost in it." And that's just the beginning! "Among the writers of mystery stories Mr. Fletcher is distinguished by a certain refinement of style and quality of writing. The present tale is light, contains no horrible murder and no detective worth speaking of, but it has a queer little mystery which holds the reader's attention steadily to the end. Few mystery stories have so pleasant a tone or so much quiet humor." (The Outlook, 30 May 1923)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73344]

Flygare-Carlén, Emilie (1807-1892) [Swedish novelist] Wikipedia sv.wikipedia Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (1906) [in Swedish]

Ivar: or, The Skjuts-Boy (1841 [Swedish original], 1852 [this translation]) [Translation of the novel Skjutsgossen by Prof. Alex. L. Krause (fl. 1852-1854), with illustrations by Edmund Evans (1826-1905) Wikipedia. Prof. Krause also contributed a interesting introduction to the novel.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #480]
The Bride of Omberg (1845 [Swedish original], 1853 [this translation]) [Translation of the novel Bruden på Omberg by Prof. Alex. L. Krause (fl. 1852-1854) and Elbert Perce (1831-1869)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #464]

Footner, Hulbert (1879-1944) [Canadian novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

Thieves' Wit. An Everyday Detective Story. (1918) [Mystery novel. A youngish New Yorker, now entering his thirties, and with ambitions of being a successful playwright, instead becomes a Confidential Investigator. Written with Footner's characteristic lightness of touch and (most appropriately) wit.]
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The Substitute Millionaire (1919) [Novel. Two days before the story begins, "Silas Gyde, the millionaire miser and usurer, had been blown to pieces in the street by a bomb." As to who planted the bomb, who can say? The more interesting question is whether the young Jack Norman, bookkeeper at a sash and blind factory, is in fact the heir to Gyde's vast fortune!]
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The Owl Taxi (1921) [Mystery novel. Owl taxis operate at night, when strange things can happen: murder, for example! Of course, in Manhattan strange things can happen at any hour...]
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Ramshackle House (1922) [Mystery novel. "Equal parts of Maryland, young lovers, and a murder mystery make this literary julep", remarks The Bookman (August 1923). CAUTION: The occasional use of dialect English might appear racist to some readers.]
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New Rivers of the North. The yarn of two amateur explorers. (1927) [Hulbert's account, with many photographs by Hulbert and his travel companion Auville Eager, of his travels along three major rivers of British Columbia and Alberta: the Fraser Wikipedia, the Peace Wikipedia, and the Hay Wikipedia, with particular attention to Alexandra Falls Wikipedia.]
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The Shanty Sled (1925) [Novel. A young woman decides to travel from New York to north-western Canada to see her mother, who had sent her to New York twenty years before. She falls in love with a local trapper, then an evil fur trader tries to interfere. But things work out, as they generally do, in novels at least.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB (experimental) [PGC #584]
The Under Dogs (1925) [Mystery novel. Mme. Rosika Storey confronts the challenges and dangers presented by a New York-based crime organization.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #498]
Madame Storey (1926) [Four mystery novellas featuring Madame Storey] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #517]
The Velvet Hand. New Madame Storey Mysteries. (1928) [Four mystery novellas featuring Madame Storey] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #536]
The Doctor Who Held Hands. A Madame Storey Novel. (1929) [Madame Storey receives a letter asking for her help in stopping the pseudo-psychological activities of a doctor who has set himself up as a "psycho-synthetist", seemingly to help his patients, but in fact to use what he's being told to blackmail them. She decides to intervene. A twist ending!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #552]
Easy to Kill (1931) [Mystery novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Kidnapping of Madame Storey and Other Stories (1936) [Five mystery stories featuring the redoubtable Madame Storey] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB (experimental) [PGC #588]
The Almost Perfect Murder. A Case Book of Madame Storey. (1937) [Five tales featuring Madame Storey] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB (experimental) [PGC #577]
The Obeah Murders (1937) [Mystery novel set in the Caribbean: more precisely, on the American island of Annunziata. Our hero, Phil Nevitt, is a junior executive at Columbia Distillers: he has been sent from New York to investigate possible future competition based in Annunziata. But a series of spectactular murders starts happening: soon he is investigating these as well! "Native magic in spooky settings makes good background for swiftly paced yarn with bumptious hero and hot-tempered heroine." (Saturday Review, 16 October 1937)]
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The Death of a Celebrity (1938) [When was the modern concept of the "celebrity" invented? Most likely in the nineteenth century, with the rise of mass media. Certainly the actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) and the singer Jenny Lind (1820-1887) were celebrities of that time and are still celebrities today. The celebrity in this mystery is Gavin Dordress, a very successful Broadway playwright on Broadway -- a world that Footner knew very well, being himself an actor and playwright. In any case, Dordress is found dead in his Madison Avenue apartment, a gun on the floor beside him. A suicide? Amos Lee Mappin, an accomplished sleuth and an old friend of Dordress, has his doubts!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1672]
Sinfully Rich (1940) [Mystery novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Who Killed the Husband? (1941) [Mystery novel, set in Manhattan. That famous sleuth Amos Lee Mappin prefers to be a specialist student of crime rather than an actual investigator. But he makes exceptions, as in the sensational murder of the prominent banker Jules Gartrey. The suspect? None other than the young society photographer Alastair Yohe!]
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The House with the Blue Door (1942) [Mystery novel, featuring that Manhattan sophisticate and sleuth extraordinaire Amos Lee Mappin. As the novel opens, Mappin receives a phone call from his friend, the socialite Mrs. Nicholas Cassells. He gets the call in the morning! Since when has Sandra Cassells phoned anyone before noon? Something big must be going on!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1673]
Orchids to Murder (1945) [Footner's final mystery novel, published posthumously, featuring Amos Lee Mappin. Includes a personal memoir of Footner by his friend, the novelist, critic, and Sherlock Holmes authority Christopher Morley (1890-1957) Wikipedia Christopher Morley Knothole Assoc.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #513]

Ford, Ford Madox [Hueffer, Ford Madox] (1873-1939) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Joseph Conrad. A Personal Remembrance. (1924) [A personal memoir of literary titan Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) Wikipedia, a close friend of Ford's. Includes as an appendix the short obituary (in French) published by Ford in Paris when he received the news of Conrad's passing. Also includes a photograph of Conrad by Will Cadby (1866-1937) and a photograph of the famous sculpture of Conrad by Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1054]

The four Parade's End novels:

Some Do Not... (1924) Wikipedia [Novel, the first of the four Parade's End novels Wikipedia. We are introduced to Christopher Tietjens, the main character. Tietjens works in Britain's Imperial Department of Statistics. Society appears calm and well-ordered: but the First World War lies just around the corner...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1191]
No More Parades. A Novel. (1925) Wikipedia [The second of the Parade's End novels, set behind the front lines in France in 1915. Christopher Tietjens is now a Captain in charge of some major logistics operations. These operations include moving a group of railway workers, volunteers from Canada! Captain Tietjens is more of an idealist at the novel's start than at its end.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1242]
A Man Could Stand Up—. A Novel. (1926) Wikipedia [The third novel of the Parade's End cycle. The First World War is ending, and life continues, but it is not the same life as before. Christopher Tietjens must now adjust his personal life and his professional life to the changes that peacetime has brought.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1243]
Last Post (1928) Wikipedia [The fourth and final novel in the Parade's End tetralogy. Christopher Tietjens is now living in rural Sussex, making his living as a dealer in old furniture. The novel is somewhat separate from the earlier three, since we are now well and truly in peacetime. But memories of the War linger on; and Tietjens' family ensures that his life is not unduly peaceful.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1244]

New York is not America. Being a Mirror to the States. (1927) [Reflections on New York, a city which Ford loved the way other authors have loved Paris. "He has loved and understood its energy and arrogance, its freedom, its display, even its cooking. It has vastly amused and entertained him; he enjoys it enormously and comes back to it inevitably, after absence; he can do everything but work there. So he writes of its gaieties and its conversations, its dinners and its future, its spectacle and its metaphysic. There have been few finer tributes." (Bernard De Voto, Saturday Review, 18 February 1928)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1149]

Forester. C. S. [Cecil Scott] [Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton] (1899-1966] [English novelist] Wikipedia

Novels featuring Horatio Hornblower Wikipedia:

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1950) Wikipedia [Novel, written as a series of episodes taking place on the eve of the Napoleonic Wars. Not the earliest Hornblower novel published, but the first in narrative order. We are at the very beginning of the career of Horatio Hornblower: he is seventeen years of age, and a midshipman Wikipedia in the Royal Navy. Some of his shipmates are dubious of his prospects as a naval officer; others see special qualities foretelling a brilliant career.]
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Lieutenant Hornblower (1952) Wikipedia [What is a loyal member of the Royal Navy to do when it becomes clear that his commanding officer is, quite literally, insane? Such is the crisis facing Horatio Hornblower. The second Hornblower novel in narrative order, but the seventh to be published, some fifteen years after the series began. "Like A. Conan Doyle, who was forced to keep Holmes alive through popular demand, Mr. Forester must never permit Horatio Hornblower to die." (Harrison Smith, Saturday Review, 29 March 1952)]
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Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962) Wikipedia [The third Hornblower novel in narrative order. It's 1803; war with France is coming, and Hornblower, now promoted to the rank of Commander, has been assigned H. M. Sloop Hotspur, and undertakes dangerous operations off the coast of Brittany, near Brest Wikipedia]
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Hornblower and the Atropos (1953) Wikipedia [It's 1806: the battle of Trafalgar Wikipedia has been fought, but Lord Nelson has died -- and Hornblower has a major role in preparing the state funeral! The funeral done, Hornblower's off to Gibraltar, where a dangerous mission awaits him. We're talking about gold; we're talking about the Turkish Empire!]
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The Commodore (1945) Wikipedia [It is 1812, a fateful year in the Napoleonic wars. As the novel opens, Hornblower learns from the Admiralty that he is now a Commodore! Of course, this new title comes with new and difficult responsibilities involving the French, the Russians, and the Swedes, and the complex situation that has arisen in the Baltic Sea.]
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Lord Hornblower (1946) Wikipedia [Novel. It's 1813, and there has been a mutiny on a ship of the Royal Navy. Not, of course, a ship commanded by Horatio Hornblower! But Hornblower has a certain sympathy with the mutineers: "He could imagine perfectly well the sort of treatment to which they had been subjected, the unending wanton cruelty added to the normal hardship of life in a ship on blockading service; miseries which only death or mutiny could bring to an end..." But Hornblower has to figure out how to end the mutiny -- not an easy thing to do, when the mutineers can find safety in a nearby French port whenever they choose!]
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Payment Deferred (1926) Wikipedia [The first of Forester's two mystery novels, written with all the skill that one would expect from the creator of Horatio Hornblower. As for the plot, we won't give it away, except for commenting that crimes can have unforeseen consequences!]
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Brown on Resolution (1929) Wikipedia [War novel, the opening words being "Leading Seaman Albert Brown lay dying on Resolution." Resolution is an island, and Brown is the only surviving member of his warship's crew: hence the U.S. title of the novel, Single-handed. Alone and injured as he is, Brown manages to make life difficult for the Germans. In the course of the novel we learn a good deal about the earlier part of Brown's life.]
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Plain Murder (1930) [The second of Forester's two mystery novels, quite different in subject from his famous Hornblower nautical series. But one thing that doesn't change is Forester's outstanding ability to hold the reader's attention through skilled plot development and beautifully crafted writing. The story is set in London, and involves murder, of course, but also office politics, and the English advertising industry. (If mysteries set in the advertising industry are to your taste, you might like to read Murder Must Advertise, available from Project Gutenberg Canada. It is by Dorothy L. Sayers, herself an advertising copywriter of considerable distinction!)]
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Death to the French (1932) Wikipedia [Historical novel set during the Peninsular War (1807-1814) Wikipedia, that part of the Napoleonic Wars that took place in Portugal and Spain. Rifleman Matthew Dodd is separated from his unit and joins with local Portuguese irregulars. The title is somewhat misleading, in that the novel is not one sided: a substantial part of the story is told from the perspective of the French. The U.S. title is more moderate: Rifleman Dodd.]
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The Peacemaker (1934) [Science fiction novel. A scientist, Dr. Edward Pethwick, invents a gadget whose field can demagnetize anything magnetic that's in its range. The field can be aimed in any direction and isn't stopped by anything man-made or natural that's in its way. Could this help the cause of world peace? Would nations threatened with its use change their ways? Pethwick resolves to take action! But any action can have unintended consequences.]
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The African Queen (1935) Wikipedia [Adventure novel. "Here is a book which may not be high art but is certainly good entertainment. It is a rousing tale of adventure, implausible, perhaps, in its incidents but convincing in its portrayal of them." (Amy Loveman, Saturday Review, February 9, 1935) Well, what's wrong with good entertainment? If a book is still being read eighty years after its publication, it has certainly passed the test of time. In any case, the tale of a African river boat with only two passengers during the First World War needs no introduction: its plot is somewhat similar to the famous 1951 film it inspired Wikipedia, which featured Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn; the Bogart character, Canadian in the film, is an Englishman in the book, in fact a Cockney Wikipedia. But it is hard to imagine Humphrey Bogart with a Cockney accent!]
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The General (1936) Wikipedia [Military novel, about the rise of Herbert Curzon to senior commands within the British Army. He has his strengths, but also his weaknesses: notably, a certain lack of imagination. John Kelly, who has held various senior positions within the U.S. military and government, wrote the following: "I first read The General by C. S. Forester when I was a very, very young officer. In a way it changed my life... I've read this book every time I got promoted... it's a different book every time you read it." foreignpolicy.com]
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The Earthly Paradise (1940) [Historical novel about the third voyage of Christopher Columbus Wikipedia, his arrival on the island he named Trinidad, his exploration of the nearby coast of South America, and his further adventures. Forester paints a large canvas of Columbus, of his crew, and of the indigenous reaction to the new arrivals.]
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The Captain from Connecticut (1941) Wikipedia [Novel, set at towards the end of the War of 1812 Wikipedia, taking place mostly in the Caribbean, and featuring Captain Josiah Peabody, who might be called Hornblower's American equivalent. Not that the novel is lacking a British naval officer: Sir Hugh Davenant, commander of "his Britannic Majesty's frigate Calypso", plays a major role!]
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The Sky and the Forest (1948) [Novel. An isolated central African tribe and its leader find themselves beset by Arab slave traders to the east and European conquerors to the west. "There is a fine, solemn mood to the telling of all this... It has required imaginative understanding of a high degree to write so literate and engrossing a book." (Hollis Alpert, Saturday Review, 14 August 1948)]
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Hunting the Bismarck (1959) Wikipedia [Novel (U.S. title The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck), closely based on the actual events surrounding the sinking in 1941 of the Bismarck Wikipedia, a German battleship. Filmed in 1960 as Sink the Bismarck! Wikipedia. "Magnificently handled" (Thomas E. Cooney, Saturday Review 2 May 1959)]
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Forster, E. M. [Edward Morgan] (1879-1970) [English novelist, travel writer, and critic] Wikipedia

A Room with a View (1908) Wikipedia [Novel, set in Florence: The view in question is of the river Arno, which flows through Florence, and the main characters are a group of well-off English tourists. The novel is not as sedate as you might think: there is, for example, a murder! The novel has achieved enduring fame, and is the inspiration for the famous 1985 Merchant/Ivory film of the same name Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2641]
Howards End (1910) Wikipedia [Novel, set in England, and involving three families of notably different economic classes and social views. The book is hugely admired by Forster connoisseurs, and involves many complex and interesting human interactions in the course of its forty-four chapters! It was the inspiration for the 1992 Merchant/Ivory film Wikipedia with a formidable cast, including Emma Thompson, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2946]
A Passage to India (1924) Wikipedia [One of Forster's most famous novels, and the last one published during his lifetime. It takes place in British India, centres on Dr. Aziz and on a group of English expatriates, and fully recognizes the ethnic and religious differences of the time (and, to be honest, of our time). There have been many discussions of the biases in the novel, but let's get real! It is by no means Anglocentric, something remarkable in a novel published by an Englishman long before the end of British India. The book was well received when it was published, and was awarded the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #61221]
Anonymity: An Enquiry (1925) [Essay, short and nicely written. Surely a written work is complete in and of itself. Why should we then want to know who wrote it? The famous novelist explores this question.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74818]

Foster, Robert Frederick (1853-1945) [Scottish authority on card games]

Foster's Skat Manual (1922 version) [Manual for the card game Skat Wikipedia]
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Fournier, Marc (1818-1879) [Journaliste et auteur français]

Le Major Anspech (1843) [Nouvelle, avec deux gravures contemporaines. Il y a quarante ans, le major Anspech «était l'un des plus beaux mousquetaires gris du régiment de Monsieur ... Mais quarante années changent légèrement un homme». Sa vie quotidienne reste pourtant assez intéressante...] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PG Canada n^o 885]

France, Anatole [Thibault, François-Anatole] (1844-1924) [Romancier français; prix Nobel de littérature, 1921] fr.wikipedia Académie Française

Les dieux ont soif (1912) [Roman. L'histoire d'un jeune peintre à l'époque de la Terreur fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB [PG Canada n^o 813] fr.wikipedia

Frank, Pat [Frank, Harry Hart] (1907-1964) [American journalist and novelist] Wikipedia

Mr. Adam (1946) Wikipedia [Novel about radiation that could sterilize every male human on earth. Frank's first novel, and a huge success: "a story which can be read as a joyous satire on American bureaucracy -- as a somewhat uninhibited development of a standard science fiction theme -- or for just plain fun." (P. Schuyler Miller, Astounding Science Fiction, May 1948)]
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An Affair of State (1948) [Political thriller, nicely written and certainly reflecting the author's direct knowledge of government and international affairs. World War II is over, but the Cold War is underway: the term actually shows up in the novel! Jeff Baker, young, idealistic, and fresh out of the army, has decided to follow his late father's footsteps and pursue a career in the U.S. State Department. He achieves his ambition, and is sent to his first overseas posting: Budapest!]
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Hold Back the Night (1952) Wikipedia [Novel about the Korean War: Frank's extensive personal experience as a war correspondent is put to good use. As the novel opens, the Battle of Chosin Reservoir Wikipedia has ended, and the "Dog Company", now only sixteen strong, is providing cover for the regiment's retreat. "Frank has drawn his combat officers superlatively well... Being acutely conscious of mortality, they have lost any arrogance and rank-consciousness they may have had, and have learned an intense solicitude for the welfare of the enlisted men they command, knowing that upon those men their lives and success as officers depend." (Al Newman, The Reporter, 15 April 1952)]
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Forbidden Area (1956) Wikipedia [Spy novel, set during the Cold War: dark doings involving the penetration of US air force bases in Florida. "If you have had any experience with the military chain of command, you'll find yourself shackled to this book right to the end." (Floyd C. Gale, Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1956)]
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Alas, Babylon (1959) Wikipedia [Frank's best known novel. An atomic war has happened, New York City ("Babylon") has been completely destroyed, but parts of Florida have survived: not Miami, but places like Fort Repose (pop. 3,422). Life for its residents has not actually returned to what might pass for normal, but not for any lack of trying!]
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Frankau, Gilbert (1884-1952) [English novelist and poet] Wikipedia

The Love-Story of Aliette Brunton (1922) [Novel, involving the disparate themes of love, fox-hunting, divorce, and murder. Quite a combination!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1178]
Royal Regiment. A Drama of Contemporary Behaviours. (1938) [Novel. What happens when a British career officer is attracted to the wife of his commanding officer? In the background is the story of Edward VIII and Mrs Wallis Simpson.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1177]

Fraser, Alexander (1860-1936) [Canadian journalist and historian; Archivist of Ontario from 1903 to 1935] Clan Fraser Society of Canada (Marie Fraser)

Nova Scotia: The Royal Charter of 1621 to Sir William Alexander (1922) [Monograph on the establishment of New Scotland (Nova Scotia) as a Scottish (not English) colony by William Alexander, first Earl of Stirling (ca. 1577-1640) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #712]
The Last Laird of MacNab. An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada. (1899) [An account of the controversial Canadian career of Archibald MacNab (ca. 1781-1860), 17th Chief of Clan MacNab Dictionary of Canadian Biography, and his role in the early history of Renfrew County Wikipedia, the town of Arnprior Wikipedia, and the township of McNab Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #782]

Fréchette, Louis (1839-1908) [Journaliste canadien] Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

Félix Poutré. Drame historique en quatre actes (1862) [Drame] Texte
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Freedman, Barnett (1901-1958) [English painter] Wikipedia Barnett Freedman Archive Tate Collection
with: Campbell, Roy (1901-1957) [South African poet] Wikipedia National Review, 15 August 1986 (Thomas P. McDonnell)

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Freeman, R. Austin [Richard Austin] (1862-1943) [English physician and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Red Thumb Mark (1907) [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

However, Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period, and we are delighted to present R. Austin Freeman's very first mystery novel to feature his famous medical sleuth, Dr Thorndyke. Freeman prefaces the novel by saying that he "has had in view no purpose other than that of affording entertainment", but of course his books were famous for the accuracy of their technical details, and he goes on to thank "his friend Mr. Bernard E. Bishop for the assistance rendered to him in certain photographic experiments, and to those officers of the Central Criminal Court who very kindly furnished him with details of the procedure in criminal trials", so there is entertainment, yes, but instruction as well. The novel's central question: can fingerprints be forged? At the time of its writing, fingerprints were only just becoming a standard component of crime investigations.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #11128]
The Eye of Osiris [U.S. title: The Vanishing Man] (1911) [It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned Canada into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, very good ones, such as R. Austin Freeman. This is a truly classic mystery novel. We start in London, at St Margaret's Hospital, where the famous Dr John Thorndyke is discussing with students the question of survivorship: when is the last moment that someone is known to be alive? He mentions the famous archaeologist John Bellingham, who has just returned from Egypt: hence the mention of Osiris. "Old Dr. Thorndyke, the expert in medical jurisprudence, resolves another mysterious disappearance for us in this well-constructed and well-written story, which is not only plausible but convincing. We know of no detective story writer who can do a more competent job than Mr. Freeman... (Walter R. Brooks, The Outlook, 16 January 1929)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #10476]
The Shadow of the Wolf (1925) [The novel has a memorable opening, in a yacht off Land's End, the extreme southwestern part of Cornwall, where (you guessed it) land ends and the Atlantic begins. Mystery surrounds what the two men im the yacht are up to, but it becomes clear soon enough that forgery is part of the picture. And murder! Enter Dr Thorndyke...] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75244]
The D'Arblay Mystery (1926) [Novel, featuring Dr Thorndyke and his capable assistant, Nathaniel Polton. As the story begins, we meet Stephen Gray, "a youngster of twenty-five, the owner of a brand-new medical diploma, wending [his] way gaily down Wood-lane, Highgate, at about eight o'clock on a sunny morning in early autumn.": he is taking a day off, and makes a grisly discovery. However, he also meets the young and beautiful Marion D'Arblay: the two events are connected. The famous Dr Thorndyke is brought in: he teaches Medical Jurisprudence at Dr Gray's medical school. And things proceed from there!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70996]
As a Thief in the Night (1928) [Mystery novel. There is a death, naturally, the person involved being Mr. Harold Monkhouse, an invalid. But how did he die? Was his death a natural one? The case becomes more and more enigmatic; fortunately that eminent medical barrister Dr. Thorndyke Wikipedia is on hand to help out. "If you aspire to be anything of a connoisseur of detective stories and have never met Dr. Thorndyke, we counsel you to become acquainted with this scientist at once." (Walter R. Brooks, The Outlook, 17 October 1928)]
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Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes (1933) [Mystery novel, featuring Dr. Thorndyke. An item of luggage being picked up at Fenchurch Street Station Wikipedia turns out to have unexpected contents -- a human head!] Will the sleuthing skills of Dr. Thorndyke be equal to the situation?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1640]
Mr. Polton Explains (1940) [Mystery novel. The main character is of course Dr Thorndyke, but the action is narrated first by the Doctor's servant Nathaniel Polton, and later by the Doctor's faithful friend Christopher Jervis. The author describes it as the "story of a simple clockmaker", but of course it's far more than that, and is in fact one of his most celebrated works. And he wrote it when almost eighty!] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1636]

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From the 1929 collection The Famous Cases of Dr. Thorndyke. Thirty-seven of his criminal investigations as set down by R. Austin Freeman:

[1] The Case of Oscar Brodski (1929) [Mystery story: murder and intrigue in the diamond trade!]
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[2] A Case of Premeditation (1929) [Mystery story, which begins with a customer dispute over quality of service on a passenger train -- in England, some things never change!]
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[3] The Echo of a Mutiny (1929) [Mystery story. An elderly seaman dies a death under circumstances enigmatic to everyone... except Dr. Thorndyke!]
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[4] A Wastrel's Romance (1929) [Mystery story. A grand evening function given at a country house attracts the attention of a professional thief named Augustus Bailey, who succeeds in crashing the party. Then matters take an unexpected turn.]
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[5] The Missing Mortgagee (1929) [Mystery story. Normally life insurance is a relatively straightforward affair -- but not always! If, to start with, the insured has mortgaged the policy to a moneylender. And there's more...]
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[6] Percival Bland's Proxy (1929) [Mystery story. We won't give the plot away, but here's the background in our author's own words: "if one perseveringly distributes flash Bank of England notes among the money-changers of the Continent, there will come a day of reckoning when those notes are tendered to the exceedingly knowing old lady who lives in Threadneedle Street." If this latter phrase seems mysterious, we will refer you to the Bank of England's website!]
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[21] Gleanings from the Wreckage (1929) [Mystery story. Thorndyke and a companion have sought out the quiet back streets of London for an evening walk. Then a building they are passing explodes loudly into flame.]
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Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939) [Austrian physician and psychoanalyst] Wikipedia

Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901 [original German version]; 1914 [this translation]) Wikipedia [Why do we forget things and then remember them? And why do we have slips of the tongue? This is the book that made Freud a household name worldwide, introduced to the world the concept of the "Freudian slip" Wikipedia and made Freud a household name worldwide. This translation of Zur Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens is by Abraham Brill (1874-1948) Wikipedia, who brought psychoanalysis to the United States, and was the first person to translate Freud into English!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67332]

Friel, Arthur Olney (1885-1959) [American journalist and novelist] Wikipedia

Tiger River (1923) [Novel: high adventure in the South American jungle. The tigres in the novel are "tigers" (jaguars), but in Spanish.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1008]

Frost, Robert [Robert Lee] (1874-1963) [American poet] Wikipedia

West-Running Brook (1928) Wikipedia [Collection of lyric poems, with four beautiful woodcuts by J. J. Lankes (1884-1960) Wikipedia Vanderbilt University, a personal friend of the poet. "Here... is the metaphysical lyric as no one but Robert Frost could write it. And so it is throughout 'West-Running Brook.' The ripe repose, the banked emotion, the nicely blended tenderness and humor are everywhere." (Louis Untermeyer Wikipedia, Saturday Review, 28 December 1928)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1192]

Fyleman, Rose Amy (1877-1957) [English children's author] Wikipedia

Fairies and Chimneys (1918) [Poems: with a colour frontispiece by an anonymous artist] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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Gág, Wanda (1893-1946) [American artist and children's author] Wikipedia

Millions of Cats (1928) Wikipedia [A very famous and beautifully illustrated picture book for children. The story has one or two darker moments, like the folktales collected by Gág's beloved Brothers Grimm, some of which she translated: Project Gutenberg Canada offers you her 1938 version of their Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. At the start of Millions of Cats we meet an elderly couple who "lived in a nice clean house which had flowers all around it, except where the door was. But they couldn't be happy because they were so very lonely." So they decided to get a cat, a decision with unexpected consequences!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74181]
Snippy and Snappy (1931) [Story book with pictures]
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938) [Fairy tale "freely translated and illustrated"]
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Gailly de Taurines, Charles (1857-1941) [Historien français] fr.wikipedia Site Charles Gailly de Taurines

La Nation canadienne. Étude historique sur les populations françaises du nord de l'Amérique. (1894) [Le premier ouvrage historique du grand historien français. Son livre rappelle assez souvent les oeuvres de Tocqueville fr.wikipedia.] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB [PGC n^o 746]

Galsworthy, John (1867-1933) [English novelist, playwright, and social activist; 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature] Wikipedia

THE FORSYTE SAGA Wikipedia

The Man of Property (1906 [novel]; 1922 [preface]) Wikipedia [The novel that began it all! As the story starts, we are introduced to various generations of Forsytes at a family gathering, hosted by old Jolyon, the oldest male in the family, and we meet the many Forsytes, among them Soames, old Jolyon's nephew, who is destined to play a central role in this and in the succeeding novels. The Forsytes as a group are not truly wealthy, there is no actual family fortune, and so there is a certain unease in their relations with the world and with each other. This ambiguity is a primary source of conflict in every age, then, now, and in the distant past. Hence Galsworthy calls his story a saga, like the sagas of Viking times a millennium earlier: "we may be sure that tribal instinct was even then the prime force, and that 'family' and the sense of home and property counted as they do to this day." Truer and sadder words were never written, as is demonstrated by the life of Soames Forsyte, the Man of Property after whom the novel is named: he is obsessed with the notion of property and ownership, a sure sign that someone is not truly rich and certainly not happy. And so with this first instalment we launch the Forsyte Saga, which was the favourite reading of the Edwardian era, won Galsworthy the 1932 Nobel Prize, and inspired two very famous TV adaptations, by the BBC in 1967 and by ITV in 2002. In short, this and the ensuing instalments of the Forsyte Saga are enduring classics, which never cease to entertain as well as instruct. Enjoy!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Garneau, François-Xavier (1809-1866) [Historien et poète canadien] Dictionnaire biographique du Canada fr.wikipedia

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Gask, Arthur [Arthur Cecil] (1869-1951) [Australian novelist, journalist, and dentist] Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Secret of the Sandhills (1921) [In 1921, Arthur Gask, a UK-trained dentist who had arrived in Adelaide the previous year, printed at his own expense one thousand copies of this, his first novel -- and sold all of them in the space of three weeks! Gask was to become a famous mystery author, numbering H.G. Wells and Bertrand Russell among his admirers, and this first novel does indeed involve murder. It takes place, naturally, in and around Adelaide: its oceanside suburbs of Glenelg and Henley Beach Wikipedia have some magnificent sand beaches.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Red Paste Murders (1923) [Arthur Gask's first mystery novel The Secret of the Sandhills proved successful not only in Australia but in London, where an English edition was issued by Herbert Jenkins (famous as the publisher of PG Wodehouse), who published his subsequent novels, starting with this one. Like its predecessor, it was well received and sold well. The setting once again, is Adelaide; there are murders, several of them; the mysterious red paste comes from Colombo (Sri Lanka), where it is used by tiger hunters "before they go into the jungle after tigers, and it makes a man afraid of nothing in the world." Gask "has a sense of style, and of humour," commented The Register, an Adelaide newspaper (30 November 1923). "This is distinctly a book to be read."] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Secret of the Garden (1924) [Novel, narrated by its chief character, John Archibald Cups, "aged thirty-two, ledger clerk of ten years' standing in the Consolidated Bank of South Australia", who is framed by his employer and sentenced to five years in jail -- with hard labour! His account of the trial shows little respect for the justice system, and is a nicely written piece of mockery. He is sentenced, but the warder taking him to prison has a medical episode which our hero takes full advantage of, so instead of being bundled off to prison he finds himself taking a tram to the suburb of North Adelaide. Here he finds shelter in an unexpected place, and help from an unexpected person -- "the eccentric recluse. Dr Robert Carmichael". And that's just the beginning of the adventure!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Cloud the Smiter (1926) [Mystery novel, marking the first appearance of Gilbert Larose, Gask's favourite sleuth in the many mystery novels he was to write in the years to come. The novel begins innocently enough. A young medical student from Sydney is taking a short holiday in Adelaide, and takes his bicycle for a solitary ride outside the city. Since he is alone, and in an area he does not know, naturally he has some problems with his tires and his lamp. He encounters two strangers who, it turns out, are up to no good. They seem to be part of a gang headed by someone called the Smiter. Lots of things are happening, clearly. And we're only in the first chapter! As the novel proceeds, we learn much more about what the gang is up to -- think big, think evil! Inspector Romilly of the Adelaide police gets involved, and decides that expert help is needed, so sends an urgent telegram to Sydney: "He had a personal friend there in the Head Detective Office, the great Gilbert Larose..." And that is how we meet Larose, who immediately became and remained Gask's favourite sleuth through the rest of his life (and novels). Does Larose's intervention make a difference? Of course it does! "Another capital Australian mystery story... It is a story that you won't want to put down until finished." (The World's News [Sydney], 3 July 1926)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Dark Highway (1928) [Mystery novel, marking the second appearance in literature of Gask's sleuth Gilbert Larose. "A man still under thirty, he was by far the greatest detective that the Commonwealth had ever known... In his ideas he was a poet, an artist, and a dreamer--in fact, he was almost the last man one would have associated in any way with crime, yet crime in all its phases was the study and obsession of his life." The dark highway in the title is a desolate stretch of the road between Adelaide and Melbourne. "To the traveller, this part of the Adelaide-Melbourne route has always been the one most dreaded--because of its drifting sands, its loneliness, and the absence of all help should help be required." An appropriate setting for some sinister events! Murders, actually, which seem to have everything to do with horse-racing, in particular the race for the Christmas Cup at the Port Adelaide Racing Club!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Lonely House (1929) [One of Arther Gask's most popular mystery novels. The house in question is indeed lonely, being located on a remote part of South Australia's coast, far from any roads. It would be hard to imagine a more isolated location. But as it happens Gilbert Larose, "the best known of all the detectives of the great Commonwealth of Australia", normally a resident of Sydney, is visiting the area. He is recovering from typhoid fever, and the quiet and law-abiding lifestyle of South Australia will, it is thought, help his convalescence. He arrives "expecting to be intensely bored and wondering gloomily how he would be able to fill in his time." Well, boredom turns out not to be a problem at all. Quite the contrary!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Shadow of Larose (1930) [Mystery novel, featuring Gilbert Larose, "the star of all the detectives of the great Commonwealth of Australia, the prince of all the trackers of crime". Charlie Edis, the Adelaide bank clerk at the centre of the story, is undoubtedly a killer, in fact he's killed twice. But a killer is not always a murderer. A tricky situation, which certainly justifies bringing in Gilbert Larose from Sydney!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The House on the Island (1931) [The start of this mystery finds Gilbert Larose not in Adelaide, nor in any part of his beloved Australia, but in London, Scotland Yard to be specific, in the office of the Chief Commissioner. Yes, he is now internationally famous! "Why, it's proverbial in Australia that Larose can reason back as quickly as he can reason forward, and they say that when a murder's been committed, no matter how long after, he can still see the very shadow that the murderer cast upon the wall." He has been brought in to deal with a crime wave in the East Counties that has been going on for six months. But immediately on landing in England he makes it clear that he is no ordinary detective, by foiling a pickpocket who was attempting to rob him. Did he turn the pickpocket in? No, he took him to dinner, persuaded him that he also was a pickpocket, and over that dinner learned a great deal about the realities of crime in the capital: "it was such an opportunity for me to learn from the opposite camp how you gentlemen here work, for I was able to go into places I could not have got into in any other way." Talk about a quick study! That's the end of the trailer; for the main feature, download the ebook!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Gentlemen of Crime (1932) [Mystery novel. Gilbert Larose is back, and this time he's fighting blackmail! Mr Ephraim Smith, after a successful banking career in New York City, has moved to the United Kingdom and has been happily engaged in a lavish lifestyle: a house in Park Lane, a castle in the English countryside, an estate in Scotland, and so on. Then he gets a letter demanding that he make a relatively small donation to the Norwich Children's Hospital. "If you fail to do so within three days, the consequences will be unpleasant." He does not make the donation, and arson ensues, costing him three thousand pounds. Things get worse from then on. It's a good thing that Gilbert Larose is on the case!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Hidden Door (1934) [Gothic detective novel. Yes, seriously! Here's the opening sentence: "Grim and grey was Thralldom Castle. Eight hundred years and more its mighty walls had reared their heights to Heaven, scorched by the suns, buffeted by the tempests and fretted by the lashing rains." And that's just the beginning! Is there more to be said? Well yes! Arthur Gask once again shows his mastery of the writer's craft, and his detective, Gilbert Larose, yet again shows that he is equal to any kind of challenge!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Judgment of Larose (1934) [Mystery novel, featuring Gilbert Larose. Sir James Marley likes to have guests at Southdown Court in Eastbourne, on the Sussex Coast, but this decidedly grand house party is the unexpected scene of a murder! Just before his murder, Captain Dane had won more than two thousand pounds at the nearby Goodwood Racecourse, and the circumstances certainly need scrutiny. Who better to undertake this scrutiny than Gilbert Larose?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Poisoned Goblet (1935) [As this mystery novel opens, Gilbert Larose is in his private office at Scotland Yard, deep in conversation with a senior investigator, Naughton Jones, who is about to go on medical leave. Larose learns to his amazement that he will be Jones' replacement! How did this happen? Through the intervention of Lady Helen Ardane, the wealthy American widow of a whiskey distiller, who lives in Norfolk (not that far from Sandringham!). She is extremely rich, twenty-seven years of age, and has a son, four years of age, who is at imminent risk of being kidnapped. Expertise is needed: hence her procuring Larose's assignment to the case!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Master Spy (1936) [Not a standard mystery novel, although murder is mentioned, and Gilbert Larose takes centre stage. But he is not the Gilbert Larose we have learned to love! He is "the one time international detective, now a country squire and married to the beautiful and wealthy widow, who up to the time of her marriage with him had been Lady Helen Ardane". Yet he is not living a life of total leisure: the British Secret Service needs his help! Does the novel deliver the espionage adventure promised by the title? And does Larose still possess his remarkable sleuthing abilities? The answer to both questions: Definitely!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Jest of Life (1936) [Novel, but not a mystery novel; instead, a light-hearted satire of life in Adelaide. As the novel opens, we are introduced to "Mr. Montague Twiggs, dental surgeon of Adelaide, South Australia". Sounds like Gask wrote a self-portrait! Or did he? If this is a self-portrait, Gask had some quite unusual experiences. For example, it turns out that Mr Twiggs' spirit could migrate into the bodies of other people. Archdeacon Bottleworthy to start with, of Adelaide Cathedral! Merriment ensues.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Night of the Storm (1937) [Mystery novel, featuring Gilbert Larose, of course! A man has been killed, of that there is no doubt: his name was Edwin Asher Toller, and he lived in the village of Stratford St Mary, six miles from the ancient city of Colchester: he was the bailiff (estate manager) of "the Priory", most definitely a Stately Home of England, complete with butler, gardener, and four servants. "The place has been in the possession of the Brabazon-Fanes, who are one of the best county families round here, for hundreds of years... The late General Brabazon-Fane, the last male of the line, died two years ago and the property descended to his three daughters Beatrice, Eva, and Margaret." All three sisters are suspects -- what a mess! Can Gilbert Larose lend a helping hand? Of course he can!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Grave-Digger of Monks Arden (1938) [A Gilbert Larose mystery novel. The gravedigger of the title is named Daunt, and the name was appropriate, for "he gave to many who encountered him in the country lanes at night the suggestion of a prowling beast of prey." He was gravedigger "of the ancient church of St. Benedict, in the little village of Monks Arden, about three miles from Saffron Walden", a small and historic town in the northwest corner of Essex. Some strange events have been happening: events calling for the supreme talents of Gilbert Larose, who seems doomed never to fully leave behind his former career as a detective, much as he might wish to enjoy in peace his new status as a country squire in the pleasant solitude of Carmel Abbey.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Vengeance of Larose (1939) [Gilbert Larose is of course unrivalled as a criminal investigator. But given the way the world has been going in the late 1930s, his talents can now have an impact not just on local investigations but on international affairs as well. Which turns out to be the case. England is in danger: Larose takes to his new assignment like a duck to water. H.G. Wells, no less, considered this to be Gask's finest novel!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The House on the Fens (1940) [As this mystery novel opens, Dr Methuen, who has his practice in Wimpole Street, a very fashionable address then and now, has just had the difficult experience of breaking to a patient the sad news that the patient's prospects for survival are not good. The patient is now angry with his "smiling, sleek, complacent friends" who will presumably outlive him. There is a change of scene: we are now in Hampstead, where Sir George and Lady Almaine are giving a party, one of the guests being his old friend Major Henry Sampon. By the end of the evening, Major Sampon is dead! How did this happen? And is there a connection with Dr Methuen and his patient? This all sounds very complicated, but fortunately Gilbert Larose is one of the guests -- who better to solve this mystery than that legendary Australian sleuth?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Tragedy of the Silver Moon (1940) [Mystery novel, featuring Gask's famous sleuth Gilbert Larose. It begins in what seems to be a medical practice, but Professor Paris Starbuck is not a doctor! "The Professor was a man of varied attainments, and in his time had been a chemist's errand boy, an employee in the Zoological Gardens, a kennelman to a veterinary surgeon, a conjurer, and a chauffeur and handyman to an East End practitioner of medicine. From the experiences gained in these occupations he now carried on a very successful practice as a quack doctor, styling himself 'Professor' to avoid trouble with the police." Of course, this kind of deception becomes difficult to maintain if a customer dies!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Beachy Head Murder (1941) [Mystery novel, in which Gask's famous sleuth Gilbert Larose makes his appearance, but takes a lesser role than usual. The narrator is the eminently respectable Jason Brown: "I open Flower Shows, I give away prizes at the local sports and I am on the Boards of Management of several public institutions." However: "But I was not always so esteemed. I was a hunted man once." Clearly there's a story waiting to be told!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
His Prey was Man (1942) [A Gilbert Larose mystery. It's hard to imagine anyone in a more fortunate position than Colonel Basil Hilary: "apart from his beautiful young wife and baby, he was in perfect health, of ample means, and the proud possessor of many hundreds of acres of good and fertile land in the county of Norfolk." But trouble comes, in the form of the Colonel's new game-keeper who, it appears, knows some things about the young Mrs Hilary that she would rather be kept secret. Blackmail and murder are now on the horizon -- it's a good thing that the famous Australian detective Gilbert Larose now also lives in Norfolk!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Man of Death (1945) [Mystery novel, which opens as follows: "'Mr. Larose, I am being watched,' said the small, scholarly-looking man with the high forehead. 'I live alone in a lonely house on a lonely shore, and I do not know what it means. I am concerned about what is going to happen next.'" Gilbert Larose's visitor, or should we say client, is Professor Mildmay, who had practiced medicine before becoming Professor of Anthropology at Cambridge University, and for the past eight years has been living on his own at Blackstone Gap, Norfolk. Larose is inclined at first to think his visitor a crank, but quickly changes his opinion!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Hatton Garden Crime (1945) [A short story, which does not feature Gask's famous sleuth Gilbert Larose! Hatton Garden Wikipedia is an area of central London that has long been famous as a centre of the jewellery trade. "For many years," the story begins, "Reuben Leyden had been one of the best-known diamond dealers in Hatton Garden... almost fabulous sums of money had at times, in the course of a few minutes, changed hands in his modest suite of rooms." One day... no, let's stop right there! To learn more, just read this very short story. Hint: there may be a murder!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Dark Mill Stream (1947) ["At eight and thirty years of age," this Gilbert Larose mystery begins, "Chester Hardacre was a well set-up, good-looking man, with good features and large, fearless blue eyes... Of strong personality, he was a well-known character in Hoichow, the chief seaport of Hainan Island, only a few miles distant from the mainland of China, where he had been a trader for fifteen years." But if he earned a lot, he also spent a lot. And he has a sinister personal reputation. Can he improve his life by moving to faraway England?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The House with the High Wall (1948) [Mystery novel, written in the aftermath of the Second World War. To judge from the opening words, Arthur Gask certainly did not believe that war solves anything: "The aftermath of war is always terrible. Peace is only for the dead, while unrest and disillusionment are the portion of the living. With the bloodshed dying down, the highways of the world are thronged with bewildered men and women walking aimlessly where once they trod with such resolution and such strength." Certainly in this novel we learn that the end of the war did not mark the end of murders -- and of theft! In this case, of an emerald necklace. There is indeed a house, located in Suffolk, and after the war it was supplied with a high wall: six feet high and four miles long! And behind this wall lives Mrs. Dona Bianca and her peacocks. She is from South America, and is said to be rich -- how else could she afford the peacocks? No need to say more, except that Gilbert Larose turns up opportunely. He is now almost fifty, "a smiling, happy-looking man, carrying his age well." One thing has not changed: his ability to solve mysteries and ensure that the truth comes out!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Storm Breaks (1949) [Mystery novel, featuring Gilbert Larose. The young and impressionable Mary Hinks meets Birtle Dane, who is "with a big firm of wine merchants in the wonderful city of Bordeaux", where he lives "in a big house upon the bank of the beautiful Garonne river". He tells her that life there is "much brighter and gayer than in England", and events move fast, particularly because Mary's father is much impressed by the apparent wealth of his prospective son-in-law. If you think that Mary's father is a poor judge of character, and that trouble lies ahead, you may well be right! And if Gilbert Larose is present, anything is possible!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Vaults of Blackarden Castle (1950) [Not a Gothic novel, as the title might suggest, but a mystery novel. The castle is located in Norfolk: this might lead you to believe that it featurea Gask's famous sleuth Gilbert Larose, who has long since moved from Australia and has been living the good life in Norfolk: he is now rather well off. Not that Larose shows any sign of giving up his detective work, as this story demonstrates!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Marauders by Night (1951) [A Gilbert Larose novel, set in 1925! As the novel opens, a very serious conference is underway at Scotland Yard. In the Eastern Counties (Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk) there have been no fewer than five major robberies. In attendance is Gilbert Larose, "then in his twenty-ninth year and the youngest Detective Inspector at Scotland Yard... a good-looking young fellow with a pleasant smiling face. Transferred from Australia to the Criminal Investigation Department in London, in four years he had earned an almost legendary reputation." And Larose's achievements in this case will only increase this reputation!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865) [English novelist and biographer] Wikipedia The Gaskell Society

Cranford [1853] Wikipedia [Mrs Gaskell's most famous novel, written with the encouragement of Charles Dickens! It describes the busy social life of the village of Cranford, which is completely dominated by its women: "If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears; he is either fairly frightened to death by being the only man in the Cranford evening parties, or he is accounted for by being with his regiment, his ship, or closely engaged in business all the week... In short, whatever does become of the gentlemen, they are not at Cranford." But the women are definitely there, and this chronicle of their busy village life is addictive reading. We offer two separate digital editions. The first is from Project Gutenberg US: it is based on a printed edition from 1891, lavishly illustrated by Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) Wikipedia and with a fine introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie (1837-1919) Wikipedia -- yes, her famous father wrote and illustrated Vanity Fair, which you'll find in our catalogue! We also offer a handy text-only EPUB of Cranford from the University of Adelaide.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #57539] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Grey Woman and Other Tales (1865) [Short stories, with a few illustrations by George Du Maurier (1834-1896) [grandfather of the novelist Daphne Du Maurier] Wikipedia and Joseph Swain (1820-1909)] The website of Bob Speel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

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Gibb, Sir George Duncan (1821-1876) [Canadian physician] Osler Library, McGill University

Odd Showers: or, An Explanation of the Rain of Insects, Fishes, and Lizards; Soot, Sand, and Ashes; Red Rain and Snow; Meteoric Stones; and other Bodies (1870) [Brief historical and scientific treatise, with a poem; published under the pseudonym "Carribber"] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Gibbons, Charles Harrison (1869-1931) [Canadian journalist and novelist]

A Sourdough Samaritan (1924) [Novel. A young Britisher, Lawrence Fitzmaurice, decides to go to the Dawson Creek/Klondike gold rush Wikipedia. He gets there, but his entire outfit is stolen. With no money or supplies, he signs on with the local R.N.W.M.P. Wikipedia detachment, and matters proceed from there. "Mr. Charles Harrison Gibbons knows his Klondyke well, and in this volume he has given of his best... There is a hero, of course, straight from England, and unused to the ways of the country, who makes good, however, in the Mounted Police; a heroine from the States, a kindly old Jew, and lots of villains and rough characters. But the tale depends less on the plot than on the detailed description of life and manners in a mining camp." (The World's News (Sydney, Australia), 29 November 1924)]
CAUTION: A character in the novel has a nickname, starting with N, which today would be considered unacceptably racist.
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The Marbled Catskin (1928) [Novel. South Africa, a mountain queen (she's got the catskin), and much else — if you like H. Rider Haggard's adventure novels, this should be very much to your taste!]
CAUTION: Certain language in the novel may seem racist by the standards of today.
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Gibbs, Philip [Philip Armand Hamilton] (1877-1962) [English journalist and historian] Wikipedia

Adventures in Journalism (1923) [Gibbs' account of his early years as a journalist. And what years they were! He published his first newspaper article while still a teenager, and in this beautifully written memoir recounts the final years of what had seemed an unshakeable peace, the subsequent outbreak and disastrous course of the First World War, and the shaky "peace" that followed. He visited post-war Vienna, for example ("Ladies of good family could not buy underclothing or boots. Professional men, aristocrats, Ministers of State, lived on thin soup, potatoes, war bread, and the very nurses in the hospitals were starving.") and Turkey, where the "victorious" powers learned the limits of their power. Gibbs seems to have met everyone: for example he was the first journalist to interview the Pope -- yes, in this book he tells how he obtained the interview!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65577]

Gibson, Wilfrid [Wilfrid Wilson] (1878-1962) [English poet] Wikipedia

Islands (1932) [A collection of poems written by Gibson between 1930 and 1932] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1045]
Coldknuckles (1947) [Narrative poem. A young boy (Isaac Bell, nicknamed Coldknuckles) is on his way home to his family's sheep farm, and happens to see a travelling circus on the road. He decides to run away to the circus, after which event his life takes some unexpected turns.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1040]

Gide, André (1869-1951) [Romancier français; prix Nobel de littérature, 1947] fr.wikipedia alalettre.com

L'Immoraliste (1902) fr.wikipedia [Roman avec des éléments autobiographiques: un chef d'oeuvre de la littérature gaie. Au début du roman Michel, un jeune savant, vient de se marier: « Je connaissais très peu ma femme et pensais, sans en trop souffrir, qu'elle ne me connaissait pas plus. Je l'avais épousée sans amour, beaucoup pour complaire à mon père, qui, mourant, s'inquiétait de me laisser seul. » Il va sans dire que Michel ne se connaissait pas très bien non plus, mais à la fin du roman, il se connaît beaucoup mieux. L'action se déroule à Paris, en Afrique du nord, et en Normandie.] EPUB [fr.wikisource]
Les Caves du Vatican (1914) fr.wikipedia [Le pape est-il prisonnier dans le Vatican? Ou plutôt "dans le Château Saint-Ange, qui, comme le savait certainement la comtesse, communiquait avec le Vatican par un corridor souterrain..."? Roman, ou "sotie" (ainsi la classait Gide), en cinq livres assez variés.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 6739]

English translation by Dorothy Bussy (1865-1960) [English translator and novelist] Wikipedia:

The Vatican Swindle (1926) [This is no ordinary novel. It is "a parti-colored semi-novel of many intertwined fantastic strands. There is the theme of the Millipede, the gang of swindlers, headed by the redoubtable Protos, who work on the credulity of the faithful to raise large sums of money for the alleged purpose of freeing the Pope from secret imprisonment by the freemasons; there is the theme of the conversion and subsequent apostacy of Anthime Armand-Dubois... there is the theme of the unmotivated crime and Lafcadio Wluiki, as fascinating a devil-hero as one can meet in modern fiction. Humour, social satire, realism, and thrills race one another through what is essentially an Arabian Nights fantasia." (Ernest Sutherland Bates, Saturday Review, 6 February 1926)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73838]

Retour de l'U.R.S.S. (1936) fr.wikipedia [Récit de voyage, assez controversé lors de sa parution. «C'est témoigner mal son amour que le borner à la louange et je pense rendre plus grand service à l'U.R.S.S. même et à la cause que pour nous elle représente, en parlant sans feinte et sans ménagement. C'est en raison même de mon admiration pour l'U.R.S.S. et pour les prodiges accomplis par elle déjà, que vont s'élever mes critiques...»] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PGC n^o 105]

English translation by Dorothy Bussy (1865-1960) [English translator and novelist] Wikipedia:

Return from the U.S.S.R. (1937) [Gide's famous and controversial account of his 1936 visit to the U.S.S.R. in a contemporary translation by Gide's friend Dorothy Bussy. His book was hardly a frontal attack on the Stalinist regime, but he was an observant visitor and saw that not all was well. This viewpoint was not acceptable in the left-wing cultural circles of Paris, and a massive uproar ensued.] HTML HTML zip Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1351]

Gilchrist, Anne (1828-1885) [English biographer and essayist] Wikipedia University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Mary Lamb (1883) [Biography of English author Mary Anne Lamb (1764-1847) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

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Gill, Eric [Arthur Eric Rowton] (1882-1940) [English artist and type designer] Wikipedia National Archives (UK) Identifont
With: Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936) [English journalist and theologian] Wikipedia The American Chesterton Society

Gloria in Profundis (1927) [Poem, with two wood engravings] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #440]

Gingras, Jules Fabien (1826-1884) [Traducteur et lexicographe canadien]

Recueil des expressions vicieuses et des anglicismes et les plus fréquents (1861) [Dictionnaire] HTML et Texte

Gobineau, Arthur de (1816-1882) [Écrivain et diplomate français] fr.wikipedia www.tocqueville.culture.fr

Voyage à Terre-Neuve (1861) [Récit de voyage] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip [PGC n^o 506]

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) [German scientist, poet, playwright, and statesman / scientifique, poète, dramaturge et homme d'État allemand] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia de.wikipedia

Novelle (1828) de.wikipedia [Novella in German / Nouvelle en allemand. Eine ritterliche Idylle als Sinnbild einer geordneten Feudalgesellschaft wird durch das Hereinbrechen der ungezähmten Natur in Form eines Brands und entlaufener Raubtiere in Gefahr gebracht. Durch die Musik, die Dichtung und den Glauben, verkörpert durch ein Kind, wird sie wieder in den Bann geschlagen.] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #1471/n^o 1471]
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Golding, Louis (1895-1958) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Five Silver Daughters (1934) [Novel, on a truly epic scale. Mr Sam Silver lives on Oleander Street in Manchester; his neighbour and close friend Isaac Emmanuel (hero of Mr. Emmanuel, also in our catalogue) is often to be found in his kitchen. Messrs Silver and Emmanuel are eminently respectable; in fact, Mr Silver in the course of the novel rises to a position of truly spectacular wealth. Which makes him an odd person to open his kitchen to the anarchists and other political types who gathered there. Of course, his five daughters were part of the reason that the anarchists were fond of visiting. And this is the story of these five very different daughters and how they fared in adult life, in England and elsewhere.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1660]
Mr. Emmanuel (1939) [Novel. Bruno Rosenheim, a young Jewish refugee in England. is increasingly distraught about what might be happening to his mother back in Germany. Isaac Emmanuel, a Lancashire solicitor who knows Bruno, becomes concerned, and investigates, even going to Germany. He makes some exciting and disturbing discoveries, and has some exciting and disturbing personal experiences. "'Mr. Emmanuel' is a tract for the times, and the voice of a people speaks through it, but it is also an absorbing, stirring, first-rate work of fiction." (Ben Ray Redman, Saturday Review, 22 July 1939)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1607]
Honey for the Ghost (1949) [Novel, somewhat different from Golding's other novels, since it has strong elements of fantasy and horror: it "begins with infinite leisure but builds to an incomparable climactic terror of devil-worship and possession." (Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Winter-Spring 1950)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1638]
The Dangerous Places (1951) [Novel, in essence a sequel to Mr. Emmanuel, set in various countries of central Europe during the Second World War, and vividly depicting the life of the Jews in particular who are contending with the unfolding disaster. Their best hope for the future seems to be Palestine, if they can get there.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1639]

Goldman, Emma (1869-1941) [Lithuanian political thinker and activist] Wikipedia

My Disillusionment in Russia (1923) Wikipedia [The cultural vandalism of the Tr*mp/Trudeau copyright extensions is with us every day, and countless works have been taken from their rightful owners, the Canadian people! Goldman, who spent her final days in Toronto, would have understood at once the despotic nature of these shenanigans. Fortunately her own works are in the Canadian public domain, including today's title, her personal narrative of what she calls the actual Russian Revolution in the summer of 1917, and the Bolshevik revolution which followed in October. "To-day it is no exaggeration to state that the Bolsheviki stand as the arch enemies of the Russian Revolution." The published edition omitted the final twelve chapters of the book, but few readers noticed this at the time, so this book can stand alone and be read with pleasure: it is very well written, has a feeling of immediacy, and bears its years lightly. We do intend to supply these later chapters in a second ebook, My further Disillusionment in Russia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #60315]
My Further Disillusionment in Russia. Being a Continuation of Miss Goldman's Experiences in Russia as given in 'My Disillusionment in Russia'. (1924) Wikipedia [Emma Goldman's eyewitness account of what actually happened in Russia in the course of the year 1917 has been confirmed by the verdict of history. The true Russian Revolution took place in March, and largely achieved its objectives. The Bolshevik Revolution took place in October, and resulted in power being seized by a small group of activists, and was disastrous for Russia. But Goldman's account of all this has a very strange history. "My manuscript was sent to the original purchaser in two parts, at different times. Subsequently the publishing house of Doubleday, Page & Co. bought the rights to my work, but when the first printed copies reached me I discovered to my dismay that not only had my original title, "My Two Years in Russia," been changed to "My Disillusionment in Russia," [already available at Project Gutenberg Canada!] but that the last twelve chapters were entirely missing, including my Afterword which is, at least to myself, the most vital part." The Publishers' Note states that "While the conclusion of the book as we published it was abrupt it was not more so than is frequently the case; and, therefore, there was no internal evidence to indicate its incompleteness... We are now rectifying this serious error by the publication in a separate volume of the twelve missing chapters under the title, 'My Further Disillusionment in Russia.' This material is even more important in its revelations and of even greater interest than that already published." Goldman and her publisher were not wrong in their high opinion of this second part of her account: vigorously written, it is an unforgettable account of the year 1917 in Russia and its consequences.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74192]

Goldoni, Carlo (1707-1793) [Italian playwright] Wikipedia it.wikipedia

The Servant of Two Masters (1745 [Italian original], 1928 [this translation]) [Translation of Goldoni's most famous comedy Il servitore di due padroni, translated by the celebrated English musicologist Edward Joseph Dent (1876-1957) Wikipedia arts.jrank.org.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia [PGC #606] The original Italian play, from Liber Liber: Text RTF PDF

The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni (1760-76 [Italian and French originals], 1892 [this translation]) [Translations by Helen Zimmern (1846-1934) Wikipedia of Goldoni's A Curious Mishap (Un curioso accidente, 1760), The Beneficent Bear (Le bourru bienfaisant, 1771), The Fan (Il ventaglio, 1765), and The Spendthrift Miser (L'avare fastueux, 1776). These were based on earlier translations, three of them by unknown hands, the fourth being a German translation published around 1875 by Theophil Zolling (1849-1901) de.wikipedia. Includes an introduction by Zimmern.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #596]

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Goncourt, Edmond de (1822-1896) [Écrivain français] fr.wikipedia
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Quelques créatures de ce temps (1856 [Une voiture de masques (titre original)]; 1878 [nouvelle édition, avec la préface d'Edmond de Goncourt]) [Nouvelles. «Voici vingt-deux comédiens de la troupe du bon Dieu: des hommes. Ils ont ôté leurs masques, et vont vous conter leur histoire.» (postface de 1856)] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB [PGC n^o 724]

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Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII, No. 2 (February 1848) Wikipedia
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[Literary magazine: includes contributions by Mrs. A. M. F. Annan, Charles Washington Baird (1828-1887), Frank Byrne, Robert T. Conrad (1810-1858), James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) Wikipedia, Jane R. Dana, Enna Duval [Anne Hampton Brewster] (1818-1892), Elizabeth J. Eames (1813-1856) Library Company of Philadelphia, Louisa M. Green, Henry Beck Hirst (1813-1874), William Howe Cuyler Hosmer (1814-1877), Mary Lockhart Lawson, Elizabeth Lyon Linsley, Donald Grant Mitchell [Ik. Marvel] (1822-1908) Wikipedia, George Pope Morris (1802-1864) Wikipedia, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Wikipedia Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872) Wikipedia, Alfred Billings Street (1811-1881) Wikipedia, J. Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) Wikipedia, Bayard Taylor Memorial Library, and Tomlin, John; a song with words and music by Matthias Keller (1813-1875) illustrations by J. Addison and John Hayter (1800-1891)]
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Graham, Gwethalyn (1913-1965) [Canadian journalist, translator, and novelist] Wikipedia Simon Fraser University

Swiss Sonata (1938) [Novel, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, set in an international school for girls located in Lausanne, Switzerland, and fully reflecting the different nationalities of the students and the dark events of the years preceding the Second World War. Graham had herself been a student at the Pensionnat des Allières in Lausanne: rarely has a privileged upbringing been put to better use than in the writing of this novel. "Miss Graham's picture of Lausanne and of the school, her statement of each girl's character and her demonstration of how it is influenced by what has been done to her, are deft and delightful." (Katharine Simonds, Saturday Review, 23 April 1938)]
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Earth and High Heaven (1944) Wikipedia [Novel, which won the Governor General's Literary Award and was a massive success outside Canada as well. Erica Drake is from a wealthy Montreal family; Marc Reiser is a Jewish lawyer, originally from Northern Ontario. How likely is it that they should meet? Not very; but in wartime anything is possible. How will those around them react, and how will they deal with this? Well, the novel will tell you! Exquisitely written, with side observations on Canada and on Montreal which remain true to this day.]
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Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) [Scottish banker and novelist] Wikipedia

The Wind in the Willows (1908) Wikipedia [Novel. No ordinary novel, but one which has become permanently famous around the world. And yet Grahame had trouble finding publishers! It was published in the U.S. only after Theodore Roosevelt, president at the time, persuaded Scribners to accept the book, a decision we can all be sure they never regretted. Another famous admirer was A. A. Milne, author of Winnie the Pooh, who adapted part of it into a play. The main characters are animals, living alongside a river in southern England: Mole, Rat (technically a water vole, not a rat), Badger, and of course Mr Toad. For more details, simply check out the excellent Wikipedia article. Or, still better, why not take the plunge and start reading the book immediately? Once you've started reading, you won't want to stop! "It is difficult to describe the impression made by this beautifully written book, or to determine whether it was intended for children, for grown people, or for grown-up children--perhaps it was meant for all. It is full of dewy nature, breathes the open air of field, winding river, and forest." (The Nation, 24 December 1908) The Adelaide ebook comes with a superb set of colour illustrations by the American wildlife painter Paul Bransom (1885-1979) Wikipedia, which we consider fully the equal of the famous 1931 illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, which are still under copyright as of 2021, and were supposed to be entering the public domain in 2027, not so long from now. The Tr*mp/Trudeau copyright extensions, an act of cultural vandalism, will keep the Shepard illustrations under copyright until 2047. ] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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En voyage (vers 1900) [Récit de voyage pour enfants, avec des aquarelles par un peintre anonyme mais d'un talent hors du commun. / Travel story for children, with watercolours by an anonymous but very talented painter.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o68356]

Granville-Barker, Harley (1877-1946) [English playwright, actor, critic, and translator] Wikipedia

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Grenfell, Sir Wilfred (1865-1940) [English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador] Wikipedia Canadian Encyclopedia

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Gréville, Henry [pseudonyme d'Alice-Marie-Céleste Durand-Gréville, née Fleury] (1842-1902) [Romancière française] fr.wikipedia New York Times (1879)

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Under the Tonto Rim (1926) [Novel. Lucy Watson, newly graduated from normal school Wikipedia, takes up her first assignment, in the wilderness community of Cedar Ridge: "The only instructions given Lucy were that she was to go among the families living in the backwoods between Cedar Ridge and what was called the Rim Rock and to use her abilities to the best advantage in teaching them to have better homes." Lucy takes full advantage of this very wide mandate.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1114]
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Grey Owl [Belaney, Archibald Stansfeld] (1888-1938) [Canadian naturalist and author] Wikipedia Parks Canada

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Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863) [German philologist / philologue allemand] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia de.wikipedia
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Kinder und Hausmärchen gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm (1857 [Große Ausgabe. Siebente Auflage.]) [Tales / contes] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia de.wikipedia

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Home Life of Great Authors (1886) [Interesting and informative essays on the domestic life of more than thirty famous European and American authors]
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Grundy, G. B. [George Beardoe] 1861-1948 [English historian and geographer] Wikipedia

The Great Persian War and its Preliminaries. A Study of the Evidence, Literary and Topographical. (1901) [Persia (Iran) is much in the news these days. What many people do not know is that Iran is hardly a new arrival on the world stage. G. B. Grundy was an eminent historian and geographer, and this clearly written and thoroughly researched history of the war Wikipedia between Persia and an alliance of small Greek states some twenty-six centuries ago (!) certainly retains its value. Grundy had a historian's passion for getting things right, and personally visited many of the locales he mentions. Some of the many fine illustrations are by Edward Lear (1812-1888) who was famous for his limericks, but a man of many talents. These illustrations are excellent!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 72704]

Guest, Edgar Albert (1881-1959) [American poet] Wikipedia

The Passing Throng (1923) [A collection of poetry, much of it light verse, written in the easy and very approachable style which made Guest one of the most widely read poets of his time.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1034]

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La Cour du Grand-Duc (1843) [Nouvelle, avec deux gravures contemporaines. «La fin de l'année dramatique avait ramené à Paris les troupes licenciées des théâtres de province...»] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PG Canada n^o 844]

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Haggard, H. Rider [Henry Rider] (1856-1925) [English colonial administrator and novelist] Wikipedia

King Solomon's Mines (1885, with prefaces from 1898 and 1907) Wikipedia [One of the earliest African adventure novels and surely the most famous of them all, featuring Alan Quatermain. It would be hard for an Englishman writing in 1885 not to reflect the colonialism and racism of the time, and Haggard is no exception, but also by no means the worst offender in this regard, perhaps because he had direct experience of South Africa, having lived there for seven years. The plot of the novel is not that far removed from reality, since at the time lost empires were in fact being discovered, and as for King Solomon, there is a long Jewish history in Africa from antiquity up to the present day!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
She. A History of Adventure. (1887) Wikipedia [Adventure novel, and a very famous one, often adapted to film. It starts sedately enough: we are at Cambridge University, where we meet Ludwig Horace Holly. But Holly becomes the guardian of the young and very handsome Leo Vincey; he and Holly travel to Africa following instructions left by Vincey's late father. And here in the Caves of Kôr they meet the ancient, powerful, and beautiful Ayesha, the "She" of the book's title: many adventures follow. No wonder the novel has captivated so many readers, and inspired so many novelists! The Adelaide EPUB we offer you includes the illustrations from the 1887 edition.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Ayesha. The Return of She. (1905) Wikipedia [Not a sequel to She, says Haggard in his introduction, but "the conclusion of an imaginative tragedy... whereof one half has been already published." Yes, Ayesha is back -- but this book's adventures take place not in Africa, but in Thibet! (Haggard's exotic spelling of what we call "Tibet".) "It is a ripe and richly imaginative piece of work: the supernatural elements that pervade it are handled with a sure and effective craftsmanship, and the thrilling and picturesque incidents and episodes of the great quest are told with unfailing vigour and fertility of invention." (The Bookman [UK], November 1905)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Haldane, J. B. S. [John Burdon Sanderson] (1892-1964) [Indian geneticist and statistician] Wikipedia

My Friend Mr Leakey (1937) [Six marvellously witty stories for children, famous to this day] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1234]

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Mid-Pacific (1928) [Autobiographical essays on travel and literature, with a special emphasis on Hall's adopted home of Tahiti. "One of the finest writers about life in both common and strange places is James Norman Hall." (Frederick O' Brien, Saturday Review, 4 August 1928)]
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Lost Island (1944) [Novel, not a long one, about an island in the South Seas during the Second World War. It is the story of an American military engineer, George Dodd, and his first encounter with Polynesia. Not a war story in the usual sense.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1374]

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Faery Lands of the South Seas (1921) [The first collaboration by Nordhoff and Hall involving the South Seas, a memoir of their first visit to Tahiti and points beyond: "a book which is neither super-romantic nor tediously informative... one of the most pleasing volumes of travel and observation recently published." (The Outlook, 4 January 1922) Includes some attractive small illustrations by American artist George A. Picken (1898-1971) Smithsonian Institution.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #54479]
The Hurricane (1936) Wikipedia [Novel, set in the nineteenth century, about an island in the Tuamotu Archipelago Wikipedia, shared by Polynesians and Europeans, and what happens before, during, and after a major hurricane. One of Nordhoff and Hall's most popular novels, and the basis for John Ford's 1937 movie of the same name Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1378]
The Dark River (1938) [Novel. An Englishman named Alan Hardie arrives in Tahiti for what turns out to be a permanent visit. The novel has a very straightforward plot, "but as a travelogue of Tahiti and the Tuamotus it makes almost anybody in a disheartened pre-war world feel like getting away from it all while there is yet time." (Elmer Davis, Saturday Review, 25 June 1938)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1559]
Botany Bay (1941) [Historical novel, principally about the sailing of the First Fleet Wikipedia and the founding of the British penal colony in Australia, at Botany Bay Wikipedia, near the future Sydney. A more agreeable way of learning Australian history could hardly be imagined, with incidental information on the British penal system of the time, and on the aftermath of the 1783 partition of British North America: our hero, Hugh Tallant, was a Loyalist, but one who ended up in Australia rather than Canada!] CAUTION: Certain language in the novel may seem racist by the standards of today. HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1562]
Men Without Country (1942) [The novel opens early in World War II, just after the fall of France. An American reporter is in London to get stories on Frenchmen who have fled France to fight with Charles de Gaulle. He meets with a Captain Freycinet, who has quite a story to tell, a story which begins in the Caribbean. "The famous authors of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' have passed a neat, small miracle. In a little over a hundred pages, in small format and good large type, they have told a tale of escape, patriotism, French Guiana, Vichy, Free France, everything tight and right and thrilling. This is old craftsmanship at work, spinning a yarn of the most contemporary flavor..." (N. L. Rothman, Saturday Review, 27 June 1942)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1255]
The High Barbaree (1945) [Novel. What if a South Pacific island had remained undiscovered until in 1943 an American plane crashed onto it? The plane is the High Barbaree, presumably named after the traditional sailors' ballad Wikipedia.]
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Hamilton, James Cleland (1836-1907) [Canadian lawyer]

The Georgian Bay. An account of its position, inhabitants, mineral interests, fish, timber and other resources. Papers read before the Canadian Institute. (1893) Royal Canadian Institute [Lectures: sketches by Anna Brownell Jameson (1794-1860) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Simon Fraser University, photograph by Richard Scougall Cassels (1859-1935) Library and Archives Canada, map by H. J. Browne (fl. 1862-78)]
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Hammett, Dashiell [Samuel Dashiell] (1894-1961) [American author and political activist] Wikipedia

Novels:

Red Harvest (February 1929) Wikipedia [Novel, featuring Hammett's famous creation, the detective known only as the Continental Op Wikipedia. Dark doings in a mining town: criminal gangs, and a criminal police force. What's a private detective to do? Lots, as it turns out!]
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The Dain Curse (July 1929) Wikipedia [Hammett's second mystery novel, set in San Francisco: it concerns a family curse; also a religious cult, and drugs -- has California always been like this? It also features Hammett's famous creation, the detective known only as the Continental Op Wikipedia.]
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The Maltese Falcon (February 1930) Wikipedia [The classic detective novel, and the inspiration for the classic motion picture starring Humphrey Bogart Wikipedia. Private detective Sam Spade, a San Francisco now utterly vanished, and a mysterious statuette, "the black figure of a bird". What more can one ask for?]
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The Glass Key (April 1931) Wikipedia [Mystery novel, set in an amoral world of crime and corruption. Hammett's own choice as his best novel.]
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The Thin Man (January 1934) Wikipedia [Hammett's final novel, one of his most famous, and the inspiration for the classic film Wikipedia. Nick Charles was formerly with the Trans-American Detective Agency, but has left all that behind him. Or has he? "Verdict: Extra-Swell" (Saturday Review, 13 January 1934)]
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Short stories:

They Can Only Hang You Once (November 1932) [The last of Hammett's three short stories featuring private detective Sam Spade Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1290]
His Brother's Keeper (February 1934) [Short story about boxing, narrated by a boxer, Kid Bolan]
CAUTION: Certain language in this story may seem racist by the standards of today.
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Hare, Cyril [Clark, Alfred Alexander Gordon] (1900-1958) [English judge and novelist] Wikipedia

Tenant for Death (1937) [Cyril Hare's first mystery novel. Hare was a magistrate, learned in the law, and therefore familiar with the term "tenant for life" -- the holder of a property only while alive: that is, the property does not form part of his estate. But what is a tenant for death? Mr. Colin James may be an example: as the novel starts, he has mysteriously disappeared from the house he had rented, and gone to France. There is a murder, needless to say; also Inspector Mallett of Scotland Yard.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1215]
Suicide Excepted (1939) [Mystery novel. Whether a death was a suicide or not can be very important to insurance companies. "Brainy and brisk." (Saturday Review, 11 December 1954)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1232]
Tragedy at Law (1942) [Mystery novel. Even in wartime, the justice system continues its operations. Which explains how London barrister Francis Pettigrew finds himself travelling from town to town on the assize circuit Wikipedia. Far removed from London he may be, but Pettigrew discovers that life on the circuit is far from dull!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1261]
With a Bare Bodkin (1946) [Mystery novel. You may ask, what is a bodkin? That is a mystery easily solved. Francis Pettigrew, barrister and sleuth, explains: "Sharp, pointed instruments... They are used for piercing holes in bundles of papers for filing." Murder weapons, perhaps? We leave the larger mystery in the capable hands of our barrister.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1165]
The Magic Bottle (1946) [Novel for children. Two children find a strange bottle, which when they accidentally uncork it, turns out to contain a djinn. They get wishes (children's wishes, half-price), not necessarily in the manner intended, but things work out in the end.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1394]
When the Wind Blows (1949) [Mystery novel; some editions use the alternative title The Wind Blows Death. After giving some legal assistance to the local amateur orchestra, Francis Pettigrew finds himself named the orchestra's treasurer, which complicates his otherwise idyllic existence. A murder then occurs, making things even more complicated.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1262]
An English Murder (1951) [Mystery novel. The murder may be English, but one of the main characters taught at the University of Prague!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #593]
That Yew Tree's Shade (1954) [Mystery novel. Francis Pettigrew has retired from his legal practice in London to what he expects to be an agreeable and uneventful existence in the rural paradise of Yew Hill, Markshire. Life there is indeed agreeable, but not uneventful -- especially after Pettigrew is asked to substitute for an ailing local magistrate.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1024]
He Should Have Died Hereafter (1958) [Mystery novel; some editions use the alternate title Untimely Death. Francis Pettigrew is now retired from his law practice. But retiring from sleuthing is not so easy, as he discovers on what was supposed to be a holiday to remote and beautiful Exmoor Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1229]

Harrison, Charles Yale (1898-1954) [Canadian journalist and novelist] Wikipedia The Canadian Encyclopedia

Generals Die in Bed (1930) Wikipedia Sarah Ellis (Quill & Quire, Feb 2002) [Harrison's most famous novel: an unnamed young Canadian soldier's account of warfare, both in the trenches and behind the lines, in France during the First World War. The novel is graphic in its description of warfare.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1150]

Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) [American novelist] Wikipedia eldritchpress.org

With Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900-1931) [American illustrator] vfsterrett.com:

Tanglewood Tales (1853 [text] 1921 [illustrations]) [Greek myths retold for children] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia

Hay, Ian [Beith, John Hay] (1876-1952) [English novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

Half a Sovereign. An Improbable Romance. (1926) [Satiric novel, with an unexpected turn, about passengers on a cruise. "There is good historical precedent for Ian Hay's choice of a Ship of Fools as the medium of his humorous satire, and there are many obvious advantages which this framework affords. For the fools may thus be studied intensively, and the presence of landlubbers on board a yacht is full of comic possibilities. Needless to say Ian Hay has made fine use of his opportunity." (The Bookman [U.K.], October 1926)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1119]

Heine, Thomas Theodor (1867-1948) [German writer and caricaturist / écrivain et caricaturiste allemand] de.wikipedia

Der Teufel im Warenhaus (1935) [Satiric tale, with the author's illustrations / conte satirique, illustré par l'auteur] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #602/n^o 602]
Lusi (1935) [Satiric tale, with the author's illustrations / conte satirique, illustré par l'auteur] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #608/n^o 608]
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Heming, Arthur Henry Howard (1870-1940) [Canadian painter and writer] Wikipedia National Gallery of Canada Florence Griswold Museum

The Drama of the Forests (1921) [Novel]
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Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) [American novelist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1954] Wikipedia Nobelprize.org

The Sun Also Rises (1926) Wikipedia [Novel, following the progress of a group of friends as they travel from Paris, cross the Pyrenees, and end up in Pamplona, Spain. "Written in terse, precise, and aggressively fresh prose, and containing some of the finest dialogue yet written in this country, the story achieves a vividness and a sustained tension that make it unquestionably one of the events of a year rich in interesting books" (Cleveland B. Chase, Saturday Review, 11 December 1926)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1257]
Men Without Women (1927) Wikipedia [Fourteen short stories, about bullfighting, boxing, and much else, "written in Hemingway's admirably clean and incisive style." (Burton Rascoe, The Bookman [U.S.], September 1927)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1302]
Winner Take Nothing (1933) Wikipedia [Fourteen short stories, some of them extremely famous: A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, for example, and The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1253]
Green Hills of Africa (1935) Wikipedia Review by John Chamberlain [New York Times, 25 Oct 1935] Review by C. G. Poore [New York Times, 27 Oct 1935] [Not a novel, but an account of Hemingway's 1933 visit to what is now Tanzania. It includes both safari lore and literary criticism.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1081]
Across the River and Into the Trees (1950) Wikipedia Review by John O'Hara [New York Times, 10 Sept 1950] [Novel. An American colonel is visiting the Adriatic coast shortly after World War II. He has much to think about, including a young Italian woman named Renata.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #996]
The Old Man and the Sea (1952) Wikipedia [One of Hemingway's most famous novels. The old fisherman Santiago has caught nothing for eighty-four days. Then things change.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #948]

Hémon, Louis (1880-1913) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada en.wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Maria Chapdelaine (version 1916) fr.wikipedia ["Récit du Canada français" (première parution en 1913), dont l'action se déroule à Péribonka, dans la région du lac Saint-Jean, où Hémon a travaillé dans les fermes pour apprendre leurs moeurs. Marie Chapdelaine est la fille de Samuel et Laura Chapdelaine, a dix-huit ans, et doit choisir son mari... et son destin. "Précédé de deux préfaces: par M. Émile Boutroux [1845-1921] fr.wikipedia, de l'Académie française, et par M. Louvigny de Montigny (1876-1955) fr.wikipedia, de la Société royale du Canada." Avec des "Illustrations originales" de Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Côté [1869-1937] fr.wikipedia] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

English translation:

Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of the Lake St. John Country (1921) Wikipedia [To this day probably the most famous novel to come from French Canada. But its author was from France! He came to Canada in 1911, lived and worked for a time in Péribonka, in the Saguenay, and based his novel on what he saw while living there. The main character, Maria Chapdelaine, is eighteen years old, and must choose what to do with her life. In particular, whom should she marry? And should she stay in Péribonka or not? The translation is by William Hume Blake (1861-1924). Blake was an eminent Toronto lawyer, who spent many summers in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, not far from Péribonka.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #4383] EPUB [en.wikisource]

Itinéraire (1927) [Récit de voyage. Le 18 octobre 1911 Louis Hémon est arrivé à Québec après un voyage de six jours: il passera le reste de sa vie au Canada. Ce charmant recueil comprend quatre essais: De Québec à Montréal, Sur la Terrasse, Dans les rues de Québec, et De Liverpool à Québec. "Que Québec est une cité historique; la plus intéressante peut-être, historiquement, de l'Amérique du Nord unique en son genre sur ce continent... tout le monde sait cela. Mais c'est aussi une cité plus complexe qu'on ne veut bien le dire... Un Français venant directement de France, au contraire, et qui n'aura pas eu le temps de vraiment perdre contact avec les choses de son pays, remarquera surtout dans Québec non pas ce qui est français, mais ce qui ne l'est point."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70094]

Henderson, Daniel (1880-1955) [American author]

The Golden Bees. The Story of Betsy Patterson and The Bonapartes. (1928) [Historical novel about Elizabeth Patterson (1785-1879) Wikipedia, the Baltimore-born first wife of Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon's youngest brother] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #915]

Herbst, Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm (1825-1882) [German historian / historien allemand] Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie [de.wikisource: unkorrigiert] Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie [Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Fraktur (Leipzig, 1905)]

Goethe in Wetzlar. 1772. Vier Monate aus des Dichters Jugendleben. (1881) [History in German / Histoire en allemand] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip
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Heywood, Thomas (ca. 1570-1641) [English actor, playwright, pamphleteer, and poet] Wikipedia

The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists: Thomas Heywood (1888) Wikipedia [No one today is likely to dispute Shakespeare's preeminence among Elizabethan playwrights. But many other playwrights were popular at the time: at least some of their works are certainly worth our time. But how to choose? For this "unexpurgated edition" in the famous Mermaid Series, the choosing is done for us by an excellent judge, Arthur Wilson Verity (1863-1937) : he was famous for his editions of Shakespeare. A fine introduction was added by John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) Wikipedia, the famous Renaissance scholar and poet. The edition includes numerous short footnotes to help with unusual words and phrases. It's hard to imagine a more attractive or practical introduction to Heywood!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67267]

Hilton, James (1900-1954) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Passionate Year (1924) [This novel could be compared to Goodbye, Mr Chips from ten years later, since it takes place at a boys' school in England, where the main character is a teacher. But Kenneth Speed is at the start of his career, not near its end, and his adult life has only recently begun, while Mr Chips was a veteran. But the novel is not chiefly the story of Speed's career at Millstead, but of his involvement with the headmaster's daughter, their marriage, and the events that follow as new factors surface. That's a lot of passion!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68676]
Terry (1927) [This early novel already shows the smoothness and expertise we are familiar with from Hilton's famous later novels. This novel, written ten years before Good-bye, Mr. Chips, tells the story of Dr M. Terrington ("Terry"), a research-lecturer in bacteriology at University College in London. A very prestigious position, which he attained in spite of being born into poverty. Once he has achieved this degree of success, "after habitually working three times as hard as he ought", his life begins to change...] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70587]
Lost Horizon (1933) Wikipedia [Novel, made into a famous 1937 movie directed by Frank Capra and starring Ronald Colman Wikipedia. A plane crashes in the Himalayas, and its crew find themselves in a desolate mountain wasteland. However, there is more to the area than at first appears: there is Shangri-La...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1577]
Good-bye, Mr. Chips (1934) Wikipedia [Novel: an enduringly popular twentieth-century classic, later adapted to screen and stage. A young schoolmaster arrives at an English school, and, without quite planning it, finds his lifetime vocation.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1197]
Random Harvest (1941) Wikipedia [Novel, telling the story of Charles Rainier from the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second: the memory loss Rainier had suffered during the earlier war plays a major role in the novel. The book was a gigantic success, and inspired (with some plot changes) Mervyn LeRoy's celebrated 1942 film Wikipedia, starring Ronald Colman and Greer Garson.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1599]
So Well Remembered (1945) [Novel, following the life of George Boswell, councillor and then mayor of Browdley, formerly a village but now a fairly substamtial manufacturing city in Lancashire. The Depression and then the Second World War bring their various challenges; as does Boswell's not entirely stable marriage. England today is greatly changed from when this novel was written: it may bring special pleasure to those who admire the best qualities of England as it formerly was, before the rancours of the present day.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1609]
Nothing So Strange (1947) [Novel, set in the 1940s, the era of military conflict and of breakthroughs in atomic physics. Dr. Mark Bradley, a young mathematician, has been involved in a plane crash, from which he has not fully recovered. Just the sort of situation to interest Jane Waring, an enterprising young English journalist!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1622]
Morning Journey (1951) [Novel, centred around the making of a film called Morning Journey, and the interactions between its director, Paul Saffron, and his leading lady, Irish-born Carey Arundel. In the course of the novel we learn not only about Hollywood, but also Dublin's Abbey Theatre, London's West End, and New York's Broadway. This was the world in which Hilton lived: Mrs. Miniver won him the 1942 Academy Award for best adapted screenplay!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1677]
Time and Time Again (1953) [Hilton's final novel: the story of Charles Anderson, his schooldays during the First World War, his time at Cambridge, and his career as a diplomat, through to the early 1950s. The lengthy period covered, the focus on a single individual, and the attractive narrative style recall Hilton's earlier masterpiece, Good-bye, Mr. Chips. But although Mr. Chips does briefly show up, as Anderson's headmaster at Brookfield, the novel is by no means a sequel or a reboot of the earlier work.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1309]

Hodgson, William Hope (1877-1918) [English novelist, poet, mariner, and fitness trainer] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

The House on the Borderland (1908) Wikipedia [Hodgson's hugely famous and hugely influential novel of supernatural horror. Two travellers in the West of Ireland happen upon the ruins of a house beside a lake, and in this house they find the journal of its final resident, the Recluse.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #10002]
Men of the Deep Waters (1914) [Short stories] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Voice of the Ocean (1921) [Poem] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Hofland, Barbara (1770-1844) [English novelist and children's author] University of Nebraska (Alex Toews) English Poetry 1579-1830 National Portrait Gallery (UK)

The Daughter-in-law, her Father, & Family (1812) [Novel, dealing with relationships within families, the moral questions which can arise, and their resolution: themes that would be typical of Mrs. Hofland's later novels. Our edition includes a frontispiece by Edward Francisco Burney (1760-1848) Burney Centre, McGill University, National Portrait Gallery (UK) Tate Collection Friends of Claines] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #677]
The Son of a Genius; A Tale, for the Use of Youth. (1812) [Novel. Our hero, Ludovico, overcomes many adversities and becomes a son worthy of his admirable father. Mrs. Hofland wrote this novel for her own son Frederic, to whom the work is dedicated. Includes a frontispiece by an unnamed artist.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #522]
The Clergyman's Widow, and her Young Family (1812) [Novel. A widow and her family living in England during the Napoleonic Wars confront the many obstacles that lie in their path.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #598]
The History of a Merchant's Widow and her Young Family (1814) [Novel. How Mrs. Daventree deals with the loss of her husband and of her fortune. Our edition includes a frontispiece by Edward Francisco Burney (1760-1848) Burney Centre, McGill University, National Portrait Gallery (UK) Tate Collection Friends of Claines] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #680]
The Affectionate Brothers (1816) [Novel. The story of Charles and Thomas Harewood, two brothers quite different in temperament, but similar in their admirable conduct towards each other, their widowed mother, and others. Our edition includes a frontispiece by Edward Francisco Burney (1760-1848) Burney Centre, McGill University, National Portrait Gallery (UK) Tate Collection Friends of Claines] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #653]
Decision, a Tale (1824) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #591]
Patience, a Tale (1824) [Novel, with a frontispiece by Edward Francisco Burney (1760-1848) Burney Centre, McGill University, National Portrait Gallery (UK) Tate Collection Friends of Claines] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #607]
Moderation, a Tale (1825) [Novel about the virtue of Moderation, as illustrated in the life of our heroine, Emma Carysford] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #650]
The Young Pilgrim, or Alfred Campbell's Return to the East; and his Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Asia Minor, Arabia Petræa, &c. &c. (1826) [A travel novel, drawing from the writings of Captain James Mangles R.N. (1786-1867) The Jewish Magazine (Jay Levinson) and others. Includes illustrations by an unknown hand. A sequel to Mrs. Hofland's 1825 travel novel Alfred Campbell, the Young Pilgrim; Containing Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB (experimental) [PGC #587]
The Good Grandmother, and her Offspring. A Tale. Second Edition with Additions. (1828 [this expanded version], 1817 [original shorter version]) [Novel, described by its author as "the history of an humble family, from the depths of poverty and affliction to a situation of comparative competence". Our edition includes a frontispiece by Edward Francisco Burney (1760-1848) Burney Centre, McGill University, National Portrait Gallery (UK) Tate Collection Friends of Claines] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #663]
Rich Boys and Poor Boys, and Other Tales (1833) [Six short stories for the young, often dealing with questions of ethics. The collection's title could mislead some: the third story, The Passionate Little Girl, features a girl, Sophia Daventree, as its main character.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #652]
William and his Uncle Ben. A Tale Designed for the Use of Young People. (1826) [Novella for children, with a frontispiece by Edward Francisco Burney (1760-1848) Burney Centre, McGill University, National Portrait Gallery (UK) Tate Collection Friends of Claines] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #504]
The Stolen Boy, an Indian Tale (1828 [this expanded version], 1827 [original shorter version]) [Novel, based, our author says, on actual events. Our hero Manuel, eight years of age, is living in San Antonio, when events take an unexpected turn. Our edition includes a frontispiece by Edward Francisco Burney (1760-1848) Burney Centre, McGill University, National Portrait Gallery (UK) Tate Collection Friends of Claines] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #668]
The Young Crusoe, or The Shipwrecked Boy (1829) [Novel. At the novel's opening, Charles Crusoe, thirteen years of age, asks his mother if he is related to the famous Robinson Crusoe, and is told that he is not. His future adventures, however, strongly resemble those of the earlier Crusoe.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #671]
The Young Cadet [1836 version] (1836 [this revised version]; 1827 [original version]) [Novel, set in India during the period of the East India Company Wikipedia. We include the fine frontispiece by S. Williams from the 1856 edition on which our ebook is based.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #879]
Choice Library for Young People. Tales for Youth. [Volume 3 of 5] (ca. 1850-1867) [Collection of stories for children, anonymously edited. Includes three stories by Mrs. Hofland, five anonymous or pseudonymous stories, and individual stories by James Bird (1788-1839), Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) Wikipedia, William Henry Harrison (ca. 1795-1878), Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855) Wikipedia, and Jane Margaret Strickland (1800-1888)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #448]

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von [Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal] (1874-1929) [Austrian playwright and poet / dramaturge et poète autrichien] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia de.wikipedia

Deutsche Erzähler (1912) [Anthology of stories and novellas / Anthologie de contes et nouvelles]:

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) [German scientist, poet, playwright, and statesman / scientifique, poète, dramaturge et homme d'État allemand] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia de.wikipedia

Novelle (1828) de.wikipedia [Novella in German / Nouvelle en allemand. Eine ritterliche Idylle als Sinnbild einer geordneten Feudalgesellschaft wird durch das Hereinbrechen der ungezähmten Natur in Form eines Brands und entlaufener Raubtiere in Gefahr gebracht. Durch die Musik, die Dichtung und den Glauben, verkörpert durch ein Kind, wird sie wieder in den Bann geschlagen.] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #1471/n^o 1471]

Kleist, Heinrich von [Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von] (1777-1811) [German playwright and poet / dramaturge et poète allemand] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia de.wikipedia

Das Erdbeben in Chili (1807/1810) de.wikipedia en.wikipedia [Novella in German / Nouvelle en allemand. Das Erdbeben des Titels macht die kirchliche und staatliche Rechtsprechung zu Nichte. In der Folge setzen sich in Abwesenheit der staatlichen Ordnung zwischenmenschliche Güte und Barmherzigkeit durch. Bei Wiederherstellung der kirchlichen Ordnung und der damit einher gehenden Sündenvorstellung kommt es zu einem Ausbruch menschlicher Gewalt, der Schuldige wie Unschuldige zum Opfer fallen.] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #1472/n^o 1472]

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Hogg, James (1770-1835) [Scottish novelist and poet] Wikipedia NNDB

The Shepherd's Calendar (Volume 1 of 2) (1829) [A collection of stories by Hogg, most of them originally published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #683]
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Hokusai [Katsushika Hokusai] (1760-1849) [Japanese artist] Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons
with: Salaman, Malcolm Charles (1855-1940) [English art historian and critic] Wikipedia

Hokusai (1930) [Monograph on the celebrated Japanese artist, illustrated in colour] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Holme, Charles Geoffrey (1887-1954) [Anglo-American art historian]

Drawings in Pen & Pencil from Dürer's Day to Ours (1922) ["The Studio" Wikipedia was a London art magazine published between 1893 and 1964. Its founder was Charles Holme (1848-1923), who was succeeded as editor by his son, Charles Geoffrey Holme. In addition to its regular issues, The Studio from time to time published magnificently illustrated monographs, some of them, such as this one, very large: it includes drawings from the end of the fifteenth to the start of the twentieth century. The drawings were selected by Holme, and supplied with lively and informative "notes and appreciations" by English painter and designer George Sheringham (1884-1937) Wikipedia. The individual artists are too many to discuss here, but are listed at the start of the book; most of them have substantial articles at Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65836]

Hooper, James W. (born 1827) [American schoolteacher]

Three Score and Ten in Retrospect (1900) [Autobiography]
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Housman, Laurence (1865-1959) [English playwright and social activist] Wikipedia

Stories from The Arabian Nights (1911 edition) [Six of the famous Arabian Nights stories Wikipedia, retold by the famous playwright, with many colour illustrations by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1057]

Howard, Brian [Brian Christian de Claiborne] (1905-1958) [English poet and journalist] Wikipedia circa-club.com glbtq Evelyn Waugh Newsletter (Robert Murray Davis)

God Save the King (1931) [Poems] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Howard, Robert E. [Robert Ervin] (1906-1936) [American fantasy and horror author] Wikipedia
Red Shadows (August 1928) Wikipedia [[Fantasy story in five sections, starting with The Coming of Solomon. Yes, this is the first appearance in literature of Howard's famous creation Solomon Kane: other stories were to follow, and even a 2009 film. In this story he is in France, where he is battling the evil Le Loup. "All his life he had roamed about the world aiding the weak and fighting oppression, he neither knew nor questioned why. That was his obsession, his driving force of life. Cruelty and tyranny to the weak sent a red blaze of fury, fierce and lasting, through his soul... If he thought of it at all, he considered himself a fulfiller of God's judgment, a vessel of wrath to be emptied upon the souls of the unrighteous. Yet in the full sense of the word Solomon Kane was not wholly a Puritan, though he thought of himself as such." Both of our digital editions include the August 1928 cover illustration by C. C. Senf (1873-1949). from Weird Tales, where the story first appeared. The Project Gutenberg US ebook also includes the two illustrations which the magazine provided for the actual story: they are by Hugh Rankin (1878-1956) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70570] EPUB [Wikisource]
Skulls in the Stars (January 1929) Wikipedia [The second Solomon Kane story, introduced by a quotation from the English poet Thomas Hood (1799-1845): "He told how murderers walk the earth..." As the story opens, Solomon Kane is on his way to Torkertown. It is late in the day, and he is advised to postpone his trip until the next day. But he decides to proceed. Similarly, there is a fork in the road, and he is advised to take the inconvenient swamp road rather than the moor road, which is shorter but has an evil reputation: "Some foul horror haunts the way and claims men for his victims." You can guess which road he chooses! The ebook we offer you includes the cover illustration by C. C. Senf (1873-1949) from Weird Tales, where the story first appeared, and also the illustration created by Hugh Rankin (1878-1956) for the actual story.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70540]
Rattle of Bones (June 1929) Wikipedia [The third Solomon Kane story finds our hero in Germany, in the Black Forest in fact, where he is staying at the Cleft Skull Tavern. Here he meets another guest, Gaston l'Armon. Any story with names like that must be special! The ebook we offer you includes the cover illustration by Hugh Rankin (1878-1956) from Weird Tales, where the story first appeared, and also the illustration he created for the story itself.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70653]
Skull-Face (October-December 1929) Wikipedia [Novella, set in London, but Atlantis comes into the picture; also hashish!]
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Worms of the Earth (November 1932) Wikipedia [Short story, set in Roman Britain. The Picts, led by Bran Mak Morn, are confronting the Romans. And Bran is considering using the "worms of the earth" in this battle. Dangerous allies, it would seem. And hard to track down!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1216]
Pigeons from Hell (May 1938) Wikipedia [Mystery and fear in a house that is large, old, abandoned, and on an old plantation in the American South. One of Howard's most famous stories.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1214]
Black Vulmea's Vengeance (November 1938) [Story. The pirate Black Terence Vulmea encounters a cruel British Navy captain who kills his crew, takes him prisoner, and threatens to hang him. Vulmea tempts him with a story of buried treasure. In the course of the search, somewhere in the jungles of South America, Vulmea and the captain encounter hostile savages, escaped slaves, and a giant anaconda. The thrill count is high, as is the body count.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1235]

Huch, Ricarda [Ricarda Octavia] (1864-1947) [German historian / historienne allemande] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia de.wikipedia

Frühling in der Schweiz (1938) ["Jugenderinnerungen von Ricarda Huch": autobiographical essay in German / essai autobiographique en allemand. Aus Jena in den späten 30er Jahren blickt Ricarda Huch in diesen Jugenderinnerungen auf ihre Zeit in der Schweiz kurz vor der Jahrhundertwende zurück. Nach ihrer Promotion an der Universität Zürich hatte sie dort zunächst als Bibliothekarin, später als Lehrkraft gearbeitet und dabei erste Versuche als Schriftstellerin gewagt. Die Liebe zur Schweiz ("deutscher als Deutschland"), der Landschaft, den Menschen und der Gesellschaft, prägten sie ein Leben lang.] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #1585/n^o 1585]
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Hudson, William Henry (W.H.) [Guillermo Enrique] (1841-1922) [Argentinian writer and ornithologist] Wikipedia

Far Away and Long Ago. A History of my Early Life. (1918) [Hudson was born in Argentina, and only moved to England when already in his thirties. But he never forgot his native Argentina, and Argentina has never forgotten him. "It was never," he says, "my intention to write an autobiography." However, many years after his birth he found himself on the southern English coast "laid up for six weeks with a very serious illness. Yet when it was over I looked back on those six weeks as a happy time", the reason being that he "fell into recollections of my childhood, and at once I had that far, that forgotten past with me again as I had never previously had it", and immediately wrote down these resurfaced memories: hence this book. This is an era of history which can never be repeated: Hudson's first-hand account of these years are fascinating to read and will always be famous, in Argentina and beyond.] EPUB Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #6093]

Hughes, Langston [James Mercer Langston] (1902-1967) [American poet and playwright] Wikipedia

The Big Sea (1940) [A wondrously wide ranging and beautifully written autobiography by the famous American biracial poet, very much in tune with today's discussions of race, multiracialism, and intersectionality. CAUTION: A less racist book than this would be hard to imagine, but society has changed since it was written, and some of the language in the book would today be considered offensive.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1657]

Hurston, Zora Neale (1891-1960) [American anthropologist, civil rights activist, and novelist] Wikipedia

Dust Tracks on a Road. An Autobiography. (1942) Wikipedia [Autobiography of the famous anthropologist, civil rights activist, and novelist. In many ways she was a social conservative: her originality of thought is evident in this fine memoir, which takes us from her childhood in the African-American town of Eatonville, Florida through university and her subsequent career as a field anthropologist. "...Miss Hurston has never been anybody but herself, and her book radiates that self with such warmth and vitality and humor and charm that it is a tonic to read." (Henry C. Tracy, Common Ground, Spring 1943)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1490]

Hutcheson, Francis (1694-1746) [Irish philosopher] Wikipedia Dictionary of Ulster Biography Ulster History Circle The International Association for Scottish Philosophy GASHE History of Economic Thought

An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, In Two Treatises (1725) [Hutcheson's most famous work of moral philosophy. Our ebook is based on the fourth edition, published in London in 1738.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #507]

Huxley, Aldous [Aldous Leonard] (1894-1963) [English novelist and essayist] Wikipedia

Crome Yellow (1921) Wikipedia [Aldous Huxley's first novel, light and satirical in tone. Henry Wimbush is giving a house party at his country home--and what an extraordinary range of characters he has invited! "'Crome Yellow' is determinedly eccentric and unflaggingly delightful." (John C. Farrar, The Bookman [U.S.], April 1922)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #1999]
Antic Hay (1923) Wikipedia [Satirical novel. Theodore Gumbril, a recent graduate of Oxford, decides to quit his job as a schoolmaster: a voyage of discovery follows. Very much a part of the reaction to the darkness of the First World War.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1467]
On the Margin. Notes and Essays. (1923) [The first of Huxley's many essay collections. This initial volume has twenty-seven essays on extremely diverse topics: Voltaire, various English poets, Huxley's fellow essayist Lytton Strachey, Tibet... "These short pieces are filled with wit and charm." (John C. Farrar, The Bookman (U.S.), September 1923)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #60866]
Little Mexican and Other Stories (1924) [Huxley's third collection of stories. The first and longest, Uncle Spencer, is nearly half the book. "My Uncle Spencer," says the narrator, "was a man of about forty when first I came from my preparatory school to stay with him." But Uncle Spencer, in spite of his English name, lives in eastern Belgium, which is where the story begins. The final story, Young Archimedes, twice adapted to film, is set in Italy, near the Apennines, and centres on a boy who starts showing signs of an exceptional musical talent. Little Mexican, the title story, is not about someone from Mexico, but about a hat, apparently a Mexican one, which as hats go was in fact very large. The narrator bought it in Ravenna, during his first visit to Italy, "and my shadow on the pavements of Ravenna was like the shadow of an umbrella pine." But it brought an unexpected benefit. Without it, people would never have thought he was a painter. "And I should never, in consequence, have seen the frescoes, never have talked with the old Count, never heard of the Colombella. Never.... When I think of that, the little Mexican seems to me more than ever precious." Three shorter stories fill out the volume: we leave them to you to explore!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #64814]
Those Barren Leaves (1925) Wikipedia [Huxley's third novel, set in Italy: "a record of a house-party, in which is gathered a group of diverting eccentrics who make love in what time they can spare from their perpetual conversation. And, as one of them exclaims, 'what a classy conversation!'--ranging over all topics from love and death and art to the Etruscan language and the breeding of mice and rabbits." (T.K. Whipple, Saturday Review, 7 March 1925)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1468]
Brave New World (1932) Wikipedia The Guardian (Robert McCrum) The Guardian (John Naughton) [Novel. What if the future were a tyranny, but one cunningly designed to keep the mass of society ignorant of this? The people would be provided with many, many distractions, daily life would be dominated by sex and drugs, and pervasive mass media would suppress the possibility of any original thought: in such a society the ruling elite would not need to fear any kind of rebellion. If you think that Huxley's vision seems to be the way things are in fact turning out, you're not the only one!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1328]
Brave New World Revisited (1958) Wikipedia [Extended essay. Huxley considers whether the predictions of the future in his novel Brave New World still seemed accurate. His conclusion? "The prophecies made in 1931 are coming true much sooner than I thought they would."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1443]
Island (1962) Wikipedia [Huxley's final novel, set on an imagined tropical island named Pala. Will Farnaby, a journalist, wants to visit the island, not normally open to outsiders, but arranges to be shipwrecked on it. His secret agenda is to gain access to the island's oil reserves, but once he is on the island and sees how people live, his priorities change.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1576]

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Ibáñez, Vicente Blasco (1867-1928) [Spanish novelist / romancier espagnol] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia es.wikipedia Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Oriente (1907) [Travel book / Récit de voyage] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip

Learn Spanish ! / Apprenez l'espagnol ! Curso: Spanish Language & Culture Diccionarios bilingües: WordReference.com Spanish-English WordReference.com Espagnol-Français Diccionario español: es.wiktionary

La vuelta al mundo de un novelista - tomo I (1924) es.wikipedia [Relatos de viaje del gran escritor valenciano: Estados Unidos, Cuba, Panamá, Hawai, Japón, Corea y Manchuria!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #63810]
La vuelta al mundo de un novelista - tomo II (1924) [Relatos de viaje del gran escritor valenciano: China, Macao, Hong-Kong, Filipinas, Java, Singapore, Birmania y Calcuta!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #63816]
La vuelta al mundo de un novelista - tomo III (1925) [Relatos de viaje del gran escritor valenciano: India, Ceilán, Sudán, Nubia y Egipto!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67917]

Ichak, Frida (1879-1952) [Lithuanian author and translator / écrivain et traductrice lituanienne] de.wikipedia Wer war wer in der DDR? Ludwig Rubiner - Ein Dichter des Expressionismus

Das Perpetuum mobile (1914) [Monograph in German on the history of the concept of perpetual motion Wikipedia / Monographie en allemand sur l'histoire du concept du mouvement perpétuel fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip [PGC #561/n^o 561]
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"L'Illustration" (1843-1944) [Hebdomadaire français] fr.wikipedia

Le Rat amoureux (1843) [Conte, dont l'action se déroule dans le Maine (France). L'auteur n'est identifié que par ses initiales: A. S.] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PGC n^o 641]
La Vengeance des Trépassés (1843) [Nouvelle (avec cinq illustrations contemporaines) qui conte l'histoire de Léonor, une jeune fille espagnole, nièce d'un archevêque. L'auteur n'est identifié que par ses initiales: F. G.] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PGC n^o 727]

Innis, Harold Adams (1894-1952) [Canadian political economist] Wikipedia Canadian Encyclopedia

A History of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1923) [A study of the CPR Wikipedia, without the usual focus on the memorable personalities involved in its building. Instead, Innis examines the geographical and political circumstances surrounding the CPR's creation, and the resulting economic and social revolution in Western Canada. The first of Innis's classic studies of the interaction of geography, communications, and economics.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #800]

Peter Pond - Fur Trader and Adventurer (1930) [Biography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

You will find further information on Peter Pond (ca. 1739-1807) at:
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Peter Pond's 1785 map (National Archives of Canada / NMC 8433)

An Introduction to the Economic History of Ontario from Outpost to Empire (1935) [Essay] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Minerva's Owl (1947) [Presidential Address to the Royal Society of Canada: an overview of the central role of communications throughout history] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
A Plea for Time (1950) [Lecture delivered at the University of New Brunswick, commemorating the 150th anniversary of UNB's founding] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Roman Law and the British Empire (1950) [Lecture delivered at the University of New Brunswick, commemorating the 150th anniversary of UNB's founding] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Empire and Communications (1950) [History from the viewpoint of communications] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia
The Strategy of Culture (1952) [Essays] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Irwin, Will [William Henry] (1873-1948) [American novelist] Online Archive of California Wikipedia

The Readjustment (1910) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Isle, June (active around 1864) [American children's author]

Happy Hearts (1864) [Christmas story for children: with illustrations attributed to contemporary engravers John D. Felter (active between 1861 and 1879) and Elias James Whitney (b. 1827)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

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Jackson, Charles [Charles Reginald] (1903-1968) [American novelist] Wikipedia

The Lost Weekend (1944) Wikipedia [Charles Jackson's first and most famous novel, about an altogether too exciting weekend experienced by a New York writer named Don Birnam, who has an alcohol problem, to say the least. That alone makes it relevant to Canada today! It was made into an equally famous movie Wikipedia which however omitted the novel's strong gay element, which is unfortunate, since gay bars were central to gay culture throughout the twentieth century: writers are notoriously prone to alcohol problems, gays as well, so gay writers (such as Jackson himself) are presumably at double risk. In any case, the novel remains famous to this day, as does the film, which won the 1944 Academy Award for Best Picture.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1664]
The Fall of Valor (1946) [There were gay elements in Charles Jackson's famous first novel, The Lost Weekend, but in his second novel these elements dominate. John Grandin is a successful academic in New York City: he has been promoted to a full professorship, Scribners has just accepted a book of his for publication, and so on. And yet, "John Grandin had lately found himself living under an emotional suspense. For hours, sometimes, he had a sense that something was about to happen to him, something untoward, perverse, impossible to fit into his comfortably ordered life." Which turns out to be precisely the case. Our young professor and his wife (to whom he has not been paying a great deal of attention) go on vacation to Nantucket, Massachusetts. And on the boat from New Bedford to Nantucket, they meet Cliff Hauman, a captain in the Marines, newly married. And Professor Grandin finds that he is thinking more or more of Cliff's "resplendent young manhood". Where does all this lead, if anywhere? To find out, read the novel!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1663]

James, Montague Rhodes (1862-1936) [English mediaevalist and writer of ghost stories] Wikipedia Ghosts & Scholars

The Five Jars (1922) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James (1931) [Omnibus edition of James' famous ghost stories, incorporating his four earlier collections, with some additional items not included in these earlier volumes.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1099]

Ebooks of individual titles from The Collected Ghost Stories:

Canon Alberic's Scrap-book (1894) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #447] Previous edition: HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #31] Wikipedia Wikipedia
Lost Hearts (ca. 1894) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #449] Previous edition: HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #34]
The Mezzotint (1904) [Mezzotints Wikipedia are a special type of engraving. This story is about a "rather indifferent" mezzotint which turns out not to be so very ordinary.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1069]
The Ash-tree (1904) [Beside an old country house in Suffolk there stood an old tree...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1064]
Number 13 (1904) [A ghost story set in the mediaeval Danish city of Viborg. James knew Denmark and the Danish language well; you will find in our catalogue many of his fine translations of stories by Hans Christian Andersen.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1070]
Count Magnus (1904) [Strange things can happen in Sweden.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1065]
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll come to you, My Lad" (1904) [Archaeological investigations, even amateur ones conducted during golfing vacations, can have unexpected outcomes.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1071]
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1904) [History records that a sixteenth-century abbot concealed a large amount of gold somewhere on the monastery grounds. But history failed to record its precise whereabouts.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1078]
A School Story (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #457]
The Rose-Garden (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #452]
The Tractate Middoth (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #461]
Casting the Runes (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #463]
The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral (1910) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #453]
Martin's Close (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #469]
Mr. Humphreys and his Inheritance (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #470]
The Residence at Whitminster (1919) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #475]
The Diary of Mr. Poynter (1919) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #488]
An Episode of Cathedral History (1914) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #486]
The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (1913) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #484]
Two Doctors (1919) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #476]
The Haunted Dolls' House (1923) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #492]
The Uncommon Prayer-book (1921) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #493]
A Neighbour's Landmark (1924) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #533]
A View from a Hill (1925) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #535]
A Warning to the Curious (1925) [Strange doings in East Anglia, the former Anglo-Saxon kingdom] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1079]
An Evening's Entertainment (1925) [A fireside story, and an unusual one] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1068]
There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard (1924) [In Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale a story is told but quickly interrupted: the entire text of the story is "There was a man dwelt by a churchyard..." But M. R. James knew what happened next!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1066]
Rats (1929) [When a ghost story's title is Rats, no summary is needed!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1075]
After Dark in the Playing Fields (1924) [The playing fields in question are those of Eton Wikipedia, where James was Provost.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1063]
Wailing Well (1928) [A member of a Scout troop visiting a rural area wants to use an abandoned well, a well with an evil reputation...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1077]

Edited by M. R. James:

Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan (1814-1873) [Irish writer of ghost stories and tales of horror] Wikipedia

Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery (1923) [Mystery tales]
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Jameson, Malcolm (1891-1945) [American naval officer and science fiction author] Wikipedia

Tarnished Utopia (1941) [Science fiction novel. Allan Winchester is an American paratrooper during WW2. He's taken prisoner, but escapes to Munich, where he meets a young German woman. They flee from the Gestapo, and take cover in an abandoned cellar. Here they eat something similar to gelatine, fall asleep, and wake up hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years in the future...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1343]
The Giant Atom (December 1943) [Novel, in its 1945 edition retitled Atomic Bomb. An unscrupulous atomic energy company generates a trans-uranic element which turns out to be able to absorb all other elements into itself and grow, giving off intense heat and deadly radiation in the process.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1366]

The nine Bullard stories:

Admiral's Inspection (April 1940) [Jameson's inaugural story featuring Lieutenant Bullard. We meet the Lieutenant just after his appointment to the spaceship Pollux. Jameson's own background as a naval officer adds a sense of reality to the story.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1323]
White Mutiny (October 1940) [Short story. Tensions can arise in any military environment — including (especially?) spaceships!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1324]
Blockade Runner (March 1941) [Short story. "The Earth, mistress of the remnants of what had been the far-flung Tellurian Empire... was lying helpless before the might of two of her erstwhile colonies." Can this blockade be overcome?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1325]
Slacker's Paradise (April 1941) [Short story. Some military victories don't actually require any effort.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1327]
Devil's Powder (June 1941) [Short story. Strange behaviour erupts on the spaceship Pollux. Captain Bullard has his suspicions: alcohol or drugs!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1329]
Bullard Reflects (December 1941) [Short story. The Dazzle Dart game between the crews of the Castor and the Pollux had ended, and it had been an exciting one. But not as exciting as the events that were to follow...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1330]
Brimstone Bill (July 1942) [Short story. Who, you might ask, is Brimstone Brill? An "itinerant preacher" on Venus, it would seem — but that's only the beginning of the story!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1331]
The Bureaucrat (April 1944) [Short story. Bullard has been promoted to Grand Admiral. But military promotions are dangerous: will he now lose touch with the realities of military life in outer space?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1332]
Orders (December 1945) [The final Bullard story, published posthumously. Bullard has a run-in with the magnificently named Lionel Wallowby, Undersecretary of State for Asteroidal Affairs.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1333]

Jarvis, William Henry Pope (1876-1944) [Canadian journalist and novelist]

The Letters of a Remittance Man to his Mother (1908) [Novel in the form of letters written by an English remittance man Wikipedia recently arrived in Canada. With a frontispice by Ontario artist Alfred Morton Wickson (1882-1947) City of Toronto Art Collection: 1 2 3 4 Trent University Art Collection.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #518]
The Great Gold Rush. A Tale of the Klondike. (1913) [A novel with a difference. In essence, an account of the Klondike Gold Rush Wikipedia only lightly fictionalized, by someone who was there!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #742]
Don Quixote in Finance, or Has Canada a Medici? A Tale of Treasons, Stratagems and Spoils. (probably 1920; no later than 1923) [Subtitled "For Circulation amongst the Legislators of Canada." Political pamphlet attacking the conduct of Canada's financial elite, and the undue power Jarvis believed they held over the governments of his day. Similar attacks are made today, but rarely with such eloquence. Illustrated with many personal anecdotes from Jarvis's wide experience.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1043]

Jenkins, Herbert George (1876-1923) [English publisher and author]

Mrs Bindle. Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles. (1922) [Humour] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #637]
The Bindles on the Rocks. Some Further Incidents in the Life of Mr and Mrs Bindle. (1924) [Novel. Joseph Bindle has lost his job and has fallen on hard times, but he and Mrs. Bindle rise to the challenge.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #692]

Jennings, Amelia Clotilda (d. 1895) [Canadian poet and novelist] Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Isabel Leicester, A Romance (1874) [Novel] HTML and Text

Jennings, Oscar (ca. 1850-1914) [Anglo-French medical researcher and bibliographer]

Early Woodcut Initials (1908) [Monograph "containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings, M.D., Member of the Bibliographical Society". Because of the many illustrations, this ebook may take some extra time to load. Dr. Jennings had a deep knowledge of the history of printing, as is obvious from this classic work, which at times comes close to being a history of the invention and early development of printing, with more than a hundred mentions of Johannes Gutenberg, the patron of Project Gutenberg Canada! But these studies were not the only or even the primary field in which Oscar Jennings worked! "For many years he practised in Paris, and won a considerable reputation by his writings on the mechanical treatment of diseases of the spinal cord, and particularly on the treatment of the morphine habit, on which he wrote several monographs. He was an enthusiastic believer in the virtues of cycle exercise and, we believe, very successfully reduced his own weight by this means." (Obituary, British Medical Journal 19 December 1914).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65847]

Jerome, Jerome K. (1859-1927) [English author, editor, and playwright] Wikipedia

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (1889) Wikipedia [Few books of humour have withstood the years as well as this famous account of how Jerome and two friends, accompanied by Montmorency the dog, went on a boating trip down the river Thames. What a crew! And what a trip! The illustrations, classics in their own right, are by Jerome's close friend, the well known illustrator Arthur Frederics [Frederick Arthur Hipp] (1849-1929). EPUB [University of Adelaide]
My Life and Times (1925) [The memoirs of the celebrated author of Three Men in a Boat Wikipedia, one of the great classics of English humour. An interesting and entertaining account of a life led in the literary circles of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #557]

Jerrold, Walter (1865-1929) [English travel writer and biographer] Wikipedia

The Danube (1911) [The Danube Wikipedia is famously the river of Vienna, but also of Budapest, Bratislava, and Belgrade. It rises in Germany's Black Forest, close to the French border, and flows through or beside no fewer than ten European countries, Ukraine being the easternmost. That's a lot of geography, and a lot of history! Fortunately Walter Jerrold is an agreeable and very well informed guide. The book includes thirty illustrations, twelve in colour, by the Scottish artist Louis Weirter (1873-1932) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70968]

Johnson, Clifton (1865-1940) [American author and photographer] Jones Library, Amherst, Massachusetts

The Picturesque St. Lawrence (1910) [Geographical and historical survey, with many of Johnson's own photographs] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Johnson, Emily Pauline [Tekahionwake (Mohawk name)] (1861-1913) [Canadian poet and writer] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia

Canadian Born (1903) [Johnson's second published collection of verse] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #687]
Legends of Vancouver (1911) [Stories] Text
Flint and Feather (1912) [Poetry; introduction by Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832-1914)] Text
The Moccasin Maker (1913) [Stories; introduction by Gilbert Parker (1862-1932), appreciation by Charles Mair (1838-1927)] Text
The Shagganappi (1913) [Stories; introduction by Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946)] Text

Johnson, Owen McMahon (1878-1952) [American novelist] Wikipedia Time Magazine (31 March 1924)

The Wasted Generation (1921) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

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Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784) [English lexicographer, essayist, and poet] Wikipedia

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775) Wikipedia [Travel book, recognized on its publication as a classic, and famous to this day. In 1773, already in early old age, the eminent lexicographer and critic, who had travelled very little during the earlier part of his life, undertook an extremely strenuous journey of almost three months to Scotland, including some very remote parts of the Highlands and of the Hebrides. You'll often be using Wikipedia to find out more about the places he visits! His focus throughout is on what he sees each day, and his account is straightforward and always interesting. It is certainly relevant to Canadians, for he was visiting Scotland when the massive waves of emigration to Canada were already underway: given that our first two prime ministers were named Macdonald and Mackenzie, and were both born in Scotland, who can deny that modern Canada is largely a Scottish foundation? So for many Canadians this book will serve as an introduction to the Scotland which their ancestors knew. Note: The Adelaide ebook's title refers to the Western Isles, which is used quite often, but the 1775 first edition gives Islands.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Johnston, Alva (1888-1950) [American journalist; Pulitzer Prize for reporting, 1923] Wikipedia

Kings of the Talkies (1928) [A profile of the Warner brothers of film studio fame Wikipedia, published the year after the premiere of The Jazz Singer Wikipedia and the beginning of the era of films with sound] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB (experimental) [PGC #579]

Johonnot, James (1823-1888) [American educational writer] Wikipedia

Book of Cats and Dogs, and Other Friends, for Little Folks [Natural History Series—Book First] (1884) [Children's book] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Neighbors with Wings and Fins and Some Others, for Young People. [Natural History Series—Book Third] (1885) [Children's book] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Some Curious Flyers, Creepers, and Swimmers [Natural History Series—Intermediate Book] (1887) [Children's book, lavishly illustrated, and with poems by Lewis Jacob Cist (1818-1885) Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, Helen Hunt Jackson ["H. H."] (1830-1885) Wikipedia Colorado College, Margaret Junkin Preston (1820-1897) University of North Carolina Civil War Letters and Diaries Find A Grave, John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) Wikipedia Strangers to Us All: Lawyers and Poetry, Celia Thaxter (1835-1894) Wikipedia Representative Poetry Online (U of T), Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894), Wikipedia The Constance Fenimore Woolson Society, and some anonymous pieces]
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Kaye-Smith, Sheila (1887-1956) [English novelist and biographer] Wikipedia

The Tramping Methodist (1908) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Spell Land. The Story of a Sussex Farm. (1910) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #523]
Willow's Forge and other poems (1914) [Poetry] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Green Apple Harvest (1920) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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The End of the House of Alard (1923) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Joanna Godden Married and Other Stories (1926) [Short stories] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Saints In Sussex. Poems and Plays by Sheila Kaye-Smith. (1926) [Ten poems and two plays, all with a religious theme] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 Text UTF-8 Text zipped
Iron and Smoke (1928) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
A Wedding Morn, a Story (1928) [Short story] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Shepherds in Sackcloth (1930) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Susan Spray (1931) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Gipsy Waggon. The Story of a Ploughman's Progress. [apparent United Kingdom title: The Ploughman's Progress] (1933) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Superstition Corner (1934) [Historical novel about the Recusants (Wikipedia) of Sussex at the time of the Spanish Armada: includes two illustrations of unknown authorship] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Gallybird (1934) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Selina [United Kingdom title: Selina is Older] (1935) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Markwick Gardens Association
Rose Deeprose (1936) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Faithful Stranger And Other Stories (1938) [Short stories] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Ember Lane. A Winter's Tale. (1940) [Novel, featuring a character that can see into the past] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Secret Son [United Kingdom title: The Hidden Son] (1941) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Happy Tree [United Kingdom title: The Treasures of the Snow] (1949) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Mrs. Gailey (1951) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Quartet in Heaven (1953) [Biographies of Caterina Fiesca Adorna, Cornelia Connelly, Isabella Rosa de Santa Maria de Flores, and Thérèse Martin] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The View from the Parsonage (1954) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
All the Books of My Life (1956) [Autobiography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Kennedy, Roderick Stuart (1889-1953) [Canadian journalist and novelist]

The Road South (1947) [Novel about the adventures, military and non-military, of some Canadian soldiers in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #760]

Ker, William Paton (1855-1923) [Scottish literary critic and philologist] Wikipedia University of Glasgow

Medieval English Literature (1912) [A great classic. In the words of Ker's colleague R. W. Chambers (1874-1942) Wikipedia, "there is hardly a paragraph in it which demands any serious addition or alteration. It is a classic of English criticism, and any attempt to alter it, or 'bring it up to date', either now or in future years, would be futile." But we include Chambers' Supplementary Note, written in 1942 and published in 1945!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped EPUB [PGC #819]

Keynes, John Maynard (first Baron Keynes) (1883-1946) [English economist] Wikipedia maynardkeynes.org History of Economic Thought

The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) [Treatise] HTML and Text
The Great Slump of 1930 (1930) [Essay] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Essays in Persuasion (1931) [A fascinating collection of essays and articles written by Keynes between 1919 and 1931. These beautifully written essays on economics were intended for a general audience, and are notably free of academic jargon.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #833]
The Means to Prosperity (1933) [Pamphlet] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped

King, Basil [William Benjamin Basil] (1859-1928) [Canadian priest and novelist] Wikipedia jrank.org

The Giant's Strength (1907) [Novel: the interplay of money, love, and morality among the expatriates of Monte Carlo and Paris] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #676]
Abraham's Bosom (1918) [Novel. Our hero, Berkeley Noone, embarks on a voyage of personal discovery after being diagnosed with a serious illness.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #661]

Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) [Anglo-Indian novelist and poet; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1907] Wikipedia

Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) Wikipedia [Kipling's first collection of stories, many of them written in Lahore for the Civil and Military Gazette, where Kipling was hired at the impressively young age of sixteen! Still more impressive: these stories became instant and permanent classics, whose fame endures to this day. Set in various parts of British India, including the hill station of Simla, their high reputation shows just how much impact truly short stories can have!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories (1888) Wikipedia ["Other Eerie Stories", according to some early editions, and indeed four of the five stories are ghost stories: The Phantom Rickshaw (it looks like a rickshaw, but is it real?), My Own True Ghost Story (why should mere death interfere with a passion for billiards?), The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes (sometimes it's really not a good idea to go out at night in an area you don't know, even if the sound of dogs baying at the moon is annoying you), and "The Finest Story in the World" (Charlie Mears "lived in the north of London, coming into the City every day to work in a bank. He was twenty years old and suffered from aspirations." Needless to say, some strange things start happening to Charlie.) Yet the most famous story of all, The Man Who Would Be King Wikipedia, does not involve ghosts, but personal ambition and imperial overreach. Two enterprising individuals in British India decide to seek their fortune over the border, in Kafiristan, part of modern Afghanistan. They have plans to set up their own kingdom, and at first this preposterous scheme seems to work, until things go wrong. Very wrong. Of course, in Afghanistan the collapse of the dreams of empire is a familiar story, as is shown by the failed attempts at conquest over the past two centuries by the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and, as recently as 2021, the United States. Perhaps the Soviets and the Americans should have read their Kipling! Of course, you don't have to physically invade a country to make it your colony, as the US's successful takeover of Canada demonstrates: the 2020 version of NAFTA, which coercively imposed American copyright durations and other outrages on our country, is certainly the act of an aggressive imperial power. Perhaps the Americans will learn their Afghanistan lesson, and start treating other countries, Canada included, as their equals, not their subjects. Not a moment too soon!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Jungle Book (1894) Wikipedia [One of Kipling's most famous works, whose fame and influence show no signs of diminishing. It is a set of animal fables, published individually and then as this collection, mostly set in India, and strongly influenced by the ancient classical literature of Kipling's native India. The Adelaide ebook includes many drawings selected from the 1894 original edition of The Jungle Book, which was richly illustrated by no fewer than three artists: the author's father, John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) Wikipedia, American artist William Henry Drake (1856-1926) Wikipedia, and American artist Paul Frenzeny (d. 1902) Wikipedia.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par Louis Fabulet (1862-1933) fr.wikipedia et Robert d'Humières (1868-1915) fr.wikipedia

Le Livre de la Jungle (1899) fr.wikipedia
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The Second Jungle Book (1895) Wikipedia [Stories and poems, similar in subject and style to those in the original Jungle Book, of which it is naturally a continuation. If you liked the first book, you'll probably like the second! "Decorated by" the author's father, John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) Wikipedia, who had made similar contributions to the original Jungle Book.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #37364]
Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks. (1897) Wikipedia [Rudyard Kipling is often thought of as a supporter of imperialism. But how then do we explain the pro-Indian feelings so predominant in Kim? And if he was such an upholder of the privileges of the propertied classes, how do we explain Captains Courageous? It is the story of an American rich kid whose character is transformed. The rich kid is Harvey Cheyne, the son of a California millionaire: "Built one place at San Diego, the old man has; another at Los Angeles; owns half a dozen railroads, half the lumber on the Pacific slope, and lets his wife spend the money..." Harvey is washed overboard while he and his family are crossing the Atlantic, but he is rescued by Manuel, a Portuguese seaman who is part of the crew of the fishing schooner We're Here, sailing out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Harvey works on the schooner, and his formerly difficult character is completely changed by the time he reaches port. Readers of the novel will be instructed as well as entertained, for it contains much information about the cod fishery, as well as an enduringly famous account of how Harvey's parents managed to get from San Diego to Boston with astonishing speed. If you're a railroad magnate, you can make some very special arrangements! We present two digital editions of this immortal classic: an elegant EPUB from the University of Adelaide, and an illustrated digital edition from Project Gutenberg US, based on the 1897 Macmillan edition, which includes twenty-two drawings by Massachusetts artist Isaac Walton Taber (1857-1933) Wikipedia] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #2225]
Soldiers Three and Other Stories (1899) Wikipedia [Short stories about life in the British Army in India, originally published as three separate collections. The stories are about Privates Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris, and John Learoyd, who had already made their first appearance in Plain Tales from the Hills. Readers will learn much about daily life within the British Army at the height of the Raj, when the end of empire seemed impossibly far away, even though it was in fact only fifty years off. Kipling's representation of the privates' dialects (Irish, Cockney, and Yorkshire) takes some initial adjustment, but this soon wears off. What does not wear off is the very high quality of these classic stories.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Kim (1900-01) Wikipedia [Kipling is often called an English author, but he is more accurately described as Anglo-Indian: he was born in Bombay, where the first language he mastered was Hindi. This famous novel, principally intended for an adult audience, centers around Kim, a young orphan who is of Irish descent, but makes his own living on the streets of Lahore, and is in no way connected to the rulers of British India. At the start of the novel, Kim becomes the servant of a Tibetan lama who is on a pilgrimage, and so in the following chapters he sees both the plains and the mountains of India, and is profoundly influenced by Teshoo Lama's Buddhist teachings. There is much more for you to discover in this wonderful novel.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Kirby, William (1817-1906) [Canadian novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada;

The Golden Dog (1896) [Novel] Text
Le Chien d'Or (1884-85; édition de 1926) [Roman: traduit par Pamphile Le May (1837-1918) Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée nationale; préface et notes historiques par Benjamin Sulte (1841-1923) fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada]
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Kjelgaard, Jim [James Arthur] (1910-1959) [American novelist] Wikipedia Kjelgaard website by Gary L. Charter Jim Kjelgaard, A Daughter's Memoir (Karen Kjelgaard)

Buckskin Brigade (1947) [Novelized accounts of various episodes of North American history, with a focus on the history of the United States, but with considerable coverage of New France as well. Like most of Kjelgaard's books, directed towards teenage readers; beautifully illustrated by Ralph Ray, Jr. (1920-1952) North Carolina History Project (Donald Beagle) Gaston Gazette (Bernie Petit).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #901]
Kalak of the Ice (1949) [Novel for teenagers, about Kalak the polar bear and her cub. Humans come into the picture as the plot proceeds.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #882]
Chip, the Dam Builder (1950) [Novel about the life of Chip the beaver and other animals. Human beings appear in supporting roles. Like most of Kjelgaard's books, directed towards teenage readers; beautifully illustrated by Ralph Ray, Jr. (1920-1952) North Carolina History Project (Donald Beagle) Gaston Gazette (Bernie Petit).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #930]
The Explorations of Père Marquette (1951) [A biography for teenagers of the Jesuit missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette (1637-1675) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, written in the style of a novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #924]
Fire-Hunter (1951) [Novel for teenagers, set in the prehistoric era. Lavishly illustrated by Ralph Ray, Jr. (1920-1952) North Carolina History Project (Donald Beagle) Gaston Gazette (Bernie Petit).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #744]
The Coming of the Mormons (1953) [A history of the migration of the Mormons Wikipedia to Utah, and their early years in their new home. Skilfully written in a novelistic style, and, like most of Kjelgaard's books, written with teenagers in mind. Includes an index.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #806]
Outlaw Red, Son of Big Red (1953) [A sequel to Kjelgaard's 1945 novel Big Red. Outlaw Red, a rather special dog, is a son of that famous Irish Setter.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #937]
The Spell of the White Sturgeon (1953) [Novel for teenagers, taking place in the fisheries of Lake Michigan, and featuring the mysterious White Sturgeon] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #965]
Cracker Barrel Trouble Shooter (1954) [Novel for teenagers. Bill Rawls is a college student, studying architecture. He learns that by inheritance he is now the owner of a general store in a village named Elk Shanty. This discovery changes his life significantly.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #887]
The Lost Wagon (1955) [Novel for adults. Joe Tower, a capable but not very prosperous Missouri farmer, decides to take his family to the West, following the Oregon Trail Wikipedia. Many adventures follow.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #704]
Trading Jeff and his Dog (1956) [Novel for teenagers. A dog of mixed breeds, all of them large (so he is large), is orphaned: his human dies under suspicious circumstances. After some wandering, he falls in with Jeff Tarrant, a young and ambitious door-to-door salesman. Dog and human become fast friends.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #989]
Desert Dog (1956) [Novel for teenagers. Tawny the greyhound makes an unexpected transition from the racetrack to living in the wild.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #904]
Double Challenge (1957) [Novel for teenagers, taking place in a wilderness paradise which, paradise though it is, nonetheless does not shield the teenager Ted Harkness from life's complexities. His father wants him to go to college, but Ted's inclinations lie elsewhere.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #966]
Wolf Brother (1957) [Novel for teenagers, set in Arizona in 1884. Jonathan, an Apache orphan now sixteen years of age, has to choose between conflicting loyalties.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1083]
The Black Fawn (1958) [Novel for teenagers. The young Bud Sloan, who has been living in an orphanage, is adopted by an elderly couple in the countryside. Shortly after arriving in his new home, he discovers a black fawn, which seems, like him, to be without either mother or father...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #773]
The Land is Bright (1958) [Novel. Judge Colin Campbell retires from the bench, only to be swept up in the events of the American Civil War.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #919]
The Story of Geronimo (1958) [A biography for teenagers of the Apache leader Geronimo (1829-1909) Wikipedia, written in the style of a novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #923]
Stormy (1959) [Novel for teenagers. On a cold November day, Allan Marley sees a retriever break through the ice on a partially frozen lake, and rescues the dog. This dog is Stormy...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #913]

Kleist, Heinrich von [Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von] (1777-1811) [German playwright and poet / dramaturge et poète allemand] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia de.wikipedia

Das Erdbeben in Chili (1807/1810) de.wikipedia en.wikipedia [Novella in German / Nouvelle en allemand. Das Erdbeben des Titels macht die kirchliche und staatliche Rechtsprechung zu Nichte. In der Folge setzen sich in Abwesenheit der staatlichen Ordnung zwischenmenschliche Güte und Barmherzigkeit durch. Bei Wiederherstellung der kirchlichen Ordnung und der damit einher gehenden Sündenvorstellung kommt es zu einem Ausbruch menschlicher Gewalt, der Schuldige wie Unschuldige zum Opfer fallen.] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #1472/n^o 1472]
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Kline, Otis Adelbert (1891-1946) [American science fiction author] Wikipedia

Maza of the Moon (1930) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel. Inventor Ted Dustin launches an unmanned lunar probe. But the moon turns out to be inhabited, and the inhabitants are none too happy to have been discovered. There's no other choice: Ted has to go to the moon and deal with the situation in person...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1345]

Knister, Raymond (1899-1932) [Canadian novelist and poet] Wikipedia Pratt Library jrank.org University of Toronto English Library

White Narcissus (1929) [Richard Milne returns to the farming area in Southwestern Ontario where he had grown up, seeking his childhood friend Ada Lethen...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #863] Studies in Canadian Literature (Paul Denham)

Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott (1888-1957) [English theologian, translator, and detective novelist] Wikipedia

The Viaduct Murder (1925) [Mystery novel. In modern Canadian English, we would probably say "The Railroad Bridge Murder", for that is what Knox means by Viaduct. He comments that "railways ennoble our landscape; they give to our unassuming valleys a hint of motive and destination. More especially, a main line with four tracks pillowed on a sweep of tall embankment, that cannot cross a meandering country stream without a stilt-walk upon vast columns of enduring granite, captivates, if not the eye, at least the imagination." So this is quite a railroad bridge we're talking about. And it's an impressive venue for a murder. There are no fewer than four detectives who work the case: all of them amateur, all of them with something to contribute. How providential that they should have been enjoying a day of golf when they discover the body. Closely reasoned, beautifully written: exactly what one would expect from Ronald Knox!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72585]
The Three Taps: A detective story without a moral (1927) [Mystery novel, the first of several to feature Miles Bredon, who works for the Indescribably Company as an investigator of suspicious claims. The Indescribable is a very large insurance company, and Bredon by no means your everyday sleuth. He had been in military intelligence during the first war; "his Colonel happened to be a friend of some minor director of the Indescribable, and, hearing that a discreet man was needed to undertake the duties outlined, recommended Bredon. The offer fell at his feet just when he was demobilized; he hated the idea of it, but was sensible enough to realize, even then, that ex-officers cannot be choosers. He was accepted on his own terms, namely, that he should not have to sit in an office kicking his heels; he would always be at home, and the company might call him in when he was wanted." The taps in question are not for water, but for gas being supplied to gas lamps. If gas is accidentally left on, the consequences can be fatal!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73198] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Footsteps at the Lock (1928) [Mystery novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Nazi and Nazarene (1940) [Pamphlet] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Kornbluth, Cyril M. (1924-1958) [American writer of science fiction] Wikipedia Frederik Pohl blog entry (20 April 2009)

The Rocket of 1955 (April 1941) [Science fiction story, only ten paragraphs long. Its title can serve as its summary!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1364]
The Little Black Bag (1950) [Science fiction story] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia (contains spoilers, i.e. complete plot summary)
The Mindworm (December 1950) [Science fiction story. An nuclear test takes place, and a child is born a few months later to parents who had witnessed this test. But this is a child somewhat out of the ordinary...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1353]
Friend to Man (Spring 1951) [Science fiction story. Smith is a fugitive, and is on a planet he does not know...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1363]
The Marching Morons (April 1951) Wikipedia [Science fiction novella. Forward movement in time does not imply "progress" in the sense of "improvement".] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1174]
With These Hands (December 1951) [Science fiction story. There has always been an interplay between technology and the plastic arts. Of course, technology makes advances in unexpected directions...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1180]
That Share of Glory (January 1952) [One of Kornbluth's most famous stories. Life in the future may be somewhat monastic, or it may be wild and untameable. Or both, if you belong to the Order, and have to deal with difficult situations...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1206]
The Luckiest Man in Denv (June 1952) [Science fiction story. Political rivalries within the military will last into the far future, it seems.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1176]
The Altar at Midnight (November 1952) [Science fiction story. Career choices have consequences.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1172]
The Goodly Creatures (December 1952) [Science fiction story. We shall always have advertising agencies, it seems!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1356]
Gomez (1954) [Science fiction story. Julio Gomez is a teenager from Puerto Rico, freshly arrived in New York, and working in a restaurant. But why does he seem to know so much about nuclear physics? NOTE: We also include a Project Gutenberg Canada bonus: the short and fascinating profile of Kornbluth found at the end of Kornbluth's 1954 collection The Explorers, the source edition for our ebook.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1352]
Thirteen O'Clock (1954 version) [Science fiction story, originally published in February 1941, but chosen by Kornbluth in slightly revised form for his 1954 collection The Explorers: the only item from before 1950. But what about the story itself? Well, it is about a young man named Peter Packer, who in his grandfather's strange old house discovers a strange old clock...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1355]
Not This August (1955) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, reflecting the era it was written in. The United States (and Canada!) are at grave risk of invasion...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #827]
MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie (1957) [Science fiction story. Before emails, there were fortune cookies...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #969]

Kuhn, Isobel (1901-1957) [Canadian missionary] Wikipedia

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La Blanchère, Henri de (1821-1880) [Naturaliste et photographe français] fr.wikipedia

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Lagerlöf, Selma [Selma Ottilia Lovisa] (1858-1940) [Swedish teacher and author; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1909] Wikipedia

The Story of Gösta Berling (1891 [Swedish original: Gösta Berlings saga] Runeberg ; 1898 [this translation]) Wikipedia [Selma Lagerlöf's first novel, to this day the most famous of her many works. In 1890 she entered the first part of the book in a literary contest, which she won, and the entire book was published the following year, then subsequently turned into a 1924 film (starring Greta Garbo!) and a 1925 opera by Riccardo Zandonai. This translation by Pauline Bancroft Flach (1869-1966) first appeared in 1898, and since then has been reprinted frequently. As the book starts we meet Gösta Berling, who is conducting a church service. Yes, he is a priest, but a controversial one, for he has a drinking habit. Many events ensue, from which we learn that the Swedish countryside is not as placid a society as one might think!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #56158]

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Gösta Berling: Erzählungen aus dem alten Wermland (1877) de.wikipedia Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #28751]

Mårbacka (1922 [Swedish original]; 1925 [this translation]) [Autobiography, translated by Velma Swanston Howard (1868-1937). Mårbacka Wikipedia is the country home where Selma Lagerlöf was born; it had been in the family since 1801. Financial problems arose which led to the sale of Mårbacka in 1889, but once Lagerlöf had become an established international author and won the Nobel Prize, these problems vanished, and she was able to acquire ownership of her beloved childhood home, and stay there for the rest of her life. This memoir is an evocative account of Lagerlöf's childhood at Mårbacka, and of Swedish country life at the height of the nineteenth century. What better way could be imagined of escaping for a while the crises of our own age than reading this fine memoir?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66906]

Lambert, Leonard Constant (1905-1951) [English composer and conductor] Wikipedia Naxos Guardian (article by Mike Ashman) New York Times (article by Terry Teachout)

Music Ho! A study of music in decline. (1934) [Survey of music in the early twentieth century]
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Larsen, Henry [Henry Asbjorn] (1899-1964) [Canadian explorer] Wikipedia

The North-West Passage, 1940-1942 and 1944. The Famous Voyages of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Schooner "St. Roch". (1948) [Seventy years ago, the High Arctic of Canada had been little explored. But the RCMP had a ship in the northern seas, the St. Roch Wikipedia [photos]. For much of its time in service it was commanded by Sergeant Larsen, who wrote this personal account, richly illustrated, of the ship's most famous voyages.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1398]

LaRue, Hubert (1833-1881) [Médecin et écrivain canadien] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

Voyage sentimental sur la rue Saint-Jean (1879) [Historiettes de la Vieille Capitale] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip [PGC n^o 520]

Lash, Zebulon Aiton (1846-1920) [Canadian jurist] Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia

The Working of Federal Institutions in Canada (1917) [Lecture: published in The Federation of Canada 1867-1917. Four Lectures delivered in the University of Toronto in March, 1917, to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Federation (1917), along with lectures by George M. Wrong (1860-1948), Sir John Willison (1856-1927), and R. A. Falconer (1867-1943)]
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Laski, Harold Joseph (1893-1950) [English economist and political scientist] Wikipedia London School of Economics Spartacus

Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham (1920) [Treatise] HTML and Text
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Laut, Agnes Christina (1871-1936) [Canadian historian, novelist, and journalist] Manitoba Historical Society

The 'Adventurers of England' on Hudson Bay: A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (1914) [History of the Hudson's Bay Company Wikipedia Hudson's Bay Company Archives: vol. 17 of "The Chronicles of Canada". With a photograph by Reginald Walter Brock (1874-1935) University of Hong Kong UBC Archives Library and Archives Canada, and illustrations by John Closterman (1660-1711) Wikipedia National Portrait Gallery (UK), John Collier (1850-1934) Wikipedia Tate Collection, Peter Lely (1618-1680) Wikipedia National Portrait Gallery (UK), and John Riley (1646-1691) National Portrait Gallery (UK)]
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Cadillac. Knight Errant of the Wilderness, Founder of Detroit, Governor of Louisiana from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. (1931) [A lavishly illustrated biography of Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac (1658-1730) Wikipedia, the founder of Detroit and governor of Louisiana. Laut takes a very positive view of this controversial figure.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1132]

Lawler, James (1868-1945) [Canadian silviculturist]

The Talking Trees and Canadian Forest Trees (1921) [Short story for children, followed by a manual on the trees of Canada] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Lawrence, D. H. [David Herbert] (1885-1930) [English novelist] Wikipedia

You will find many other titles by D. H. Lawrence at Project Gutenberg's US and Australian websites.

The Boy in the Bush (1924) [Novel: with M. L. Skinner (1876-1955)] HTML (with illustration) HTML (with illustration) zipped Text Text zipped
Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays (1925) [Seven essays on various topics. The first essay and by far the longest (it is divided into chapters) is "The Crown" a wide-ranging riff starting from the nursery rhyme The Lion and the Unicorn, which also inspired Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass. The second, "The Novel", is full of miscellaneous observations on the literary form in which Lawrence chiefly worked. "Him with his Tail in his Mouth" is a reflection on philosophy and religion. "Blessed are the Powerful" discusses the role of power in how relationships come into being and develop. "...Love Was Once a Little Boy" is a set of random reflections on the nature of love. No mystery about "Reflection on the Death of a Porcupine"! Lawrence kills a porcupine, then reflects on the consequences of his act. The final essay, "Aristocracy", analyzes the nature and consequences of inequality. The essays are not always straightforward reading, but have some interesting insights, and can be considered a supplement to the author's famous novels.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73691]
The Plumed Serpent (1926) Wikipedia [Lawrence's Mexican novel inspired a variety of reactions when it was published. As it begins, a group of friends, recently arrived in Mexico City, are about to go to their first bullfight. Some view this prospect with pleasure, others do not. And so begins Lawrence's exploration of Mexican society, politics, and religion: the "plumed serpent" of the title is the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl Wikipedia. Lawrence considered this his finest novel, and E. M. Forster agreed; Mexico's Octavio Paz was an admirer as well!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73677]
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928 version) Wikipedia [Lawrence's final novel, and certainly his most controversial, being banned for many years in various countries (including Canada) because of its language and explicit sexual content. If you don't like that sort of thing, you have been warned! There is much social narrative and even satire in this novel, with a good share of family politics, but fundamentally it is the story of Sir Clifford Chatterley, who gets married in 1917, and a few months later is severely wounded (in the war, naturally), but recovers, more or less, "with the lower half of his body, from the hips down, paralysed for ever." This does not bother him all that much: after all, he is still alive! But Lady Constance ("Connie") wants a physical relationship with a man, so looks elsewhere. As the title suggests, her search is successful.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73144]

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Little Novels of Sicily(1925) [Lawrence's translation of Novelle Rusticane (1883) by Italian novelist Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) Wikipedia Liber Liber (in Italian)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped HTML ['Novelle Rusticane' — Italian] (Liber Liber)

Lawrence, Gertrude (1896-1952) [Star of the West End and of Broadway] Wikipedia

A Star Danced (1945) [Autobiography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Lawson, Robert (1892-1957) [American author and illustrator] Wikipedia

McWhinney's Jaunt (1951) [Children's novel, lavishly illustrated by the author] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #639]

Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan (1814-1873) [Irish novelist and writer of tales] Wikipedia

Strange Events in the Life of Schalken the Painter (1851 version) [Horror story, a particular favourite of M. R. James, no less! Godfried Schalken (1643-1706) Wikipedia was by no means a fictional character, but a Dutch painter. This is the "fearful story" connected to one of his paintings.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Tenants of Malory. A Novel. (Volume 1 of 3) (1867) [Mystery novel]
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The Tenants of Malory. A Novel. (Volume 2 of 3) (1867) [Mystery novel]
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The Tenants of Malory. A Novel. (Volume 3 of 3) (1867) [Mystery novel]
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The Wyvern Mystery (Volume 1 of 3) (1869) [Novel]
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Green Tea (1869) [Horror story, or rather novella. Dr Martin Hesselius, a wandering physician originally from Germany, meets a clergyman, the Rev Mr Jennings, who divides his time between his house in London and his parish in Warwickshire. When in London, he is well enough, but when in his parish, he is prone to sudden breakdowns, and now always takes an assistant with him "to supply his place on the instant should he become thus suddenly incapacitated." What is Mr Jennings' story, wonders Dr Hesselius: it turns out to be a strange story indeed, involving green tea and a small black monkey. But this is no ordinary monkey!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Carmilla (1872) Wikipedia [Horror novella with strong lesbian elements, set in the ancient Austrian province of Styria -- not so very far from Transylvania! Laura, the narrator and main character, had a Styrian mother but an English father, who had been "in the Austrian service" and upon retirement had stayed in Styria, "where everything is so marvelously cheap." And so he naturally bought an ancient castle! "Nothing can be more picturesque or solitary." However, this solitude is interrupted by the chance arrival of a mysterious stranger, who says nothing about herself except that (1) her name was Carmilla, (2) "her family was very ancient and noble", and (3) "Her home lay in the direction of the west." Laura and Carmilla cannot possibly have seen each other before: why then are they both convinced that they have already met -- in childhood dreams they have never forgotten!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery (1923) [Mystery tales, selected and edited by M. R. James (1862-1936) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #263]

Le May, Alan (1899-1964) [American novelist and screenwriter] Wikipedia

The Searchers (1954) [Western novel, and the basis for one of the most famous of all Western movies Wikipedia, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. It is the time of the American invasion of the southwest, and the Comanches have taken Debbie and Lucy Edwards hostage. Will Ethan Edwards find his daughters?]
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The Unforgiven (1957) [Western novel, the basis for the John Huston movie of the same name Wikipedia. A lot of things happened during the American invasion of the southwest in the nineteenth century. Conflict, yes, but also contact between previously separate cultures. This famous novel follows the interactions between the Zachary family and the Kiowa tribe Wikipedia. CAUTION: The novel contains language and situations which some readers may find upsetting or offensive.]
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Le May, Pamphile (1837-1918) [Bibliothécaire et écrivain canadien] Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée nationale

Essais poétiques (1865) [Poèmes] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
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Rouge et bleu (1891) [Trois comédies: Sous les bois, En livrée, et Rouge et bleu] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
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Contes vrais (1899; deuxième édition [1907], revue et augmentée) [Contes, illustrés par Raoul Barré (1874-1932) fr.wikipedia BD Québec, Albert-Samuel Brodeur (1862-1904) BD Québec, Georges Delfosse (1869-1939) fr.wikipedia, Charles Huot (1855-1930) fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada, Henri Julien (1852-1908) fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada BD Québec Musée McCord, Joseph Labelle (1857-1939), Jean-Baptiste Lagacé (1868-1946) Ville de Montréal, Ulric Lamarche (1867-1921), Georges Latour (1877-1946), Ozias Leduc (1864-1955) fr.wikipedia Fédération des sociétés d'histoire du Québec Compass (en anglais), Edmond-Joseph Massicotte (1875-1929) Dictionnaire biographique du Canada, et Jobson Paradis (1871-1926)]
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Évangéline. Traduction du poème acadien de Longfellow. (1865; rev. 1870) [Poème] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
Le Chien d'Or (1884-85; édition de 1926) [Roman par William Kirby (1817-1906) fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada; préface et notes historiques par Benjamin Sulte (1841-1923)] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada]
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Le Moine [Lemoine], Sir James MacPherson (1825-1912) [Écrivain et avocat canadien] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

Les rues de Québec (1875) [Monographie sur l'histoire des rues de Québec] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip [PGC n^o 521]

Leacock, Stephen Butler (1869-1944) [Canadian economist and humorist] Wikipedia National Library of Canada Canadian Encyclopedia Stephen Leacock: A Reappraisal (David Staines, 1986) — University of Ottawa Press

Baldwin, Lafontaine, Hincks: Responsible Government (1907) [A history of the two governments of the United Province of Canada Wikipedia formed by Robert Baldwin (1804-1858) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography and Louis-Philippe La Fontaine (1807-1864) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography which, with the support of Sir Francis Hincks (1807-1885) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography encouraged the evolution of Canada from a military colony to a representative democracy.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #617]
Literary Lapses (1910) [Humour] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912) [Leacock's most famous work: a collection of short stories about the fictional small Ontario town of Mariposa Wikipedia. The colour frontispiece is by Cyrus Cuneo (1879-1916) Cuneo Society.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PG Canada ebook #544] Previous edition: HTML and Text Wikipedia
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich (1914) [Humour] Text
The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada and the coming of the White Man (1914) [History: vol. 1 of "The Chronicles of Canada". Illustrations by C. W. Jefferys (1869-1951) Wikipedia Library and Archives Canada, Edmund Montague Morris (1871-1913) Dictionary of Canadian Biography theCanadaSite.com; photographs by Robert Bell (1841-1917) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Museum of Civilization, Albert Peter Low (1861-1942) Wikipedia Natural Resources Canada, James Alexander Teit (1864-1922) Wikipedia Canadian Museum of Civilization; sculpture by John Cassidy (1860-1939) Wikipedia John Cassidy: Manchester Sculptor
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The Mariner of St Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier (1914) [History: vol. 2 of "The Chronicles of Canada". Illustrations by Théophile Hamel (1817-1870) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, C. W. Jefferys (1869-1951) Wikipedia Library and Archives Canada, Andrew Morris (fl. 1848-1850) Library and Archives Canada, and François Riss (1804-1886); Map by James White (1863-1928) Library and Archives Canada]
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Adventurers of the Far North (1914; vol. 20 of Chronicles of Canada, edited by George M. Wrong [1860-1948] and H. H. Langton [1862-1953]) [History] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy (1915) [Humour] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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The Hohenzollerns in America (1919) [Humour] Text
Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels (1920) [Humour] HTML and Text
My Discovery of England (1922) [Humour] Text
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The Pursuit of Knowledge: A Discussion of Freedom and Compulsion in Education (1934) [Essay] HTML Text Text zipped
My Discovery of the West. A Discussion of East and West in Canada. (1937) [Leacock's entertaining and instructive account of an extended lecture tour he made in Western Canada. Winner of the 1937 Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #808]
Model Memoirs and Other Sketches from Simple to Serious (1938) [Memoirs, essays, and radio monologues] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Too Much College, or, Education Eating Up Life. With Kindred Essays in Education and Humour. (1939) [A collection of essays on the proper use (and duration) of formal education] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #601]
My Remarkable Uncle and other Sketches (1942) [Humour] HTML Text Text zipped
Montreal, Seaport and City (1942) [A history of Montreal, with a number of mostly anonymous illustrations, but including one by the English artist George Henry Andrews (1816-98) Charleston Renaissance Gallery Wikimedia Commons AskART] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #471]
Our Heritage of Liberty: Its Origin, Its Achievement, Its Crisis. A Book for War Time. (1942) [A short collection of articles and essays on various aspects of economics and history] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #633]
The Boy I Left Behind Me (1946) [Leacock's own account of his youth in England and Canada, published posthumously: the first part of the autobiography which he did not live to complete] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #632]

We also offer an attractive short biography of Leacock by Canadian journalist Peter Gilchrist McArthur (1866-1924) Dictionary of Canadian Biography, which includes a selection of stories by Leacock:

Stephen Leacock (1923) [McArthur's short biography of Leacock and personal selection of Leacock stories, starting with My Financial Career] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Leblanc, Maurice (1864-1941) [Romancier français / French novelist] fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia

Arsène Lupin: Gentleman-Cambrioleur (1907) fr.wikipedia [Le début littéraire de M. Arsène Lupin! Neuf nouvelles, publiées par le mensuel Je sais tout entre 1905 et 1907. "Et la vogue qu'a si bien commencée le magazine, le livre va la continuer." (Préface de Jules Claretie (1840-1913) fr.wikipedia) Ce qui est bien le cas!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 32854]
Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès (1908) fr.wikipedia [Deux nouvelles de Maurice Leblanc, La Dame blonde et La Lampe juive), écrits dans un style léger et assez amusant, qui mettent en vedette Arsène Lupin... et son illustre homologue anglais Herlock Sholmès! Faut-il dire que Herlock Sholmès et Sherlock Holmes se ressemblent beaucoup?]
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English translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865-1921) Wikipedia:

Arsène Lupin versus Holmlock Shears (1910) Wikipedia [The 1910 U.S. edition (the basis of this ebook) has a longer title: "The Blonde Lady. Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective". In fact it includes the second novella as well ("The Jewish Lamp"), and is illustrated by the American artist Henry Richard Boehm (1871-1914).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #24839]

L'Aiguille creuse (1909) fr.wikipedia [Le premier roman qui met en vedette M. Arsène Lupin. L'action se déroule en Creuse (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) et en Normandie dans plusieurs époques, dont celle de Louis XIV.] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

English translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865-1921) Wikipedia:

The Hollow Needle (1910) Wikipedia [Mystery novel. "Further adventures of Arsène Lupin" -- need we say more? The action starts in a picturesque but lightly populated area of central France called Creuse, but soon moves to Normandy. Yes, Lupin duly enters the plot. French history plays a role as well, including Louis XIV!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #24839]

La Demoiselle aux yeux verts (1927) fr.wikipedia [Roman policier. Il s'agit non seulement d'une demoiselle aux yeux verts, mais également d'une Anglaise aux yeux bleus. M. Arsène Lupin s'intéresse à toutes les deux...] EPUB [fr.wikisource]

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Arsène Lupin, Super-Sleuth (1927) [Mystery novel. "Ralph de Limézy," the novel begins, "was strolling along the boulevards with the careless air of a happy man." In Paris being happy is not difficult. But who is this man Ralph is following? And who is this lady whom the man seems to be stalking?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74269]

L'Agence Barnett et Cie (1928) fr.wikipedia [Huit nouvelles. « Qu'était-ce que ce curieux personnage qui avait nom Jim Barnett ? » demande notre romancier dans sa préface, et fournit lui-même la réponse : M. Arsène Lupin fr.wikipedia, semble-t-il...] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PGC n^o1199]

Lee, Vernon [Paget, Violet] (1856-1935) [English novelist, essayist, and poet] Wikipedia infinity plus (article by Brian Stableford) John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery

Belcaro: Being Essays on Sundry Æsthetical Questions (1881) [A miscellany of essays on music, art, and literature, with an emphasis on Italy] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #528]
The Countess of Albany (1910 edition; originally published in 1884) [Biography of the Countess of Albany (1752-1824) Wikipedia, born Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, wife of Charles Edward Stuart, "Bonnie Prince Charlie" (1720-1788) Wikipedia. The 1910 edition includes three unattributed paintings from the era of the Countess.]
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Vanitas. Polite Stories. (1892) [Three stories, describing "three frivolous women" and the different courses of their lives] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #649]
Renaissance Fancies and Studies: Being a Sequel to Euphorion (1895) [Essays on the Italian Renaissance] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #433]
Hortus Vitae. Essays on the gardening of life. (1904) [Essays] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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Legendre, Napoléon (1841-1907) [Journaliste canadien] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

Albani (Emma Lajeunesse) (1874) [Biographie de la cantatrice Emma Albani (1847-1930) fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Bibliothèque et Archives Canada La Scena Musicale (article par Gilles Potvin)] Le Gramophone virtuel (*enregistrements*) Le Gramophone virtuel (biographie)]
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Legouvé, Ernest (1807-1903) [Romancier et auteur dramatique français] fr.wikipedia Académie Française

Le Curé médecin (1843) [Conte, publié lors du lancement du célèbre hebdomadaire L'Illustration fr.wikipedia en 1843.] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PGC n^o 594]

Lemprière, John (ca. 1765-1824) [English lexicographer and classicist] Wikipedia

A Classical Dictionary containing a full Account of all the Proper Names mentioned in Ancient Authors (1904 edition) Wikipedia [Few reference works have equalled the success of this famous book, first published in 1788 and frequently reissued up to the present day. In his preface to the first edition Lemprière wrote "it has been the wish of the author to give the most accurate and satisfactory account of all the proper names which occur in reading the Classics, and by a judicious collection of anecdotes and historical facts to draw a picture of ancient times, not less instructive than entertaining." The place names and personal names mentioned by the Greek and Latin authors remain the same today, and so does the usefulness of this famous work to the general reader.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68769]

Leprohon, Rosanna Eleonora (1829-1879) [Romancière et poète canadienne; Canadian poet and novelist] Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Antoinette de Mirecourt, ou Mariage secret et chagrins cachés (1864) [Roman: traduit de l'anglais (1865) par J. A. Genand] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
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Leroux, Gaston (1868-1927) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (1910 [roman]; 1926 [photographies tirées du film avec Lon Chaney]) [Le Palais Garnier fr.wikipedia cache un être mysterieux...] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PG Canada n^o 713] fr.wikipedia
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The 1925 Lon Chaney silent film The Phantom of the Opera Wikipedia remains famous to this day. The Internet Archive offers both the 1925 and 1929 versions of the film; you will also find the 1925 version in Flash format at Google Videos.

Lescarbot, Marc (vers 1570-1642) [Avocat et voyageur français] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Encyclopédie canadienne

Adieu à la France. Sur l'embarquement du sieur de Poutrincourt et de son Équipage faisant voile en la terre de Canadas dicte la France Occidentalle (1606) [Poème] HTML et Texte
La Defaite des Sauvages Armouchiquois par le Sagamo Membertou et ses alliez Sauvages, en la Nouvelle France, au mois de Juillet (1607) [Poème] HTML et Texte
Conversion des Sauvages qui ont esté baptizés en la Nouvelle France, cette année 1610 (1610) [Histoire] HTML et Texte
Histoire de la Nouvelle France (1611) [Histoire]; Relation derniere de ce qui s'est passé au voyage du sieur de Poutrincourt en la Nouvelle France depuis 10 mois ença (1612) [Histoire] HTML et Texte
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Lewis, C. S. [Clive Staples] (1898-1963) [Irish critic, novelist, poet, and theologian] Wikipedia

The science fiction trilogy:

Out of the Silent Planet (1938) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [Lewis's first science fiction novel: an ageless classic. Elwin Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is on a walking holiday in rural England, when he is abducted, to the planet of Malacandra (Mars), where he and his kidnappers encounter intelligent beings, of more than one species. Interesting events ensue, for good and for ill.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped EPUB [PGC #1169]
Perelandra (1943) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [The second of Lewis's three science fiction novels: the alternative title Voyage to Venus is found in some editions. Dr. Elwin Ransom is called upon to make a second interplanetary voyage, this time to Venus, which turns out to be something close to paradise. But he has been summoned there for a reason...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1221]
That Hideous Strength. A modern fairy-tale for grown-ups. (1945) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [The final of the three stories in Lewis's science fiction trilogy. The story which began on Mars and was continued on Venus comes to its conclusion on Earth.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1224]

The seven children's novels Wikipedia about the land of Narnia, in the order of the events they describe:

The Magician's Nephew (1955) Wikipedia [Novel for children. "It is a very important story," Professor Lewis comments, "because it shows how all the comings and goings between our own world and the land of Narnia first began." Two children, Polly and Digory, are spending their summer in London. But a chance encounter with Digory's Uncle Andrew takes them far from that city...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1151]
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. A Story for Children. (1950) Wikipedia [Novel for children. The four Pevensie children are living in a large house in the country, a house with many rooms, which are filled with many things. But one of the rooms is absolutely empty, except for a single piece of furniture: a large wardrobe. It is a wardrobe, the children discover, which has magical properties. (Our ebook is based on Macmillan's New York edition, and therefore includes certain minor changes made by Lewis after the London edition had been published. These changes are described in the Wikipedia article on the book.)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1152]
The Horse and his Boy (1954) Wikipedia [Novel for children. "This is the story," explains Professor Lewis, "of an adventure that happened in Narnia and Calormen and the lands between, in the Golden Age when Peter was High King in Narnia and his brother and his two sisters were King and Queens under him." Shasta, an orphan boy in the empire of Calormen, wants to escape to Narnia, which is situated to the north. His first ally in this venture is Bree, a horse from Narnia who wishes to return to the land of his birth. But a long and perilous journey awaits the two travellers...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1153]
Prince Caspian. The Return to Narnia. (1951) Wikipedia [Novel for children. Centuries have passed since the Pevensie children were the kings and queens of Narnia, and the country has greatly changed — not for the better. Prince Caspian, the rightful heir to the throne, is in flight from his evil uncle. Who can set things right?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1154]
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) Wikipedia [Novel for children. It is the third year of the reign of King Caspian of Narnia. The new King sails east in search of seven lords of Narnia, friends of his father, who years before sailed east but never returned. Many adventures occur along the way. (Our ebook gives the text used by Lewis's London publisher, before certain changes were made by the author for the New York edition. These changes are described in the Wikipedia article on the novel.)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1155]
The Silver Chair (1953) Wikipedia [Novel for children. King Caspian is now well on in years, and has a son and heir, Prince Rilian. Rilian, however, disappeared from Narnia under mysterious and sinister circumstances, and has been missing for some years. He must be found...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1156]
The Last Battle (1956) Wikipedia [Novel for children, with strong elements of theology and philosophy. The history of Narnia comes to its end. But an ending is also a beginning... Winner of the 1956 Carnegie Medal.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1157]

Theological works:

The Problem of Pain (1940) Wikipedia catholiceducation.org (Jacek Bacz) [Lewis's first book of theology: an examination of physical pain and mental suffering, and their place in the universe.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1185]
The Screwtape Letters (1942) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [Theology, in the form of a series of letters purportedly written by the old and cunning devil Screwtape to his nephew Wormwood, on the subject of how to distract humans from God and the path of salvation. "This admirable, diverting, and remarkably original work... the most exciting piece of Christian apologetics that has turned up in a long time... a book for which believer and unbeliever alike may give thanks." (Leonard Bacon, Saturday Review, 17 April 1943)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1179]
Transposition and other Addresses (1949) [Three sermons and two talks delivered by Lewis during and shortly after the Second World War. Written in a conversational style appropriate to the circumstances of their creation, but full of substance, as one expects from Professor Lewis.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1218]
The Four Loves (1960) Wikipedia [Philosophical/theological monograph: a study of love. But the single English word "love" is used for several quite different things, as Professor Lewis demonstrates with his customary clarity and brilliance.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1202]
A Grief Observed (1961) Wikipedia The Guardian (article by Hilary Mantel) C. S. Lewis Institute (article by Jana Harmon) [Lewis's famous reflections on his personal grief following the passing of his wife Joy Davidman Wikipedia less than five years after they had married.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1311]
Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1964) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [A book of letters on the nature of prayer. "What is so engaging in this last book is partly that it does not take its stand outside the modern unrest, and it is frivolousness far more than doubt that is here implied to be the opposite of faith... apart from The Screwtape Letters, it may well prove to be the profoundest of C. S. Lewis's many essays in theological apologetic: it is, in any event, a fine capstone to this side of his literary career." (Nathan A. Scott, Jr., Saturday Review, 7 March 1964)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1346]

Literary criticism:

On Stories (1947) [Essay. "It is astonishing", Professor Lewis writes, "how little attention critics have paid to Story considered in itself." His essay pays a great deal of attention to this question. Itself a fine piece of writing, along the way it provides some very good reading suggestions!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1212]

Autobiography:

Surprised by Joy. The shape of my early life. (1955) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) Lewisiana (index by Arend Smilde) [The author's fine account of his early years, with a focus on his journey away from atheism. Naturally he includes some good discussions of literature — you might discover a new author you'd like to read!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1275]

Lewis, Percy Wyndham (1882-1957) [Canadian writer and painter] Wikipedia Cybermuse National Portrait Gallery (UK) The Guardian/London Review of Books (David Trotter) The Independent (Tom Lubbock)

The Wild Body. A Soldier of Humour and Other Stories. (1927) [Short stories and essays] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #868]

The individual stories:

A Soldier of Humour [Narration of a curious visit to Spain] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #667]
Beau Séjour [The doings of a Russian exile in Brittany] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #673]
Bestre [A curious encounter in a Breton village] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #679]
The Cornac and his Wife [Life in a travelling circus has its challenges...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #745]
The Death of the Ankou [Can the ancient Breton god Wikipedia make himself felt in the present?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #686]
Franciscan Adventures [A chance encounter in rural France with a strange and original character] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #693]
Brotcotnaz [Portrait of Madame Brotcotnaz, a woman of Brittany] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #699]
Inferior Religions [Reflections on creativity and human existence, with some reference to the creations of Lewis himself as well as other authors] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #702]
The Meaning of the Wild Body [When is something absurd, and when is it comic? Brief reflections by our author meant to elucidate the comic elements of his stories.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #703]
Sigismund [Our hero has a dog, of whom he is both fond and proud. But then he falls in love with a human...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #705]
You Broke My Dream, or An Experiment with Time [The final story in the collection, featuring the painter Will Blood — perhaps a representation of Lewis himself?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #708]

Rotting Hill (1951) [Short stories] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Self Condemned (1954) Article in The Walrus (Adam Hammond) [Satirical novel. It is 1939: Professor René Harding resigns his academic post in England and moves to Canada, a true voyage of discovery, as it turns out.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1010]

Lewis, Sinclair (1885-1951) [American novelist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1930] Wikipedia Nobelprize.org

Main Street (1920) Wikipedia [Sinclair Lewis was born in the small Minnesota town of Sauk Centre, which clearly served as the basis for Gopher City, where this satirical novel takes place. Its main character is Carol Milford, born in the larger town of Mankato, somewhat to the south, not far from the Iowa border. As the novel opens, she has just arrived in Gopher City, having attended a college "on the edge of Minneapolis", and then gone to Chicago for a year to study librarianship. She is educated and has a considerable knowledge of the wider world -- so Gopher City comes as a shock! The novel is particularly accessible to Canadian readers, since Minnesota shares not only a border but much of its history and social structure with Canada, from the time not so long ago when immigration from one country to the other was easy, and before the friendly border turned into a militarized frontier. This novel recalls this earlier, happier era. And it is wickedly funny!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Arrowsmith (1925) Wikipedia [Novel about the life of Martin Arrowsmith from his early days in the small Midwestern town of Elk Mills, which follows him through medical school, life as a GP, hospital work, medical research, and bubonic plague in the Caribbean. We see how all these experiences affect Arrowsmith and those around him, and how he deals with the ethical conflicts which arise. It is an amazingly comprehensive study of the world of medicine, is absolutely relevant today, and its fame has only increased since the advent of COVID-19. Its accuracy is no accident, as in a short preface to the original edition Lewis recorded his debt to the famous microbiologist Paul de Kruif (1890-1971) Wikipedia "not only for most of the bacteriological and medical material in this tale but equally for his help in the planning of the fable itself--for his realization of the characters as living people, for his philosophy as a scientist."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70875] EPUB [University of Adelaide]: the Adelaide edition omits Lewis's gracious acknowledgement of the help provided by Paul de Kruif.]
Mantrap (1926) Wikipedia [Novel, quite different from Lewis's other novels, since its focus is on the narrative rather than on social and economic issues. At the novel's start we are told that "Ralph Prescott was perhaps the most conservative member of that extraordinarily conservative firm of New York lawyers, Beaseley, Prescott, Braun and Braun." You might find his existence rather stifling; so, it turns out, does our hero. What better way to escape than to head with a friend to a remote corner of Saskatchewan? Specifically, to a place with the forbidding name of Mantrap Landing. But life there comes with its own new set of challenges, both physical and social.]
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Elmer Gantry (1927) Wikipedia [Novel, examining the career of Elmer Gantry, a minister who turns out to be all too guilty of various moral failings which he preaches against: adultery, to start with. It was the best selling American novel of 1927, and has had a significant influence on the American evangelical movement ever since its publication.]
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Dodsworth (1929) Wikipedia [Novel. Sam Dodsworth, the founder of a successful automobile company, at the age of fifty sells his company to a larger competitor for a "generous purchase price", and consequently acquires a great deal of money and a great deal of free time. His wife suggests they go to Europe, which they do, with unexpected consequences. William Wyler's 1936 film adaptation Wikipedia starring Walter Huston is famous to this day.]
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Ann Vickers (1933) Wikipedia [Novel, the basis for the 1933 movie Wikipedia with Irene Dunne and Walter Huston. We follow Ann Vickers from her childhood in Waubanakee, Illinois through to her later years in Manhattan, with much happening along the way. Sinclair Lewis, as always, instructs while he entertains: we learn about prison life, settlement houses Wikipedia and many other aspects of the social movements of the time. "It is his skill in blending such ardent propaganda for prison reform with a series of penetrating studies of men and women that makes "Ann Vickers" one of the most important and fascinating novels that Mr. Lewis has written." (Edgar Holt, The Bookman [U.K.], February 1933)]
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It Can't Happen Here (1935) Wikipedia [Novel, written during the rise of European fascism, and dealing with the question of whether an authoritarian regime could be imposed on the United States. The novel's title suggests it could not; the actual novel suggests it could. After the election of 2015, we know that it definitely could: in 1935. eighty years earlier, Sinclair Lewis had known what he was talking about! The main character, Buzz Windrip, is elected president on a platform of patriotism and values. Once in office, he goes in quite a different direction. If his reminds you of another president, not a fictional one, you're not alone: Jules Stewart, Guardian, 9 Oct 2016 Malcolm Harris, Salon, 29 Sept 2015 (Note: Canada is important in the novel, as a haven for American refugees!)]
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The Prodigal Parents (1938) [Novel. Fred Cornplow is a car dealer in Sachem Falls, New York (pop. 125,000). His children, as can happen, are convinced that they are more politically and culturally enlightened than their parent. A situation rich in possibilities, of which Lewis takes full advantage.]
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Gideon Planish (1943) Wikipedia [Novel. Fundraising is everywhere these days, but it is hardly new. Meet Gideon Planish, expert at what today would be called networking, putting his considerable skills at the service of various organizations, many of them educational, while paying close attention to his own ascent in society.]
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Cass Timberlane. A Novel of Husbands and Wives. (1945) [Novel. Why do people get married, and why do people divorce? Sinclair Lewis examines this in the context of a Minnesota town named Grand Republic, entertaining his readers and instructing us in the way things really work, as only he can do.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1621]
Kingsblood Royal (1947) Wikipedia [Many years after writing the books of his early fame, and after receiving his Nobel Prize, Sinclair Lewis wrote a novel, carefully researched and founded in reality, of an American man, Neil Kingsblood, who discovers that he is of mixed ancestry, and is descended in the male line from an African-American. This seemingly innocuous discovery has disastrous consequences. Howard Fast, the author of Spartacus, lavished praise on the book: "...Kingsblood Royal is not merely a good or interesting book, but as important a document on the subject as anyone has written this past decade... Show me another who can tell a story like this, in the wonderful old tradition of storytelling!" (New Masses, 10 June 1947)] CAUTION: As might be expected in a novel on racial relations published in 1947, certain language in this novel may seem offensive by the standards of today.
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World So Wide (1951) [Lewis's last novel, published posthumously. Hayden Chart, an architect from Colorado, moves to Florence, and deals with the challenges that inevitably come to those who arrive in a new country. There he meets "a retired American automobile-manufacturer... named Samuel Dodsworth." Yes, it's the hero of Lewis's 1929 novel Dodsworth, available from Project Gutenberg Canada! Anyway, while in Florence he meets not one but two women, both of them American expatriates, one quite well integrated into Europe, the other one newly arrived. At this point things become complicated!]
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Lighthall, William Douw (1857-1954) [Canadian lawyer, politician, historian, novelist, philosopher, and poet] Library and Archives Canada University of Western Ontario

Montreal After 250 Years (1892) [History of Montreal: includes a number of illustrations]
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Lindsay, David (1876-1945) [British science fiction author] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

A Voyage to Arcturus (1920) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, accurately described by its title. But this is no ordinary science fiction novel: the other worlds described are well and truly "other" -- life as transacted on them is completely different from Earth. The book was greatly admired by J.R.R. Tolkien and by C.S. Lewis, whose science fiction novels (which you will find in the Project Gutenberg Canada catalogue) show its influence: they are not as uncompromising as Lindsay's novel, which is a challenging read, although its style and vocabulary are impeccable. Few novels are so entirely original.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Haunted Woman (1922) Wikipedia [Novel. Marshall Stokes, an insurance underwriter, is engaged to Isbel [yes, this is the spelling] Loment. The pair visit Runhill Court, in Sussex. The house is an Elizabethan manor, on a property dating back to the sixth century. Any house of this age will be of interest, particularly if it has mysterious runes (Runhill means "rune hill"). And such turns out to be the case: the house has a strange staircase, leading to three very strange rooms...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1596]

Lindsey, Charles (1820-1908) [Canadian journalist] Dictionary of Canadian Biography

The Life and Times of Wm. Lyon Mackenzie, with an account of the Canadian rebellion of 1837, and the subsequent frontier disturbances, chiefly from unpublished documents. Vol. I [of 2] (1862) [Biography of William Lyon Mackenzie (1795-1861) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Locke, William J. [William John] (1863-1930) [English novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

Far-away Stories (1919) [Short stories, selected by the author: "Some of the stories I do not want to remain buried for ever in the museum files of dead magazine-numbers—an author's not unpardonable vanity; others I have resuscitated from the same vaults in the hope that they still may please you." And the stories have pleased many readers: one of them, Ladies in Lavender, was the basis for the 2004 film of the same name, starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1287]
The Great Pandolfo (1925) [Novel, set in Britain and France a few years after WW I. Sir Victor Pandolfo, a wealthy industrialist, meets and falls in love with Paula Field, a young widow who has lost her husband in the war. He is more interested in her than she is in him...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1002]

Lofting, Hugh [Hugh John] (1886-1947) [English civil engineer, poet, illustrator, and writer of stories for children] Wikipedia

The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920) Wikipedia [Or, to give its full title, The Story of Doctor Dolittle. Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts. Never before Printed. The first of Lofting's children's novels about the famous doctor from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, with many illustrations by Lofting himself, and a preface written for the tenth printing (1922) by PG Canada author Hugh Walpole (1884-1941). As the story begins we are introduced to John Dolittle, M.D., who is finding as time passes that he increasingly prefers his animal patients to his human ones, and so becomes a veterinarian, and much more: he masters the languages of many species. "There is poetry here and fantasy and humor... I don't know how Mr. Lofting has done it; I don't suppose that he knows himself. There it is--the first real children's classic since 'Alice.'" (Hugh Walpole). We offer two digital editions; the Project Gutenberg US edition includes an EPUB version.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #501] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #200]
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922) Wikipedia [Winner of the 1923 Newbery Medal for children's literature. As you might expect, this second Doctor Dolittle book is about the Doctor's travels outside England, including such places as Spain, Africa, and South America. It is narrated by Tommy Stubbins, like the Doctor a resident of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, but at nine and a half years of age much younger than the Doctor! Tommy is describing from the perspective of old age (for many years have passed) "that part of the great man's life which I myself saw and took part in". And what a lot he had seen! The novel is much longer than The Story of Doctor Dolittle, lavishly illustrated by Lofting himself, and is full of information about Doctor Dolittle's adventures outside England. For a summary of the book, have a look at the Wikipedia article; better yet, download the ebook and start reading! We offer two digital editions; the Project Gutenberg US edition includes an EPUB version. CAUTION: Certain elements of plot and language may seem racist by the standards of today.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #1154] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #39]
Doctor Dolittle's Post Office (1923) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia
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Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (1928) Wikipedia [Novel for children. Years have passed since the Doctor first left Puddleby-on-the-Marsh and started his travels around the world. This time he is not travelling to distant partts of the Earth, but is actually planning to visit the Moon! Accompanied, of course, by various animal members of his household, and by his young and capable assistant Stubbins. We offer you a choice of two digital editions of this enchanting work!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73411] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [Project Gutenberg of Australia]
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London, Jack (1876-1916) [American novelist, political activist, and journalist] Wikipedia

The People of the Abyss (1903) Wikipedia ["The experiences related in this volume," writes Jack London in his preface, "fell to me in the summer of 1902. I went down into the under-world of London with an attitude of mind which I may best liken to that of the explorer. I was open to be convinced by the evidence of my eyes, rather than by the teachings of those who had not seen, or by the words of those who had seen and gone before." His explorations were successful, to say the least, and resulted in this enduring classic, a very readable classic: after all, we're talking about Jack London! "Mr. London understands and is in fullest sympathy with the poor and the outcast and hopeless people he writes about, and records his personal experiences amidst them with a vivid and unflinching actuality." (The Bookman [UK], January 1904)] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Call of the Wild (1903) Wikipedia [For the millions who love Canada and the United States, the last twenty-five years have been a complete nightmare. Our friendly border is now a militarized frontier, where passports are now demanded (for centuries, until 2004, less than twenty years ago, they were not) and hostile interrogations by border guards have taken the place of friendly chats with border agents. Still worse, the Thirteen Colonies have become an oppressive military empire, which has used a "free trade agreement" to make Canada an American puppet state, rewriting Canada's domestic legislation against the will of Canadians: hence the copyright extensions we so often discuss on this site, and will continue discussing, until these extensions, imposed by the White House autocrat and weakly agreed to by Congress and Parliament, are completely and permanently removed. But the nightmare we see today was only created recently, as will be seen from the pages of this famous novel, an enduring classic famous worldwide which takes place partly in Canada, and partly in the United States. The story starts in California, in Santa Clara County, where Buck lives. Buck is a dog, a very large dog, of some one hundred and forty pounds, who lives on the vast agricultural estate of Judge Miller, where he is well treated and likes his existence. But this happy environment was not to endure, "Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland. These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost." So Buck is kidnapped and finds himself first in Alaska and then in the Yukon during the Klondike gold rush! As the story proceeds, Buck feels himself less and less attached to humans and more and more attracted towards the wolf packs he encounters. He is, in fact, hearing the Call of the Wild.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Sea-Wolf (1904) Wikipedia [Novel. The "sea-wolf" of the title is not an actual wolf, such as can be found in the other works of Jack London, but Captain Wolf Larsen, captain of a schooner which scours the North Pacific hunting seals. When in San Francisco Bay he rescues Humphrey "Hump" Van Weyden, a young man who is wealthy by inheritance, from the shipwreck in the San Francisco fog of a ferry on its way from Sausalito to the city. The Martinez does not drop Van Weyden off at San Francisco, but continues the voyage it has started. There is much conflict between the two men, and Larsen certainly has the more powerful position, but he is more complicated than at first appears.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
White Fang (1906) Wikipedia [Novel, the classic sequel to The Call of the Wild, to which it bears many resemblances, except the title character is not a domestic dog that heads to Northern Canada and joins a pack of wolves, but a wolf-dog hybrid born wild in Northern Canada near the Mackenzie River, who is gradually domesticated, and goes on some very long travels, first to the Yukon, and then to the south.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Iron Heel (1908) Wikipedia [Novel, set in Northern California, and told from the perspective of centuries from now, of the social turmoil in the early part of the twentieth century and its culmination: "appalling alike to us who look back and to those that lived at the time, capitalism, rotten-ripe, sent forth that monstrous offshoot, the Oligarchy... a fact established in blood, a stupendous and awful reality." The Oligarchy was also known as the Iron Heel, as it was seen to be "descending upon and crushing mankind." In particular, the Iron Heel oppressed the poor, destroyed unions, politicized the military, and carefully promoted the interests of the rich. All of which sounds like a certain American president of the early 21st century. Sad to say, just as in 2020 every single one of Canada's federal parties actively promoted Tr*mp's colonialist takeover of Canada's laws, so in the novel Canada "crushed her own socialist revolution, being aided in this by the Iron Heel... The result was that the Iron Heel was firmly established in the New World. It had welded into one compact political mass the whole of North America from the Panama Canal to the Arctic Ocean." Sounds a lot like the 2020 version of NAFTA! A fine novel, and an amazingly prescient view from 1908 of future events that lay hidden from most... but not from Jack London!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Lost Face (1910) Wikipedia [A collection of short stories, sometimes quite graphic! This was noticed at the time: "Mr. London... seems willing to spare us nothing." (The Nation, 21 April 1910). And it includes the most famous story Jack London ever wrote, which certainly has an impact: the 1908 version of To Build a Fire. In most of Canada's vast geography, it is a very bad idea to go for a walk without a companion, particularly in winter. The more isolated the area, the worse the idea. And few places are more isolated than the forests of the Yukon!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
John Barleycorn (1913) Wikipedia [Novel. One of the mysteries of our age is the disappearance of the temperance movement. The ravages of alcohol continue, with immense harm to the social fabric, but are no longer commented on. Things were quite different a hundred years ago! But London's novel, with its focus on alcohol, is quite nuanced. John Barleycorn is a traditional name for barley, and by extension for the alcohol derived from barley. "His way leads to truth naked, and to death. He gives clear vision, and muddy dreams. He is the enemy of life, and the teacher of wisdom beyond life's wisdom. He is a red-handed killer, and he slays youth." But every aspect of society, particularly male society, is heavily biased towards alcohol. That hasn't changed! So Jack London has created a classic autobiographical novel that has lost none of its relevance since its first appearance. His conclusion? "I wish my forefathers had banished John Barleycorn before my time... else I should not have made his acquaintance."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #318]
The Star Rover (1915) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, one of the many types of writing in which Jack London excelled. The novel's narrator is Darrell Standing, a sometime professor at the University of California, Berkeley, wrongly imprisoned for the murder of another professor. He is harshly treated, to say the least, during his years of imprisonment at San Quentin Prison, founded in 1852 and operating to this day, in Marin County across the bay from Berkeley: during these violent episodes he finds that he is able to escape his pain by focusing his attention and entering an altered state, during which he experiences interstellar travel, and much else.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Loti, Pierre [Viaud, Julien] (1850-1923) [Écrivain et officier de marine français] fr.wikipedia Académie Française

Un pèlerin d'Angkor (1912) [Récit de voyage. L'auteur visite les ruines d'Angkor fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB [PG Canada n^o 789]

Lovecraft, H. P. [Howard Phillips] (1890-1937) [American writer of fantasy and horror] Wikipedia

The Horror at Red Hook (1927) Wikipedia [Short story. A New York police detective named Thomas F. Malone has been under medical treatment in Pascoag, Rhode Island in the wake of a traumatic set of experiences in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn: "a maze of hybrid squalor near the ancient waterfront opposite Governor's Island". Has he recovered? Not really. Are the Red Hook horrors now fully over? Perhaps not! CAUTION: Some racist language.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72966]
The Colour Out of Space (1927) Wikipedia [Short story of fantasy and horror, highly regarded by many, and its author's own personal favourite among his many stories. It is set in Massachusetts west of the fictional town of Arkham, where "the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut." No one lives there now, "not because of anything that can be seen or heard or handled, but because of something that is imagined. The place is not good for imagination, and does not bring restful dreams at night." But it has not always been this way! Everything started with the meteorite of 1882: "Before that time there had been no wild legends at all since the witch trials."] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Silver Key (1929) Wikipedia ["When Randolph Carter was thirty," this famous story begins, "he lost the key to the gate of dreams." His waking life had been dull and unrewarding, but the dreams he had every night more than made up for this -- until now. What was a man to do? Follow the instructions of his late grandfather (in a dream, naturally) and find "in an antique box a great silver key handed down from his ancestors." And this famous story proceeds from there. The illustration at the start of the ebook is from the January 1929 cover of Weird Tales, where the story first appeared, and is by C. C. Senf (1873-1949). The drawing at the end of the ebook is from the actual text of the story in Weird Tales, and is by Hugh Rankin (1878-1956) Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70478]
Through the Gates of the Silver Key (1929) Wikipedia [The American writer E. Hoffman Price (1898-1988) Wikipedia was himself an admirer of H.P. Lovecraft, upon whom he clearly made a good impression, for they collaborated on this novella, a sequel to Lovecraft's The Silver Key from five years earlier (which you will find in our catalogue). Randolph Carter had "disappeared from the sight of man on the seventh of October, 1928, at the age of fifty-four." But this does not mean that his adventures were over. Quite the contrary! With an illustration by H. R. Hammond and cover art by Margaret Brundage (1900-1976) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71167]

Low, A. P. [Albert Peter] (1861-1942) [Canadian geologist and explorer] Wikipedia

Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D. G. S. Neptune, 1903-1904 (1906) [As of 1903, little was known about Canada's Arctic archipelago. The expedition of the Neptune changed all that, as will be clear from this magnificent illustrated account by its commander. Note: Students of Canada's exploration will also want to read Sergeant Henry Larsen's account of the Arctic voyages of the St. Roch -- which you will find in the Project Gutenberg Canada catalogue!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #55479]

Lowndes, Marie Belloc (1868-1947) [English novelist; sister of Hilaire Belloc] Wikipedia

The Story of Ivy (1927) [One of Lowndes' most famous novels: the basis of the 1947 film Ivy Wikipedia, starring Joan Fontaine. Ivy Lexton is beautiful, but her husband has little money — not a satisfactory state of affairs. "This is one of Mrs. Lowndes's best stories. It has a strong vein of mystery and sensation, and yet gives us a variety of true characterization and some shrewd commentary on modern life." (Spectator, 19 November 1927)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1133]

Lutz, Edwin George (1868-1951) [American illustrator and cartoonist] Wikipedia

What to Draw and How to Draw It (1913) [Lutz's first published work is a justly famous introduction to drawing. Aimed at beginners, it is extremely practical in its approach: the many examples show how a drawing emerges from a series of penstrokes, each new stroke contributing something new. Simple geometrical shapes change before your eyes into finished drawings!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74518]

Lyall, Edna [Bayly, Ada Ellen] (1857-1903) [English novelist] Literary Heritage West Midlands Victorian Popular Novels

Doreen. The Story of a Singer. (1894) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

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McArthur, Peter Gilchrist (1866-1924) [Canadian journalist] Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Leacock, Stephen Butler (1869-1944) [Canadian economist and humorist] Wikipedia

Stephen Leacock (1923) [McArthur's short biography of Leacock and personal selection of Leacock stories, starting with My Financial Career] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Macaulay, Dame Rose [Emilie Rose] (1881-1958) [English novelist and essayist] Wikipedia

Book-Building after a Blitz (June 1942) [Essay. In 1942, our author lost her entire personal library when a bomb landed on her London flat. She had a new project in front of her: recreating her collection! Surprisingly optimistic in tone, all things considered: perhaps Macaulay sensed that her most famous creation, The Towers of Trebizond, lay ahead of her!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1190]
Evelyn Waugh (December 1946) [Essay: a beautifully written and surprisingly comprehensive survey of the works of Evelyn Waugh Wikipedia, up to and including the then recently published Brideshead Revisited Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1193]

MacCarthy, Sir Desmond (1877-1952) [English critic and journalist] Wikipedia

Leslie Stephen (1937) [Lecture] HTML HTML zip Text Text zip

McClung, Nellie Letitia (1873-1951) [Canadian social activist and novelist] Wikipedia British Columbia Archives Library and Archives Canada Canadian Encyclopedia

Sowing Seeds in Danny (1908) [Novel] HTML and Text [PG US]
The Black Creek Stopping-House and Other Stories (1912) [Novel] Text
The Next of Kin: Those who Wait and Wonder (1917) [Novel] HTML and Text
Three Times and Out (1918) [History: World War I memoir] HTML and Text
Purple Springs (1921) [Novel] Text
Painted Fires (1925) [Novel. A young Finnish girl is brought to Western Canada by her aunt, who dies just as when Helmi arrives. Helmi is faced by many challenges as she establishes her new life in Canada.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #672]
Be Good to Yourself. A Book of Short Stories. (1930) [Vignettes and poems] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC ebook #643]
Flowers for the Living. A Book of Short Stories. (1931) [Short stories] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Clearing in the West. My Own Story. (1935) [McClung's account of her early life in Ontario's Grey County, her family's move to Manitoba, her career as a schoolteacher, and her 1896 marriage to Robert Wesley McClung.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped EPUB [PGC #771]
Leaves from Lantern Lane (1936) [A collection of short articles about the author's life in Victoria, her family, her neighbours, with descriptions of her travels: Vancouver, women's conventions, Hollywood...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #675]
More Leaves from Lantern Lane (1937) [Short essays originally published in various Canadian newspapers, now collected by their author] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #645]
The Stream Runs Fast. My Own Story. (1945) [The second and final volume of McClung's autobiography, taking us from her 1896 marriage in Manitoba through to her 1935 move to Victoria, covering the years in which she achieved the fame which clearly has lasted to this day, since here we are, publishing her autobiography!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #772]

McCullers, Carson (1917-1967) [American novelist] Wikipedia

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940) Wikipedia [McCullers' first novel tells the story of John Singer, a deaf-mute who lives in a town "in the middle of the deep South", and the influence he exercises on his friends. It became an instant classic: "this is an extraordinary novel to have been written by a young woman of twenty-two; but the more important fact is that it is an extraordinary novel in its own right, considerations of authorship apart." (Ben Ray Redman, Saturday Review, 8 June 1940) CAUTION: As might be expected in a novel of this period set in the American South, there is language which some might find offensive.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1629]

McCulley, Johnston (1883-1958) [American novelist] Wikipedia

The Mark of Zorro (1924; first serialized in 1919 as The Curse of Capistrano) Wikipedia [The Spanish language is by no means a mere historical relic in California, but a daily living presence on the streets and in the homes of Los Angeles and San Francisco. For that matter, we hear it on the streets of Montreal and Toronto! This famous novel has inspired many sequels and adaptations, and is set in the mid nineteenth century, the final period of Mexican rule. Don Diego Vega, known as Zorro ("the fox"), attempts to counter the misdeeds of the local Mexican administrators, with considerable success.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #61620]
The Black Star. A Detective Story. (1921) [Novel, with a frontispiece by Edgar Franklin Wittmack (1894-1956) Wikipedia. Who can challenge the elusive criminal genius known as the Black Star? No one, it seems... except, perhaps, that young and fashionable millionaire, Mr. Roger Verbeck!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #794]
The Further Adventures of Zorro (1922) [The Mask of Zorro was a huge success, and it could not have been difficult to decide that a sequel was called for. And so here it is: Same hero, same locale, same excitement!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72159]

MacDonald, Betty Bard (1908?-1958) [American author (and farmer)] Wikipedia Seattle Press On Line (Paula Becker)

The Egg and I (1945) [An entertaining account of the author's experience as a poultry farmer in Washington state, which became a huge bestseller. Its film adaptation Wikipedia led to nine sequels] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia [PGC #497]
Onions in the Stew (1955) Wikipedia [Autobiography. The author and her family cannot find a place to live in or near Seattle, so move to Vashon Island Wikipedia. Numerous adventures ensue.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #956]

MacDonald, George (1824-1905) [Scottish theologian and novelist] Wikipedia

At the Back of the North Wind (1871) Wikipedia [Fantasy novel written "for children", but don't let that deter you! Wasn't Alice in Wonderland written for children? Now to the story! A boy named Diamond, son of a coachman, lives in a room over the stables, lightly constructed: "For one side of the room was built only of boards, and the boards were so old that you might run a penknife through into the north wind." One windy night a knot comes out of one of the boards, so Diamond plugs the resulting hole with some hay. But the wind blows the hay out of the hole. And when Diamond replaces the hay, it's blown out again, and then a third time. At which point a voice is heard: "What do you mean, little boy--closing up my window?" Yes, it's the North Wind herself! And she becomes Diamond's friend and indeed teacher, for he learns important lessons about life as he accompanies her on her travels.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Princess and the Goblin (1872 [text]; 1920 [illustrations]) Wikipedia ["There was once a little princess whose father was king over a great country full of mountains and valleys." A promising beginning to this famous novel, nominally directed to children, but like many "childrens'" novels equally suitable for adults. And some famous adults have admired the book, C. S. Lewis, to name only one! Princess Irene lives essentially alone, or at least so she thinks. Then she makes some curious discoveries, and things begin happening. And happening. The illustrations in both the ebooks we offer are by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935) Wikipedia, one of the most famous American illustrators of her day.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #34339]

Macdonell, Alexander (1762-1842) [Canadian soldier, administrator, and politician]

Diary of Gov. Simcoe's Journey from Humber Bay to Matchetache Bay, 1793 (published in 1890) [An account of an expedition of Lt.-Gov. John Graves Simcoe Wikipedia in the newly established Province of Upper Canada, written by a member of his staff. The edition contains an admirably written short biography of Macdonell by an anonymous author.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #462]

Macdonell, A. G. [Archibald Gordon] (1895-1941) [Scottish journalist, playwright, and novelist] Wikipedia

The Plays of Mr. Noel Coward (November 1931) [An essay by Macdonell on the works of his fellow playwright Noël Coward Wikipedia, who was still in his early thirties, but already the author of such classics as The Vortex, Hay Fever, and Private Lives — all of which Macdonell discusses.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1205]
England, Their England (1933) Wikipedia [A classic humour novel, winner of the 1933 James Tait Black Memorial Prize Wikipedia for fiction. Our hero, Donald Cameron, is a soldier who is recovering from war wounds. He is invited by a publisher to write a book about England, but from the viewpoint of a foreigner, i.e. a Scotsman.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #695]

MacDougall, John (1859-1939) [Canadian social critic]

Rural Life in Canada, its Trend and Tasks (1913) [A study of the challenges and opportunities presented by Canadian rural society. The published version (with many photographs) of a set of lectures presented at the invitation of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Includes an introduction by the eminent agricultural researcher, entrepreneur, and administrator James Wilson Robertson (1857-1930) Dictionary of Canadian Biography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #644]

MacGregor, Ellen (1906-1954) [American librarian and novelist] Wikipedia

Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars (1951) [Novel for children, the first to feature Miss Pickerell. The title summarizes the plot; but this agreeable work skilfully presents a good deal of actual science as its plot develops.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1194]
Miss Pickerell and the Geiger Counter (1953) [Novel for children. Miss Pickerell, accompanied by her two nephews, Homer and Harry, is on her way to the state capital to see the circus, and also an atomic energy exhibit. The book is of its era, and shows no scepticism about nuclear energy and its risks. But Miss Pickerell would have been most interested to learn that today some countries are phasing out nuclear power: solar power would have fascinated her!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1195]
Miss Pickerell Goes Undersea (1953) [The intrepid Miss Pickerell in a science adventure novel for children — this one involving a salvage at sea!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1082]
Miss Pickerell Goes to the Arctic (1954) [Novel for children. Miss Pickerell meets a retired bush pilot, and matters proceed from there. The novel expertly intertwines an interesting plot with a surprising amount of scientific information.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1196]

McIlwraith, Jean Newton (1859-1938) [Canadian author and editor]

The Making of Mary (1895) [Novel] HTML and Text
Canada (1899) [Children's book: part of the series The Children's Study] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Mackay, George Eric (1851-1898) [English poet] Wikipedia

A Lover's Litanies (1888) [Poems] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

MacKay, William Alexander (1842-1905) [Canadian clergyman and author]

Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed (1900) [Biographical sketches, with illustrations, of twenty-four prominent sons of the Ontario farming community of Zorra Wikipedia. This small area of Oxford County produced an amazing number of prominent Canadians, among them PG Canada author Ralph Connor.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #550]

McKelvie, Bruce Alistair (1889-1960) [Canadian journalist, historian, and novelist] ABCBookworld

Huldowget. A Story of the North Pacific Coast. (1926) [Novel. A missionary (Father David) encounters a shaman (Caleb Thompson)...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #917]
The Black Canyon. A Story of '58. (1927) [Novel, set in British Columbia during the 1858 gold rush Wikipedia. A teenage boy, Neil Alexander, comes to Fort Victoria, and travels up the Fraser with a friend and some miners. But this was the period of the Fraser Canyon War Wikipedia, and the boys find themselves in the middle of some dangerous and exciting events!]
CAUTION: certain passages in this novel may seem racist by the standards of today.
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Pelts and Powder. A Story of the West Coast in the Making. (1929) [Novel, beginning in Boston shortly after the American Revolution. Our hero, Lawrence Drake, decides to go to sea. He joins the crew of the Hope, which sets sail to the west coast of British Columbia in the hunt for fur-seal pelts. It is an eventful voyage...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #921]
Pageant of B.C.: Glimpses into the romantic development of Canada's far western province. (1955) [McKelvie's title is too modest: this is in essence a very well researched short history of British Columbia to the end of the nineteenth century, written for the general reader. Its more than 100 short chapters "first appeared in serial form in The Vancouver Daily Province, between February 1953 and March 1955".]
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McKenna, Richard [Richard Milton] (1913-1964) [American sailor and novelist] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

The Fishdollar Affair (October 1958) [Science fiction novella. But here's the question: who or what is Fishdollar? To which the answer is, Wendrew Fishdollar is the President of the Republic of Fishdollar Five. Space colonization, we learn, can have its challenges!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1485]
The Night of Hoggy Darn (December 1958) [Science fiction novella. Flinter Cole is an ecologist -- this in a story from 1958! As the story opens, he is on a space freighter "riding down the last joint of a dogleg journey to the hermit planet of New Cornwall." It is a planet in urgent need of study: it has been overlooked for centuries...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1486]
Love and Moondogs (February 1959) [Science fiction short story, involving dogs: perhaps it was inspired by the launch in November 1957 of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 and its canine passenger, Laika Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1487]
The Sand Pebbles (1962) [Novel about life on a U.S. Navy vessel stationed in China as part of the Yangtze Patrol Wikipedia. McKenna was himself a navy veteran, with experience in China: few novels combine entertainment and instruction so expertly. The book was a huge success, as was Robert Wise's celebrated movie Wikipedia, starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1419]

MacKenzie, James Bovell (1851-1919) [Canadian ethnographer] Ontario Court of Common Pleas (1884)

A Treatise on the Six-Nation Indians (1882) [Ethnography and sociology] Text

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar (1862-1933) [Canadian historian] jrank.org

The Winning of Popular Government: A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 (1915) [History: vol. 27 of "The Chronicles of Canada". Illustrations by Alvah Bradish (1806-1901) University of Michigan Wisconsin Historical Society, G. Browning, (fl. ca. 1820-1830), C. W. Jefferys (1869-1951) Wikipedia Library and Archives Canada, Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons, National Gallery (UK) William Notman (1826-1891) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography McCord Museum
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Head-Waters of Canadian Literature (1924) [An outstanding short survey of the history of Canadian literature from its beginnings up to the author's own era. Notable for its attention to literature in both of Canada's official languages.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #737]

Macmillan, Cyrus John (1880-1953) [Canadian academic and politician] Wikipedia McGill University Archives

Canadian Wonder Tales (1918) [Folk tales: illustrations by George Sheringham (1884-1937) Wikipedia Tate Collection, foreword by Sir William Peterson (1856-1921) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography]
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MacMurchy, Marjory Jardine Ramsay [Lady Marjory Willison: married to journalist Sir John Stephen Willison (1856-1927) Dictionary of Canadian Biography] (1870-1938) [Canadian journalist and author]

The Canadian Girl at Work: A Book of Vocational Guidance (1919) [Textbook "Prepared at the Instance of the Minister of Education for Use in Ontario School Libraries"] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Macpherson, Hector Copland (1888-1956) [Scottish clergyman and astronomer] Astronomical Society of Edinburgh (Graham Rule)

Herschel (1919) [A biography of the astronomer Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) Wikipedia, whose epoch-making discoveries included the planet Uranus and many other celestial objects: he also discovered the existence of infrared radiation. This biography includes as its frontispiece a contemporary portrait of Herschel by Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760?-1802) Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #963]

Mallet, Charles [Charles Edward] (1862-1947) [English historian and politician] Wikipedia

The French Revolution (1893) [Charles Mallet was a graduate of Balliol College and a lecturer for Oxford University Extension. The "University Extension" movement, which continues to this day, seeks to make university-level education available to everyone, much as Project Gutenberg Canada seeks to make fine literature available to everyone. And so this beautifully written account of the French Revolution and its origins, full of interesting and important information, was published as part of the University Extension Manuals series, "to aid the University Extension Movement throughout Great Britain and America".] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71551]

Mann, Thomas (1875-1955) [Romancier allemand] fr.wikipedia

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Tonio Kröger [Tonio Kröger (1903)] , suivi de Le petit monsieur Friedemann [Der kleine Herr Friedemann (1898)] , Heure difficile [Schwere Stunde (1905)] , L'enfant prodige [Das Wunderkind (1903)] , Un petit bonheur [Ein Glück (1904)] (1923) [Nouvelles: traduit par Geneviève Maury (traductrice et romancière suisse, décédée en 1956), avec une preface par Edmond Jaloux (romancier français, 1878-1949) fr.wikipedia Académie Française] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip

Marion, George (1905-1955) [American journalist and social thinker] Social Networks and Archival Context

The "Free Press": Portrait of a Monopoly (1946) [The title says it all, and this fine piece of reporting is in no way dated: the system Marion describes is still very much in place. Marion was a Communist adherent who did little to hide his beliefs. But he was also an outstanding journalist, so much so that the newspapers and publishers of his day went to extreme lengths to make sure that he got as little coverage and distribution as possible. But they are gone, and Marion's fine book remains -- well worth your time! He wrote it shortly after leaving the New York Mirror in 1946 -- a Hearst newspaper. You'll learn a lot about how the press monopoly came into being, and you'll be amazed at how durable this monopoly has turned out to be!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70107]

Marmette, Joseph (1844-1895) [Romancier canadien] fr.wikipedia

Le Chevalier de Mornac. Chronique de la Nouvelle-France 1664 (1873) [Conte] Texte
La fiancée du rebelle. Épisode de la Guerre des Bostonnais, 1775 (1875) [Roman] Texte
François de Bienville. Scènes de la vie canadienne au XVIIe siècle. (1883 [deuxième édition]; 1870 [première édition]) [Roman historique, basé sur la carrière militaire de François de Bienville (1666-1691) Dictionnaire biographique du Canada] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB [PG Canada n^o 793]

Marquand, John P. [John Phillips] (1893-1960) [American novelist] Wikipedia

The Black Cargo (1925) [One of Marquand's earliest novels. Charles Jervaile, a young sailor, is hired by a shipowner for a decidedly dubious assignment. But Charles gets cold feet, and things start to unravel, particularly when the nature of the mysterious cargo becomes clear.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #864]
Ming Yellow (1935) [Novel, similar in style to Marquand's famous Mr. Moto novels. A newspaperman, Rodney Jones, who is working in China, encounters a rich American and his daughter. The American is in Peking to buy several pieces of Ming dynasty porcelain, known as Ming Yellow for their particular shade of yellow. Subsequent developments feature Chinese bandits, a warlord/general, and assorted double-dealing. And, there's romance along the way!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #939]

The six novels featuring the Japanese agent Mr. Moto Wikipedia:

No Hero (1935) [The first of the six Mr. Moto novels: also known as Your Turn, Mr. Moto and Mr. Moto Takes a Hand. Casey Lee, a former military pilot, has been offered a chance to fly a Japanese-built plane from Japan to the U.S. While in Tokyo, he encounters Mr. Moto and soon finds himself kidnapped and in China, mixed up in international espionage involving Japan (represented by Mr. Moto), Russia (a beautiful young Russian woman named Sonya Karaloff), and the U.S. (Naval Commander Driscoll).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #888]
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1936) [A young American, Tom Nelson, who is acquainted with Mr. Moto Wikipedia, runs into him at a party in Peking. At the same party, he runs into two other friends: a young woman, Eleanor Joyce, and an ex-British Army Major Jameson Best. There is a murder, and new characters enter the scene: a Chinese rebel leader, an art thief, a Chinese prince, and a Japanese political agitator...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #877]
Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) [Novel. Our hero, Wilson Hitchings, who works at his uncle's Shanghai-based trading company and bank, is sent to Hawaii to investigate a problem with the company's branch there. He discovers a currency smuggling operation that Mr. Moto is also investigating.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #832]
Mr. Moto Is So Sorry (1938) [Novel, set in the 1930's during Japan's takeover of northern China. Calvin Gates, a young American, is travelling to Mongolia to join up with an archaeology expedition. He encounters Mr. Moto on a ship travelling from Japan to Korea. As his travels continue, he finds himself involved in Japanese, Chinese, and Russian border intrigue...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #897]
Last Laugh, Mr. Moto (1942) [Novel, set in the Caribbean, late in 1940. Robert Bolles, an ex-US Navy man, finds himself mixed up in the efforts of a Japanese agent (Mr. Moto), and a couple of Vichy French agents, who are allied with a German agent, all trying to recover a secret device from an aircraft that was on a French freighter that was lost/wrecked. Events proceed from there...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #892]
Stopover: Tokyo (1957) [Marquand's final novel featuring Mr. Moto, set in Japan shortly after the Korean War. Jack Rhyce is an American secret agent in Japan, hunting a Russian agent. He's travelling with a female American agent: the two are posing as a couple. In Japan, they encounter Mr. Moto, who's also after the Russian agent...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #899]

Wickford Point (1939) [Satirical novel, telling the story of a family with deep roots in New England, and their progress, or lack thereof] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1017]
Repent in Haste (1945) [Novella, set at the end of the Pacific war in 1945. Wars come to an end. But what about wartime marriages?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1322]
It's Loaded, Mr. Bauer (1949) [Novella, taking place in South America. Mr. Bauer (aka Herr Bauer) is an agent trying to purchase fuel oil for a German raider ship. German currency not being welcome in the area, he tries to get his hands on gold from a local mine where our hero, Winslow Greene is employed as a geologist. We shall not reveal more of the plot, save that there a third main character, Henrietta Simpson, a stenographer at the mining company.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1326]
Women and Thomas Harrow (1958) [Novel, set in the not extremely distant past: for instance, My Fair Lady is mentioned, which had only recently premiered on Broadway, and there is a quotation from Time magazine. Tom Harrow is a playwright who has had three wives and many theatrical successes. He is now past the height of his career, and of his finances (his marriages played a major role in reducing his wealth), but what a height it was! Now he is back in his hometown of Clyde, New Hampshire and is looking back at his career in show business: the reader naturally accompanies him in these excursions through the past, and learns much about life in Manhattan between the wars. "'Women and Thomas Harrow' may prove to be the best of Mr. Marquand's many books; it is certainly a novel to remember." (Harrison Smith, Saturday Review, 27 September 1958).] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1681]

Marryat, Frederick (1792-1848) [English naval officer and novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Settlers in Canada (1844) [Novel] HTML and Text

Marshall, Archibald (1866-1934) [English novelist]
with: Morrow, George (1869-1955) [Irish cartoonist] Wikipedia

Simple Stories from "Punch" (1930) [Humour] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Birdikin Family (1932) [Humour] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #636]

Masefield, John (1878-1967) [English poet, novelist, and playwright] Wikipedia

Multitude and Solitude (1909) [Novel. Our hero, Roger Naldrett, is a London playwright. But after an unsuccessful production, he leaves London for Africa, to help in the fight against sleeping sickness Wikipedia. "One does not need to be a lover of Masefield's poetry in order to enjoy Multitude and Solitude: to enjoy it, one needs only to care for clean construction, clear narrative, and intense style in fiction." (North American Review, December 1916)]
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Mason, A. E. W. [Alfred Edward Woodley] (1865-1948) [English novelist, playwright, and biographer] Wikipedia

The Sapphire (1933) [Novel, featuring an Englishman, Michael Crowther, his Burmese wife, and a mysterious jewel. And it's by A. E. W. Mason! Need we say more?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1298]
The Drum (1937) [Action novella, set in the North-West Frontier Province of what was then British India, but would shortly become Pakistan. Of this political revolution there is no hint in Mason's novella, let alone any questioning of what exactly the British were doing there. Rather, we have a skilfully narrated and enjoyable vignette of life on the North-West Frontier, featuring Captain Frank Carruthers, who at the invitation of the Khan of Tokot is being sent to establish a British Agency in the Khan's territory. Some of the placenames and details will seem strangely contemporary to modern readers, since the region is often in our headlines.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1484]
The House in Lordship Lane (1946) [The last of Mason's five novels featuring Inspector Gabriel Hanaud Wikipedia of the Paris Sûreté, who has some traits in common with Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot: but Hanaud made his first appearance in literature ten years earlier than Poirot, in Mason's 1910 novel At the Villa Rose! You can find this and other early titles by Mason (including The Four Feathers!) at Project Gutenberg US.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1300]

Maugham, W. Somerset [William Somerset] (1874-1965) [English novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

The Land of The Blessed Virgin. Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia. (1905) [Travel book, beautifully written (what else would you expect from this wonderful author?) and full of interesting information on the southernmost part of Spain, its history, and its people. Project Gutenberg Canada offers you another famous travel book, Pagan Spain, written half a century later by Richard Wright. Books different in so many ways, but both of the highest excellence -- that's why they have each found their place in our catalogue!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #27252]
The Moon and Sixpence (1919) Wikipedia [We often discover that people are not quite who we thought they were. The hero of this novel is Charles Strickland, "whose youth was past, a stockbroker with a position of respectability, a wife and two children." Not someone you would expect to leave his family and move to Paris. His explanation? "I've got to paint." Which he does, and eventually moves to Tahiti, for what turns out to be the rest of his life. The novel has parallels with the life of Paul Gauguin Wikipedia. Maugham also drew on his own life experience: he had been born in Paris, and knew the city well. The novel's mysterious title is easily explained: there is a proverb that if you look down to the ground looking for a coin, you will not notice the moon up in the sky. That is, it's easy to miss what should be obvious, in this case presumably the reasons for Strickland's outwardly inexplicable behaviour. Our text of the novel is drawn from an early reprint of the 1919 New York first edition.] EPUB [Wikisource]
The Painted Veil (1925) Wikipedia [Novel. Kitty Garstin notices that time is passing, and accepts a marriage proposal from a medical doctor, Walter Fane. The newlyweds sail for Hong Kong ("Tching-Yen"), but their hastily contracted marriage brings its challenges. As does a cholera epidemic. Filmed no fewer than three times, most recently in 2006 Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1360]
Ashenden: or, The British Agent (1928) Wikipedia [A set of short stories, connected in theme, featuring Ashenden, "a writer by profession", who is now a member of the British Secret Service. Like Ian Fleming, Somerset Maugham had himself been a secret agent!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1299]
Cakes and Ale (1930) Wikipedia [Maugham's personal favourite among all his novels. A biography is being planned of the late novelist Edward Driffield. Everyone knows Driffield's second wife, Amy. But what role was played in his life by his curiously obscure first wife, Rosie? "As an example of the storyteller's art, 'Cakes and Ale' is a masterpiece unsurpassed in our language in our time." (Alexander Woollcott, Saturday Review. 23 October 1937)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1458]
The Narrow Corner (1932) Wikipedia [Novel, set in the Malay Archipelago Wikipedia and centred on an English physician. Through Dr Saunders we meet an unforgettable set of characters: Captain Nichols, for example, commander of the Fenton, and Dr Saunders' mysterious fellow passenger Fred Blake.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1532]
The Summing Up (1938) Wikipedia [Memoir: Somerset Maugham looks back at his life in literature. Of course, his life was far from over — he was to live a further twenty-seven years! Maugham has written "an account of himself, his chosen profession and its practitioners; and he has done so with a lucidity, a simplicity, a euphony, and a liveliness that should win the admiration and gratitude of all literate and discriminating readers." (Terence Holliday, Saturday Review, 26 March 1938)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1319]
Theatre (1939 version) Wikipedia [Novel: our ebook includes the original novel from 1937, and a fine preface that Maugham added two years later. The novel is about Julia Lambert, a successful and indeed celebrated actress, her love life, and the world of the theatre, of which Somerset Maugham had an unrivalled knowledge, being himself a spectacularly successful West End playwright.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1655]
Christmas Holiday (1939) [Not so much a Christmas novel, as a novel which starts during Christmas. Charley Mason, a young Cambridge graduate now working in his father's firm, leaves London for Paris on Christmas Eve, his first trip there alone: a trip which does not go as expected!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1386]
Books and You (1940) [Three essays, on literature from England, from Continental Europe, and from the United States. But these are not academic discussions; rather, Maugham suggests specific titles for the general reader (these essays were originally published in the Saturday Evening Post), giving his reasons for choosing each title. "The first thing I have asked of a book before I put it on my list was that it should be readable; for I want you to read these books..." And who could have made a better choice of such must-read books than Somerset Maugham?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1304]
France at War (1940) [Maugham's description of six weeks travel around France, after the declaration of war but before the fall of France. There is little sense in Maugham's book that France would in fact be defeated.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1305]
Up at the Villa (1941) Wikipedia [Novella, or, to use Maugham's preferred term, novelette. Romance and intrigue in the hills outside Florence during the runup to the Second World War, featuring a young and beautiful widow. "It was easy and amusing to write," Maugham commented in a preface to his 1953 Selected Novels. "I never attached any great importance to it and it has surprised me to learn that in the Latin countries and in the Near East it has been one of the most popular of my books. I ask no more of the reader than that he should find in it an hour's diversion."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1308]
The Hour Before the Dawn (1942) ["This story is concerned with the war only in so far as it affected the fortunes of a small group of persons, members of a single English family", says our author. "Too many novelists, writing about the war, are unable to persuade us of the truth that personal tragedies, personal problems do not cease in wartime, are indeed heightened among people whose lives and traditions are free. Mr. Maugham has no such difficulty." (R. Ellis Roberts, Saturday Review, 27 June 1942)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1651]
The Razor's Edge (1944) Wikipedia [Larry Darrell, an American air force veteran, is on the point of marrying into a wealthy family, but decides to embark on a voyage of personal discovery, foresaking material wealth. He does not have to break off the engagement: this is done for him! He embarks on a voyage of discovery, which takes him to Germany, India, and elsewhere...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1478]
Then and Now (1946) Wikipedia [Novel, somewhat out of Maugham's usual path. It is a historical novel, set in sixteenth-century Italy, and starring no less a duo than Niccolò Machiavelli Wikipedia and Cesare Borgia Wikipedia "...when it comes to a lively and naughty tale, Somerset Maugham can hold his own with the best of the Italians and the Romans." (Ben Ray Redman, Saturday Review, 25 May 1946)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1493]
Catalina (1948) Wikipedia [Maugham's final novel. Catalina is not an island off California, but a girl aged sixteen, living in sixteenth-century Spain, and intended for life in a convent. Intended by others, that is: Catalina herself has different ideas.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1496]
The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, Vol. I (1951) [The first of the three volumes of Somerset Maugham's short stories, selected by the author himself. The first of them, Rain, set in the South Seas, has been continuously famous since its publication Wikipedia, with no fewer than three film adaptations!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1564]
The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, Vol. II (1951) [Short stories, including "a batch of stories dealing with the adventures of an agent in the Intelligence Department during the First World War. I gave him the name of Ashenden." Maugham had himself been a secret agent for the British government!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1565]
The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, Vol. III (1951) [The third and final volume of Maugham's short stories, set in Malaya, often involving British expatriates on long-term or permanent assignment. As the author himself points out, by the time he published this collection, the world he describes in the stories had already vanished. The advent of plane travel had changed everything.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1569]

May, Phil [May, Philip William] (1864-1903) [English caricaturist] Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography

Phil May's Gutter-Snipes. 50 original sketches in pen and ink. (1896) [Drawings]
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Songs and their Singers (1898) [Drawings. This PG Canada edition includes a bonus: an interesting handwritten note, first published in 2007, from May to the famous Irish baritone and author Harry Plunket Greene (1865-1936) Wikipedia Harry Plunket Greene in Hurstbourne Priors]
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Melville, Frederick John (1882-1940) [British philatelist]

Antigua (1929) [Monograph: no. 26 of The Melville Stamp Books] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Meredith, George (1828-1909) [English poet and novelist] Wikipedia

The Egoist. A Comedy in Narrative. (1879) Wikipedia ["Egoists" (or "egotists"; both forms are correct) are people who place their own interests first, so that other people do not seem real to them, except as aids or hindrances to the egotists' personal ambitions. This novel is about Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts to find a wife, which prove a struggle, for the woman he sets his sights on is no fool, and understands him better than he does. Naturally he does not see any of this. The novel is perfect reading for our own age, which is riddled with egotism, thanks to personal branding and similar nonsense, all enabled and made pervasive by social media. The internal culture of most companies and political parties accelerates the downward spiral.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Merritt, A. [Abraham] (1884-1943) [American journalist and author of science fiction and fantasy] Wikipedia

The Face in the Abyss (1931) Wikipedia [Novel. Nicholas Graydon, an American mining engineer living in Peru, receives a visit from a fellow American by the name of Starrett. Has Graydon heard of "the treasure train bringing to Pizarro the ransom of the Inca Atahualpa"? Of course he has. Is he interested in finding this long-lost treasure? Of course he is! But Graydon has no idea of what awaits him: lizard-men, for example, and the Snake Mother. And the Face in the Abyss!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1362]

Metalious, Grace (1924-1964) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Peyton Place (1956) Wikipedia Vanity Fair (Michael Callahan) [Novel, a huge bestseller, about three women and the small New Hampshire town they live in: life in Peyton Place, it turns out, is largely concerned with sex, social class, and hypocrisy. A realistic portrayal of small-town life perhaps, but not a viewpoint that was standard in 1956 — hence the novel's scandal and its success!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1339]
The Tight White Collar (1960) [Grace Metalious was an exceptionally fine writer, with a sound knowledge of French literature and music, as becomes clear in this novel. This is not at all surprising in someone of French-Canadian descent: her name at birth was Marie Grace deRepentigny. Her novels are of special interest to Canadians, but deserve a lasting worldwide fame for the skill of her writing and the truthfulness of her narratives. This truthfulness is what made her novels notorious, but she was simply depicting life as it is actually lived, which leads to controversy often enough. Like Peyton Place, the novel is set in New England, this time in the town of Cooper Station, New Hampshire, a wealthy and unwelcoming town subsisting off the city of Cooper's Mills ten miles to the north, where a visitor "would find the factories, the tenements, the sixty-watt light bulbs in the soiled beer joints, the Canucks and the Catholics. But Cooper Station was different. It was made up of the people who profited from the existence of Cooper's Mills and who could, therefore, afford not to live there." Social conflict, sexual attraction -- human life itself, ideal material for Grace Metalious!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1680]

Miller, Alice Duer (1874-1942) [American novelist and poet] Wikipedia

The White Cliffs (1940) [Narrative poem, a huge success at the time of its publication, and the inspiration for the 1944 movie The White Cliffs of Dover. An American girl visits London just before the First World War, marries, and stays in England during the succeeding years, including the start of the Second World War.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #905]

Milne, A. A. [Alan Alexander] (1882-1956) [English novelist, poet, and dramatist] Wikipedia

The Red House Mystery (1922) Wikipedia [Quite literally a country house mystery, the place in question being, of course, the Red House, an entirely magnificent residence. The novel was an immediate success, and has gone through many editions. Hint: there's a murder!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #1872]

Mitchell, J. Leslie [James Leslie] (1901-1935) [Scottish novelist] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Three Go Back (1932) [Science fiction novel: a "first class fantastic adventure story" (C. A. Brandt, Amazing Stories, August 1932). Passengers on a Zeppelin-type airship are travelling from Britain to the U.S. They encounter some strange geological and weather phenomena, and the airship crashes into an unexpected mountain, leaving only three survivors, a young woman, a young man, and an elderly man. They see some strange animals, notably a sabre-toothed tiger and a mastodon, and start asking not only where they are but also when they are. Many adventures follow in this elegant and original tale of adventure. Note: Our text is based on the 1953 Galaxy edition.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1475]

Mitra, Peary Chand (1814-1883) [Bengali novelist, teacher, librarian, journalist, and social activist] Wikipedia

The Spoilt Child. A Tale of Hindu Domestic Life. ["Alaler Gharer Dulal"] (1857 [Bengali original]; 1893 [this translation]) Wikipedia [The first novel ever to be published in colloquial Bengali, without literary vocabulary imported from Sanskrit. It was rapturously received at the time: "We hail this book as the first novel in the Bengali language... a tale the like of which is not to be found within the entire range of Bengali literature," (Calcutta Review). Its reputation has never diminished since. As the novel opens, we are introduced to Baburam Babu, a senior official in the Revenue and Criminal Courts, who "had acquired considerable wealth within a very short time. In this country a man's reputation keeps pace with the increase of his riches or with his advancement: learning and character have not anything like the same respect paid to them." A comment which sets the stage for the drama/satire to come. For Baburam Babu has a son, who "having been indulged in every possible way from his boyhood, was exceedingly self-willed": he is, of course, the "spoilt child" of the title. And what a journey he takes us on! We owe this translation to George Devereux Oswell (1851-1910) , who held an M.A. from Oxford and at the time was attached to the Court of Wards in Bengal; that is, he was involved in the trusteeship of inherited properties belonging to minors. The year after publishing this translation he became the Principal of Rajkumar College in Raipur, which is famous to this day, and was founded by and for the elite of the region. Oswell served there for the rest of his life.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #69173]

Molesworth, Mary Louisa (1839-1921) [Scottish children's writer] Wikipedia

A Christmas Child. A Sketch of a Boy-Life. (1880) [Children's novel by Mrs. Molesworth, with illustrations by English artist and illustrator Walter Crane (1845-1915) Wikipedia, engraved by Joseph Swain (1820-1909) The website of Bob Speel British Museum, or an unnamed assistant] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #630]
The Adventures of Herr Baby (1881) [Children's novel by Mrs. Molesworth, with illustrations by English artist and illustrator Walter Crane (1845-1915) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Palace in the Garden (1887) [Novel. Three children move from London to Rosebuds, a house in the English countryside. One of the children, Gussie (Gustava), "the naughty one of the family", tells us what ensues.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #830]
Four Ghost Stories (1888) [Ghost stories] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #456]
The Man with the Pan-Pipes and other stories (1892) [Stories by Mrs. Molesworth, with illustrations by English artist and illustrator Walter Jenks Morgan (1847-1924) The Victorian Web]
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The Thirteen Little Black Pigs and other stories (1893) [Stories by Mrs. Molesworth, with illustrations by English artist and illustrator Walter Jenks Morgan (1847-1924) The Victorian Web]
CAUTION: One of the stories in this ebook contains a name that today would be considered grossly racist.
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Uncanny Tales (1896) [Six stories, varying in their degree of uncanniness, but similar in their attractive style, typical of Mrs. Molesworth] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #766]

Monck, Frances Elizabeth Owen (d. 1919) [Irish memoirist] (Wife of Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck [1819-1894; Governor-General of British North America from 1861 to 1867, and of Canada from 1867 to 1868] Dictionary of Canadian Biography)

My Canadian Leaves: an account of a visit to Canada in 1864-1865 (1891 version) [Travel journal]
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Montgomery, L. M. (1874-1942) [Canadian novelist] Wikipedia Canadian Encyclopedia

Anne of Green Gables (1908) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Text (PG US) Audio Audio Wikipedia
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The Story Girl (1911) [Novel: frontispiece and cover illustration by George Gibbs (1870-1942)]
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Rainbow Valley (1919) [Novel: frontispiece by Maria Louise Kirk (born 1860; died no later than 1939, probably in 1938)]
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Moodie, Susanna (1803-1885) [Canadian memoirist and novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Poetry Archive Library and Archives Canada Canadian Encyclopedia

The Little Quaker; or, The triumph of virtue. A tale for the instruction of youth. (ca. 1826-27) [Children's novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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Flora Lyndsay; or, Passages in an Eventful Life. (1854) [Novel]
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Roughing it in the Bush; or, Forest Life in Canada (1871 version) [The first Canadian edition of Moodie's classic account of her life in Upper Canada, issued nineteen years after its first publication in London. Includes new material by Moodie, and some fine illustrations by Charles F. Damoreau (fl. ca. 1856-1871) and the Toronto artist Seymour]
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George Leatrim; or, The Mother's Test (1875) [Novel for children: catalogue at end of book includes an illustration by William Small (1843-1931) Tate Collection]
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Moore, George Augustus (1852-1933) [Irish novelist] Wikipedia

Confessions of a Young Man (1888 English version) Wikipedia. [In 1886 Moore first published this autobiographical novel in French, and two years later in English! By that point he spoke French better than English, and had gotten to know some famous painters (Degas, Pissaro, Monet...) and writers as well! An unforgettable account of artistic life in Paris from someone who was literally there. Our ebook includes a 1917 introduction by the American novelist and critic Floyd Dell (1887-1969) Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #11654]
Sister Teresa (1909 version) (1909: earlier version published in 1901) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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More, Hannah (1745-1833) [English religious writer, abolitionist, and playwright] Wikipedia The Twickenham Museum

Percy. A Tragedy. (1778) [Neo-Shakespearian tragedy] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped OhioLINK ETD (Eleni Siatra)

Morice, Adrien-Gabriel (1859-1938) [Missionnaire, explorateur, ethnologue et lexicographe canadien / Canadian missionary, explorer, ethnologist, and lexicographer] fr.wikipedia Wikipedia ABCBookWorld

The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia (formerly New Caledonia) [1660 to 1880] (1905 [third edition: first edition published in 1904]) [History, with many illustrations, including the first published portrait of the explorer Simon Fraser [1776-1862] Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
L'abbé Émile Petitot et les découvertes géographiques au Canada: étude géographico-historique (1923) [Monographie sur le missionaire-explorateur Émile Petitot Dictionnaire biographique du Canada] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip
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Morley, Christopher (1890-1957) [American journalist, essayist, and novelist] Wikipedia

The Powder of Sympathy (1923) [The title may be obscure, but these sparkling essays are not (and one of them explains the title!). Since 1920, Morley had been on the staff of the New York Evening Post: this is his own selection of columns he had written. And what an exhilarating time it was to live in Manhattan and be a writer! Morley quickly became famous, and in these essays it is easy to see why: mostly quite short, they cover a startlingly wide range of topics literary, historical, and topical. As if this isn't enough, each column has an accompanying drawing or cartoon by the celebrated New York magazine and book illustrator Walter Jack Duncan (1881-1941) Wikipedia!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67188]

Morris, William (1834-1896) [English novelist, poet, painter, textile designer, and social activist] Wikipedia

A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark (1889) Wikipedia [Novel, which largely created the modern fantasy novel. Its influence can clearly be seen in The Lord of the Rings: both novels have a place called Mirkwood, and in both dwarfs play an important role. No hobbits, though! It is written in a deliberately archaic style, with many words and usages from early English and other Germanic languages. With astounding skill and judgment Morris ensures that his archaic language is consistent, comprehensible, and beautiful to the ear. From the moment of its appearance to the present day the novel has always had many admirers, starting with Oscar Wilde!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Roots of the Mountains (1889) Wikipedia [Novel, "Wherein is told somewhat of the lives of the men of Burgdale their friends their neighbours their foemen and their fellows in arms." It is a continuation of the Tale of the House of the Wolfings: the descendants of the Wolfings show up as the Sons of the Wolf. As with the earlier novel, there are many elements in common with The Lord of the Rings, for which it was clearly a source. Morris's language has a deliberate antique grandeur, but he ensures that his meaning is always clear. For example, he renders the first sentence of the novel that much more accessible by saying "town or thorp" rather than just "thorp": "Once upon a time amidst the mountains and hills and falling streams of a fair land there was a town or thorp in a certain valley." Yes, this sounds a lot like Rivendell!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Morrow, George (1869-1955) [Irish cartoonist] Wikipedia
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Simple Stories from "Punch" (1930) [Humour] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Muir, Edwin (1887-1959) [Scottish (Orcadian) poet and translator] Wikipedia

Journeys and Places (1937) [Poems. The Journeys, our poet remarks, "deal more or less with movements in time", and the Places "with places reached and the character of such places".] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #859]
An Autobiography (1954) [Muir's revised version of his 1940 autobiography. The Story and the Fable, extended to cover the events of the following years. Muir's life was a fascinating one: born in a remote corner of the Orkney Islands, where life had changed little over the centuries, as an adult he found himself at the centre of cosmopolitan European culture.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1612]

Munro, William Bennett (1875-1957) [Canadian historian] Marianopolis College (biography by Damien-Claude Bélanger)

The Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New-World Feudalism (1914) [History: vol. 5 of "The Chronicles of Canada". Illustrations by Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674) Wikipedia Musée du Louvre, Charles Huot (1855-1930) Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, and W. W. Smith (ca. 1855)]
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Munthe, Axel Martin Fredrik (1857-1949) [Swedish physician and author] Wikipedia

Letters from a Mourning City (Naples. Autumn, 1884) (1887) [When the author (a physician by trade) arrived in Naples intending to take a holiday, he found that there had been a major outbreak of cholera. This book, his account of what he experienced as a first-hand witness, first appeared as a series of articles published in the Stockholm newspaper Dagblad Wikipedia. Our author modestly remarks that they "were written under circumstances scarcely favourable to literary pursuits", but it is difficult to see any shortcomings. The translation from Swedish was by the English composer Maude Valérie White (1855-1937) Wikipedia The Independent (Sophie Fuller).]
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Vagaries (1898) [The celebrated collection of essays and reflections Wikipedia by the famous Swedish physician and author. In later years, Munthe was to issue revised versions of the collection: for our ebook, we have used the text of the 1898 first edition.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #933]
Red Cross & Iron Cross, by A Doctor in France (1916) [Novel about the First World War, published while the war was still raging, based on Munthe's own war experiences within a British ambulance corps when he was already in his late fifties] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #710]
The Story of San Michele (1929) [The Villa San Michele Wikipedia (with photographs) is located on the island of Capri. This is the story not so much of the villa as of our author, and not so much of him as of the people and places he knew, told in the form of thirty-two essays. "When a man combines the glory of far-flung adventure with service to mankind and, moreover, in the seventh decade of his life writes a stimulating autobiography, then we have reason to rejoice, for his adventures may be ours, his thoughts our thoughts, and his philosophy of life can be absorbed from his pages. Dr. Munthe has written such a book, unique in contents, joyous in tone, quick in pace, at times brilliant, usually informative, and always interesting." (Henry R. Viets, M.D., Saturday Review, 1 February 1930) Our ebook includes the author's "special preface for the American Edition" written shortly after the book's original publication.]
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Murray, Gilbert [George Gilbert Aimé] (1866-1957) [English classical scholar] Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) [in German]

Carlyon Sahib. A Drama in Four Acts. (1900) [A play set in England and in British India: it created some degree of controversy. This printed edition includes the minor revisions Murray made following the play's first production in 1899.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #873]
Andromache. A Play In Three Acts. (1900) [An original play about Andromache Wikipedia, wife of Hector, set during the Trojan War. Murray's verse translations of ancient Greek plays are famous: many of them are offered by PG Canada. But this is an original play in prose: Murray described it as "a simple historical play, with as little convention as possible, placed in the Greek Heroic Age, and dealing with one of the ordinary heroic stories." Includes a preface by Murray addressed to William Archer (1856-1924) Wikipedia, the friend of Shaw and translator of Ibsen.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #916]
Euripides and his Age (1913) [The original 1913 version of Murray's famous introduction to the works of the ancient Athenian playwright Euripides (ca. 480-406 B.C.) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #709]
The United States and the War (1916) [Three articles, published at the end of August 1916. Murray believed it was clear that the U.S would not enter the First World War, but he was wrong — eight months later the U.S. declared war on Germany! Nonetheless, an interesting and informative set of articles.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #792]

From Faith, War, and Policy. Addresses and Essays on the European War. (1917):

First Thoughts on the War (1914) [Reflections on the outbreak of the First World War] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #862]
How can War ever be Right? (1914) [An essay defending Britain's declaration of war on Germany] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #865]
Herd Instinct and the War (1915) [Lecture on the attitudes surrounding the First World War, and the desirability of a rational approach to the topic] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #872]
India and the War (1915) [An address to Indian students, delivered in March 1915.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #870]
The Evil and the Good of the War (1915) [An address delivered to the Congress of Free Churches. Among all the evils of war, Murray discerned some elements of good, particularly in the spirit of sacrifice for the sake of others which he believed had become apparent.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #867]
Democratic Control of Foreign Policy (1916) [A review of the 1915 book Democracy and Diplomacy: A Plea for Popular Control of Foreign Policy, by Arthur Ponsonby (1871-1946) Wikipedia Spartacus Educational, who, unlike Murray, was opposed to Britain's participation in the First World War. In essence, a discussion of a perpetual issue in representative democracies: how to allow elected governments reasonable freedom in foreign policy, while ensuring that they respect the will and interests of the citizens they represent.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #883]
How We Stand Now (1916) [Lecture. Murray explains his strong belief that the German government was responsible for triggering the First World War, a belief unlikely to have encountered much disagreement among the members of the Fight for Right League, to whom this address was originally delivered.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #893]

Andrew Lang, the Poet (1948) [The 1947 Andrew Lang Lecture Wikipedia on the poetry of Andrew Lang (1844-1912) Wikipedia, better known in 1947 and today as a folklorist and historian than as a poet.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #604]

Translations of Aeschylus (ca. 525-456 B.C.) [Athenian playwright] Wikipedia

The Persians (472 B.C. [Greek original], 1939 [this translation]) [The oldest surviving Greek tragedy. It deals with a contemporary event: the reaction of the Persian court to the news of the Greek victory over the Persians at Salamis Wikipedia, a battle in which Aeschylus is believed to have fought. The tone of the play is surprisingly sympathetic to the Persians.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #752] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com H. W, Smyth's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
The Suppliant Women (ca. 463 B.C. [Greek original], 1930 [this translation]) [A very early Greek tragedy, notable for the importance of the chorus in the drama. The daughters of Danaus Wikipedia arrive as refugees in Argos, seeking protection from forced marriage in Egypt.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #841] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com H. W, Smyth's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
Prometheus Bound (fifth century B.C. [Greek original], 1931 [this translation]) [Tragedy. Prometheus Wikipedia has given mankind the gift of fire. Zeus in anger has chained him to a mountain in the Caucasus. Two millennia after the original, Shelley wrote a famous sequel, Prometheus Unbound Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped [PGC #751] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com H. W, Smyth's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)

Translations of Aristophanes (445 B.C. or earlier - ca. 385 B.C.) [Athenian playwright] Wikipedia

The Knights (424 B.C. [Greek original], 1956 [this translation]) [Comedy about the political scene in Athens during the Peloponnesian War Wikipedia. A sausage seller becomes a political rival to Cleon Wikipedia, a prominent Athenian politician (and an opponent of Aristophanes). The "knights" of the title are not the mediaeval warriors from a millennium later, but the citizen cavalry of Athens. The Wikipedia article on the play provides a helpful guide to its many contemporary allusions; Murray provides a set of notes as well.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #894] ancient-literature.com F. W. Hall and W. M. Geldart's 1907 edition of the original Greek text: Perseus Digital Library
The Birds (414 B.C. [Greek original], 1950 [this translation]) [Comedy. The birds of the world band together to take over control of the universe from the Olympian gods. The Wikipedia article on the play provides a helpful guide to its many contemporary allusions.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #730] ancient-literature.com F. W. Hall and W. M. Geldart's 1907 edition of the original Greek text: Perseus Digital Library

Translations of Euripides (ca. 480-406 B.C.) [Athenian playwright] Wikipedia

Rhesus (ca. 450 B.C.? [Greek original], 1913 [this translation]) [Tragedy, based on the tenth book of Homer's Iliad. The siege of Troy has been underway for some years when Rhesus, King of Thrace, arrives to help the Trojans.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #719] Wikipedia Murray's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
Medea (431 B.C. [Greek original], 1906 [this translation]) [Tragedy. The marriage of Jason Wikipedia the Argonaut Wikipedia and his foreign wife Medea Wikipedia ends badly. Very badly.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #736] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com David Kovacs' edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
The Trojan Women (415 B.C. [Greek original], 1905 [this translation]) [Tragedy, centred on the fate of the women of Troy after the destruction of their city. Often thought to be a protest by Euripides against the Peloponnesian War Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #738] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com Murray's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
Ion (ca. 413 B.C. [Greek original], 1954 [this translation]) [Technically a tragedy, but in fact a drama with a pleasantly optimistic tone. We meet Ion at the temple of Apollo at Delphi, where he has lived from his earliest years. As the play begins, he is unaware of who his parents are...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #722] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com Murray's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)
Bacchae (405 B.C. [Greek original], 1906 [this translation]) [Euripides' most famous tragedy, originally presented the year following his death. Pentheus, King of Thebes, does not recognize the limits of his power, nor the limits of pure rationality. For this mistake he pays a heavy price.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #717] Wikipedia Murray's edition of the original Greek text (Perseus Digital Library)

Translations of Sophocles (ca. 496-406 B.C.) [Athenian playwright] Wikipedia

Antigone ["The Antigone"] (ca. 441 B.C. [Greek original], 1941 [this translation]) [Tragedy. The civil war at Thebes Wikipedia has resulted in the death of Antigone's Wikipedia two brothers Eteocles Wikipedia and Polynices . Wikipedia. The king, Creon Wikipedia, has decided that Polynices will not receive proper burial. Antigone does not accept this decision...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #729] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com Sir Richard Jebb's 1891 edition of the original Greek text: Perseus Digital Library Wikisource
The Wife of Heracles [Trachiniae] (ca. 430 B.C.? [Greek original], 1947 [this translation]) [Tragedy: the original title refers to the play's chorus Wikipedia, which consisted of the women of Trachis Wikipedia. It recounts the passing of Heracles (Hercules) Wikipedia, but in fact is largely concerned with his wife, Deianira Wikipedia; hence the new name which Murray bestowed on the play.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #728] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com Sir Richard Jebb's 1892 edition of the original Greek text (Wikisource)
Oedipus at Colonus (ca. 401 B.C. [Greek original; first performance], 1948 [this translation]) [Tragedy, written at the very end of Sophocles' life. Oedipus Wikipedia, after a life of suffering, arrives in the village of Colonus, accompanied by his daughter Antigone Wikipedia for what turn out to be the culminating events of his life.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #754] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com Sir Richard Jebb's 1889 edition of the original Greek text: Perseus Digital Library

Murray, William Henry Harrison (1840-1904) [American clergyman, outdoorsman, and author] Wikipedia

The Story that the Keg Told Me, and The Story of the Man Who Didn't Know Much (1889) [Two novellas, both set in the Adirondack Mountains Wikipedia of New York State. The novellas, both of which feature John Norton the Trapper, are the first two parts of the Adirondack Tales: in the introduction, Murray explains the genesis of this series.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #656]
The Mystery of the Woods, and The Man Who Missed It (1891) [Two novellas, both set in the Adirondack Mountains Wikipedia of New York State] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #590]

Myrand, Ernest (1854-1921) [Écrivain canadien] Encyclopédie canadienne

Une fête de Noël sous Jacques Cartier (1888) [Histoire] HTML et Texte

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Nast, Thomas (1840-1902) [American cartoonist] Wikipedia

Thomas Nast's Christmas Drawings for the Human Race (1892) [Thomas Nast was one of the most famous cartoonists of all time. This fine album shows why!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72546]

Nesbit, Edith ("E. Nesbit") [Bland, Edith] (1858-1924) [English novelist, poet, and political activist] Wikipedia

Nine Unlikely Tales for Children (1901) [An E. Nesbit book supposedly "for children" is really a book for everyone, as admirers of The Railway Children (that is, all of us) will be the first to admit. The stories are mostly told from the viewpoint of the children, and there are numerous fine drawings by the Scottish illustrator H. R. Millar (1869-1942) Wikipedia and his English contemporary Claude A. Shepperson (1867-1921) Wikipedia CAUTION: The book was written more than a century ago and reflects the beliefs that prevailed at the time. You may be offended by certain aspects of the plot and language.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #49913]

The adventures of the Bastable children:

The Story of the Treasure Seekers, being the adventures of the Bastable children in search of a fortune (1899) Wikipedia ["This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure," starts this novel for and about children, the first such book by E. Nesbit, whose later novels include The Railroad Children, "and I think when you have read it you will see that we were not lazy about the looking." And so the Bastable children make their first appearance in literature. No spoilers here: the book's title gives more than enough information, and you'll know after a paragraph or two whether this book is for you. And chances are that it will be: its reputed admirers include J. K. Rowling, no less, and C. S. Lewis!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #770]
The Wouldbegoods. Being The Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers. (1901) [Sequel to The Story of the Treasure Seekers: yes, the Bastable children are back, all six of them! They are resolved to improve on their past history of getting into scrapes of various kinds, and have even given themselves a new name: the Society of the Wouldbegoods. "The way in which their best intentions miscarry, through ignorance on their own part and misconception on the part of their elders, makes deliciously humorous reading..." (The Outlook, 5 October 1901). Our ebook includes the illustrations for the first edition by the Anglo-American artist Reginald Bathurst Birch (1856-1943) Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #32466]
New Treasure Seekers, or The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune (1904) [The Bastable children are back for a third set of adventures. They are an autonomous community, operating independently of the adults around them, and things tend to happen around them, as this book shows: it starts with a chaotic family wedding at Christmastime, then H.O. vanishes mysteriously, leaving a helpful note: "I am going to be a Clown." But he will apparently be back once he is rich and famous -- welcome to life with the Bastables! The book has many illustrations by two famous artists of the period: Gordon Browne (1858-1932) Wikipedia, and Lewis Baumer (1870-1963) Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #25496]
Oswald Bastable and Others (1905) [We'd call this the fourth book about the Bastable children, whom we first met in The Story of the Treasure Seekers, but while the first four of the stories are about the Bastables, the eleven that follow are about others. Bastables or not, all of the stories are well worth reading -- after all, they're from E. Nesbit! And they come with magnificent illustrations from the first edition by Charles E. Brock (1870-1938) and H. R. Millar (1869-1942). ] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #28804]

The Psammead trilogy:

Five Children and It (1902) Wikipedia [Five children leave London and move to a deeply rural part of Kent -- quite a transition! The house is beside a gravel pit, and in that pit they discover a Psammead (pronounced "Sammyadd"), a sand-fairy with a quick temper. And the ability to grant wishes! So start the adventures in this novel and its two famous successors. Includes a fine set of illustrations by H. R. Millar (1869-1942). ] EPUB [Wikisource]
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) Wikipedia [The five children are no longer living in the country, but strange events seem to follow them back to the city. They find a mysterious egg in a second-hand carpet, an egg which then hatches! And so the Phoenix enters the story. Many adventures follow!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #836]
The Story of the Amulet (1906) Wikipedia [As the third and final Psammead novel opens, the five children's father is working as a war correspondent in distant Manchuria, and their mother is in Madeira, recovering from a major illness. Consequently the children are "in the care of old Nurse, who lived in Fitzroy Street, near the British Museum". With the museum being so close, it is not surprising that Nurse's other lodger is a "learned gentleman" who knows a great deal about Ancient Egypt. At this point it's not giving much away to say that the novel (1) has much to do with Egypt, (2) features the return of the Psammead from the first two books, (3) involves considerable time travel, and (4) is one of the most admired of Nesbit's famous novels. And it has a magnificent set of illustrations by H. R. Millar (1869-1942) from the first edition!] EPUB [Wikisource]

The Railway Children (1905) Wikipedia [Nesbit's most famous novel, in part because of the 1970 film version, popular to this day. "They were not railway children to begin with," are its opening words. And indeed the three children were not: their names were Roberta ("Bobbie"), Peter, and Phyllis, they lived in a London suburb and lacked for nothing, until the day when their father was arrested on an (unfounded) suspicion of wrongdoing, which meant that the family was suddenly on its own, and had to leave London. But leaving London meant going somewhere else, and this somewhere else turned out to be a house in the countryside called Three Chimneys, near a railway station. "They did not guess then how they would grow to love the railway, and how soon it would become the centre of their new life, nor what wonders and changes it would bring to them."] EPUB [University of Adelaide] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #1874]
The Enchanted Castle (1907) Wikipedia [Novel for children and intelligent adults, with illustrations by H. R. Millar (1869-1942) from the first edition. Jerry, Jimmy, and Cathy are schoolchildren in the West of England who are looking forward to their holidays back home in Hampshire, but at the last moment learn that they will have to stay where they are through the holidays. This turns out not so badly, particularly when they start exploring and find an estate complete with a magnificent garden and an actual castle. Could it be an enchanted castle? The answer, they increasingly suspect, is yes, it could!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #34219]
Daphne in Fitzroy Street (1909) [Novel, written for adults, although E. Nesbit's clear and attractive style certainly reflects her expertise in writing for children: a difficult art. As the novel opens, it is an April day, and it is Daphne's eighteenth birthday: she is at a very special international school in France for the daughters of the wealthy. This is the story of her return to England and what ensues. Includes a frontispiece by the American magazine artist F. Graham Cootes (1879-1960) Encyclopedia Virginia.] EPUB [Wikisource]
Number 17 (1910) [Suspense story. Hotels generally have one or two rather special rooms...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1142]
The Magic City (1910) Wikipedia [A novel about magic and about family dynamics, with illustrations by H. R. Millar (1869-1942) from the first edition. As the novel opens, we meet Philip Haldane, who is ten years old and living a happy life with his half-sister Helen, who is twenty years older: she looks after him, since both are orphans. This happiness comes to a sudden halt when Helen unexpectedly (from Philip's perspective) gets married. One day he starts to construct a model city on a writing-table, a very convincing model city. It turns out that this city may be a model, but there are people living there!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #20606]

E. Nesbit's novels for adults:

The Red House (1902) [Novel, one of many which E. Nesbit wrote not for children, but for adults! Although in the tenth chapter ("The Invaders") the Bastable family from her children's novels make a short but memorable appearance. The main plot centres on a newly married couple, Len and Chloe, happily adjusting to their new lives together, and to their new and beautiful house. "It has hawthorn hedges, and an old garden with a sun-dial in it, and roses and jasmines and lilacs and all sorts of sweet-scented things running riot. They have little money, much trouble with servants, and great joy in doing housework themselves. Dust-pans, scrubbing-brushes, and brooms are their delights." (The Outlook, 22 November 1902) A novel written in the same happy spirit as Nesbit's novels for children.] EPUB [Wikisource]

Nicholls, George F. [Franck] (1885-1937) [English painter]

Cotswolds Water-Colours (1920) [The Cotswolds are the hill region which separates the Thames and the Severn. The region is famous for its scenery, which is beautifully depicted in this album's twenty excellent colour reproductions of villages and countryside.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66093]

Nicholson, Gerald William Lingen (1902-1980) [Canadian military historian]

Marlborough and the War of the Spanish Succession (1955) [History, published by Canadian Army's Directorate of Military Training. It is because of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) Wikipedia that Spain today has a Bourbon king, descended from Louis XIV of France. But the Sun King by no means gained everything that he had sought (Spain remained a kingdom separate from France): this was largely because of the brilliant military campaigns conducted by John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough Wikipedia. Lt.-Col. G. W. L. Nicholson, the Canadian military historian, has given us this brilliantly written and wonderfully readable short history of the war. The many illustrations include an outstanding series of maps by Captain C. C. J. Bond.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1058]

Niven, Frederick [Frederick John] (1878-1944) [Canadian novelist] ABCBookWorld McMaster University Libraries William H. New (Canadian Literature #32 [Spring 1967]),

The Island Providence (1910) [Historical novel, set in the late seventeenth century] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #503]
A Wilderness of Monkeys (1911) [Novel: our edition includes an inscription from Frederick Niven to Daniel Rider] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #541]
Hands Up! (1913) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #474]
Books in the Wilderness (January 1921) [Essay. In 1920, Niven moved to Nelson, British Columbia Wikipedia, where he spent the rest of his life. Once established, he didn't just stay at home! However, as he explains, "one cannot carry a library" in a canoe. He explains which books he selected, and why.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1499]
Wild Honey (1927) [Novel, perhaps one of Niven's finest, about railway laborers in British Columbia. The action of the novel takes place in the "dry belt" between Ashcroft and Kamloops.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #748]
The Staff at Simson's (1937) [Novel about a family firm in Scotland] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB (experimental) [PGC #585]
Coloured Spectacles (1938) [Autobiography. Niven's account of the course of his life from Valparaiso, Chile to Nelson, British Columbia by way of Glasgow and many other places.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1000]
The Transplanted (1944) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Nodier, Charles (1780-1844) [Écrivain et bibliothécaire français] fr.wikipedia Académie Française Wikipedia
Translator / traducteur: Orts-Ramos, Tomás (1866-1939) [Spanish journalist / journaliste espagnol]

El Pintor de Salzburgo (1919) [Tales and essays in Spanish / Contes et essais en espagnol: translations of / traductions de Des types en littérature (1830), Le peintre de Salzbourg (1803), Les méditations du cloître (1803) & Adèle (1820)] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip
Learn Spanish ! / Apprenez l'espagnol ! Cursos: BBC Spanish Language & Culture Diccionarios bilingües: WordReference.com Spanish-English WordReference.com Espagnol-Français Diccionarios españoles: CLAVE Real Academia Española

Nordhoff, Charles Bernard (1887-1947) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Pícaro (1924) [Novel: the action is set in the United States, but moves to France after the advent of the First World War, where our hero becomes a pilot for the French. But it would be misleading to call this a war novel: it's more a coming of age novel about "Pícaro" (Enrique Langhorne), and what he does after leaving his father's Californian estate, Rancho Guadalupe. The novel has an attractive immediacy, and its author makes good use of his first-hand knowledge of France and of the Hispanic world.]
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The Pearl Lagoon (1924) [Novel for teenagers, set in the South Seas. A young boy, Charlie Selden, is taken by his uncle to the South Pacific on a pearl-hunting trip: encounters with sharks and pirates ensue. Includes a preface by Nordhoff, and illustrations by Anton Otto Fischer (1882-1962) Wikipedia]
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with: Hall, James Norman (1887-1951) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Faery Lands of the South Seas (1921) [The first collaboration by Nordhoff and Hall involving the South Seas, a memoir of their first visit to Tahiti and points beyond: "a book which is neither super-romantic nor tediously informative... one of the most pleasing volumes of travel and observation recently published." (The Outlook, 4 January 1922) Includes some attractive small illustrations by American artist George A. Picken (1898-1971) Smithsonian Institution.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #54479]
The Hurricane (1936) Wikipedia [Novel, set in the nineteenth century, about an island in the Tuamotu Archipelago Wikipedia, shared by Polynesians and Europeans, and what happens before, during, and after a major hurricane. One of Nordhoff and Hall's most popular novels, and the basis for John Ford's 1937 movie of the same name Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1378]
The Dark River (1938) [Novel. An Englishman named Alan Hardie arrives in Tahiti for what turns out to be a permanent visit. The novel has a very straightforward plot, "but as a travelogue of Tahiti and the Tuamotus it makes almost anybody in a disheartened pre-war world feel like getting away from it all while there is yet time." (Elmer Davis, Saturday Review, 25 June 1938)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1559]
Botany Bay (1941) [Historical novel, principally about the sailing of the First Fleet Wikipedia and the founding of the British penal colony in Australia, at Botany Bay Wikipedia, near the future Sydney. A more agreeable way of learning Australian history could hardly be imagined, with incidental information on the British penal system of the time, and on the aftermath of the 1783 partition of British North America: our hero, Hugh Tallant, was a Loyalist, but one who ended up in Australia rather than Canada!] CAUTION: Certain language in the novel may seem racist by the standards of today. HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1562]
Men Without Country (1942) [The novel opens early in World War II, just after the fall of France. An American reporter is in London to get stories on Frenchmen who have fled France to fight with Charles de Gaulle. He meets with a Captain Freycinet, who has quite a story to tell, a story which begins in the Caribbean. "The famous authors of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' have passed a neat, small miracle. In a little over a hundred pages, in small format and good large type, they have told a tale of escape, patriotism, French Guiana, Vichy, Free France, everything tight and right and thrilling. This is old craftsmanship at work, spinning a yarn of the most contemporary flavor..." (N. L. Rothman, Saturday Review, 27 June 1942)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1255]
The High Barbaree (1945) [Novel. What if a South Pacific island had remained undiscovered until in 1943 an American plane crashed onto it? The plane is the High Barbaree, presumably named after the traditional sailors' ballad Wikipedia.]
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Einstein and the Universe. A Popular Exposition of the Famous Theory. (1922) [Written by the longtime Astronomer to the Paris Observatory, translated by Joseph McCabe (1867-1955) Wikipedia and with a preface by Richard Haldane (1856-1928) Wikipedia who has high praise for the book: "It is the lucidity of the French author, in combination with his own gift of expression, that has made it possible for the translator to succeed so well in overcoming the obstacles to giving the exposition in our own tongue this book contains. The rendering seems to me, after reading the book both in French and in English, admirable. M. Nordmann has presented Einstein's principle in words which lift the average reader over many of the difficulties he must encounter in trying to take it in."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68462]

Notman, William McFarlane (1857-1913) [Canadian photographer] Canadian Encyclopedia

Through Mountains and Canyons. The Canadian Rockies. (1906) [A portfolio of photographs taken in the mountains of British Columbia and Alberta, "photographed by Wm. Notman & Son Montreal". We ascribe the book to William McFarlane Notman, son of the celebrated Montreal photographer William Notman (1826-1891), because the younger Notman is known to have travelled and photographed extensively in Western Canada along the line of the newly completed Canadian Pacific Railway.] HTML HTML zipped Text (lacking the photographs, naturally) Text zipped EPUB [PGC #787]

Noyes, Alfred (1880-1958) [English poet and novelist] Wikipedia The Catholic World, January 1959 (Derek Stanford) CatholicAuthors.com

The Sun Cure (1929) [Satirical novel, reminiscent of the early novels of Evelyn Waugh, which were written around the same period. The Rev. Basil Strode is invited by his old friend Harry Dalston to go on vacation with him and return to nature. He rashly accepts the invitation, not realizing what going back to nature might entail.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #980]
The Last Man (1940) [Science fiction novel. A death ray has been invented which largely wipes out humanity. There are some survivors, however...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped EPUB [PGC #903]

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O'Brien, Flann [O'Nolan, Brian] (1911-1966) [Irish journalist and novelist] Wikipedia

The Dalkey Archive (1964) Wikipedia [Satirical novel. "Dalkey is a little town maybe twelve miles south of Dublin..." says our novelist, "It is an unlikely town, huddled, quiet, pretending to be asleep." But Dalkey is no ordinary town, and this is no ordinary novel. Its main character is a scientist named De Selby ("a true scientist or just demented?"), but it also includes St Augustine, James Joyce, and others!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1625]

O'Connor, Flannery [Mary Flannery] (1925-1964) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Wise Blood (1952) Wikipedia [Flannery O'Connor's first novel. The Second World War has ended, and Hazel Motes has returned to his native Tennessee. If he was looking for peace and quiet, that's not what he finds. Instead, he embarks on a road trip -- no ordinary road trip!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1445]
The Violent Bear It Away (1960) Wikipedia [Novel. Can Mason Tarwater, a teenager in the American South, truly have a calling to become a prophet? After the death of his great-uncle, he sets off on a voyage of discovery. "Miss O'Connor tells the story with stark power, making every detail carry its full weight... Her prose is strong, supple, at times full of beauty, never pretentious. From any point of view, 'The Violent Bear It Away' is a distinguished piece of work." (Granville Hicks, Saturday Review, 27 February 1960)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1446]

O'Connor, John (1870-1952) [English priest and memoirist] Wikipedia

Father Brown on Chesterton (1937) [Memoir of the journalist, mystery writer and Christian apologist G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Wikipedia by the priest who was the model for the principal character in the "Father Brown" mystery stories] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

O'Duffy, Eimar Ultan (1893-1935) [Irish playwright, novelist, and economist] Wikipedia

The Bird Cage (1932) [Mystery novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

O'Hagan, Thomas (1855-1939) [Canadian teacher, journalist, and poet] Canadian Catholic Historical Association (James T. Hurley, 1950)

Songs of Heroic Days (1916) [A fine collection of poems, published during the First World War, and including a letter from Jules Ingenbleek (1876-1953) fr.wikipedia De Grootste Breeënaar [Nederlands], conveying to the poet the congratulations of Albert I of Belgium] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #853]
Father Morice (1928) [A short biography of British Columbia missionary, explorer, and historian Adrien-Gabriel Morice (1859-1938) Wikipedia, some of whose works (in both French and English) you will find in the PG Canada catalogue. This monograph was published as part of the Ryerson Canadian History Readers series.]
CAUTION: Certain statements in this ebook today would be considered grossly racist.
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Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson (1828-1897) [Scottish novelist] Wikipedia The Victorian Web

The Rector and The Doctor's Family (1863) [Two novellas] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Phoebe, Junior (1876) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped
Sir Tom (1883 or 1884) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #437]
A Country Gentleman and his Family (1886) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #446]
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Omar Khayyám (1048-1131) [Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet] Wikipedia

The Rubáiyát [Poems: 1859 version] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia

Translator: FitzGerald, Edward (1809-1883) [English translator] Wikipedia
Illustrator: MacManus [also spelt McManus], Blanche (1869-1935) [American author and illustrator] Wikipedia

Onstott, Kyle (1887-1966) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Mandingo (1957) Wikipedia [Novel about the antebellum American South. "In the early 1830s", our author tells us, "the economy of the Southern States of the U.S.A. was largely based on trading in human flesh." And the novel, set on an Alabama plantation, is about the realities of this trading in human flesh. CAUTION: Unavoidably, given its subject matter, this novel contains language and situations which some readers may find upsetting or offensive.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1626]

Opie, Amelia Alderson (1769-1853) [English novelist] Wikipedia

A Wife's Duty (1820) [An elegantly written novel on domestic relations. As our narrator comments, similar events affect different people in different ways: "as the rays of light call forth different hues and gradations of colour, according to the peculiar surfaces of the objects on which they fall, so common circumstances vary in their results and their effects, according to the different natures and minds of those to whom they occur." We include a frontispiece created by Albert Henry Payne (1812-1902) for the 1847 edition on which our ebook is based.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #753]

Oppenheim, Edward Phillips (1866-1946) [English novelist] Wikipedia

A Daughter of the Marionis [U.S. title: To Win the Love He Sought] (1895) [Novel: a romance, involving a Sicilian oath of vengeance. An English lord meets a Sicilian singer, Adrienne, and they fall in love. But a Sicilian, Leonardo di Marioni, has already declared his love for her! Much intrigue follows, in Italy and in England.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1116]
The Seven Conundrums (1923) [Seven short stories, all of them mysteries, or, if you will, conundrums. Illustrated by New York artist Wallace Morgan (1873[1875?]-1948) [U.S.] Army Art of World War I Library of Congress] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #995]
The Wrath to Come (1924) [Novel. A heady mixture of high society and international intrigue, elegantly presented.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #990]
The Passionate Quest (1924) [Novel. Family firms often have challenges.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #987]
The Inevitable Millionaires (1925) [Novel. Two sons inherit a London business: as time passes they become even wealthier than their late father. The firm's accountant reports that they are now worth a million pounds, a gigantic sum in that era. But he also sends them a letter from their late father: towards the end of his life, he realized that the rich have a social responsiblity to spend considerable sums. He directs his sons to learn how to spend money.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1041]
Gabriel Samara, Peacemaker (1925) [Catherine Borans, of the Hotel Weltmore Typewriting and Secretarial Bureau, is far from happy when presented with her newest client, Gabriel Samara, a mysterious Russian. But events take many unexpected turns...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1018]
The Golden Beast (1926) [Novel, set largely in Norfolk. Great wealth can be toxic to a family. Israel, first Baron Honerton, who had achieved great success in the pharmaceuticals business, was absolutely admirable. But his descendants are a different story...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1009]
The Interloper (1926) [Novel, published in the U.K. as The Ex-Duke. A priest in Italy turns out to have connections to England. Connections at the very highest level...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1105]
The Million Pound Deposit (1930) [Novel about commercial intrigue involving Boothroyds, a manufacturing firm located near Leeds] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #984]
The Ostrekoff Jewels (1932) [Novel, which opens in the Ostrekoff Palace in St. Petersburg; but the action soon moves elsewhere.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB (beta) [PGC #953]
Crooks in the Sunshine (1932) [Novel. Dark doings in the sunny surroundings of the French Riviera.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #986]
Murder at Monte Carlo (1933) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #444]
The Spy Paramount (1935) [Novel, set in Rome and other glamorous European locales.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #803]
The Battle of Basinghall Street (1935) [Novel. Financial intrigues in the City, i.e. the City of London] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #758]
Ask Miss Mott (1937) [Ten short stories. Miss Mott is a newspaper columnist, offering advice to readers on various personal matters. Is she now to become a consultant on crime? Of course, her uncle does work at Scotland Yard...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1106]
Sir Adam Disappeared (1939) [Novel. When someone disappears, people generally notice. Particularly in the case of someone as rich as Sir Adam Blockton, a banker with a difference: he actually owns his bank!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1168]
The Grassleyes Mystery (1940) [A mysterious stranger visits an estate agent in Nice: he wishes to find a place to live, near Nice or Cannes, but as secluded as possible. From that point, the mystery deepens further...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1023]
The Man Who Changed His Plea (1942) [Novel, set in London. The accused in a high-profile murder trial at the last moment changes his plea to guilty, thereby receiving a life sentence, rather than being condemned to death, the likely outcome had he pled not guilty. But that's just the beginning...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #985]

Baroness Orczy [Orczy, Emmuska] (1865-1947) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (1910) Wikipedia [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain, and we could offer you the Miss Marple novels. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms, unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot; unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

In the meantime, we offer you another female sleuth, Baroness Orczy's famous creation Lady Molly Robertson-Kirk. At the start of the book the narrator comments that "we shouldn't have half so many undetected crimes if some of the so-called mysteries were put to the test of feminine investigation." Over the course of the twelve stories Lady Molly amply demonstrates how true this is. We now offer two digital editions of these stories. The PG US ebook includes the illustrations from the 1910 first edition by Cyrus Cuneo (1879-1916) Wikipedia The PG Canada ebook offers a handy text-only version of the stories.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72581] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1223]
Sir Percy Hits Back (1927) Wikipedia [Historical novel, the ninth in the Scarlet Pimpernel series. We are in France, during the Reign of Terror: the young and innocent Fleurette Chauvelin, only just turned eighteen, must be saved from the guillotine. The situation clearly calls for the unique talents of Sir Percy Blakeney, the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1220]
Marivosa (1930) [Novel. Timothy O'Clerigh, is cheated out of his inheritance by an unscrupulous woman. His work to regain it leads him to South America and a mysterious cult leader. He meets and falls in love with the cultist's daughter, and is taken prisoner by the cultist.,.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1001]
A Joyous Adventure (1932) [Historical novel set in 1800, and revolving around Martin Saint-Denys, an English nobleman fallen on financial hard times. He's also suffering from extreme boredom, so puts up posters offering a £5,000 reward to anyone who can relieve this boredom...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #974]
Sir Percy Leads the Band (1936) Wikipedia [Intrigue and heroism in Revolutionary France. One of the characters masquerades as a Canadian farmer! The eighth of the Scarlet Pimpernel novels to be published, but the plot follows immediately upon the first novel in the series Wikipedia, which appeared in 1905. Our ebook includes the two anonymous illustrations from the 1953 London edition.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #999]

Orwell, George [Blair, Eric Arthur] (1903-1950) [English journalist, political thinker, and novelist] Wikipedia

Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) Wikipedia [In 1927 Eric Blair returned from Burma (where he had been a policeman) to London, and in the following year went to live and work in Paris. In both cities he lived in a considerable degree of poverty, and this book describes his experiences in and observations of the two capital cities. It was the first work Blair published under the name by which he would henceforth be known: George Orwell !] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Burmese Days (1934) Wikipedia [Orwell's first novel, set in Burma (Myanmar), where Orwell had served as a member of the Indian Imperial Police. A British teak merchant cannot accept what he sees of the colonial system in action, but finds that integrating himself into Burmese life is not so easy.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936) Wikipedia [Orwell's third novel, set in London during the thirties. Our hero, Gordon Comstock, believes that people pay too much attention to money, which is obviously true, but only up (or rather down) to a certain point, as he discovers when he gives up a job in advertising, and starts a job in a bookstore, which pays much less. You are perhaps wondering what an aspidistra is. In literal terms, it is a house plant that requires little care and can thrive under difficult conditions Wikipedia. But a century ago aspidistras had a connotation of social respectability. Consequently our hero tells his girlfriend that she wants to see him "earning a decent income again. In a GOOD job, with four pounds a week and an aspidistra in the window." An odd thing for him to say, since one of the few things aspidistras struggle with is bright sunlight.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) Wikipedia [A book of reporting and sociological analysis. In 1936 Orwell left London to do first-hand research on economic and social conditions in three economically depressed communities in Northern England, the principal one being Wigan, Lancashire, a town whose economy at the time was based on coal mining. Orwell's report on what he found forms the first part of this book. The second part discusses why social attitudes allow economic inequality on this scale to exist. This controversy certainly continues today, not just in England but in Canada and elsewhere!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Homage to Catalonia (1938) Wikipedia [History, written by a participant: in December 1936 Orwell arrived in Barcelona to fight on the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War Wikipedia, and in June 1937 he crossed back into France, an older and a wiser man. In the interim he had been in the front lines of the conflict, had been badly injured, and had seen up front the deep and violent conflicts within the Republican side. Once back in England he wrote this famous first-hand account of the war, an enduring classic.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Coming Up for Air (1939) Wikipedia [Orwell's fourth novel, set in the gloomy period just before the Second World War, and narrated by its chief character, George Bowling, who was born towards the end of the reign of Victoria. Wondering whether he can recapture the pleasant world of his youth, Bowling visits the small town he grew up in: Lower Binfield, in Oxfordshire, five miles from the banks of the Thames, a place where, it seems to Bowling, "it was summer all the year round."] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Looking Back on the Spanish War (1943) [Five years after publishing Homage to Catalonia, Orwell looked back at the Spanish Civil War as he had experienced it. It's an interesting read, and very relevant today, for politics as now conducted in certain countries, democracies in name, has important and disturbing parallels to the Spanish Civil War, how it was fought, and how it was reported: "Early in life I have noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper, but in Spain, for the first time, I saw newspaper reports which did not bear any relation to the facts, not even the relationship which is implied in an ordinary lie."] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Animal Farm (1945) Wikipedia [A critique of the totalitarian socialist states of the twentieth century, in the form of a fable. Perhaps Orwell's finest creation.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #785]
Notes on Nationalism (1945) Wikipedia [Consider the horrifying consequences of the phrase "Make America Great Again" and you will immediately understand why this famous essay, written during the collapse of the Nazi regime, is so relevant today. George Orwell delivers his very serious message with his typical energy, clarity, and indeed brilliance. "Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception. Every nationalist is capable of the most flagrant dishonesty, but he is also -- since he is conscious of serving something bigger than himself -- unshakeably certain of being in the right... The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Politics and the English Language (1946) Wikipedia [This essay was first published in April 1946, after the collapse of Europe's fascist dictatorships. In a world where we are facing a massive resurgence of fascism, it retains all of its force. For current misuse of English, simply watch press conferences from Washington, London, or for that matter Ottawa, much as we like to think that Canada is somehow exempt from political doubletalk. If only! But this marvellous essay is particularly famous for its six rules of clear writing, given at the end, which any author would be wise to follow.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) Wikipedia [Orwell's famous novel predicting a bleak totalitarian future. Some believe that it has been largely fulfilled; others do not.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #949]

Otway, Thomas (1652-1685) [English playwright] Wikipedia NNDB

The Orphan; or The Unhappy Marriage (1680) [Tragedy set within the household of a nobleman, Acasto, and involving his two sons] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia [PGC #489]
Venice Preserved [Venice Preserv'd] (1682) [An early "she-tragedy" Wikipedia, featuring a suffering heroine, very shortly after actresses made their first appearance on the English stage] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia [PGC #451]

Our Young Folks. [American children's magazine published from 1865 to 1873]

Our Young Folks. An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls. Vol. I, No. I (January 1865)
[Children's magazine, edited by Gail Hamilton [Mary Abigail Dodge] (1833-1896) Wikipedia, Lucy Larcom (1824-1893) Wikipedia, and John Townsend Trowbridge (1827-1916) Wikipedia, with contributions by the editors and by Charles Carleton Coffin (1823-1896) Wikipedia, Edmund Kirke [James Roberts Gilmore] (1822-1903) Johns Hopkins University, Dio [Diocletian] Lewis (1823-1886) Wikipedia Photothèque Homéopathique, Edmund Morris (1804-1874), [Thomas] Mayne Reid (1818-1883) Wikipedia Northern Illinois University Handbook of Texas Online, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) Wikipedia, John Weiss (1818-1879) Wikipedia Heralds of a Liberal Faith Notable American Unitarians 1740-1900, and contemporary illustrations by various unidentified artists of the period]
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Oursler, Fulton [Charles Fulton] (1893-1952) [American novelist, editor and playwright] Wikipedia mikegrost.com

About the Murder of a Startled Lady. A Thatcher Colt Detective Mystery. (1935) Death Can Read [Mystery novel (published by Oursler using the name "Anthony Abbot"). Sometimes a detective is not enough: you really need a medium. Dark doings on and off Long Island.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #991]

Owen, Will (1869-1957) [British illustrator]

Old London Town (1921) [A description of various of the older corners of London, beautifully illustrated by the author] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #599]

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Packard, Frank Lucius (1877-1942) [Canadian mystery novelist] Wikipedia gadetection (Mike Grost) MousePlanet (Wade Sampson)

The Adventures of Jimmie Dale (1917) [Mystery novel] HTML and Text
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The Miracle Man (1914) [Novel] HTML and Text
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Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue (1922 [U.S. copyright date]) [Mystery novel]
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The Four Stragglers (1923) [Novel. In the prologue we are introduced to four Allied soldiers who are lost somewhere behind German lines. When the first chapter opens, the war is over, and three of our ex-soldiers have now formed a high-class burglary ring: the British and French police are at a loss as to the culprits in a string of robberies. Events proceed apace...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #651]
The Red Ledger (1926) [Novel. The "Red Ledger" is a book of accounts kept by Henri Charlebois, in which he has recorded the names of people who had done him good deeds or bad when he was down and out many years earlier. These accounts must be made to balance...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #627]
Jimmie Dale and the Blue Envelope Murder (1930) [Mystery novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Paradis, Pierre-Paul (1841-1912) [Poète canadien]

La fin du monde par un témoin oculaire (1895) [Poème] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip

Parker, Dorothy (1893-1967) [American satirist, poet, critic, and social activist] Wikipedia

Big Blonde (1929) [Short story, winner of the 1929 O. Henry Award Wikipedia. The big blonde in question is Hazel Morse, who, when we meet her, is "a model in a wholesale dress establishment", whose thoughts are largely devoted to men. Then she meets Herbie Morse, an attractive man and a heavy drinker. Where will events now take her?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1497]

Parker, Sir Gilbert (1862-1932) [Canadian novelist and essayist] Wikipedia Canadian Encyclopedia

Pierre and his People (1892) [Novel] Text
Mrs. Falchion (1892) [Novel] Text
The Translation of a Savage (1893) [Novel] Text
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There Is Sorrow On The Sea (1896) [Novel] Text
The Battle Of The Strong (1898) [Novel] Text
The Lane That Had No Turning (1900) [Novel] Text
Parables Of A Province (1900) [Novel] Text
The Right Of Way (1901) [Novel] Text
Donovan Pasha, And Some People Of Egypt (1902) [Novel] Text
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Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk (1904) [Novel] Text
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Embers (1909) [Poetry] Text
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You Never Know Your Luck (1914) [Novel] Text
The Money Master: being the curious history of Jean Jacques Barbille, his labours, his loves and his ladies (1915) [Novel] Text
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Parkman, Francis (1823-1893) [American historian] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

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Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV (1877) [History] Text
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Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour. Lakes George and Champlain; Niagara; Montreal; Quebec. (1885) [A selection made by Parkman from his celebrated historical books on the intertwined histories of New France and New England in the 17th and 18th centuries. Intended for the use of tourists visiting the famous historical sites along the St. Lawrence Valley.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #796]

Paston, George [Symonds, Emily Morse] (1860-1936) [English novelist, critic, and art historian] Wikipedia

Old Coloured Books (1905) [A general title, but the monograph has a very specific topic: the blossoming of etching and engraving in England which began at the end of the eighteenth century. The monograph includes sixteen nicely chosen and beautifully printed colour illustrations. Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) Wikipedia has pride of place, but other artists are by no means overlooked: quite the contrary!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #33682]

Patten, William [William Hardiman] (1868-1936) [American editor and anthologizer]

Detective Stories (1906) [Published as volume 1 of Great Short Stories, a three-volume set from P. F. Collier and Son of New York, publishers of Collier's Wikipedia, famous among other things for their short stories. Three of the nine detective stories are from Edgar Allan Poe, two from Arthur Conan Doyle, and one from Robert Louis Stevenson, none of whom need introduction. The first of the three remaining authors is Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935), "the mother of the detective novel" Wikipedia, The second is Bertram Fletcher Robinson (1870-1907) Wikipedia, who according to his friend Arthur Conan Doyle assisted "both in the general plot and in the local details" of The Hound of the Baskervilles. He was possibly the inspiration for Edward Malone, the narrator of The Lost World. The third is Earl Victor Broughton Brandenburg (1876-1963). According to Patten he was "a young Ohioan, was educated at Otterbein and Princeton Universities, became a war correspondent at twenty, serving in the Spanish-American and Boer wars, and shortly thereafter attracted attention as a traveler and sociological investigator"; he worked as a journalist in Dayton, Buffalo, and New York City.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74548]
Ghost Stories (1906) [Published as volume 2 of Great Short Stories, a three-volume set from P. F. Collier and Son of New York, publishers of Collier's Wikipedia, famous among other things for their short stories. Eighteen ghost stories, most of them by classic authors who need no introduction, Charles Dickens for example, but a few of them by names somewhat less familiar: the Scottish author William Sharp, aka Fiona Macleod (1855-1905) Wikipedia; the nautical author William Clark Russell (1844-1911) Wikipedia; the novelist, travel writer and Egyptologist Amelia Edwards (1831-1892) Wikipedia; Bristol's Frederick John Fargus, aka Hugh Conway (1847-1885) Wikipedia; and, writing in collaboration, the Alsatian authors Émile Erckmann (1822-1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826-1890) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74549]

Pennell, Joseph (1857-1926) [American artist] Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons The Victorian Web

with Pennell, Elizabeth Robins (1855-1936) [American travel writer, art critic, biographer and gastronome] Wikipedia

Our Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1893 version) [Travel book, inspired by the all but identically named A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768) by Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), which you will also find in the Project Gutenberg Canada catalogue. But unlike Laurence Sterne, the Pennells travelled on a tandem tricycle. And Joseph Pennell created a huge and dazzling set of drawings to illustrate their book! Really, these drawings are the main reason we have added this book to our catalogue.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #56438]

with Squire, J. C. [John Collings] (1884-1958) [English poet and critic] Wikipedia

A London Reverie. Fifty-six drawings by Joseph Pennell arranged with an introductory essay and notes by J. C. Squire (1928) [Portfolio of drawings, with descriptions and introductory essay] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Perrodil, Édouard de (1860-1931) [Journaliste et athlète français] de.wikipedia

A vol de vélo: De Paris à Vienne (1895) [Récit de voyage -- à bicyclette! "Le 23 avril 1894 était la date fixée pour le voyage à bicyclette que j'avais résolu d'accomplir de Paris à Vienne" -- neuf ans avant le premier Tour de France!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 70989]

Pharaon, Florian (1827-1887) [Écrivain et philologue français]

La culotte du brigadier (1879) [Conte] HTML and Text

Phillpotts, Eden (1862-1960) [English novelist] Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Lycanthrope. The Mystery of Sir William Wolf. (1937) [Detective novel. Mystery lovers will wolf this one down.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #993]
Saurus (1938) [Novel. If Earth were to receive a visitor from another world, that visitor might not particularly resemble mankind, and might find our customs curious.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #952]

Pickthall, Marjorie Lowry Christie (1883-1922) [Canadian poet] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

The Selected Poems of Marjorie Pickthall (1957) [Poems selected and with an introduction by Lorne Pierce (1890-1961) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #934]

Pierce, Lorne Albert (1890-1961) [Canadian critic, biographer, and literary editor] Wikipedia Canadian Encyclopedia 1925 drawing of Pierce by Arthur Lismer

New History for Old. Discussions on aims and methods in writing and teaching history. (1931) [An interesting set of lectures on Canadian literature and history, with particular reference to education] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #925]
Unexplored Fields of Canadian Literature (1932) [A brief, nicely written, and very well informed overview of Canadian literature in English] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #911]
Three Fredericton Poets. Writers of the University of New Brunswick and the New Dominion. Alumni Oration, Encaenia, May 19, 1933. (1933) [Lecture. It is a curious fact that three of the chief figures of Canadian poetry in English were all born in the space of eleven years, and that all three were students at the University of New Brunswick. Pierce discusses these three famous poets: Charles G. D. Roberts (1860-1943) Wikipedia New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia University of New Brunswick, Bliss Carman (1861-1929) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, and Francis Sherman (1871-1926) Wikipedia New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia University of New Brunswick]
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Project Gutenberg Canada also offers Lorne Pierce's 1957 anthology of poems by Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922), which you will find in our catalogue under that author's name.

Piper, H. Beam [Henry Beam] (1904-1964) [American science fiction author] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Dearest (March 1951) [Science fiction short story from near the beginning of Piper's writing career. Colonel Ashley Hamilton is participating in a family intervention, of which he is the target. And a psychiatrist is present -- yes, they want him declared mentally incompetent! (Needless to say, he's quite rich.) But sometimes those who seem demented are actually the only ones who are seeing things as they really are...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1507]
Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (1965) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel. Corporal Calvin Morrison of the Pennsylvania State Police is transported to... Pennsylvania, actually. But a Pennsylvania within an alternate reality, one bearing strong resemblances to late mediaeval Europe! Calvin adapts quickly to his new environment, and becomes known first as Kalvan, then as Lord Kalvan.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1365]
Down Styphon! (November 1965) [Piper's final science fiction short story, carrying forward the story of Lord Kalvan, whose earlier history is told in the full-length novel Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen -- also available from Project Gutenberg Canada!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1444]

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) [Italian artist and archaeologist] Wikipedia

Selected Etchings by Piranesi, Series I (1914) [Giovanni Piranesi's etchings of ancient Roman architecture have been famous ever since their first publication in the eighteenth century. This selection of no fewer than fifty of his etchings was made by the English architect and university teacher Charles Herbert Reilly (1874-1948) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70405]
Selected Etchings by Piranesi, Series II ([1914]) ["The demand which followed the issue of the first series of small reproductions of Piranesi's etchings has tempted the Publishers to put forth a further selection." And it is our pleasure to present this second volume. Like its predecessor (which we also offer) it has fifty plates, and was edited by the English architect and university teacher Charles Herbert Reilly (1874-1948) ] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71256]

Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963) [American poet and novelist] Wikipedia

The Colossus (1960) Wikipedia [Forty-four poems, previously published in various periodicals, but here collected into a single volume] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1341]
The Bell Jar (1963) Wikipedia Poetry Foundation (Emily Gould) [Plath's only novel, but a famous one, with strong elements of autobiography. It is 1953, and Esther Greenwood has just arrived in New York City: she and eleven others have won a contest, the prize being one month of employment at a famous fashion magazine. But afterwards, depression sets in...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1318]

Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) [American poet, editor, and author of novels and short stories] Wikipedia

Metzengerstein (1832) Wikipedia [Horror story. Poe entered the story in a writing contest, it did not win, but Philadelphia's Saturday Courier wisely decided to publish it anyway. "Horror and fatality have been stalking abroad in all ages," Poe begins. "Why then give a date to this story I have to tell?" And indeed he does not provide a date, but he does provide a place, Hungary, where "The families of Berlifitzing and Metzengerstein had been at variance for centuries. Never before were two houses so illustrious, mutually embittered by hostility so deadly." There is an ancient prophesy, an ancient tapestry, and much more. In short, we are very much in the world of Poe's most famous stories, and this inaugural story reveals him as already a master of horror and fantasy! The University of Adelaide digital edition includes a fine 1909 colour illustration from British artist Byam Shaw (1872-1919) Wikipedia.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) Wikipedia [Poe's only novel, but a famous one. The hero and narrator is from the famous seafaring town of Nantucket, then at the height of its prosperity. Pym's father was "a respectable trader in sea-stores", so it is not surprising that in his late teens Pym embarks on a series of adventures at sea. To find out more about these truly astounding adventures, the simplest course is to read the novel!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) Wikipedia [One of Poe's most famous works, included in his 1840 collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, whose title nicely describes the character of this eternal classic. The narrator of the story has received a letter from his childhood friend Roderick Usher: "The writer spoke of acute bodily illness -- of a mental disorder which oppressed him -- and of an earnest desire to see me, as his best, and indeed his only personal friend, with a view of attempting, by the cheerfulness of my society, some alleviation of his malady." Naturally he visits his friend of former years, and on his arrival is shocked by what he finds! The University of Adelaide digital edition includes two fine illustrations, from 1909 one in colour by the British artist Byam Shaw (1872-1919) Wikipedia and another one from 1919 in black and white by the Irish illustrator and stained glass artist Harry Clarke (1889-1931) Wikipedia.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

The three mystery stories, featuring C. Auguste Dupin:

The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) Wikipedia [What was the first modern mystery story, and where was it written? Well, it wasn't written in England, but in the United States, by Edgar Allan Poe, no less! And it has remained famous ever since its first appearance. It features C. Auguste Dupin who is "of an illustrious family", but has little money, and therefore readily accepts the narrator's offer of covering the rent and maintenance for both of them in "a time-eaten and grotesque mansion, long deserted... and tottering to its fall in a retired and desolate portion of the Faubourg St. Germain." Shortly afterwards they (and the rest of Paris) learn of the shocking murders in the Rue Morgue, which interest Dupin greatly. But he is not satisfied with merely reading reports about the police investigation: "The Parisian police, so much extolled for acumen, are cunning, but no more." He would rather make up his own mind, after a personal examination of the evidence. Fortunately he knows the Prefect of Police "and shall have no difficulty in obtaining the necessary permission." Which turns out to be the case, and matters preceed from there! The University of Adelaide ebook includes a famous 1895 illustration by Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) Wikipedia] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (1842) Wikipedia [Mystery story, "A Sequel to 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'". As the story opens, things have calmed down in Paris, or, as Poe's narrator puts it, "continuing to occupy our chambers in the Faubourg Saint Germain, we gave the Future to the winds, and slumbered tranquilly in the Present, weaving the dull world around us into dreams." Needless to say, this calm state of affairs does not continue. For the Paris police are now very much aware of the talents of the Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin, and now often consult him in difficult cases, for example the one involving Marie Roget. This sequel to The Murders in the Rue Morgue, the first modern mystery story, is independently famous, being the first mystery story based on a historical event, to be specific the 1841 death, under circumstances mysterious to this day, of Mary Rogers of New York City. Note: We have retained the ebook's spelling "Roget", and have not added a circumflex accent.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Purloined Letter (1844) Wikipedia [The final mystery story by Edgar Allan Poe, considered by its author perhaps the best of his "tales of ratiocination", as he called his mysteries. Once again, the Prefect of the Paris police calls on the services of C. Auguste Dupin for help with a puzzling case -- the theft of a letter from the royal apartments, which contains compromising information. But where can the letter be found?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

The Masque of the Red Death (1845 version) (1845) Wikipedia [Short story. The "Red Death" has reached the realms of Prince Prospero, but he has the answer, at least for the aristocracy. "When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys... The abbey was amply provisioned. With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion. The external world could take care of itself." Sounds a lot like the arrival of COVID-19 in our own times, with the well-off secluding themselves and leaving the "essential workers" and the marginalized to fend for themselves. That hasn't worked out too well for anyone. As for Prince Prospero... well, read the story! It comes with three fine illustrations by the Irish artist Harry Clarke (1889-1931)] Wikipedia.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Pope, Sir Joseph (1854-1926) [Canadian civil servant and biographer] Dictionary of Canadian Biography

The Day of Sir John Macdonald: A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion (1920) [History/biography: vol. 29 of "The Chronicles of Canada"] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Library and Archives Canada

Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) [English children's writer and artist] Wikipedia

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Pouchkine, Alexandre (1799-1837) [Poète russe] fr.wikipedia

Le Tourbillon de Neige (1831 [version originale russe]), 1843 [cette traduction]) fr.wikipedia ru.wikipedia [Un beau conte, accompagné d'une très belle illustration. La fille d'un seigneur russe a «prêté l'oreille aux paroles galantes d'un pauvre enseigne qui était venu passer quelques jours de congé dans sa famille. Il va sans dire qu'il était lui-même très-amoureux de Marie...»] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip EPUB [PG Canada n^o 839]

Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902) [American soldier, ethnologist, geologist, and explorer] Wikipedia

First through the Grand Canyon. Being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70. (1915 version of the 1875 original, with an introduction by Horace Kephart [1862-1931] Wikipedia) [It is hard to exaggerate the scale of John Wesley Powell's achievement in organizing and taking to completion his expedition down the Grand Canyon in 1869. Many had thought it impossible, but he and his small band of companions actually accomplished their objective. Horace Kephart describes his edition as follows: "Major Powell's report on this first exploration of the Colorado River was published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1875. Together with the scientific data appended, it forms a large quarto volume, which is now out of print. The narrative part is here republished without abridgement." Powell's vivid and straightforward account of his expedition makes for excellent reading. There are no illustrations, but the Wikimedia Commons offer you a collection of magnificent colour photographs and other materials.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74466]

Powys, T. F. [Theodore Francis] (1875-1953) [English author] Wikipedia

Mr. Weston's Good Wine (1927) Wikipedia [Novel, with elements of theology. Mr Weston appears to be a travelling wine merchant, who has just arrived in the small village of Folly Down. But why does time suddenly seem to stop? And why are such strange things suddenly happening? "In this story of three startled hours of a November night, a night of sudden apocalypse in the village of Folly Down, Mr. T. F. Powys has produced what is so far the most memorable of his tales." (Hamish Miles, Saturday Review, 7 April 1928)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1632]

Pratt, E. J. [Edwin John Dove] (1882-1964) [Canadian poet] Wikipedia Canadian Poetry Online Victoria College, University of Toronto

Many Moods (1932) [A collection of forty-four poems, of varying length and subject]
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The Fable of the Goats and Other Poems (1937) [Poetry collection: winner of Pratt's first Governor General's Award, in 1937]
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Brébeuf and His Brethren (1940) [Poem describing the life of Saint Jean de Brébeuf Wikipedia: his upbringing in Normandy, his coming to Canada, his work among the Hurons Wikipedia, and his eventual martyrdom Wikipedia. The poem includes considerable historical detail, and consequently comes with a map of Huronia.]
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They are Returning (1945) [Poem, written at the close of the Second World War, on the imminent return of the Canadians to their native country, and on how the war had changed them]
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Behind the Log (1947) [A poem (based on actual events) describing the voyage of convoy S. C. 42 during the Battle of the Atlantic Wikipedia. In his foreword Pratt describes the poem's genesis: "In the spring of 1945 my friend, Professor Lorne Richardson (then a Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy), asked me if I should like to spend some time at sea in order to gather material and atmosphere for a poem... I was granted every facility to go out with destroyers and corvettes, and collect from officers and crews facts, stories, moods, technical terms and the ever-maturing crop of nautical idioms."]
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Towards the Last Spike. A verse-panorama of the struggle to build the first Canadian transcontinental from the time of the proposed Terms of Union with British Columbia (1870) to the hammering of the Last Spike in the Eagle Pass (1885). (1952) Wikipedia [Narrative poem about the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway; winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, 1952]
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Pratt, Fletcher (1897-1956) [American military historian and science fiction writer] Wikipedia

U.S.A.: The Aggressor Nation (1938) [Essay: Pratt, a military historian, examines the proposition that American foreign and military policy has over the years been morally superior to that of other nations.]
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The Blue Star (1952) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, one of Pratt's most famous works, set in a universe not our own: in it there exist the Blue Stars, which are not celestial bodies, but a special type of jewel: "the witch-stone... barely a finger joint across, but seeming to have depth, so that even in the candlelight all the sapphirean fires of ocean and cold hell were in its heart." The Blue Stars are held only by certain families, or rather by certain women of certain families, and their power is wielded not by these woman but by their men, as one of these men is told: "while you wear this jewel, you are of the witch-families, and can read the thoughts of those in whose eyes you look keenly. But only while you are my man and lover, for this power is yours through me. If you are unfaithful to me, it will become for you only a piece of glass; and if you do not give it up at once when I ask it back, there will lie upon you and it a deadly witchery, so that you can never rest again." This leads to some exciting situations!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #56889]
Potemkin Village (1953) [What is a Potemkin village? In the course of this science fiction novella Pratt, a famous military historian among other things, provides the answer: "Oh, back in the old imperial days an Empress named Catherine went on a progress through the country to see how it was getting along under her prime minister, Potemkin. He went ahead of her and had villages set up, just the dummy fronts of houses, with actors to play the part of villagers." Can such a deception be engineered centuries later in a Russian space colony on Venus?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #69042]
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Price, Eleanor Catharine (1847-1933) [English journalist, novelist, and historian]

Cardinal de Richelieu (1912) [Biography of Louis XIII's chief minister Wikipedia, who played an important role in Canadian history as the patron of Samuel de Champlain, the founder of New France. The book is carefully researched and attractively illustrated: a pleasure to read. It was intended for the general reader, but Price respects her audience, and does not talk down to us or oversimplify. She was a prominent journalist, critic, and novelist, of outstanding literary gifts, as this excellent biography makes clear.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71607]

Price-Brown, John (1844-1938) [Canadian physician and novelist] Canadian Medical Association Journal, March 1931

The Mac's of '37. A Story of The Canadian Rebellion. (1910) [Novel describing the adventures of our heroine, Marie MacAlpine, during the Rebellion of 1837 Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #665]
Laura the Undaunted. A Canadian Historical Romance. (1930) [Historical novel about the beginnings of Upper Canada (Ontario), centred on the early years of Laura Secord Wikipedia, and culminating in the events of the War of 1812 Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #684] Canadian Medical Association Journal, March 1931

Writing under the name of Eric Bohn:

How Hartman Won. A Story of Old Ontario. (1903) [Novel, the hero of which, like our novelist, is a medical doctor!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #628]

Pringle, Henry Fowles (1897-1958) [American journalist and biographer; Pulitzer Prize for Biography, 1932]

Britain's Best (1931) [Profile of the legendary Toronto-born star of the West End and Broadway, Beatrice Lillie (1894-1989) Wikipedia, probably best known today for her memorable role with Julie Andrews in the 1967 film Thoroughly Modern Millie Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #658]

Proust, Marcel (1871-1922) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

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Ruskin, John (1819-1900) [Écrivain anglais] fr.wikipedia

La Bible d'Amiens (1880 [version anglaise], 1904 [cette traduction]) [Traduction par Proust de The Bible of Amiens: histoire et philosophie] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip [PGC n^o 516]

You might also be interested in reading Ruskin's original English version, although it naturally lacks Proust's famous preface and notes.

Sésame et les Lys : des trésors des rois, des jardins des reines (1865 [version anglaise], 1906 [cette traduction]) [Traduction de de Sesame and Lilies : Two lectures delivered at Manchester in 1864: regards sur la littérature et l'éducation. Préface et commentaire par Proust.] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB [PG Canada n^o 700]

You can find Ruskin's work in the original English at Project Gutenberg US.

Putman, John Harold (1866-1940) [Canadian teacher and administrator] J. H. Putman Public School, Ottawa (S. Fraser)

Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada (1912) [Biography of Egerton Ryerson Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, with a focus on his crucial role in creating the educational system of Ontario.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #642]

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Raven-Hill, Leonard (1867-1942) [English author and illustrator] Tate Collection

Our Battalion. Being some slight impressions of His Majesty's Auxiliary Forces, in Camp and Elsewhere. (1902) [A not entirely reverent account of aspects of life in the British armed forces, published by Punch magazine Wikipedia: Raven-Hill was for many years a contributor to that celebrated weekly.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #640]

Raverat, Gwen [Gwendolen Mary] (1885-1957) [English artist] Wikipedia

Period Piece. A Cambridge Childhood. (1952) Wikipedia [Autobiography, marvellously written and profusely illustrated by its author. Raverat was a granddaughter of Charles Darwin Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #741]

Read, David Breakenridge (1823-1904) [Canadian lawyer, municipal politician, and historian] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

The Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada and Ontario 1792-1899 (1913) [Historical biographies: with many portraits of the viceregal luminaries by Ontario illustrator James Everett Laughlin (1870-1944)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #629]

Reed, Charles Bert (1866-1940) [American obstetrician and historian]

Masters of the Wilderness (1914; initial essay first published in 1909) [Essays on the history of the Hudson's Bay Company, on the fur trade, and on Louisiana] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PG Canada ebook #435]

Reid, Clement (1853-1916) [English geologist] Wikipedia

Submerged Forests (1913) [Scientific treatise. The author begins by telling us of parts of the English coastline where "the fishermen will tell you of black peaty earth, with hazel-nuts, and often with tree-stumps still rooted in the soil, seen between tide-marks when the overlying sea-sand has been cleared away by some storm or unusually persistent wind." It turns out that these areas were flooded only a few thousand years ago, when sea levels rose sharply, by as much as 90 feet: up until that point England had been joined to the rest of Europe by a large area of land which we now call Doggerland Wikipedia. This epoch-making and very thorough book wears its years lightly, and does demonstrate that coastal areas can be submerged as a result of changes in geology and climate. Circumstances today are not the same, but one does wonder about the effects of the global heating we are now witnessing.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70654]

Repplier, Agnes (1855-1950) [American biographer and essayist] Wikipedia

Père Marquette. Priest, Pioneer and Adventurer. (1929) [An elegantly written biography of the Jesuit missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette (1637-1675) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, based on the author's own wide knowledge and research] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1166]

Richardson, John (1796-1852) [Canadian novelist, poet, and memoirist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia

Wacousta; or The Prophecy (1832) [Novel] Text (volume 1) Text (volume 2) Text (volume 3) Text (complete novel)
The Canadian Brothers; or, The Prophecy Fulfilled. A tale of the late American war. (1840) [Novel] Text (volume 1) Text (volume 2) Text (complete novel)
Hardscrabble; or, The Fall of Chicago. A Tale of Indian Warfare. (1850) [Novel] Text

Rinehart, Mary Roberts (1876-1958) [American mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Circular Staircase (1908) Wikipedia [Novel of mystery and suspense. "This is the story," the novel begins, "of how a middle-aged spinster [the narrator] lost her mind": she unwisely rented a house in the country, a house with a sinister reputation, and sure enough things started happening. Many things. "A detective story with real humor in it is a rare article, but 'The Circular Staircase' has an ample measure of that delightful quality. It is also deliciously tantalizing, almost every chapter bringing in new complications and fresh mystifications." (The Outlook, 19 September 1908)] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #434]
The Man in Lower Ten (1909) [Rinehart's second mystery novel, set on an overnight passenger train from Washington to Rinehart's native Pittsburgh ("Pittsburg"); hence the title. The daytime seating in Pullman sleeping cars is converted at night into two beds ("berths"), complete with curtains, and the car is transformed into a place of mystery, a narrow corridor with thick curtains on the side. The lower berth usually costs more because it is easier to get into. However, it doesn't offer much protection if there's a murderer on the train! The novel includes illustrations, most of them signed by the famous American illustrator Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952) Wikipedia.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #1869]
The Case of Jennie Brice (1913) Wikipedia [Mystery novel. It is painful to consider the shenanigans of Canada's federal "leaders": every one of them abandoned Canada and voted for Tr*mp's coercive copyright extensions in the "new NAFTA", which turned our country into a mere colony, taking orders from our imperial masters in Washington. What cowards our "leaders" are, and what bullies! It's time to kick them out of office. Still, if we won't be seeing Dame Agatha Christie until 2047 instead of 2027, we do have other mystery novelists in the public domain, One of them is Mary Roberts Rinehart, "the American Agatha Christie". But she was writing mystery stories years before Christie! This novel begins in Rinehart's home town of Pittsburgh, where the annual flooding has just occurred. (Perhaps Pittsburgh was like Toronto today, with certain areas where floods are predictable, but each seems to come as a complete surprise to the residents. What's a flood plain, anyway?) Years before the novel's opening, Jennie Brice had been part of Pittsburgh's theatre scene -- but then she mysteriously disappeared! How and why? The illustrations are by the American artist M. Leone Bracker (1885-1937). Born in Cleveland, he spent most of his professional life in New York City, specializing in magazine covers, posters, and advertisements.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #11127]
The Frightened Wife and Other Murder Stories (1953) [Published near the end of Rinehart's illustrious career, and honoured in 1954 with a Special Edgar Award Wikipedia by the Mystery Writers of America] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #820]

Roberts, Sir Charles G. D. [Charles George Douglas] (1860-1943) [Canadian poet, novelist, and historian] Wikipedia Canadian Encyclopedia

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Robertson, Margaret Murray (1823-1897) [Canadian teacher and novelist; aunt of Ralph Connor] Dictionary of Canadian Biography

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Robeson, Kenneth [Dent, Lester Bernard (1904-1959)] [American pulp author] Wikipedia

The Polar Treasure (June 1933) [Pulp adventure novel. Doc Savage and his companions travel to the Arctic by submarine. But they are not there as mere sightseers...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1124]
The Phantom City (December 1933) [Pulp adventure novel. Mysterious events are reported in Arabia: who better to investigate them than Doc Savage?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1104]
The Thousand-Headed Man (July 1934) [Pulp adventure novel. Doc Savage is in London, on his way back from settling a crisis in the Balkans. But in London he learns of some recent events in Southeast Asia — events involving a city in the jungle, and its mysterious single inhabitant, a thousand-headed man. Naturally he and his men must investigate...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1128]
Fear Cay (September 1934) [Dark doings on a Caribbean island. "Cay" Wikipedia, often spelt "Key" these days, is the English equivalent of the Spanish word cayo, as in "Key West" (Spanish "Cayo Hueso"). Having explained the title, we leave the novel's other mysteries in the capable hands of Doc Savage.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1094]
The Stone Man (October 1939) [Pulp adventure novel. Sinister events in the vast spaces of Arizona draw the attention of Doc Savage Wikipedia and his companions.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1086]

Robida, Albert (1848-1926) [Illustrateur et écrivain français] fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia

Paris de siècle en siècle. Le coeur de Paris, splendeurs et souvenirs. [1896] [Histoire de la cité de Paris. "Textes, dessins et lithographies par A. Robida". Un véritable chef-d'oeuvre du célèbre illustrateur!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 67853]

Robson, Joseph (fl. 1733-1763) [English stonemason and surveyor] Dictionary of Canadian Biography Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site (Parks Canada)

An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay, From 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747. (1752) [Memoir] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped

Roger, Charles (1819-ca. 1878) [Canadian journalist and historian] Dictionary of Canadian Biography

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Rohmer, Sax [Ward, Arthur Henry Sarsfield] (1883-1959) [English novelist; creator of Fu Manchu] Wikipedia

Seven Sins (1943) [Mystery novel, not involving Fu Manchu, set in wartime London, and featuring Rohmer's famous creation, Anglo-French detective Gaston Max] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1038]

Rolfe, Frederick William (1860-1913) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Hadrian the Seventh. A Romance. (1904) Wikipedia [No ordinary novel! In 1886 Rolfe had become Roman Catholic, and had subsequently enrolled in seminaries on two separate occasions, but had not completed his studies, and consequently was never ordained. His life is clearly reflected in the novel's main character, George Arthur Rose, who visits Rome and through a strange set of circumstances is elected to the papacy. And the papacy of Hadrian VII (for that is the name he took) turns out to be unlike any other!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67369]

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945) [American lawyer and politician; 32nd President of the United States] Wikipedia Library of Congress

Looking Forward (1933) [A selection of his speeches and articles, chosen and introduced by Roosevelt himself, and published in March 1933, his first month in office: it includes his Inaugural Address delivered on March 4th] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1014]

Rosny aîné, J.-H. [pseudonyme de Joseph-Henri-Honoré Boex] (1856-1940) [Romancier belge] fr.wikipedia Académie Goncourt The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

La Mort de la Terre. Roman, suivi de contes. (1912) fr.wikipedia [Roman de science-fiction, un chef-d'oeuvre de la science-fiction française, qui décrit la fin de la civilisation humaine et les origines de la civilisation tout à fait nouvelle qui doit la remplacer. «La Mort de la Terre est un petit roman que j'aurais pu sans peine délayer en trois cents pages. Je ne l'ai pas fait, parce que, à mon avis, le merveilleux scientifique est un genre de littérature qui exige la concision: ceux qui le pratiquent sont trop souvent enclins au bavardage. J'ai augmenté le volume à l'aide de contes. Les contes de la première série offrent tous quelque particularité. Ceux de la seconde série ont surtout pour but de divertir le lecteur--ce qui est, au reste, un but fort ambitieux.»]
Project Gutenberg US [PGUS n^o 57687]
Mémoires de la vie littéraire. L'Académie Goncourt. Les salons–quelques éditeurs. (1927) [Mémoires] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip

Rothenstein, Sir William (1872-1945) [English artist and memoirist] Wikipedia

Twelve Portraits (1929) [Drawings] HTML HTML zipped

Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718) [English editor, translator, and playwright; Poet Laureate 1715-18] Wikipedia

Jane Shore: A Tragedy (1714) [Neo-Shakespearian tragedy, centred on the later years of Jane Shore (ca. 1445 - ca. 1527) Wikipedia, mistress of Edward IV Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #416]

Rudnitsky, Stephen (1877-1937) [Ukrainian geographer and cartographer] Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine

Ukraine. The Land and its People. (1918) [Stephen Rudnitsky played a central role in developing the study of Ukrainian geography. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, and studied at the University of Lviv and the University of Vienna; later he also taught at the University of Lviv ("Lemberg"), as the title page indicates. The original Ukrainian version of this book appeared in Kyiv in 1910; in 1915 an anonymous German version was published in Vienna "with many improvements and additions." This English version is an authorized translation from the German by an unknown hand and was published with the support of the Ukrainian Alliance of America. Less than a third of the book is devoted to physical geography: the rest is a wide-ranging and very interesting survey of Ukrainian history, economics, and linguistics.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71254]

Runyon, Damon [Runyan, Alfred Damon] (1880-1946) [American sports journalist and author] Wikipedia

More Than Somewhat (1937) [Collection of Runyon's famous stories about New York City, selected and with a preface by the famous English satirical poet and mystery novelist E. C. Bentley (1875-1956) Wikipedia, who says: "I do not expect any other [writer] in the future to make crime, and violence, and dissipation, and predatory worthlessness, together with occasional off-hand decency where you would least expect it, as keenly interesting and as frantically funny as Damon Runyon does."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1417]

Russell, Bertrand [Arthur William], 3rd Earl Russell [Welsh philosopher, mathematician, and peace activist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1950] (1872-1970) Wikipedia

Free Thought and Official Propaganda (1922) [The 1922 Conway Memorial Lecture Wikipedia with a short and fine introduction by the psychologist and social activist Graham Wallas (1858-1932) Wikipedia. With the advent of the internet and of social media, government propaganda has greater penetration and power than ever before, and society has entered a crisis from which it is not clear we shall escape anytime soon: this lecture from 1922 is more relevant today than ever. Profound thought, ease of reading, and brevity are qualities not usually found together, but Bertrand Russell knew how to combine the three, as this lecture demonstrates!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #44932]
Icarus, or The Future of Science (1924) [Philosophical/political monograph. Lord Russell considers the role that the sciences play in accelerating the pace of change in society. But he also considers whether this acceleration has been a good thing, and concludes that "Men's collective passions are mainly evil; far the strongest of them are hatred and rivalry directed towards other groups. Therefore at present all that gives men power to indulge their collective passions is bad. That is why science threatens to cause the destruction of our civilization." Those of us who have witnessed the growing social disorder in the US, the UK, and elsewhere have to agree. And Russell was writing this a century ago!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66225]
What I Believe (1925) ["In this little book, I have tried to say what I think of man's place in the universe, and of his possibilities in the way of achieving the good life. In Icarus [available from Project Gutenberg Canada!] I expressed my fears; in the following pages I have expressed my hopes." And he has done so in five short and very readable chapters: Nature and Man, The Good Life, Moral Rules, Salvation: Individual and Social, and finally Science and Happiness. Has anyone ever equalled Lord Russell's depth of thought and ease of expression?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73782]
The A B C of Relativity (1925) ["Everybody knows that Einstein has done something astonishing," remarks Bertrand Russell at the start of this book, "but very few people know exactly what it is that he has done." Russell was writing only ten years after Einstein's discovery of general relativity, but his statement is certainly still true today. And who better to discuss relativity in a readable and comprehensible way than the famous mathematician and winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #67104]
An Outline of Philosophy [U.S. title: Philosophy] (1927) [Bertrand Russell was a man of extraordinary talents: a brilliant mathematician and philosopher, and, in his nineties (!) a fierce and effective opponent of the Vietnam War. What would he make of the world today? We can be sure that whatever he might write would be masterly: clearly expressed, and with not a word wasted, as this fine work demonstrates. It consists of four parts: Man from Without, The Physical World, Man from Within, and The Universe. Clearly Lord Russell has a lot to teach us -- as you will discover!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72981]

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Sabatini, Rafael (1875-1950) [Italian novelist] Wikipedia

The Sea-hawk (1915) [Historical novel, set in the 16th century. Derring-do among the Barbary Corsairs Wikipedia!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #805] Wikipedia
The Carolinian (1925) [Historical novel, set in the Carolinas (North and South) in the late eighteenth century, shortly before the partition of British North America.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #961]
Bellarion the Fortunate. A Romance. (1926) Wikipedia [Historical novel, set in Italy during the early Renaissance, with a dazzling array of characters and events. "Mr. Sabatini is a veritable master of the art of presenting the colourful romance of history, and he has I think given us nothing better of its kind than this story of 'Bellarion the Fortunate' in its vivid setting of the Italy of the early fifteenth century." (Walter Jerrold, (The Bookman [U.K.], October 1926)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1181]
The Hounds of God. A Romance. (1928) [Historical novel, set in Elizabethan times] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #802]
The King's Minion (1930) [Historical novel, taking place at the court of Scottish-born James I Wikipedia in the years following his accession to the English throne in 1603, and vividly recounting the career of the king's favourite Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset Wikipedia. Sabatini does not hide his definite opinions of the people and events he describes.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1025]
Scaramouche the King-Maker (1931) [Historical novel, set during the French Revolution: a sequel to Sabatini's celebrated 1921 historical novel Scaramouche PG US] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1092]
Venetian Masque. A Romance. (1934) [Historical novel, set in Italy during the time of Napoleon. Our hero is Marc-Antoine Villiers de Melleville, a French nobleman (but English on his mother's side). His estates in France have been confiscated, and he has been betrayed by someone who should have been loyal. But the subsequent destinies of the betrayer and the betrayed are curiously linked.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1141]

Sackville-West, Vita [Victoria Mary] (1892-1962) [English novelist, poet, essayist, gardener, and travel writer] Wikipedia

The Land (1926) [A book-length poem describing the seasons of the year, with beautiful scenes of the English countryside during the different seasons: a congenial project for a poet and gardener as fine as Sackville-West. The poem often has the feel of classical Latin poetry, in particular Virgil's Georgics Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1085]
Passenger to Teheran (1926) [Travel book, with photographs. The famous poet and novelist describes her trip to Persia (Iran), where she witnesses the coronation of Reza Khan Wikipedia as Shah of Iran.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1130]
Twelve Days. An account of a journey across the Bakhtiari Mountains in South-western Persia. (1928) [Travel book, with photographs. Our author and several friends decide to travel across the Bakhtiari Mountains of Iran: a difficult but fascinating journey...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1200]
Andrew Marvell (1929) [A fine monograph on the seventeenth-century English poet Andrew Marvell Wikipedia, who shared Sackville-West's passions for poetry and for gardens] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1073]
Country Notes (1939) [Sackville-West's column "Country Notes", describing her life in the country (with an emphasis on gardening), appeared regularly in the New Statesman and Nation Wikipedia. This is a collection of her columns from 1938 and 1939, including a few on country life in France and Italy, abundantly illustrated with black-and-white photographs by Bryan Westwood (1909-1990) and Norman Charles Westwood (1912-2008).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1118]
Country Notes in Wartime (1940) [Sackville-West's column "Country Notes", observations on life in the English countryside, appeared regularly in the New Statesman and Nation Wikipedia. This is a collection of her columns from the early years of the Second World War.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1072]
Grand Canyon (1942) [Novel, featuring a panorama of characters at a resort hotel in Arizona. The Second World War has resulted in Germany defeating the U.K., and the United States defeating Japan. But that's not the end of the story...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1076]
The Garden (1946) [Poem, or rather cycle of poems, the first on the topic of The Garden, the remaining four on the year's seasons: similar in organization to The Land, written twenty years earlier, but quite different in feeling. The earlier poem had a clear connection to classical Latin poetry, the later one is more contemporary, and quotes T. S. Eliot!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1184]

Sagard, Gabriel [Theodat] (c.1580-c.1636) [missionaire, historien, et ethnographe français] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

Le grand voyage du pays des Hurons (1632) HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
Histoire du Canada et voyages que les Freres Mineurs Recollects y ont faicts pour la conversion des Infidelles (1636) HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de (1900-1944) [Aviateur et écrivain français] fr.wikipedia

Courrier sud (1928) [Roman] HTML (Ebooks libres et gratuits)
Vol de nuit (1931) fr.wikipedia [Roman sur la vie (et parfois la mort) des pilotes de ligne. «Tout ce que Saint-Exupéry raconte, il en parle «en connaissance de cause». Le personnel affrontement d'un fréquent péril donne à son livre une saveur authentique et inimitable... Ce récit, dont j'admire aussi bien la valeur littéraire, a d'autre part la valeur d'un document, et ces deux qualités, si inespérément unies donnent à Vol de Nuit son exceptionnelle importance.» (préface d'André Gide [1869-1951])] HTML HTML zipped Texte Texte zip EPUB [PGC n^o1348]
Le Petit Prince (1943) [Conte] HTML (Ebooks libres et gratuits)

Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman (1845-1933) [English literary critic, translator, and oenophile] Wikipedia

A Consideration of Thackeray (1931) [Essays on the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) Wikipedia: a slightly revised version of the introductions Saintsbury wrote for the 1908 Oxford edition of the works of Thackeray.]
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Salaman, Malcolm Charles (1855-1940) [English art historian and critic] Wikipedia

edited by: Holme, Charles (1848-1923) [English art critic and editor] Wikipedia
Old English Colour-Prints (1909) [Forty colour prints by various engravers and artists of the eighteenth century, with a very few from the beginning of the nineteenth century. They are all gathered at the end of the book, after a full-length discussion by Salaman of the history of colour printing.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71768]

with: Cameron, David Young (1865-1945) [Scottish etcher and painter] Wikipedia National Galleries of Scotland Tate Collection
Sir D.Y. Cameron, R.A. (1925) [Monograph on the famous Scottish artist, profusely illustrated] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #426]

with: Hokusai [Katsushika Hokusai] (1760-1849) [Japanese artist] Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons
Hokusai (1930) [Monograph on the celebrated Japanese artist, illustrated in colour] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Sale, Charles (1885-1936) [American actor and author] Wikipedia

The Specialist (1929) [Humour. A carpenter decides to specialize in the construction of outhouses.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #654]

Sapper [McNeile, Herman Cyril] (1888-1937) [English novelist] Wikipedia

At Project Gutenberg US you will find several works published by Sapper before 1923, including the first novel about his famous creation Bulldog Drummond Wikipedia.

The Black Gang (1922) [The second Bulldog Drummond novel: it's not just Hugh Drummond who returns, but also his adversary, Carl Peterson. Irma Peterson is involved as well; and on the other side, Chief Inspector McIver of Scotland Yard.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1284]
The Dinner Club (1923) [Twelve short stories, by an author who was a popular rather than a critical favourite, whose social views some might find offensive, but whose huge commercial success shows that he definitely knew how to please his audience!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1466]
The Seven Missionaries (1923) [Action novella, written with the expertise one would expect from the creator of Bulldog Drummond, but featuring Jim Maitland, who appears in other works by McNeile. "Jim Maitland Encounters Modern Pirates Aboard the Andaman" is the accurate one-line summary in the October 1923 issue of McClure's Magazine, where the story first appeared: saying anything more would spoil the story! Includes some fine colour illustrations by the American illustrator George William Gage (1887-1957) ] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74118]
The Third Round [1924] (U.S. copyright date) [Sapper's third novel featuring Bulldog Drummond Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Final Count (1926) [The fourth Bulldog Drummond novel, and the final one featuring his tenacious opponent, Carl Peterson. A major role is played by Robin Gaunt, "a young and extremely brilliant scientist": like Bulldog Drummond, he is ex-military, having served in the Royal Engineers Wikipedia, i.e. the Sappers!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1286]
Word of Honour (1926) [A collection of short stories on defending/protecting personal honour] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #854]
The Saving Clause (1927) [Nine short stories, different in subject, but all showing the author's characteristic narrative force. Notable for the first appearance in literature of Sapper's famous creation Ronald Standish.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1122]
Tiny Carteret (1930) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Island of Terror (1931) [Action novel. Jim Maitland, that intrepid world adventurer, finds himself in London after an absence of some years. But new excitement awaits him...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1015]
The Return of Bull-Dog Drummond (1932) [Action novel, featuring (naturally) Bulldog Drummond, whose physical and intellectual abilities are fully tested during the course of the plot: a plot involving a suspicious death, international financier Sir Edward Greatorex, "a man before whom Governments tremble", and the film industry. Need we say more? CAUTION: Sapper had some attitudes and used some vocabulary that readers today might find offensive.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1500]
Ronald Standish (1933) [Mystery stories, twelve of them, featuring Sapper's famous creation Ronald Standish, whose success rate when presented with strange situations rivals that of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1479]
Bulldog Drummond at Bay [1935] [Novel, featuring Bulldog Drummond Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #422]

Sassoon, Siegfried [Siegfried Loraine] (1886-1967) [English poet, novelist, and biographer] Wikipedia

Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (1937 version of the 1928 original edition) Wikipedia [Novel, the first part of Sassoon's famous Sherston trilogy Wikipedia. On its publication in 1928 it won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Hawthornden Prize. Except at the very end, the novel has little to do with the First World War, but is instead an autobiographical novel based on Sassoon's earliest years, and is often satirical in tone.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1647]
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (1930) Wikipedia [The second part of Sassoon's famous Sherston trilogy. As the novel opens, our hero, George Sherston, unexpectedly finds himself sent to the Fourth Army School for a month's training. He returns to the front lines, is wounded, and while recovering considers whether he can continue to support the war. Since he is, after all, an army officer, this naturally places him in a difficult position.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1648]
Sherston's Progress (1937 version of the 1936 original edition) Wikipedia [The third and final part of Sassoon's famous Sherston trilogy. George Sherston arrives in Scotland for treatment at the "Slateford War Hospital". What does his future hold?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1649]

Saunders, Margaret Marshall (1861-1947) [Canadian novelist] Wikipedia Canadian Encyclopedia

Beautiful Joe (1894) [Novel] Text HTML and Text Wikipedia

Saxe, John Godfrey (1816-1887) [American poet] Wikipedia

Selections From the Poems of John Godfrey Saxe (1905) [A selection of Saxe's marvellous light poetry, chosen by an unnamed editor. Our HTML edition reproduces some of the graphic elements of the printed edition, which was designed by the American typographer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957) Wikipedia Harvard University] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #547]

Sayers, Dorothy L. [Dorothy Leigh] (1893-1957) [English theologian, translator, playwright, and novelist] Wikipedia New York Times obituary The Dorothy L Sayers Society

Whose Body? (1923) Wikipedia [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #58820]

The 1935 revision:

"This re-issue of WHOSE BODY? (which has received some corrections and amendments from MISS SAYERS) has for a Preface a short biography of Lord Peter Wimsey, brought up to date (May 1935) and communicated by his uncle PAUL AUSTIN DELAGARDIE."
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Clouds of Witness (1926; revised 1935) Wikipedia [The second Sayers novel to feature Lord Peter Wimsey. As the novel opens, we find ourselves in Paris, where Lord Peter and his manservant Bunter are staying at the luxurious Hôtel Meurice, having just spent three months in Corsica. Really, everyone should be a lord! But they stay in Paris only a single night: he learns from the morning newspaper that his brother, the Duke of Denver, has been charged with murder! Clearly Lord Peter must get back to England and find out what has really happened.]

The original text, from 1926:

Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70432]

The 1935 revision:

"This re-issue of CLOUDS OF WITNESS (which has received some corrections and amendments from MISS SAYERS) has for a Preface a short biography of Lord Peter Wimsey, brought up to date (May 1935) and communicated by his uncle PAUL AUSTIN DELAGARDIE." HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #156]

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928) Wikipedia [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

However, Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period, and we are delighted to present this fine mystery novel by her famous contemporary Dorothy L. Sayers, whom she knew personally. At the start of the novel an aged general dies mysteriously at his club. It's not entirely clear what he died of, nor at what time, And money's involved, a lot of it: all in all, quite a mess. Fortunately Lord Peter Wimsey is on hand to sort things out!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72855]
Lord Peter Views the Body (1928) Wikipedia [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

However, Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period, and we are delighted to present this fine set of twelve short stories by her famous contemporary Dorothy L. Sayers, whom she knew personally. All of the stories feature her most famous sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey. No space here to summarize the twelve stories, but no need to either: simply have a look at the book's Wikipedia article!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #73295]
Strong Poison (1930) [Mystery novel. Lord Peter Wimsey encounters a lady in distress: she has been wrongly accused of murder. This lady is none other than Harriet Vane Wikipedia, the writer of mystery novels, and one of Dorothy Sayers' most famous creations: this novel marks her first appearance in literature.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1032]
The Five Red Herrings (1931) [Mystery novel, set in the Galloway Wikipedia region of Scotland, where, our novelist tells us, "one either fishes or paints." A local painter is found dead under suspicious circumstances. Fortunately, Lord Peter Wimsey is visiting the area...]
CAUTION: Certain language in this ebook today would be considered grossly racist.
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Murder Must Advertise. A Detective Story. (1933) [Mystery novel. Dorothy Sayers had herself worked some years as a copywriter at an advertising agency.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Busman's Honeymoon. A Love Story with Detective Interruptions. (1937) [Mystery novel. Lord Peter Wimsey gets married, and then...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 Text UTF-8 Text zipped [PGC #460]
The Greatest Drama Ever Staged (1938) [Two essays on theology] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Strong Meat (1939) [Two essays on theology] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Lost Tools of Learning (1948) [Lecture] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
A Treasury of Sayers Stories (1958) [Twenty-four mystery stories, many of them featuring Lord Peter Wimsey Wikipedia and Montague Egg Wikipedia. A few of the stories have illustrations which do play a part in the plot: these illustrations are naturally omitted from the Text versions of the ebook, but are included in the HTML edition.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 Text UTF-8 Text zipped [PGC #891]

Scadding, Henry (1813-1901) [Canadian priest and historian] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Toronto of Old (1873) [A marvellously interesting book, accurately described by its famous author as "collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario"] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #749]
The Revived Significance of the Initials "U. E." A paper read before the Pioneer and Historical Society of the County of York, July, 1892. (1892) [Lecture on the initials U.E., used to honour United Empire Loyalists Wikipedia, who founded New Brunswick and Upper Canada (Ontario) after the partition of the British colonies in North America] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #835]
Surveyor-General Holland (1896) [Annotated edition of a 1792 letter from Samuel Holland (1728-1801), first Surveyor-General of British North America Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, to John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Schachner, Nat [Nathan] (1895-1955) [American historian and science fiction author] Wikipedia

Past, Present and Future (September 1937) [Science fiction story, involving Kleon, from Greece two millennia ago, Sam Ward, an American of the mid-twentieth century, and their adventures when they enter suspended animation and are awakened after 10,000 years, to find a world transformed!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1371]
City of the Cosmic Rays (July 1939) [Science fiction story, featuring the three main characters we first met in Past, Present and Future. Our heroes arrive in "the flat jungle of what had once been India" and make some surprising discoveries.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1377]
Runaway Cargo (October 1940) [Science fiction short story. Hazardous cargoes are tricky enough on earth -- oil supertankers, for example, or nuclear waste convoys. But space offers special challenges: dust, for example, from the lunar crater Tycho Wikipedia!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1368]

Scott-Moncrieff, Ann (1914-1943) [Scottish novelist]

Auntie Robbo (1941) [Novel: children and teenagers] HTML Text Text zipped

Sedgwick, Henry Dwight, Jr. (1861-1957) [American lawyer, historian, and essayist] Wikipedia

Samuel de Champlain (1902) [Biography of Champlain Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography; with an illustration by Théophile Hamel (1817-1870) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, after an original by Balthazar Moncornet (ca. 1600-1668)]
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Ségur, Sophie de (1799-1874) [French children's author] Wikipedia
with: Sterrett, Virginia Frances (1900-1931) [American illustrator] vfsterrett.com

Old French Fairy Tales (1857 [French original] 1920 [this translation]) [Fairy tales: a translation by an unknown hand of Ségur's Nouveaux contes de fées pour les petits enfants] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

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Seltzer, Charles Alden (1875-1942) [American author of Western novels] Wikipedia

The Trail to Yesterday (1913) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Service, Robert William (1874-1958) [Scottish poet and novelist] Wikipedia Life of Service, by Dan Duffy

Ballads of a Cheechako (1909) [Poems set in the Yukon. Our ebook, based on a copy of the the 1911 Toronto edition, includes photographs of the Yukon, and Robert Service's autograph.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #611]
The Pretender. A Story of the Latin Quarter. (1914) [Novel. A rich young New Yorker infiltrates the literary circles of Paris.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #655]
The Poisoned Paradise, A Romance of Monte Carlo (1922) [Novel, a successful one, for it was the basis of a 1924 film starring Clara Bow! From which you can see that Robert Service, whom Canadians know chiefly as the poet of the Yukon, was that and much more. Behind this novel lay a deep knowledge of France, for he moved to Paris in 1913, where he married in the same year: his wife lived to 102, and died in 1989 in Monte Carlo! So Service certainly knew his subject matter: hence the easy expertise of this novel about Monte Carlo and its famous casino. We offer two digital editions of this novel: the Project Gutenberg US ebook includes an EPUB version of the novel.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68549] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #482]
Ploughman of the Moon. An Adventure into Memory. (1945) [Autobiography: Service's account of his upbringing in Scotland and his early years of adulthood, culminating in his arrival in the Yukon.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #733]

Sewell, Anna (1820-1878) [English social activist and novelist] Wikipedia

Black Beauty: his Grooms and Companions. The Autobiography of a Horse. Translated from the Original Equine by Anna Sewell. (1877) Wikipedia [Anna Sewell's only novel, published in the last year of her life: a towering and permanent literary classic. It is the account of the life of a horse, Black Beauty, told from the perspective of Black Beauty himself: in the course of the novel we meet a wide range of horses and humans. The novel was written for adults, and is in essence a highly effective plea for animal rights and the proper treatment of horses, but its wonderfully pure classical English and short chapter lengths make it relatively easy reading for children as well. "The cover is from the 1897 Henry Altemus edition", according to the University of Adelaide's complete HTML digital edition. No artist's name is given.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Sewell, Helen (1896-1957) [American artist] Wikipedia

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Farjeon, Eleanor (1881-1965) [English author of books and poems for children] Wikipedia
Ten Saints (1936) [Short lives of ten saints, with some poetry, written for children, Includes beautiful colour illustrations by Helen Sewell.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1349]

Wilder, Laura Ingalls (1867-1957) [American novelist] Wikipedia
Little House in the Big Woods (1932) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) [English playwright and poet] Wikipedia Open Source Shakespeare

The Tempest (ca. 1610) [Play: Cambridge Shakespeare edition (1863), edited by William George Clark (1821-1878) Wikipedia and John Glover] Wikipedia
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Der Sturm. Ein Schauspiel von Shakspear, für das Theater bearbeitet. (1796) [German translation (with a preface) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853) Wikipedia / traduction allemande (avec une préface) par Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853) fr.wikipedia]
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Sharp, D. D. [Drury Dubose] (1888-1960) [American farmer, historian, and science fiction author]

The Eternal Man (August 1929) [Science fiction story, concerning immortality, as you might guess. Science Wonder Stories, who first published the story, described it as "perhaps the greatest short science fiction story of the year." And who would disagree with them? It has been reprinted many times since its first appearance.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1372]

Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950) [Irish playwright and critic] Wikipedia

The Political Madhouse in America and Nearer Home. A Lecture. (1933) [Let us be very clear. Shaw did not borrow a time machine from his friend H. G. Wells and visit the United States as we now know that country. In this lecture, he discussing that country as it existed in 1933.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #759]

Shay, Frank (1888-1954) [American author]

Mary Read: the Pirate Wench (1934) [A biography, written in the style of a novel, of Mary Read (d. 1721) Wikipedia, the female pirate. Includes as frontispiece a contemporary engraving by B. Cole. If you are interested in pirates and privateers, PG Canada also offers you two books about Sir Henry Morgan: E. A. Cruikshank's biography, and Josephine Tey's historical novel The Privateer.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #967]

Sheard, Virna (ca. 1865-1943) [Canadian poet and novelist]

A Maid of Many Moods (1902) [Novel, set in the time of Shakespeare. Debora Thornbury's brother Darby is an actor who has drinking and gambling habits. Things get to the point where he's incapable of taking the stage for the opening night of Romeo and Juliet. And then...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #846]
Carry On! (1917) [Lyric poems, written during the First World War, and reflecting the time of their writing] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #814]
The Ballad of The Quest (1922) [Lyric poems] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #804]
Candle Flame (1926) [Poems, with a wide variety of themes] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #811]
Fairy Doors (1932) [Lyric poems, full of optimism and imagination, written in a deliberately simple and straightforward style] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #821]
Leaves in the Wind (1938) [Lyric poems on a wide variety of subjects] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #824]

Sherwood, Robert Emmet (1896-1955) [American playwright] Wikipedia

Reunion In Vienna. A Play in Three Acts. (1932) [Sherwood's fourth play, about the curious events that transpire at a gathering of ancien régime aristocrats celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Emperor Franz Joseph I Wikipedia. It was the basis for the 1933 film of the same name New York Times (29 April 1933); review by Mordaunt Hall IMDb, starring John Barrymore]
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Idiot's Delight (1936) [The lively interactions of a group of guests in the cocktail lounge in a hotel in the Italian Alps, near Switzerland and Austria. The play that won the first of Sherwood's four Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Project. Sherwood later wrote the screenplay of 1939 film version New York Times (3 February 1939) starring Norma Shearer and Clark Gable.]
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Shiel, Matthew Phipps (1865-1947) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Children of the Wind (1923) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #613]

Shute, Nevil [Norway, Nevil Shute] (1899-1960) [Australian novelist] Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography

Marazan (1951 [1952] revised edition of the 1926 original version, with a new Author's Note) Wikipedia [Shute's first published novel, republished with minor revisions, and a new introduction by our author. The plot involves aviation, drug smuggling, Italy... also Marazan Sound, in the Isles of Scilly Wikipedia, off Cornwall.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1241]
So Disdained (1928; revised 1951) Wikipedia [Thriller, involving Fascists, Bolsheviks, and aviation] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #931]
Lonely Road (1932 [novel], 1951 [Author's Note]) Wikipedia [Novel, combining romance, political intrigue, and gun-running] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1161]
Ruined City [U.S. title: Kindling] (1938) Wikipedia [Novel, with some elements which are timeless. Henry Warren is "successful": he is the head of a London financial firm. But he is in the middle of a divorce, and needs barbiturates to get to sleep. A set of curious incidents lands Warren in a northern town which is in a state of economic collapse after the closure of the local shipyard. Then things start happening.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1211]
What Happened to the Corbetts (1939) Wikipedia [A novel about the Second World War, written before that war actually started! The adventures of the family of Peter Corbett, a Southampton solicitor, after the bombing of that famous seaport. Aptly titled Ordeal in its American edition.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #976]
An Old Captivity (1940) Wikipedia [Novel, an attractive mix of air adventure (Greenland, Canada, Scotland) and time travel (the late thirties and a millennium earlier), featuring pilot Donald Ross.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1492]
Landfall. A Channel Story. (1940) Wikipedia [Novel about a pilot patrolling the English Channel in the early days of the Second World War. "It is a straightforward, convincing story, and I shall keep an eye open for Mr Shute's books in future. What makes it interesting is that it brings out the essential peculiarity of war, the mixture of heroism and meanness... He sees the young airman's point of view, because, presumably, he has at some time shared his experiences. He can stand inside him as well as outside him and realize that he is heroic as well as childish, competent as well as silly. The result is a good, simple story, pleasantly free from cleverness, and at times genuinely moving." (George Orwell, New Statesman and Nation, 7 December 1940)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1173]
Pied Piper (1942) Wikipedia [Novel. An elderly Englishman, retired from the law, goes to France for a holiday. But it's April 1940 — and World War II has just begun! Getting to France proves easy, but the return trip to England is a very different matter — especially since he's no longer travelling alone! The film adaptation Wikipedia, starring Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, and Anne Baxter, was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1236]
Most Secret (1945) Wikipedia [Novel. The Second World War is raging, and the question arises: what can a single fishing boat operating in the English Channel accomplish against the Nazis? The answer turns out to be, quite a lot really!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1314]
The Chequer Board (1947) Wikipedia [Novel. Nominally the story of John Turner, of how he was badly wounded in a Second World War airplane crash, and how he recovered. But equally it is the story of the four men who in different ways helped him recover, in particular of Dave Lesurier, an American serviceman. Lesurier was black, and the novel describes how American black servicemen were better treated by the English than by their American compatriots. "Despite our vaunted liberalism, our strident soap-box screams for tolerance, no American could have written 'The Chequer Board'.... British compassion for the blacks is contrasted dramatically with the burning intolerance of the white American fellow-soldier. The alien sense of equality, followed by the innate fear of lynching, is here done with memorable horror." (Catherine Meredith Brown, Saturday Review, 3 May 1947) CAUTION: Shute's novel denounces racism, but some readers may be offended by certain vocabulary of the time used in the course of the novel.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1524]
A Town Like Alice (1950) Wikipedia [Novel. The experiences of Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman, in Malaya during the Second World War, and in Australia after the war's end. "Adventure, enterprise and romance are combined in 'A Town Like Alice' and the whole makes up a story which does not drag from beginning to end and is particularly recommended to all northerners." ("R.J.S.", Cairns [Australia] Post, 15 July 1950)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #909]
Round the Bend (1951) Wikipedia [Novel. Tom Cutter, an airplane pilot and engineer, tells his life story, a story which starts in England and moves to the Persian Gulf and then Indonesia and even Australia! But Tom's journey is not just a physical one: as time passes, his character is transformed.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1495]
The Far Country (1952) Wikipedia [Novel. Our heroine, Jennifer Morton, emigrates to Australia, escaping a life of poverty in England. But her new life in Australia is by no means free of incident.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #947]
In the Wet (1953) Wikipedia [Novel, set thirty years in the future, that is, 1983. The United Kingdom is suffering from terminal socialism; the royal family make their escape to freedom, with the help of their Australian (and Canadian!) subjects.]
CAUTION: The hero of the novel, David Anderson, is part Australian aboriginal and has a nickname, starting with N, which today would be considered unacceptably racist.
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Requiem for a Wren (1955) [Novel. Alan Duncan is returning to his native Australia after years spent in England during the Second World War, in which he served and was wounded. No sooner is he off the plane in Melbourne when he learns that there has just been a mysterious death in the family household: of a housemaid. But this housemaid is connected to our hero more closely than he thinks: like himself, she had been in England and served in the military, as a Wren Wikipedia. Before the novel ends, Duncan learns much more about her.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1217]
Beyond the Black Stump (1956) Wikipedia [Novel. An American geologist, Stanton Laird, arrives in a very remote area of Western Australia, and meets Mollie Regan. There is a mutual attraction, but also some degree of cultural conflict. We'd tell you more, but we don't want to give away the plot — if you're curious and not very patient, check the Wikipedia article!]
CAUTION: Certain language in this ebook today would be considered racist.
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Trustee from the Toolroom (1960) Wikipedia [Novel, published shortly after Shute's passing. Keith Stewart is a technical writer, specializing in model machinery. He is swept into a world of intrigue, involving family, mysterious wealth, and exotic locales!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1188]

Simcoe, John Graves (1752-1806) [English military officer and governor] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, (President of the Royal Society of Great Britain) written by Lieut.-Governor Simcoe, in 1791, prior to his departure from England for the purpose of organizing the new province of Upper Canada; to which is added five official speeches delivered by him at the opening or closing of Parliament in the same province (Letter written in 1791; first published in 1890, in a collection edited by Henry Scadding [1813-1901] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography ) [An interesting letter sent by Simcoe to the celebrated scientist and explorer Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Scadding's small but very interesting collection also includes five official speeches delivered by Simcoe, three memorial inscriptions, a second letter by Simcoe, and an account by military chaplain George Jenkins of the death in 1812 of Simcoe's eldest son Francis Gwillim Simcoe (after whom Toronto's Castle Frank is named Wikipedia Wikipedia) at the siege of Badajoz Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #428]
A Proclamation, To such as are desirous to Settle on the Lands of the Crown in the Province of Upper Canada (1792) [The famous Proclamation of 1792, issued by Simcoe after his arrival at Quebec, but before his arrival in Upper Canada] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968) [American novelist, journalist, and politician] Wikipedia

King Coal (1917) Wikipedia [Novel, with a definite social message. An idealistic young man goes to the coal fields of the American Rockies, seeking not riches but social justice. He finds that employers are greedy, workers oppressed, and unions selective about which causes they will embrace. He learns a lot, though! The book is closely based on actual events, in particular the Colorado coal strike of 1913-14. With a fine introduction by the Danish critic Georg Brandes (1842-1927) Wikipedia "Upton Sinclair is one of the writers of the present time most deserving of a sympathetic interest. He shows his patriotism as an American, not by joining in hymns to the very conditional kind of liberty peculiar to the United States, but by agitating for infusing it with the elixir of real liberty, the liberty of humanity."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #7522]
The Brass Check. A Study of American Journalism. (1920) Wikipedia [In 1920 Upton Sinclair published his brilliant analysis of American journalism, which he considered to be dangerously hostile to the American public: "During the war our industrial autocracy has learned to organize for propaganda; it has learned the arts of hate. Today all the energies which were directed against the Kaiser have been turned against the radicals; also the spy-system which the government developed for the war has been turned against the radicals." The preface by Romain Rolland (1866-1944) [Nobel Prize for Literature, 1915] showed his understanding of the position Sinclair found himself in: "I am happy to see you always so burning with energy, but your next book prepares for you some rude combats. It requires a bold courage to dare, when one is alone, to attack the monster, the new Minotaur, to which the entire world renders tribute: the Press." And the hostile reception given the book largely demonstrated how correct Sinclair and Rolland both were. Even though he was an extremely famous author, he could not find a publisher, so published it himself: and getting paper was a problem! When the book appeared, there were very few reviews. And paid advertisements were refused as well! A century after the book appeared, we can safely say that the media crisis has if anything only gotten worse. Sinclair's continuing importance was recognized in the 2020 Netflix film Mank, in which Bill Nye plays Sinclair: it was nominated for no fewer than six Golden Globes!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #64657]
Letters to Judd, an American Workingman (1926) [No one has ever had a clearer view of how the economic system really works than Upton Sinclair. "This book is written and published," says the author, "as an act of love for America. It is made out of faith in our country, and in you." He discusses theory versus reality. And here's the reality: "Well, the first thing the big corporation financier does is to seek out some form of special privilege, some opening through which he knows that he can make quick and certain profits." We certainly see this in the COVID era. Why such vast public subsidies for corporations? Why did the citizens pay for developing the COVID vaccines, but private interests ended up owning the patents, with guaranteed monopoly profits for many years into the future? And why were American commercial interests allowed to hijack our copyright laws, using open coercion? The government and all the "opposition" parties just rolled over and played dead! Excessive copyright lengths are economically harmful, are an attack on the poor, and do not benefit the original creators, who are (how shall we put this?) dead. As PGC readers know, public domain ebooks cost less than those under copyright, because there is no longer a monopoly, but an open competitive market. Speaking of copyright, there never was a copyright on Upton Sinclair's fine book: "This book is an act of service, not of money-making. The work is not copyrighted, and any one may reprint it. If you want a large edition, the author's plates are at your service free of cost. Read, and do your part."] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #65818]
Oil! (1927) Wikipedia [Novel, written and published by Sinclair shortly after his arrival in California, and described by its author as "a picture of civilization in Southern California, as the writer has observed it during eleven years' residence. The picture is the truth, and the great mass of detail actually exists." As the novel opens, James Arnold Ross and his son James Arnold Ross Jr ("Bunny") are headed to "Beach City". It is the height of the oil boom, and Ross Sr is interested in acquiring an oil property. The novel skilfully combines family sagas (the wealthier the family, the more prone it is to conflict) with an analysis of how the oil business actually works. Who could write such a work more effectively than Upton Sinclair?] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1674]

Skelton, Oscar Douglas (1878-1941) [Canadian political scientist and diplomat] Wikipedia Library and Archives Canada Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Dominion; a Chronicle of our Northern Neighbor (1919) [History] HTML and Text
Life and Letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Volume I) (1921) [Biography of Canada's seventh Prime Minister Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Life and Letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Volume II) (1921) [Biography of Canada's seventh Prime Minister Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Includes numerous photographs, and some political cartoons by Henri Julien (1852-1908) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography www.ourheritage.net Wikimedia Commons.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #563]

Skinner, M. L. (1876-1955) [Australian novelist] Australian Dictionary of Biography Wikipedia

The Boy in the Bush (1924) [Novel: with D. H. Lawrence (1876-1955)] HTML (with illustration) HTML (with illustration) zipped Text Text zipped

Smith, Cordwainer [Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony] (1913-1966) [American intelligence analyst, Sinologist, and science fiction author] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Scanners Live in Vain (1950) Wikipedia [Science fiction story, one of Smith's most famous, the first of his many stories set in the "Instrumentality of Mankind" universe. It takes place in the distant future, when there has been a good deal of space colonization. But... space travel had proved lethal for ordinary humans, who were exposed to "the Great Pain, which started quietly in the marrow, like an ache, and proceeded by the fatigue and nausea of each separate nerve cell, brain cell, touchpoint in the body, until life itself became a terrible aching hunger for silence and for death..." Scanners are humans not subject to the Great Pain: but this gift is not without cost.]
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The Burning of the Brain (October 1958) [Science fiction short story. By the year 2500, space travel at speeds faster than light has become routine. But problems can still happen!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1424]
Western Science Is So Wonderful (December 1958) [Science fiction story, quite separate from Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind sequence. At the story's beginning, a Martian is sitting at the top of a cliff -- but "he had taken on the shape of a small fir tree... At the bottom of the cliff stood an American, the first the Martian had ever seen." Welcome to the world of Cordwainer Smith!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1427]
Angerhelm (1959) [Short story, not part of the Instrumentality of Mankind series: it is clearly influenced by Smith's stellar career in military intelligence, and features Nelson Angerhelm, allegedly "a 62-year-old retired poultry farmer" living in Hopkins, Minnesota. Why is the FBI so interested in him? And the Russians too!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1474]
No, No, Not Rogov! (February 1959) [Science fiction story. Nikolai Rogov is a loyal servant of the Soviet Union: "an academician of the All Union Academy of Sciences, a major general in the Red Air Force, a professor in the University of Kharkov". Jamming radio signals is one thing -- but can Comrade Rogov jam human thought?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1425]
When the People Fell (April 1959) [Science fiction short story. A reporter asks Dobyns Bennett about current events, but Bennett is only interested in talking about the time of his youth, three hundred years earlier: "You bet I was there when the Goonhogo took Venus"!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1413]
The Fife of Bodidharma (June 1959) [Short story, quite separate from the Instrumentality of Mankind series. In the Indus valley Wikipedia, thousands of years ago, "a goldsmith accidentally found a formula to make a magical fife." During its eventful history, the fife at one point becomes the property of the Buddhist teacher Bodhidharma Wikipedia, and eventually makes its way to twentieth-century Huntsville, Alabama!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1455]
Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons (June 1961) [Science fiction short story. Who, you may ask, is Mother Hitton? The Weapons Mistress of Old North Australia, it would seem. What are her "kittons"? If you're asking that question, you really should read the story!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1416]
A Planet Named Shayol (October 1961) Wikipedia [Shayol is a prison planet. It's also a sort of farm, where replacement organs are grown, with the help of the prisoners!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1421]
From Gustible's Planet (July 1962) [Science fiction story, a short but memorable one. Angary J. Gustible discovers the planet named after him. But, as our author reports, "The discovery turned out to be a tragic mistake."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1436]
The Ballad of Lost C'mell (October 1962) Wikipedia [One of Smith's most famous science fiction short stories, often reprinted. "She was a girly-girl", the story starts, but we quickly learn that "She was not even of human extraction. She was cat-derived, though human in outward shape, which explains the C in front of her name." You'll find more details in the Wikipedia article: but why not head right into the story?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1420]
Think Blue, Count Two (February 1963) [In the early days of space travel, when the speed of light was still a limiting factor, interstellar travellers "knew nothing, except for going to sleep on earth and waking up on a strange new world forty, fifty or two hundred years later." Of course, things could happen during these gigantic voyages...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1423]
Drunkboat (October 1963) Wikipedia ["Perhaps it is the saddest, maddest, wildest story in the whole long history of space," our author comments: it has to do with a very special form of space travel. Our hero is named Artyr Rambo: if you think that there is a significant similarity here to the name of the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, you are correct! One of Rimbaud's longest and most famous poems is Le Bateau ivre Wikipedia fr.wikisource, the title of which can be reasonably translated as Drunkboat.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1454]
The Good Friends (October 1963) [Science fiction story, a very short one. Many things really do happen in space. Others are merely imagined.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1442]
On the Gem Planet (October 1963) [Science fiction story featuring Casher O'Neill "a wanderer among the planets, thirsting for justice and yet hoping in his innermost thoughts that 'justice' was not just another word for revenge".] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1422]
The Boy Who Bought Old Earth (April 1964) [Science fiction novella. Rod McBan was a rich kid from the wealthiest planet in the galaxy, and he bought Earth without even realizing what he had done. "He came to Earth, got what he wanted and got away alive, in a series of very remarkable adventures. That's the story." But of course there's much more to the story than that!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1448]
The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal (May 1964) Wikipedia [Science fiction novella, examining among other things the implications of an all-male society. "The glory and the crime of Commander Suzdal," says our author, "have been told in a thousand different ways. Don't let yourself realize that the story really is the truth." Which naturally suggest that it is the truth. You be the judge!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1451]
The Store Of Heart's Desire (May 1964) [Science fiction story; a section (somewhat edited) of Smith's novel Norstrilia, which would not be published until 1975 Wikipedia. "Norstrilia", in case you are wondering, was originally known as "Old North Australia", and you would be correct in surmising that this story takes place in the distant future!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1435]
The Dead Lady of Clown Town (August 1964) Wikipedia [Science fiction novella, an important one in Cordwainer Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind series. It is a story of heroism, transformation, and martyrdom on the planet Formalhaut III, the principal characters being the good witch Elaine and the dog-girl D'Joan. Their actions will have momentous consequences in generations to come.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1453]
On the Storm Planet (February 1965) [Cordwainer Smith's second story featuring Casher O'Neill, who has been ordered by the Administrator of the planet Henriada to kill a girl -- an order the Administrator has been issuing annually for the last eighty years, without result. "She isn't even a girl, to start with. Just an underperson. Some kind of an animal turned into a domestic servant." We're certainly inside the unusual world of Cordwainer Smith!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1433]
Three To A Given Star (October 1965) [Science fiction short story, the third in the four-part Casher O'Neill series. "You were a beautiful woman once," remarks a character at the start of the second chapter. "How did you end up becoming a ship?" A spaceship, that is!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1434]
On the Sand Planet (December 1965) [The last of the four Casher O'Neill stories, well summarized in the preface provided by an anonymous author: "This time Casher O'Neill returns to his home world of Mizzer determined to free it from tyranny, but before long that mission fades before a far more difficult problem--how to find meaning in life when he has accomplished everything he set out to do." Solving this problem might take him to some distant places, such as the Ninth Nile -- or even the Thirteenth Nile!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1461]
Under Old Earth (February, 1966) [Story, meditative in tone, as befits one of the final instalments of the Instrumentality of Mankind series. Lord Sto Odin contemplates the passing of time: "I have had zeal for work and I have mistaken it for zeal in living. They are not the same."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1473]

Smith, Edward E. [Elmer] "Doc" (1890-1965) [American chemist and science fiction author] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Novels from the Skylark series:

The Skylark of Space (1958 version) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, the first of the four Skylark novels Wikipedia. This first novel was written in collaboration with Smith's friend Mrs Lee Hawkins Garby (1890[1892?]-1953) Wikipedia. Our hero, Dick Seaton, invents a space drive; but Marc DuQuesne, "a fellow research man", has similar ambitions. Commercial intrigue and indeed sabotage follow, across the solar system and beyond. The novel has a complicated publication history, first appearing in 1928 as a serial, being published in book form in 1946, and then appearing in a final 1958 version "specially revised by the author". Our ebook is of this final version, which, unlike earlier editions, does not specifically credit Mrs Garby. The 1928 version is actually longer than the 1958 revision: you can find it at Project Gutenberg US.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1406]
Skylark Three (1948 version) Wikipedia [In spite of its name, the second of the four Skylark novels, marking the return of Dick Seaton from the first novel. "In 'Skylark Three' our old friends. Richard Seaton and Martin Crane and their glamorous wives, are back, exploring ever-greater sweeps of the galaxy, defeating ever-greater enemies with ever-greater feats of science, and having a very good time doing it..." (P. Schuyler Miller, Astounding Science Fiction, September 1949). Science fiction legend Frederik Pohl commented that "precisely because Dr. Smith's stories cannot be judged by conventional literary standards, they set their own standards as science fiction. Before Dr. Smith, science fiction was a timorous groping within fixed limits of the 'believable'. Dr. Smith removed the limits, and freed every science-fiction writer who came after him. His stories are neither literature nor art, but they are magnificent entertainment for every science-fiction reader." (Super Science Stories, July 1949). If you would like to read the original serialized version (Amazing Stories, August-October 1930), you will find it at Project Gutenberg US.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1456]
Skylark DuQuesne (1966) Wikipedia [The fourth and final novel in Smith's Skylark tetralogy, written years later than the three earlier novels -- in fact, it was Smith's final novel, bringing to a close his resplendent career as one of the principal creators of modern science fiction.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1464]

The seven Lensman novels:

Triplanetary (1965 version) Wikipedia [The first novel in the Lensman series, taking us from early in the history of the universe up to the invention of the inertialess drive, which transforms space travel. Some important characters are introduced: the stage is now set for the Lensman novels to come! The original version was published in four instalments from January through April 1934. The 1948 revised version expanded the earlier version and linked it with the Lensman novels which had appeared during the intervening years. If you are interested in reading the original 1934 version, you will find it at Project Gutenberg US.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1405]
First Lensman (1964 version) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, written later than most of the other Lensman novels, but second in narrative order. Virgil Samms of the Solarian Council is given a special mission: "You will go down in history as First Lensman Samms... the man whose wide vision and tremendous grasp made it possible for the Galactic Patrol to become what it is to be."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1404]
Galactic Patrol (1964 version) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, the third in the Lensman series; original version published in six instalments from September 1937 through February 1938; a book version followed in 1950. The novel tells the story of the early career of Kimball Kinnison from the moment he finishes his training and joins the Galactic Patrol. Similarities to Star Trek and other works abound, and no wonder: the Lensman series has had a huge influence on modern science fiction.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1402]
Gray Lensman (1965 version) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, the fourth in the Lensman series; original version published in four instalments from October 1939 through January 1940. Admirers of Star Trek and more particularly Star Wars will find much to admire in this fine and enduringly famous science fiction classic.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1375]
Second Stage Lensmen (1965 version) Wikipedia [The fifth novel in the Lensman series: the original version was published in Astounding Science-Fiction from November 1941 through February 1942. What, you might ask, separates a Second Stage Lensman from other Lensmen? Glad you asked! They are "graduates of Arisian advanced training; minds linked, basically, together into one mind". The novel is notable for the final appearance of Kimball Kinnison, and for the debut of Clarrisa MacDougall.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1476]
Children of the Lens (1966 version) Wikipedia [The sixth novel in the Lensman series: the original version was published in Astounding Science Fiction from November 1947 through February 1948. The children in question are those of Kimball Kinnison and his wife, and are the only existing Third-Stage Lensmen, with powers surpassing even those of their parents. But all the combined powers of the Lensmen, whatever their stage, will be needed to confront the staggering threats which are emerging!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1477]
The Vortex Blaster (1960) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, based on several short stories that Smith had written in the early forties. Atomic vortices threaten planetary destruction! Enter Neal "Storm" Cloud, an engineer or more precisely a nucleonicist of extraordinary abilities -- somewhat like Smith himself! Set in the Lensman universe, but not strictly speaking a Lensman novel, since it has no characters from the continuing story that binds the other novels together. Alternate title from the 1968 edition: Masters of the Vortex.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1441]

Spacehounds of IPC (1947 version) Wikipedia [[Science fiction novel, Smith's personal favourite among his novels: it concerns "IPC", that is, the Inter-Planetary Corporation. At the start of the novel, the Inter-Planetary Vessel ("IPV") Arcturus is preparing for its trip to Mars, a trip which should be routine. It turns out to be far from routine! The novel is notable for the introduction of tractor beams Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, which will be familiar to admirers of Star Trek and other works of science fiction. Note: Our edition is based on the 1966 Ace paperback edition of the 1947 Fantasy Press version. The novel had first appeared in Amazing Stories from July to September 1931, and had included changes not authorized by the author. You will find this 1931 version at Project Gutenberg US.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1428]
The Imperial Stars (May 1964) [Science fiction novella. In the future, there will still be travelling circuses, but they will travel not around the world, but around the galaxy. Meet "The Flying d'Alemberts"!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1426]
The Galaxy Primes (1965 version) [Science fiction novel, showing some differences from the original 1959 serialized version. A starship novel, written near the end of Smith's long career, and quite separate from his Lensman and his Skylark novels.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1358]
Subspace Explorers (1965) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel. On what seems like a routine trip First Officer Carlyle Deston of the starliner Procyon has a bad feeling that something is terribly amiss. But what?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1357]

Smith, Logan Pearsall (1865-1946) [American essayist and editor] Wikipedia

The Youth of Parnassus and Other Stories (1895) [Our author's first book: stories about Oxford, no doubt rooted in Smith's own experiences as a student there. These early pieces already show the hand of a master.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1039]
The English Language (1912) [An overview of the English language and its history, by a master of English prose] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1093]
All Trivia (1945) [The collected edition of Smith's famous aphorisms (memorably worded short reflections) Wikipedia: includes Trivia (1902), More Trivia (1921), Afterthoughts (1931), and Last Words, as well as some additional material written especially for this edition] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1016]
Unforgotten Years (1938) [Smith's autobiography. "But the story he tells is more than his own; it constitutes a picture of a vanished world, the one inhabited by his Quaker family in Germantown, and by Henry James in England, and Santayana and Bernard Berenson on the Continent, the scene of a provincial Quaker corner of America, and of a sophisticated and expatriate America-in-Europe... nobody could fail to be charmed by the delicious savor of this exquisite and economical writing." (Irwin Edman, Saturday Review, 31 December 1938)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1210]

Snaith, John Collis (1876-1936) [English novelist]

Surrender (1928) [Novel involving the French Foreign Legion. The action moves from the Sahara to Cairo and finally to London.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Soares, Rae (1888-1955) [American author]

Cupid and the Law (1908) [Soares's father Antonio Victorino Soares had emigrated from the Azores to the United States in 1878 at the age of 18, and moved to Honolulu in 1890, where he was ordained and became pastor of the Portuguese Evangelical Church, later known as the Pilgrim Church. Accompanying him to Honolulu was his very young son Antonio Rae Soares, known simply as Rae Soares. Hawaii was still an independent country, with the American annexation coming in 1893: a blatantly illegal act for which Congress in 1993 issued an Apology Resolution -- not a moment too soon! So Soares spent his earliest years in Hawaii when it was an independent kingdom, and these eight stories have historical significance. They reflect Hawaii's ethnic diversity, and (warning!) have racist language from time to time. But they are a unique record of a time that will never be recreated, and are easy reading.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #74214]

Sophocles (ca. 496-406 B.C.) [Athenian playwright] Wikipedia

Translations by: Murray, Gilbert [George Gilbert Aimé] (1866-1957) [English classical scholar] Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) [in German]

Antigone ["The Antigone"] (ca. 441 B.C. [Greek original], 1941 [this translation]) [Tragedy. The civil war at Thebes Wikipedia has resulted in the death of Antigone's Wikipedia two brothers Eteocles Wikipedia and Polynices . Wikipedia. The king, Creon Wikipedia, has decided that Polynices will not receive proper burial. Antigone does not accept this decision...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #729] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com Sir Richard Jebb's 1891 edition of the original Greek text: Perseus Digital Library Wikisource
The Wife of Heracles [Trachiniae] (ca. 430 B.C.? [Greek original], 1947 [this translation]) [Tragedy: the original title refers to the play's chorus Wikipedia, which consisted of the women of Trachis Wikipedia. It recounts the passing of Heracles (Hercules) Wikipedia, but in fact is largely concerned with his wife, Deianira Wikipedia; hence the new name which Murray bestowed on the play.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #728] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com Sir Richard Jebb's 1892 edition of the original Greek text (Wikisource)
Oedipus at Colonus (ca. 401 B.C. [Greek original; first performance], 1948 [this translation]) [Tragedy, written at the very end of Sophocles' life. Oedipus Wikipedia, after a life of suffering, arrives in the village of Colonus, accompanied by his daughter Antigone Wikipedia for what turn out to be the culminating events of his life.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #754] Wikipedia ancient-literature.com Sir Richard Jebb's 1889 edition of the original Greek text: Perseus Digital Library

Souday, Paul (1869-1929) [Critique littéraire français] Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise

Marcel Proust (1927) [Articles sur le romancier français Marcel Proust (1871-1922) fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip

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André Gide (1927) [Articles sur le romancier français André Gide (1869-1951) fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip
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Les Livres du Temps (deuxième série) (1929) [Feuilletons sur plusieurs écrivains: Gobineau, Barrès, Faguet, Stendhal, Rolland...] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB [PGC n^o 619]
Les Livres du Temps (troisième série) (1930) [Feuilletons sur plusieurs écrivains: Malherbe, Régnier, Rostand, Stendhal, Taine...] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB [PG Canada n^o 721]

Southworth, E.D.E.N. [Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte] (1819-1899) [American novelist] Wikipedia

When Shadows Die. A Sequel to "Love's Bitterest Cup" (1882) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #429]

Sparkes, Boyden (1890-1954) [American journalist]
with Chrysler, Walter Percy (1875-1940) [American automotive engineer] Wikipedia Time, 7 January 1929 [Man of the Year article] Time, 7 January 1929 [Man of the Year cover] Time, 26 August 1940 [obituary]

Life of an American Workman (1950 edition with new postscript by Sparkes; original edition published in1937) [Autobiography of the automotive engineer and founder of the Chrysler Corporation] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Time, 30 October 1950

Squire, J. C. [John Collings] (1884-1958) [English poet and critic] Wikipedia
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A London Reverie. Fifty-six drawings by Joseph Pennell arranged with an introductory essay and notes by J. C. Squire (1928) [Portfolio of drawings, with descriptions and introductory essay] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Standing Bear, Luther (1868/69-1939) [American aboriginal leader and author] Wikipedia

The Tragedy of the Sioux (1931) [A brilliantly written essay on what had happened during his lifetime to the author's people, the Oglala Sioux, and what might be done to repair the situation.]
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Stapledon, Olaf [William Olaf] (1886-1950) [Philosopher and science fiction novelist] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Odd John. A Story Between Jest And Earnest. (1935) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel. John Wainwright had superhuman ("supernormal") powers: "at eighteen, when he still looked a young boy, he founded his preposterous colony in the South Seas, and... at twenty-three, in appearance but little altered, he outwitted the six warships that six Great Powers had sent to seize him." And there's much more to tell (or read). "Mr. Stapledon is not a prolific writer, but when he produces a book, it is something to make you sit up and take notice." (C. A. Brandt, Amazing Stories, April 1937).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1606]
Sirius. A Fantasy of Love and Discord. (1944) Wikipedia [A science fiction novel to remember. Sheep dogs are highly intelligent, but Sirius, bred by a famous scientist and born in North Wales, is exceptional: his intelligence is absolutely equal to that of humans. This does not mean that he is fully human in his thoughts. Nor does it mean that his life will be straightforward.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1605]

Stead, Robert James Campbell (1880-1959) [Canadian poet and novelist] Wikipedia Manitoba Historical Society

Songs of the Prairie (1911) [Ballads in much the same style as Robert Service. Our ebook is based on the 1912 New York edition, from which we reproduce the colour frontispiece by the American painter Elizabeth Aline Colborne (1887-1948).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #701]
The Bail Jumper (1914) [The first of Stead's celebrated prairie novels; at the start of each chapter he quotes from his 1908 poems Prairie Born and The Empire Builders] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #768]
Neighbours (1922) [Novel. In rural Canada, your neighbours are important.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #735]
The Smoking Flax (1924) ["'The Smoking Flax' is a simple tale, chronicling the quest of a young sociologist into the Canadian prairies for health, wherein he also finds romance and adventure. There are all of the makings of melodrama... But the picture of farm life is sincere and true, the characters, most of the time, are people, and an occasional bit of description rises soaringly." (Saturday Review of Literature, 10 January 1925)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1080]
Grain (1926) [Stead's most famous novel, which takes place on a grain farm in Manitoba] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #845]

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968) [American novelist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1962] Wikipedia

The Wayward Bus (1947) Wikipedia [Those who grew up in rural Canada far away from the large cities will easily relate to this novel about a very small bus service in California, run from a garage at a crossroads named Rebel Corners. The driver is the garage owner, Juan Chicoy. Once a day he does a round trip to the coastal town of San Juan de la Cruz, where his passengers transfer to the Greyhound bus heading north to San Francisco or south to Los Angeles. His passengers are few in number -- but what a cast of characters they are! And Steinbeck tells their stories as only he can.] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1678]
Travels with Charley: In Search of America (1962) Wikipedia [Steinbeck's final book, its title based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes -- which you will find in the Project Gutenberg Canada catalogue! However, Steinbeck travelled not with a donkey but with a notably mild-tempered poodle, Charley: together they crisscrossed the forty-eight states in a newly purchased and modified pickup truck. And what a journey they had!] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1679]

Stephen, Alexander Maitland (1882-1942) [Canadian journalist, poet, and novelist] ABCBookWorld

The Kingdom of the Sun. A Romance of the Far West Coast. (1927) [Novel, taking place in the 16th century. A young man, Richard Anson, is a crewman on board Sir Francis Drake's "Golden Hind", which is travelling north to the coast of what will one day become British Columbia. And it is there that things become really exciting, with the Haida Wikipedia and the Salish Wikipedia playing major roles.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1021]
The Gleaming Archway (1929) [Novel. Craig Maitland, a Vancouver newspaperman, takes a break from his news work, and visits the Squamish Valley. He encounters a local, Bud Powers, who's an union organizer for local waterfront labourers. In the course of the novel there's romance, treachery, journalism, and a happy ending.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #983]

Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768) [Anglo-Irish priest, anti-slavery activist, and novelist]] Wikipedia

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759-1767) Wikipedia [Sterne's most famous novel, a satirical travelogue: it was a huge, instantaneous and lasting success, and has often been translated: we offer not only the English-language original, but also a French translation from 1803. From the beginning, it was published as a serial, nine volumes, which appeared at intervals, the last of them being published the year before Sterne's passing. Not surprisingly, there is no particular indication that this was the end: no doubt Sterne might well have carried the novel further had he lived longer. But this does no harm to the novel, which is not an account of Tristram Shandy's life, but his observations on the people and incidents around him: his father and his uncle Toby play a major part in these anecdotes. The novel jumps back and forth as new distractions shift the narrative, but is not difficult to read, in spite of its age, and its vocabulary is straightforward, even if the first line of Sterne's dedication happens to present us with "wight", that is, "human being"! Sterne was very familiar with the great Renaissance satirists Rabelais and Cervantes, and he has joined their number as a European classic and a uniquely entertaining author.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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Vie et opinions de Tristram Shandy (1803) fr.wikipedia
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A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768) Wikipedia [Sterne's second and final novel, in the form of a travelogue: it was a huge and lasting success with the public. More than a century later, it inspired the similarly titled Our Sentimental Journey through France and Italy by Joseph and Elizabeth Pennell, which you will find in our catalogue. The journey is "sentimental" because as the journey progresses Sterne focuses on the sentiments (feelings) of himself and those around him, rather than giving a dry recitation of geographical and historical information about the places he visits. A decision for which posterity thanks him!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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Sterrett, Virginia Frances (1900-1931) [American illustrator] vfsterrett.com

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Old French Fairy Tales (1857 [French original] 1920 [this translation]) [Fairy tales: a translation by an unknown hand of Ségur's Nouveaux contes de fées pour les petits enfants] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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Tanglewood Tales (1853 [text] 1921 [illustrations]) [Greek myths retold for children] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia

Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) [Scottish novelist] Wikipedia RLS Website

An Inland Voyage (1878) Wikipedia [Travel narrative. In 1876 Stevenson and his friend Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson (1843-1898) went on a canoe trip (one canoe for each, equipped with a sail) along the rivers and canals of Belgium and France, starting from Antwerp, and ending at the ancient city of Pontoise, now an outer suburb of Paris. Most of the trip was on or near the river Oise. The book has become a classic, with its many vignettes of our travellers' experiences along the way. You'll likely find yourself consulting Wikipedia frequently to find out more about the many interesting places our travellers visit!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes (1878) Wikipedia [Stevenson's second book was an account of his native Edinburgh. But it is a balanced account of the city he knew, and while not lacking in praise of the city describes some of the city's less glamorous areas, and recounts some of its less illustrious historical moments. And is often very witty! The book is organized by city district, starting with the Old Town and ending in the Pentland Hills overlooking the south end of the city. An undying classic, by perhaps Scotland's finest author, and a fine reading choice if you would like to know more about "the Athens of the North".] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879) Wikipedia [Really, a road movie in book form. In the latter part of 1878 Stevenson spent a month in Le Monastier, a small town (smaller now than when Stevenson visited it) in a remote part of central France. But he was not there specifically to see Le Monastier, but to prepare for a twelve-day trip through the rugged and desolate Cévennes mountains. He chose a strange time of year for this challenging expedition, namely October, with summer a fading memory. And the terrain was difficult: "It was like the worst of the Scottish Highlands, only worse; cold, naked, and ignoble, scant of wood, scant of heather, scant of life." This naturally raises the question of why Stevenson would want to make such a trip, to which he replies, "For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake." But his account of this trip is fascinating, and remains famous to this day. And few transient visitors have had such an effect on the place they visited: the route he took is known to this day as the Chemin de Stevenson! fr.wikipedia] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Old Pacific Capital (1880) [In 1879 Robert Louis Stevenson completed his trip across the United States and arrived in Monterey, which, as the title indicates, had been the capital of California between 1804 and 1846. Always prone to bad health, Stevenson was seriously ill on arrival, but did recover: fortunately for posterity, he was to live fourteen more years, and would eventually live at the other end of the Pacific, in Samoa. However, as always, Stevenson did not allow his health problems to get in the way of his writing, hence this pair of essays, both of them startlingly relevant today. The first part, "The Woods and the Pacific", is a vivid description of the region, including its forest fires: "These fires are one of the great dangers of California. I have seen from Monterey as many as three at the same time, by day a cloud of smoke, by night a red coal of conflagration in the distance. A little thing will start them, and, if the wind be favourable, they gallop over miles of country faster than a horse." The second part, "Mexicans, Americans, and Indians", is a demographic study of the city, its cosmopolitan nature, and the discreet but obvious persistence of Spanish culture and language. In short, the California we know today already existed in 1880!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
New Arabian Nights (1882) Wikipedia [Stevenson's first collection of stories, with a 1905 preface by Stevenson's widow, Frances ("Fanny") Van de Grift Stevenson (1840-1914) Wikipedia. The book contains two sets of stories, the very famous and often adapted The Suicide Club Wikipedia and The Rajah's Diamond Wikipedia. All of the stories first appeared in a magazine called The London, which Fanny Stevenson described as "foredoomed to failure", since it was underfinanced. And indeed it only lasted from 1875 to 1879. But they were five glorious years! Stevenson's cousin, the art critic Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson (1847-1900) Wikipedia, contributed to the stories in two ways. First, many of them originated from prolonged speculative discussions between the cousins. Second, "Whenever my husband wished to depict a romantic, erratic, engaging character, he delved into the rich mine of his cousin's personality. Robert Alan served, not only for the young man with the cream tarts [at the start of The Suicide Club], but as Paul Somerset in The Dynamiter and appeared in certain phases of Prince Otto [Stevenson's 1885 novel]." The stories are full of action, and take place in a Victorian universe not so very different from that of Sherlock Holmes: hardly a coincidence, since Stevenson and Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes' creator, were fellow Scotsmen who knew each other, and who both attended the University of Edinburgh!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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Treasure Island (1883) Wikipedia [Unquestionably the most influential of Stevenson's works: to this day it continues to shape popular culture. It is written with marvellous grace and skill, and as to the plot, the action never stops! The period is the eighteenth century and the narrator is Jim Hawkins, whose father runs the Admiral Benbow inn, located some distance west of Bristol in an isolated area. This isolation seems to delight "the brown old seaman with the sabre cut" who happens across the inn and becomes a long-term guest. But he is not entirely at ease even in this idyllic location, far removed from society: he pays Jim a silver fourpenny each month if he keeps his "weather-eye open for a seafaring man with one leg". Clearly their guest has a past, as becomes abundantly clear as the novel moves forward. Yes, there is definitely a treasure, and an island as well. The rest we leave to you to discover!] The University of Adelaide ebook includes a fine set of illustrations from 1915 by the Anglo-American artist Louis Rhead (1857-1926) Wikipedia.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Silverado Squatters (1883) Wikipedia [When Robert Louis Stevenson arrived in California, his health, always precarious, was in crisis. However, with the help of his wife Fanny (they had recently married) he recovered some degree of health, and resolved to explore the region north of the Bay Area. He visited the Napa Valley, where vineyards had recently been planted, and then a mining town called Silverado, where silver mining had been abandoned, and its settlements left to decay. "There is something singularly enticing," wrote Stevenson, "in the idea of going, rent-free, into a ready-made house." And so he and Fanny became squatters. Of course things weren't that simple, as Stevenson soon discovered: there was, for example, the question of getting food. His experiences were certainly excellent material for a book, this book in fact: a unique record of the early history of modern California.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
More New Arabian Nights -- The Dynamiter (1885) Wikipedia [Stevenson's second collection of stories, written in collaboration with his wife, the American writer Frances ("Fanny") Van de Grift Stevenson (1840-1914) Wikipedia. The stories in the book are interconnected with each other and with the stories in the earlier volume.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) Wikipedia [Novel (the title as given by Stevenson does indeed omit "The", although it shows up in many later editions, including the Adelaide ebook), written as a straight narrative, but then rewritten after discussions with his wife Fanny, all of this at great speed, especially considering that Stevenson was sick in bed at the time. As to the novel, "Jekyll and Hyde" has long since entered the English language as a phrase meaning the quite different good and evil aspects that can be observed in a single person in when social situations change. The University of Adelaide ebook that we present includes the 1904 illustrations by the American illustrator and filmmaker Charles Raymond Macauley (1871-1934) Wikipedia] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Kidnapped (1886) Wikipedia [Historical novel, loosely based on real events, set in Scotland in the aftermatch of Bonnie Prince Charlie's unsuccessful attempt in 1745 to restore the Stuart monarchy. Perhaps the best summary is that provided by Stevenson himself in his full title for the book: "Kidnapped. Being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751. How he was kidnapped and cast away; his sufferings in a desert isle; his journey in the wild Highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so called." If Treasure Island is Stevenson's most popular adventure novel, surely Kidnapped is a very close second. The University of Adelaide EPUB we offer includes the 1905 preface by Stevenson's widow, Frances ("Fanny") Van de Grift Stevenson (1840-1914) Wikipedia, explaining how the novel came to be written, and the interest it aroused ("For several years my husband received letters of expostulation or commendation from members of the Campbell and Stewart clans.")]
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A Lowden Sabbath Morn (1887 [text], 1909 [illustrations]) [Poem, illustrated by Alexander Stuart Boyd (1854-1930) [Scottish artist] with black and white drawings and a colour frontispiece. The poem was first published as part of Stevenson's 1887 poetry collection Underwoods Wikipedia. The poem is written in Scots Wikipedia Dictionary of the Scots Language.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #770]
Across the Plains (1892) [Robert Louis Stevenson's account of his journey in 1879 from New York City to San Francisco, written at the time of his journey, but not published until 1892 along with other "memories and essays". And what a vivid account it is! Stevenson certainly had an eye for detail, and was a careful observer of how social groups interact. He is particularly acute in discussing white Americans' attitudes towards Chinese-Americans and indigenous Americans "over whose own hereditary continent we had been steaming all these days." What better travel companion could a reader ask for?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Ebb-Tide (1894) Wikipedia [Stevenson's final complete novel, written in collaboration with his American stepson Lloyd Osbourne (1868-1947) Wikipedia, who at the time was living in Samoa with his mother and stepfather. The novel is very far from being an idyllic portrayal of life in the South Seas, as can be seen from its opening sentence: "Throughout the island world of the Pacific, scattered men of many European races and from almost every grade of society carry activity and disseminate disease." (As you might guess, Stevenson was vehemently opposed to the annexation of the Pacific islands, Samoa in particular, by the colonial powers.) If the occasion demanded Stevenson could write for children, and write very well. But he was definitely an author for adults, and a very great one: his reputation has never faded.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
In the South Seas (1896) [Travel memoirs, posthumously published, "being an account of experiences and observations in the Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the course of two cruises on the yacht "Casco" (1888) and the schooner "Equator" (1889)". These two voyages led to a third, with Stevenson eventually moving to Samoa, where he stayed for the rest of his life. Clearly he had liked what he saw during the first two voyages! The Marquesas Islands are a very remote part of French Polynesia, about 1400 kilometres northeast of Tahiti; the Tuamotu Archipelago, as it is now called, is a huge archipelago in French Polynesia, northeast of Tahiti. The Gilbert Islands today form part of the independent republic of Kiribati (a name derived from "Gilbert"), situated at the midpoint between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii. Stevenson's arrival in the Gilberts was no mere visit by an outsider, but a historical event of considerable importance: the ninetieth anniversary of his arrival was chosen as the day when Kiribati formally came into being as an independent republic! So these memoirs are not only fine writing, but an important historical source. Entertainment plus instruction equals ideal recreational reading -- enjoy!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Stilson, Charles B. [Charles Billings] (1880-1932) [American science fiction author] The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Polaris of the Snows (1915-16) [Science fiction novella. Our hero Polaris has spent his entire life in Antarctica, is now twenty-four years of age, and has remarkable strength. He knows little of the world, but this will change: obeying the final words of his dying father, Polaris is heading north!]
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Minos of Sardanes (1949 version) [The second of the three Polaris Janess science fiction novellas. A group of ancient Greeks have found a refuge in a hidden valley in Antarctica, the valley being kept warm and green by the surrounding volcanoes. ("Sardanes, the mystical volcanic valley, set like an emerald in the white fastnesses of the Antarctic, blooming with tropical verdure, and peopled with a fragment of the ancient Greek nation, the Hellenes, whose victories Bard Homer sang.") Then things become difficult: the volcanoes start going extinct, and the valley starts freezing. Clearly the situation calls for Polaris, that famous son of the Antarctic! (We use the November 1949 version, the first appearance of the novella as a single complete unit. The August 1916 original version was a three-part serialization in All-Story Weekly.)]
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Stitch, Wilhelmina [Collie, Ruth] (ca. 1888-1936) [British poet]

The Fragrant Minute for Every Day [Daily Graphic—Series No. 1] (1925) [Meditations] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Stockton, Frank Richard (1834-1902) [American author] Wikipedia

The Associate Hermits (1898) [Novel: illustrations by A. B. Frost (1851-1928) Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons]
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You will find other titles by Frank R. Stockton at Project Gutenberg's US site.

Stoker, Bram [Abraham] (1847-1912) [Irish novelist and theatre manager] Wikipedia

Dracula (1897) Wikipedia [The famous Gothic novel, many times adapted to film. Jonathan Harker, an English lawyer, is visiting no ordinary client: Count Dracula, who lives in a castle in the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe. As he nears his destination, people start acting very strangely when they learn who Harker is on his way to visit. It's not giving much away to report that once he is there, vampires enter the picture and don't leave, even when the action shifts to England. Parts of the novel are in not very standard English, which some may find difficult reading. But who are we to disagree with the warm reception the novel received on publication (from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle among others), and its enduring popularity?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Strachey, Lytton [Giles Lytton] (1880-1932) [English critic and author] Wikipedia

Queen Victoria (1921) [Strachey's celebrated biography of the monarch, beautifully illustrated with contemporary paintings and photographs] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #837]
Elizabeth and Essex. A Tragic History. (1928) [A history of the stormy political and personal relationship between Elizabeth I Wikipedia and the Earl of Essex Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #778]
Portraits in Miniature and Other Essays (1931) [Eighteen biographical essays about various literary and historical figures of England, France, and Scotland, some very famous, others less so. The essays are written in the same sparkling style as Strachey's celebrated longer biographies.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #988]

Strang, Herbert [Ely, George Herbert (1866-1958), and L'Estrange, Charles James (1867-1947)] [English editors and authors of novels for teenagers] Wikipedia SFE

Honour First. A Tale of the 'Forty-five. (1923) [Historical novel for teenagers about the adventures of a young man just before and during the Battle of Culloden of 1746 Wikipedia, the culminating event of the Jacobite Rising Wikipedia, during which Bonnie Prince Charlie Wikipedia landed in Scotland with the help of the French, invaded England, and tried to take the British Crown.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1091]

Street, Cecil (1884-1964) [English military officer and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

Novel published under the name of John Rhode :

The Murders in Praed Street (1928) [Here at PGC we had been looking forward to 2027, when Agatha Christie's works were slated to enter Canada's public domain. But Justin Trudeau followed orders from a foreign autocrat named D*nald Tr*mp, and against the will of Canadians added twenty years to Canada's copyright terms: unacceptable coercion by a foreign despot, unacceptable weakness in a Canadian prime minister, and a complete failure to defend the citizens of Canada against foreign threats. Remember this in next year's election!

However, Dame Agatha was but one of many fine writers of her period, and we are delighted to present our first novel by her contemporary Cecil Street: both of them lived for many years and wrote a huge number of mystery novels. Praed Street is located in central London. It is less than a kilometre in length, but is famous as the location of Paddington Station. The novel is the fourth to feature Street's famous detective, Dr Lancelot Priestley, who appears in no fewer than seventy-two of his novels. The title indicates what you can expect in the novel, but only by reading it can you experience the marvelous quality of Street's truly addictive writing. Go ahead, take the plunge!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72926]

Strickland, Agnes (1796-1874) [English historian and children's writer] Wikipedia NNDB

Stories from History (1878 or earlier) [Stories from history, for children, with 24 anonymous engravings] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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Strickland, Samuel (1804-1867) [Canadian memoirist] Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West. The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) (1853) [Memoir] Text

Strunk, William [Jr.] (1869-1946) [American literary critic and grammarian] Wikipedia

The Elements of Style (1920) Wikipedia [Strunk was teaching at Cornell when he wrote this manual for his undergraduate students: it gives a set of rules to assist them in clear and grammatical writing. These rules deal with such matters as punctuation and sentence structure, and taken as a whole are an amazingly useful and coherent set of suggestions for writers. As revised by one of Strunk's students at Cornell, E. B. White (1899-1985), a writer at the New Yorker famous for such children's books as Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web, it became very popular, and has often been reprinted and updated. But the original version which we present has much to be said for it: it is concise, and Strunk's personal voice is unmistakable.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #37134]

Stuart-Wortley, Rothesay (1892-1926) [English aviator] Wikipedia
with: Bishop, William Avery ["Billy"] (1894-1956) [Canadian aviator] Wikipedia

The Flying Squad (1927) [Novel. Two students at Upper Canada College Wikipedia in Toronto discover that their Greek instructor was a pilot during the Great War: he offers to teach them to fly. During the training, a pilot friend of their instructor stumbles into a criminal gang while he's out flying...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #914]

Suckow, Ruth (1892-1960) [American author] Wikipedia Ruth Suckow Memorial Association ruthsuckow.info University of Iowa

Country People (1924) [Novel about daily life in rural Iowa: Suckow's first novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #918]

Sugimoto, Etsu Inagaki (1872/73-1950) [Japanese critic, journalist, and university instructor] Wikipedia

A Daughter of the Samurai (1925) [It's hard to come up with a better summary than what's on the title page: "How a daughter of feudal Japan, living hundreds of years in one generation, became a modern American". She did eventually return to Japan for a time, but while in the United States taught Japanese language and history at Columbia University. Who better to give us this vivid portrait of Japan's epoch-making transition from feudalism to modernity? Includes an introduction by Project Gutenberg Canada author Christopher Morley (1890-1957) and a frontispiece by the photographer Ichiro Hori (1879-1969) -- celebrated in New York during his time there -- as well as a fine illustration by Tekisui Ishii (1882-1945).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #70766]

Sullivan, Alan (1868-1947) [Canadian journalist, poet, and novelist] Wikipedia

Under the Northern Lights (1926) [Novel] Text Text zipped
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Sulte, Benjamin (1841-1923) [Historien canadien] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

L'expédition militaire de Manitoba 1870 (1871) [Histoire de l'expédition de Wolseley Dictionnaire biographique du Canada fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
Le Canada en Europe (1873) [Monographie] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
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Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro (1870-1966) [Japanese writer on Buddhism] Wikipedia

Essays in Zen Buddhism (First Series) (1927) ["Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom. By making us drink right from the fountain of life, it liberates us from all the yokes under which we finite beings are usually suffering in this world." Suzuki was a famous academic, but his opening words make clear that these essays, demanding at times, are nonetheless directed to a general audience. Suzuki's first language was Japanese, but he writes a beautifully lucid English prose.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71157]

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Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941) [Bengali novelist, poet, and painter; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913] Wikipedia

Glimpses of Bengal. Selected from the letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore, 1885 to 1895. (1921) ["The letters translated in this book," writes our author, "span the most productive period of my literary life, when, owing to great good fortune, I was young and less known.... It so happened that selected extracts from a large number of such letters found their way back to me years after they had been written. It had been rightly conjectured that they would delight me by bringing to mind the memory of days when, under the shelter of obscurity, I enjoyed the greatest freedom my life has ever known." The letters were written from various cities in Bengal and also from the Tagore family's country house at Shelidah (Shilaidaha) Wikipedia, which is now a museum commemorating our author. The translation was done by "one who, among all those whom I know, was best fitted to carry it out", namely the author's nephew, the political activist, author, and entrepreneur Surendranath Tagore (1872-1940) Wikipedia] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #7951]

Taine, John [Bell, Eric Temple] (1883-1960) [American mathematician and science fiction author] Wikipedia

The Purple Sapphire (1924) [Adventure/science fiction novel, starting in England but moving to India and Central Asia. The daughter of a British general has been kidnapped. The search for her leads to the discovery of a lost super-civilization, somewhere north of Tibet. Naturally sapphires, large and valuable ones, come into the story!]
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The Greatest Adventure (1929) [Science fiction novel. A ship runs over a weird monster in Antarctic waters and finds that it's in the middle of a huge oil slick with hundreds of dead monsters. A wealthy American scientist finances a follow-up expedition, which encounters millions more of the monsters, live and underground. But when and how did these creatures arise?]
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The Iron Star (1930) Wikipedia [Novel. An expedition to Africa culminates in the discovery that "evolution" is not a one-way process.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1268]
Before the Dawn (1934) [Science fiction novel. Scientists invent a "televisor" device that can detect the imprint that light leaves on objects, similar to the audio imprints in the grooves of a phonograph record. The device can play back the light imprints, letting the viewers see what happened at the time, in either real time or greatly speeded up. The playback device smacks of the Star Trek holodeck Wikipedia, in that the scientists can walk around inside the played-back activity, but they can't hear what's going on. In any case they make some remarkable discoveries...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1270]
The Time Stream (1946 version) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, originally published in serial form in 1931-32. The story involves time exploration, not quite the same thing as time travel — you'll see what we mean when you read the novel! Dinosaurs show up and play a major role. An enduring classic!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1263]
Seeds of Life (1951 version) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel. Dr Andrew Crane is a researcher at the Erickson Foundation for Electrical Research in Seattle, aided by "his technical assistant, the stocky Neils Bork". Bork has a drinking problem, and is difficult to deal with, none of which prevents his mysterious physical and mental transformation into a new being, with new abilities and a new name: Miguel De Soto! The original version of the novel was published in the Fall 1931 Amazing Stories Quarterly; we use the text of the 1951 Galaxy Books edition.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1489]

Tardivel, Jules-Paul (1851-1905) [Journaliste canadien] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

L'anglicisme, voilà l'ennemi (1880) [Conférence] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip
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Tarkington, Booth [Newton Booth] (1869-1946) [American novelist] Wikipedia Thomas Mallon (The Atlantic, May 2004)

The Midlander (1923) [Novel about the American Midland, which today is called the Midwest. Tarkington was from Indianapolis, and knew what he was talking about! His cast is a balanced one: four young adults and, most memorably, grandmother Savage, still vigorous and indeed fearsome in her nineties. Tarkington takes a dim view of the industrialization of the Midwest, particularly the impact of the automobile.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1579]
Claire Ambler (1928) [Novel. We are in the nineteen twenties: Claire Ambler is a "flapper" Wikipedia, breaking free of social conventions. Booth Tarkington uses three episodes to describe her evolution from her teens to her mid twenties. "Here are flappers, flirts, and their train. Nobody knows them, male and female, better than Booth Tarkington. Nobody makes them more real on paper.... 'Claire Ambler' is fragile matter, almost too fragile to bear the weight of binding. But even so, it is the best possible light reading." (The Outlook, 25 January 1928)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1578]
The World Does Move (1928) [A first-hand account of the effect on the U.S. of the many facets of mass industrialization: electric lighting for example, skyscrapers, the airplane, and most particularly the automobile. He had personally witnessed these huge changes, but doesn't really praise them: instead, he foresees the risks they might pose to the environment and to daily life. In other words, this book from 1928 seems curiously of our time.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1600]
Presenting Lily Mars (1933) [Novel, telling the story of playwright Owen Gilbert and the aspiring actress Lily Mars, who are from the same town in the central United States. "No, this is decidedly not the Great Novel of the American Theatre; but it is an exceptionally shrewd side-glance at theatrical life, wherein the preposterous usually happens." (William Rose Benét, Saturday Review, 19 August 1933). The novel inspired the 1943 Judy Garland movie of the same name Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1623]
The Lorenzo Bunch (1936) [Novel. The Lorenzo is an apartment building, and the "Lorenzo bunch" lives on the top floor of that building. "The bunch preferred the top, feeling themselves there in more ways than one." This combination of isolation and close contact naturally encourages social intrigue. "As experience accumulates, the hand and eye grow surer, the ear more certain, and his handling of his medium more facile.... No one of our times has equalled Mr. Tarkington in the portrayal of contemporary life." (John W. Thomason, Jr., The American Mercury, August 1936)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1591]
Rumbin Galleries (1937) [Novel about a Manhattan art gallery. It's the middle of the Depression, and Howard Cattlet, just out of college, needs a job. He doesn't know much about art, but he has a nice appearance and an attractive low-key personality. Is this enough for a career in the art market?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1586]
The Fighting Littles (1941) [Novel. Ripley and Wilma Little have been happily married for some years: "There couldn't easily have been a jollier family when the children were little." But of course things are not so easy now that the Depression has arrived, though the Littles could hardly be called poor. And people do change...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1603]
The Heritage of Hatcher Ide (1941) [Novel, written after the onset of the Great Depression. What happens if you are from a wealthy family that is suddenly not so wealthy, you have just graduated from college and your previously brilliant prospects seem to be vanishing before your eyes? "Half a man, half adolescent, young Hatcher bungles his way through the plot to a hopeful if not a happy ending. It is a comedy of manners, a field which is Mr. Tarkington's favorite, all of it skillfully and much of it beautifully told.... and all this is done in a manner which is beyond the power of any other living novelist." (J. P. Marquand, Saturday Review, 1 March 1941)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1589]
Image of Josephine (1945) [Novel. The year is 1932; our heroine, Josephine Oaklin, is fourteen years of age, intelligent, sure of herself, and from a rich family. Clearly her early adulthood will be full of incident. Which as the novel proceeds turns out to be absolutely the case!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1611]
The Show Piece (1947) [Booth Tarkington's final novel, published posthumously and with a fine introduction by his widow, Susanah Tarkington (1871-1966). She explains that she had considered whether or not the novel should be published, and decided that it should: it was not quite complete, but Tarkington "had found occasion to dictate the synopsis of the ending as he saw it would be, and he had left a few dictated notes." The novel is about Irvie Pease, who is born into wealth, graduates from Princeton, and is at all times entirely centred on himself. Naturally this behaviour has an effect on those around him.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1593]

Tawney, R. H. [Richard Henry] (1880-1962) [English economist, historian, and social thinker] Wikipedia

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. A Historical Study. (1926) [Tawney's most celebrated work, originally delivered in 1922 as the Holland Memorial Lectures. Tawney was a staunch socialist and a staunch Anglican, and immensely learned, so was certainly an authority on this topic. And this is his most famous work. It is about the divorce that arose after the Renaissance between religious belief and economic action. This is a topic of great interest at Project Gutenberg Canada. What moral justification is there for the Tr*mp/Trudeau copyright extensions? None, really. Actually, what economic justification is there? Again, none really. But you won't hear any of this from "your" government, nor from any Canadian political party. Oh no, certainly not! For they seem interested only in serving rich and powerful corporations, mostly foreign, not the people of Canada!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71223]

Taylor, Fennings [John Fennings] (1817-1882) [Canadian civil servant, biographer, and constitutional authority] Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Thos. D'Arcy McGee: Sketch of his Life and Death (1868) [A short biography of the journalist and politician Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825-1868) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, published just after McGee's untimely death by assassination. Includes as its frontispiece a photograph of McGee by William Notman (1826-1891) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography McCord Museum.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #927]
Are Legislatures Parliaments? A Study and Review. (1879) [A surprisingly interesting examination of the extent of the powers of the legislatures of Canada prior to Confederation. At the time of writing, Taylor was Deputy Clerk of the Senate of Canada.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #559]

Tey, Josephine [Elizabeth MacKintosh] (1896-1952) [Scottish novelist and playwright] Wikipedia

The Man in the Queue (1929) [Josephine Tey's first mystery novel, in which she introduced her famous detective, Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard. The queue of the title is a theatre queue in London's West End: as it turns out, a dangerous place to be. "This exceptionally good detective story is worked out carefully enough so that even the Scotland Yard inspector who takes charge of the case strikes the reader as a human being, something rare enough among the Scotland Yarders of fiction... It is recommended to all detective story addicts" (Saturday Review, 12 October 1929). We now offer two editions of the novel: our original ebook, and also the elegant EPUB from the University of Adelaide.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1452]
A Shilling for Candles (1936) Wikipedia [Mystery novel, a famous one, featuring Inspector Alan Grant. The life of a film actress can be glamorous -- and short! We now offer two editions of the novel: our original ebook, and also the elegant EPUB from the University of Adelaide.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1310]
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The Franchise Affair (1948) Wikipedia [As this mystery novel opens, we meet Robert Blair, a solicitor in the quiet market town of Milford. But it's not completely quiet -- not when Marion Sharpe and her mother, the eminently respectable residents of The Franchise, "the house out on the Larborough road", find themselves accused of kidnapping! Which is why the Sharpes are consulting Robert Blair. As the plot develops, others show up -- including Inspector Alan Grant!] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #88]
Brat Farrar (1949) Wikipedia [Mystery novel. Latchetts is an estate in southern England, near the Channel. It is not the grandest of estates (there is no butler), but the Ashby family has owned it for centuries, and it is solvent, although expensive to run. But there's some money to be inherited, as well as the estate itself, and a new claimant shows up, the mysterious Brat Farrar. The novel involves intrigue, and indeed murder, or rather murders!] EPUB [University of Adelaide] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #112]
To Love and Be Wise (1950) [Mystery novel, featuring Inspector Alan Grant. It is part of human nature to be at least initially suspicious of those from distant places. So it is hardly surprising that the celebrity photographer Leslie Searle is received coolly in the small English village of Salcott St Mary upon his arrival from Hollywood. Still, murder seems an overreaction, if it was a murder. It's a good thing that Inspector Grant is there to help out!] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #120]
The Daughter of Time (1951) Wikipedia [Historical research in the form of a novel: perhaps the most famous of Tey's celebrated mystery novels. Inspector Grant has broken his leg and is in hospital. And from his hospital bed he conducts an investigation of a case from history: the case of Richard III Wikipedia. Did that king actually commit the crimes he was accused of?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1129]
The Singing Sands (1952) [Josephine Tey's final mystery novel. As the book opens, Inspector Alan Grant's train is arriving in Glasgow from London: he is suffering from overwork, and his doctor has recommended that he take a break. But after the train has arrived, one of Grant's fellow passengers is found dead. So much for Inspector Grant's vacation! "The author's swan song, but she'll be read for a long, long time," commented "Sergeant Cuff" (John T. Winterich) in the Saturday Review, 13 June 1953. And indeed she is widely read to this day -- for here we are discussing her!] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #291]

Works written by Elizabeth MacKintosh using the pen name Gordon Daviot:

Kif: An Unvarnished History (1929) [This early work is not a mystery novel! It is the story of how our very young Scottish hero joins the army in 1914, and of the events that follow.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #716]
Richard of Bordeaux. A Play in Two Acts. (1933) Wikipedia [Play about Richard II (1367-1400) Wikipedia and his Queen, Anne of Bohemia (1366-1394) Wikipedia. A smash hit in the West End, it starred John Gielgud Wikipedia in one of his most famous roles, and Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #546]

You might also enjoy this contemporary review by Robert Benchley (1889-1945) Wikipedia National Review Online (S. T. Karnick)] of the 1934 New York production: HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #558]

The Privateer (1952) [Historical novel about Sir Henry Morgan Wikipedia. In an Author's Note, our novelist gives high praise to Canadian historian E. A. Cruikshank's 1935 biography of Henry Morgan. This excellent work is available for download from Project Gutenberg Canada!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863) [English novelist, journalist, and illustrator] Wikipedia

Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. (1848) Wikipedia [Thackeray's most celebrated novel, a true panorama of English society in the early nineteenth century. In the novel's prologue we find ourselves in a travelling fair ("Vanity Fair") at which Thackeray has been presenting his Show; he acknowledges "the kindness with which it has been received in all the principal towns of England through which the Show has passed". (The novel had been published as a serial, and would have been read throughout England.) The Fair represents life as it is actually lived, and is "not a moral place certainly; nor a merry one, though very noisy." And the Show is Thackeray's "novel without a hero". It is not a comedy: Thackeray commenting on his own role as stage manager comments that "a feeling of profound melancholy comes over him in his survey of the bustling place." But this should not deter you from reading the novel! It has infinite energy, sparkling narrative, and unforgettable characters. And within its pages people do what people do: plot for their own advantage, with little thought of others except insofar as it serves their own interests. Perhaps it should be mandatory reading in our high schools, since the novel certainly prepares its readers for the world around them, where few people can be relied on. Certainly not our politicians, as was shown in 2020 by the "new NAFTA" (yes, we're talking about the copyright extensions, but much more) and by the shocking history of the COVID pandemic, where the vast gulf between the rich and the poor became even clearer than before. As the novel's main narrative begins, Becky Sharp is graduating from Miss Pinkerton's academy for young ladies. She is much poorer than her classmates, and is well aware that she will have to rely on her own wits through the years to come: there will be no one to help her. Fortunately she is talented, motivated, and ruthless. And things proceed from there! The Adelaide EPUB we are presenting to you contains the fine illustrations created for the novel by Thackeray himself -- classics in their own right!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

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La foire aux vanités, Tome I (1884) Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #19112]
La foire aux vanités, Tome II (1884) Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #20864]
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Thirkell, Angela (1890-1961) [English novelist] Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography Angela Thirkell Society Angela Thirkell Society of North America

August Folly (1936) [Novel, set in Anthony Trollope's imaginary county of Barsetshire Wikipedia, but in modern times, i.e. the thirties. The village of Worsted is planning to mount a production of Euripides' play Hippolytus Wikipedia. Drama onstage; offstage, some drama but in general comedy, as we expect in Angela Thirkell's agreeable and marvellously crafted novels.]
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Miss Bunting (1945) [Novel. Miss Bunting is "an elderly ex-governess of high reputation", who agrees to assist Lady Fielding's teenage daughter Anne in her daily life and her studies — all this in the chaotic conditions of England in wartime. Like most of Thirkell's works, the novel is set in Anthony Trollope's imaginary county of Barsetshire Wikipedia.]
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Thomas, Dylan [Dylan Marlais] (1914-1953) [Welsh poet, writer of stories, and playwright] Wikipedia BBC Wales

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (1940) Wikipedia [Ten vividly written stories, based on Thomas's childhood and early youth in Swansea. If you liked A Child's Christmas in Wales, we think you'll also like these famous stories.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1587]
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Thompson, Edward John (1886-1946) [English playwright, novelist, translator, and political activist] The Open University jrank.org

Atonement. A play of modern India, in four acts. (1924) [Play set in India towards the end of the British Raj Wikipedia, presenting the issues of the day from the different perspectives of the various characters] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #866]

Thompson, Flora [Flora Jane] (1876-1947) [English novelist] Wikipedia John Owen Smith Winton Community Forum The Twickenham Museum Friends of Flora Thompson

Lark Rise (1939 [novel] 1945 [introduction]) [Novel: the first part of the trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford. Includes the 1945 introduction by H. J. Massingham (1888-1952) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Over to Candleford (1941) [Novel: the second part of the trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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The Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy in a single ebook:

Lark Rise to Candleford (1945) [Trilogy consisting of the novels Lark Rise (1939), Over to Candleford (1941), and Candleford Green (1943), with the 1945 introduction to the trilogy by H. J. Massingham (1888-1952) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Still Glides the Stream (1948) [Novel, set in Oxfordshire] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Thompson, Samuel (1810-1886) [Canadian journalist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the Last Fifty Years. An Autobiography. (1884) [Memoir of someone well placed to describe Canada's history in the mid-nineteenth century. Thompson arrived in Canada from England in 1833 at the age of thirteen, and settled in Toronto four years later, just in time for the Rebellion of 1837. He then had a long and varied career as a newspaper editor.]
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Thorpe, James (1876-1949) [English cartoonist]

Phil May (1948) [Monograph, with many drawings by Phil May (1864-1903)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

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Thurber, James (1894-1961) [American journalist, essayist, and cartoonist] Wikipedia

My Life and Hard Times (1933) Wikipedia [Thurber's famous account of his early years in Columbus, Ohio: rich in satire. Illustrated with cartoons by Thurber himself.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1121]
Further Fables for Our Time (1956) [Short, instructive, and very entertaining modern fables, with many cartoons drawn by the author in his unique style] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1055]

Thynne, Molly [Mary Harriet] (1881-1950) [English author]

The Draycott Murder Mystery (1928) [Thanks to Canada's gutless parliamentarians, it seems we're stuck with Trump's copyright extensions for some years to come. That's our property, dude, hand those books over *now*! While we're waiting for them to be released from copyright prison and returned to Canadians by the White House felon, there are excellent earlier titles we can offer you, such as The Draycott Murder Mystery, Molly Thynne's first mystery novel. She was born in Kensington (very grand) and spent much of her life in Devon (very beautiful). "The wind swept down the crooked main street of the little village of Keys with a shriek that made those fortunate inhabitants who had nothing to tempt them from their warm firesides draw their chairs closer and speculate as to the number of trees that would be found blown down on the morrow." The novel literally begins on a dark and stormy night! There is a murder, of course, also Police Constable George Gunnet, and, most notably, Allen "Hatter" Fayre: educated at Oxford, an expatriate in India for many years, but now back in England. Can Hatter by any chance help clear things up?] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75222]

Tieck, Johann Ludwig (1773-1853) [German novelist and poet / romancier et poète allemand] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

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Der Sturm [The Tempest (La Tempête)] Ein Schauspiel von Shakspear, für das Theater bearbeitet. (1796) [Translation by Tieck, with a preface, of Shakespeare's play (ca. 1610) Wikipedia / traduction par Tieck, avec une préface, de la pièce de théâtre de Shakespeare (vers 1610) fr.wikipedia]
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You will find a digital edition of the celebrated 1863 Cambridge Shakespeare edition of The Tempest at Project Gutenberg's US site.

Projet Gutenberg US vous offre une belle édition numérique de la célèbre traduction de La Tempête par François Guizot (1787-1874) fr.wikipedia.

Tolstoy, Lev (Leo / Léon) Nikolayevich (1828-1910) [Russian novelist and social critic / romancier et philosophe russe] Wikipedia fr.wikipedia

Childhood (1852 [original novel]; 1912 [this translation]) Wikipedia [Tolstoy's first novel, translated by Charles James Hogarth (1869-1945) Wikipedia. A wondrously evocative description of early childhood, clearly based on Tolstoy's own memories. As it starts, the tutor Karl Ivanitch is waking his charge, the youngest of the family, "just three days after my tenth birthday, when I had been given such wonderful presents". Perhaps you are already captivated, and simply must continue reading!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Boyhood (1854 [original novel]; 1912 [this translation]) Wikipedia [Tolstoy's second novel, translated by Charles James Hogarth (1869-1945) . It is a sequel to Childhood, and has the same narrator, who is now naturally somewhat older. As the novel starts he is starting the long trip to Moscow from the village of Petrovskoe, where his mother has just died: he discovers that her passing has affected the lives of many people, in particular his own. Still, he is very young, and most of his life lies ahead. In the course of the novel he learns much about his family, about himself, and about his beloved tutor Karl Ivanitch, who played such an important role in the earlier novel.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Youth (1857 [original novel]; 1912 [this translation]) Wikipedia [The third and final novel in Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, translated by Charles James Hogarth (1869-1945). As the novel opens, our hero and narrator, Nicola Irtenieff, is sixteen years of age, about to take his university entrance exams (which he duly passes), and is experiencing the pleasures and trials of his increased personal autonomy, as he meets and sometimes becomes close friends with people outside his immediate family circle. The novel takes him to the end of his time at university and to the threshold of manhood.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Cossacks (1863 [original novel]; 1916 [this translation]) Wikipedia [The Russian Empire's nineteenth-century acquisition of vast territories to the north and the east of the Black Sea had consequences which extend to the present day. And so this early and excellent novella by Tolstoy often seems quite contemporary: to start with, not just Cossacks but also the Chechens play a prominent role! The main character, Dmitri Andreich Olenin, clearly based on the author himself, is a rich young man "who had squandered half his fortune and had reached the age of twenty-four without having done anything or even chosen a career." He joins the army, and takes part in the Caucasian War. Olenin is greatly changed by his military experience, and by living among the Cossacks (the Chechens' adversaries), whose way of life he largely adopts, although there are limits to how much of a Cossack he can become. Still, he's quite a different man by the time the novel ends. The translation we offer is by Aylmer and Louise Maude (1858-1938; 1855-1939) Wikipedia, long-term residents of Moscow, where Louise was actually born: they were friends of Tolstoy and were his preferred English translators!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Two Wars (1898) [Here at Project Gutenberg Canada we are planning to continue our publication of works by Tolstoy and other classic Russian authors. But this does not mean that we in any way condone the war against Ukraine. Tolstoy would certainly condemn it, just as in this article he condemned the recently concluded Spanish-American War, and the Russian persecution of the Doukhobors. In fact, he helped many Doukhobors escape to Canada! Our translation is by the Massachusetts-born translator and critic Nathan Haskell Dole (1852-1935) Wikipedia] EPUB (interim version) [Wikisource]
"Bethink Yourselves!" (1904) [When in 1904 the Russo-Japanese War broke out, causing tens of thousands to die, Leo Tolstoy, a fervent pacifist, was furious: hence this passionate denunciation of war. "Again war," he begins. "Again sufferings, necessary to nobody, utterly uncalled for; again fraud; again the universal stupefaction and brutalization of men." Those reading it will naturally ask whether Tolstoy would have said the same things about the Russo-Ukrainian war which started in 2022 -- a very easy question to answer! This translation by Vladimir Chertkov (1854-1936) Wikipedia, and "I. F. M." was first published in The Times (London).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #27189]

Töpffer, Rodolphe (1799-1846) [Pédagogue et politicien suisse; inventeur de la bande dessinée] fr.wikipedia

Histoire de Mr. Jabot (1833) fr.wikipedia [Album illustré satirique: «l'histoire véritable de Monsieur Jabot, et comme quoi, rien que par ses manières comme il faut et sa bonne tenue, il sut réussir dans le monde.»] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip [PG Canada n^o 1035]
Les amours de Mr. Vieux Bois (1837) [Album illustré, créé en 1827, dix ans avant sa parution: la première bande dessinée. «Ci-derrière commence l'histoire véritable des amours de Mr. Vieux Bois, et comme quoi, après bien des vicissitudes, il épousa l'objet aimé.»] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip [PG Canada n^o 1050]
Mr. Crépin [Histoire de Mr. Crépin] (1837) [Album illustré. «L'histoire véritable de Monsieur Crépin, et comme quoi il n'éleva pas ses onze fils sans bien des vicissitudes provenant de la supériorité des méthodes de la tâterie phrénologique, et des engouemens de Madame son épouse.»] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip [PG Canada n^o 964]
Histoire de Mr. de Vertpré et de sa ménagère aussi (1840) [Album illustré sur les difficultés qu'un «Monsieur de la grande ville» retraité éprouve à s'adapter aux douceurs de la vie pastorale] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip [PG Canada n^o 1053]
Monsieur Pencil (1840) fr.wikipedia [Album illustré. «Ci derrière commencent les Aventures de Monsieur et de Madame Jolibois, simples particuliers, combinées avec les faits et gestes du Docteur, et les choses merveilleuses relatives au Bourgeois et à Mr. Pencil. Le tout mêlé aux drôleries du temps présent...»] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip [PG Canada n^o 1062]
Le Docteur Festus [Voyages et aventures du Docteur Festus] (1840) fr.wikipedia [Album illustré. «Étant entré un soir dans son écurie le Docteur Festus y trouve un fort joli petit mulet. Ayant attendu quatre ans, pour laisser grandir le mulet, le Docteur Festus part pour son grand voyage d'instruction...». À NOTER: La bande 18 manque dans notre document source, et par conséquent dans cette édition numérique.] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip [PG Canada n^o 1031]
Essai de Physiognomonie (1845) [Essai, avec plusieurs illustrations. «L'on peut écrire des histoires», dit notre auteur, «avec des successions de scènes représentées graphiquement: c'est de la littérature en estampes ... elle admet avec la richesse des détails, une extrême concision relative.»] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip [PG Canada n^o 957]
Histoire d'Albert (1845) [Album illustré satirique: «Ci-contre, et rien qu'à tourner les pages, l'on verra figurée au naturel toute l'histoire d'Albert, et comme quoi, n'étant bon à rien, il finit par trouver sa vocation.»] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip [PG Canada n^o 1037]
Histoire de M. Cryptogame (1846) [Album illustré. «Ci-derrière commence l'histoire véritable de Mr. Cryptogame, et comme quoi ce ne fut pas sans bien des vicissitudes qu'après s'être marié dans le ventre de la baleine, il se garda de la bigamie, et devint le père de huit enfants d'un premier lit.»] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip [PG Canada n^o 982]

Toudouze, Gustave (1847-1904) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Le mystère de la chauve-souris (1900) [Roman] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip [PGC n^o 534]

Traill, Catharine Parr (1802-1899) [Canadian memoirist and novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Trent University Canadian Encyclopedia

Little Downy; or, The History of a Field-Mouse. (1822) [Children's book, with colour pictures by an anonymous illustrator] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Tell-Tale: An original collection of moral and amusing stories (1823) [Stories for children, with some anonymous illustrations] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Fables for the Nursery: Original and Select (1825) [Fables for children, with 19 anonymous illustrations] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Step-Brothers. A tale. (1828) [Novel for children] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Backwoods of Canada (1836) [Letters] Text
Canadian Crusoes (1852) [Novel] Text
Lady Mary and her Nurse: or, A Peep into the Canadian Forest (1856) [Novel] Text
Canadian Wild Flowers (1868) [Manual: illustrated in colour by Traill's niece Agnes Dunbar FitzGibbon, née Moodie (1833-1913)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Afar in the Forest; or, Pictures of life and scenery in the wilds of Canada (1869) [Stories for children, with illustrations by "P. Perrice", "Jackson", and other unsigned artists. A revised version of Lady Mary and her Nurse (1856), which was in turn based on a twelve-part serial "The Governor's Daughter or, Rambles in the Canadian Forest" published in the Montreal magazine Maple Leaf in 1853] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
In the Forest: or, Pictures of Life and Scenery in the Woods of Canada (1881) [Novel] Text
Lost in the Backwoods: A Tale of the Canadian Forest (1882) [Novel] Text
Pearls and Pebbles; or, Notes of an Old Naturalist. (1894) [Personal essays, with a biographical sketch of the author by Mary Agnes FitzGibbon (1851-1915)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Cot and Cradle Stories (1895) [Children's stories, edited by Mary Agnes FitzGibbon (1851-1915)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Studies of Plant Life in Canada: Wild Flowers, Flowering Shrubs, and Grasses (1906 "new and revised edition", edited by Traill's niece Agnes Dunbar Chamberlin, née Moodie [1833-1913]: original edition published in 1885) [Manual: illustrated and edited by Agnes Dunbar Chamberlin (1833-1913)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Train, Arthur Cheney (1875-1945) [American lawyer and novelist] Wikipedia

The Blind Goddess (1926 [novel]; 1941 [introduction]) [Novel, described by Train in his 1941 introduction as "certainly my most comprehensive novel depicting the inner workings of the criminal courts and district attorney's office. In fact I know of no other book that attempts to cover the whole panorama from arrest to conviction in the same way."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1095]
Old Man Tutt (1938) [Eleven stories featuring Arthur Train's famous creation Ephraim Tutt, a lawyer who is experienced, resourceful, and a champion of justice. What more could one ask for?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1096]

Treece, Henry [Henry William] (1911-1966) [English poet and historical novelist] Wikipedia

Legions of the Eagle (1954) [Historical novel. Julius Caesar had twice briefly landed in Britain, but these expeditions had no lasting consequences. In AD 43, however, the emperor Claudius invaded Britain Wikipedia (with maps); The Romans would be in Britain for the following three centuries. This novel tells the story of the invasion: skilful writing and memorable characters make this the most agreeable way imaginable of learning some important history.]
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The Last of the Vikings (1964) [Historical novel about the astounding life of Harald Hardrada Wikipedia, King of Norway 1046-1066, and much, much more.]
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Trevelyan, Janet Penrose (1879-1956) [English biographer and historian]

The Life of Mrs. Humphry Ward (1923) [Biography of the novelist, critic, and social activist Mrs. Humphry Ward Wikipedia Literary Heritage West Midlands Spartacus Educational by her daughter, with illustrations by Mrs. Ward herself, and by Ethel M. Arnold (1865-1930), Alexander Bassano (1829-1913), Bertha Jane Johnson (1846-1927) St Anne's College, Oxford, and Dorothy Mary Ward (1874-1964), sister of the biographer] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Trollope, Anthony (1815-1882) [English novelist and postal administrator] Wikipedia

Phineas Finn, the Irish Member (1867-68) Wikipedia [One of Trollope's most popular political novels. Phineas Finn, the son of Dr Malachi Finn of County Clare, somewhat against his father's wishes decides to study law in London rather than Dublin. In London he does not achieve academic greatness, but he does acquire a large number of influential friends, one of whom suggests that he might wish to seek election to Parliament. He chooses the Irish riding of Loughshane, "so small a place, that the expense would be very little. There were altogether no more than 307 registered electors. The inhabitants were so far removed from the world, and were so ignorant of the world's good things, that they knew nothing about bribery." He wins his seat, and his political career is launched. But life is not straightforward for a rural Irish member of an essentially English parliament in the metropolis of London.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #18000]

Turnbull, Margaret (d. 1942) [Scottish screenwriter, novelist, and playwright] Wikipedia

The Left Lady (1926) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Tyrrell, J. W. [James William] (1863-1945) [Canadian explorer] Wikipedia

Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada. A Journey of 3,200 miles by Canoe and Snowshoe through the Barren Lands. (1898) [The term "Barren Lands" or "Barren Grounds" Wikipedia is accurate enough as a name for Canada's harsh northern landscape between Great Slave Lake and Hudson's Bay. This vast region is very lightly populated. Naturally, little was know about the Barren Lands when in 1893 James William Tyrrell, in collaboration with his brother, the famous geologist Joseph Burr Tyrrell, undertook "an exploration survey through the great mysterious region of terra incognita commonly known as the Barren Lands, more than two hundred thousand square miles in extent, lying north of the 59th parallel of latitude, between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay." It was quite a trip, and resulted in quite a book, with photos, and with drawings by no less a figure than Arthur Heming (1870-1940) Wikipedia CAUTION: The book was written more than a century ago and reflects the beliefs that prevailed at the time. You may find certain language offensive.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75178]

Tyrrell, Joseph Burr (1858-1957) [Canadian geologist, explorer, palaeontologist, horticulturist, and historian] Wikipedia University of Toronto Libraries Canadian Mining Hall of Fame]

David Thompson, Canada's Greatest Geographer: An Appreciation (1922) [Short address about the explorer David Thompson (1770-1857) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography given by Tyrrell "in connection with the opening of the David Thompson Memorial Fort at Lake Windermere, B.C., August 30th, 1922."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

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Vautel, Clément [pseudonyme de Clément-Henri Vaulet] (1875 [ou 1876]-1954) [Journaliste français]

Voyage au pays des snobs (1928) [Roman] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip

Verga, Giovanni (1840-1922) [Italian novelist] Wikipedia Liber Liber (in Italian)
Lawrence, D. H. [David Herbert] (1885-1930) [English novelist] Wikipedia University of Nottingham

Little Novels of Sicily (1925 [Lawrence's translation]; 1883 [Verga's original]) [Novellas] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped HTML ['Novelle Rusticane' — Italian] (Liber Liber)

Verne, Jules (1828-1905) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Voyage au centre de la terre (1864 [édition originale] 1867 [édition augmentée]) [Roman: vignettes par Édouard Riou (1833-1900) fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip
Le pays des fourrures (1871-72) [Roman: l'action se situe dans le Grand-Nord canadien] Texte (PG US) PDF (Ebooks libres et gratuits)
Le tour de monde en quatre-vingts jours (1873) [Roman: dessins par Léon Benett (1839-1916) fr.wikipedia et Alphonse de Neuville (1836-1885) fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip

Viardot, Louis (1800-1883) [Journaliste et traducteur français] fr.wikipedia

Les musées de France - Paris (1855) [«Guide et memento de l'artiste et du voyageur»] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 Texte zip EPUB [PGC n^o 612]

Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel (1814-1879) [Architecte français] fr.wikipedia

Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle (1854-68) [Dictionnaire historique, avec plusieurs centaines d'illustrations]

Tome premier [Abaque - Aronde] HTML et Texte
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Voss, John Claus (1858-1922) [Canadian sailor] ABCBookWorld Wikipedia Maritime Museum of BC

The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss (1913) [Captain Voss's own account of his celebrated voyages in small boats across extremely perilous seas. Our ebook is based on the 1930 London edition, and includes some elements not found in the 1913 first edition.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #624]

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Wade, Henry [Aubrey-Fletcher, Henry] (1887-1969) [English soldier and mystery novelist] Wikipedia

The Duke of York's Steps (1929) [First, let's talk about the novel's title. The Duke of York Steps are in London, in a very grand location, where Regent Street joins The Mall, not far from Buckingham Palace. The three flights of steps lead up to the Duke of York Column, surmounted by a monumental statue of the Duke, second son of George III, and commander of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Now for the novel itself! It is about bankers and their social milieu. You would think they would all be happy, but not all of them are, for there is a murder! Yes, the Duke of York Steps play a part. As does Detective-Inspector John Poole, who was to figure in many of Wade's subsequent novels! Wade's popularity was fully justified, as you will discover as you read this beautifully crafted mystery.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #75318]

Wakeman, Henry Offley (1852-1899) [English historian]

The Ascendancy of France 1598-1715 (1897 edition) [First published in 1894, this military and political history of Europe in the seventeenth century was frequently reissued in the decades that followed, and deserved this success: it is thoroughly researched and makes for attractive reading. Its author was a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and taught at Keble College: in his relatively short life he achieved high eminence and lasting fame as a church historian. But as this book shows, he was no slouch when it came to political and military history!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71365]

Wallace, Edgar [Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar] (1875-1932) [English novelist, playwright, and screenplay writer] Wikipedia BFI screenonline

The Green Archer (1923) [Mystery novel, featuring an enigmatic bowman with an unusual wardrobe] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #838]
Educated Evans (1924) [Thirteen "episodes" set in the world of horse-racing, a world with which Wallace was personally familiar. They mark the first appearance in literature of Wallace's famous character Educated Evans, "The World's Premier Turf Prophet".] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1204]
A King by Night (1925) [Mystery novel, centering around the latest in a series of murders. The plot thickens until the last two chapters, when all is revealed.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #597]
The Strange Countess (1925) [Mystery novel. At its beginning, Lois Reddle learns that on the coming Monday she will start her employment as resident secretary to the Countess of Moron. Interesting events follow.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1159]
The Square Emerald (1926) [Mystery novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #595]
More Educated Evans (1926) [A series of tales about horse-racing or, more particularly, gambling on horse-racing, featuring Wallace's famous character Educated Evans. Humour rather than suspense: an unexpected and delightful side of Edgar Wallace!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1198]
Sanders [U.S. title: Mr. Commissioner Sanders] (1926) [Novel, one in a series of novels featuring Wallace's famous creation Mr. Commissioner Sanders, a colonial administrator in Africa.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1201]
Edgar Wallace. A Short Autobiography. (1926) [Original title: People. A Short Autobiography., but renamed for the 1929 edition. As you might guess, it is Edgar Wallace's autobiography. "He has told the tale in a breezy, straightaway fashion... It is really not long enough. One regrets that Mr. Wallace stopped having adventures in order to write of imaginary ones." (Saturday Review, 11 May 1929)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1265]
Good Evans! Being Further Adventures of Educated Evans. (1927) [Wallace's third and final book featuring Educated Evans, "The World's Chief Turf Adviser"] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1207]
Terror Keep (1927) [Mystery novel, with an element of romance. J. G. Reeder is a crime consultant working with Scotland Yard in the pursuit of John Flack, a brilliant arch-criminal, and his gang.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1019]
The Forger [U.S. title: The Clever One] (1927) [Mystery novel: a huge success when published, immediately translated into French and German, and adapted to the screen Wikipedia. The novel has had a lasting success: in 1961 a film was made of it in Germany de.wikipedia. The plot involves a marriage in which money has played a major part, and various crimes of finance and of violence. Fortunately Superintendant Bourke of Scotland Yard appears on the scene! "It is the best Wallace we have come across. It is very good." (Saturday Review, 20 October 1928.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1136]
Again the Ringer (1929) [Mystery novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Black (No later than 1930; generally assigned to 1929) [Mystery novel] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Clue of the Silver Key [U.S. title: The Silver Key] (1930) [Mystery novel, written with Wallace's typical vigour, and set in some glamorous social circles of Britain at the end of the twenties.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1158]
Circumstantial Evidence and Other Stories (1934) [Mystery stories: selected by an anonymous editor, perhaps Wallace] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour (1884-1941) [English novelist, playwright, and essayist] Wikipedia Peter Hitchens [Mail Online]

The Old Ladies (1924) [Novel. The story of an "an old rickety building on the rock above Seatown in Polchester" and its three elderly inhabitants, of similar age but with very different pasts.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1385]
Jeremy at Crale. His Friends, his Ambitions and his One Great Enemy. (1927) [The third and final novel in the Jeremy series, describing the experiences of the young Jeremy Cole at his school, Crale.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1022]
Wintersmoon. Passages in the Lives of Two Sisters, Janet and Rosalind Grandison. (1928) [The fourth and final novel in Walpole's series The Rising City, a portrait of England from 1900 to 1927. Wintersmoon requires no knowledge of the earlier novels: it has its own heroine, Janet Grandison, and begins with her marriage. Subsequent action is divided between London and the "country", as in "country house": Wintersmoon is actually the Wintersmoon estate.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1029]
Judith Paris. A Novel. (1931) [Historical novel, set in northern England towards the start of the nineteenth century. The second of the four novels forming the Herries series, describing the history of that family across the years. It can, however, according to Walpole, be read independently of the other books in the series.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1112]
The Inquisitor. A Novel. (1935) [Walpole's fourth and final novel about the cathedral city of Polchester, giving a panorama of the life of various citizens of that city. The author declared in his preface that he was "not afraid of melodrama."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1067]
The Blind Man's House. A Quiet Story. (1941) [Walpole's last novel, written with his customary polish. Julius Cromwell, a blind war veteran, returns to Garth House in Glebeshire, where he had spent his youth. But accompanying him is his new wife, who is fifteen years younger. This is a major event in the peaceful existence of the village of Garth...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1108]

Walsh, Maurice (1879-1964) [Irish novelist] Wikipedia

The Quiet Man (1933) [Short story, the basis for the 1952 film Wikipedia of the same name, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Shawn Kelvin had left Ireland at age twenty, but fifteen years later he returns to the land of his birth. As the story's title suggests, he is a quiet man, and a quiet life is what he is seeking. But his arrival back is not free of incident!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1249]

Walshe, Elizabeth Hely (1835?-1869) [Irish novelist]

Cedar Creek, from the Shanty to the Settlement. A Tale of Canadian Life. (ca. 1863) [Novel aboout a young Irishman's experiences after emigrating to Canada] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #454]

Ward, Mrs. Humphry [Mary Augusta] (1851-1920) [English novelist, critic, and social activist] Wikipedia Literary Heritage West Midlands Spartacus Educational

The Brontë Prefaces (1899-1900) [Essays on the novels Jane Eyre (1847) Wikipedia, Shirley (1849) Wikipedia, Villette (1853), Wikipedia The Professor (1857) Wikipedia, by Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) Wikipedia; Wuthering Heights (1847) Wikipedia by Emily Brontë (1818-1848) Wikipedia; and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Wikipedia by Anne Brontë (1820-1849) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Ward, Leslie (1851-1922) [English artist] Wikipedia

Forty Years of 'Spy' (1915) [The autobiography of the artist, who was especially famous for his drawings published under the name of 'Spy' in the London magazine Vanity Fair Wikipedia. Includes dozens of drawings and paintings by Ward, some in colour, in addition to portraits by George Richmond (1809-1896) Wikipedia, William Charles Ross (1794-1860) Wikipedia, A. G. Witherby (1856-1937), and a medal by Edoardo Rubino (1871-1954) it.wikipedia museoTorino.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #857]

Watson, Jean Logan (1835-1885) [Scottish author]

The Water-Cress Boy, or Johnnie Moreland (1882) [Inspirational novella: also includes a story Dick Cave, The Ragged-School Boy, and two anonymous drawings]
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Watson, Robert (1882-1948) [Canadian novelist and poet] ABCBookWorld

The Girl of O. K. Valley. A Romance of the Okanagan. (1919) [Novel, set in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, written while the author was working as an accountant at the Hudson's Bay Company store in Vernon!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #670]
Gordon of the Lost Lagoon. A Romance of the Pacific Coast. (1924) [A coming of age novel set in Vancouver (portrayed as a working seaport rather than an international tourist destination) and up the British Columbia coast. The lagoon of the title is not the one in Stanley Park!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #970]
CAUTION: Certain language in this ebook today would be considered grossly racist.

Watanna, Onoto [Reeve, Winnifred Eaton: née Eaton, Winnifred] (1875-1954) [Canadian novelist] The Winnifred Eaton Digital Archive Michigan State University University of Calgary Wikipedia University of Minnesota Ryerson University Glenbow Museum (photograph)
Bosse, Sara [née Eaton] (1868-1940) [Canadian author] Michigan State University

Chinese-Japanese Cook Book (1914) [Cookbook]
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Waugh, Evelyn [Arthur Evelyn St John] (1903-1966) [English novelist, biographer, artist, and travel writer] Wikipedia

Decline and Fall (1962 revised version of the 1928 original edition, with a new preface) Wikipedia [Waugh's first published novel, a comic masterpiece, acclaimed at the time of its publication and ever since. Paul Pennyfeather, a theology student at Oxford, finds himself unexpectedly launched on a new career as a schoolmaster. Our ebook is based on the 1962 edition, which included Waugh's fine illustrations and a new preface. It also restored certain passages which had been altered in the 1928 first edition.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1437]
Vile Bodies (1965 version of the 1930 original edition, with a new preface) Wikipedia [Waugh's second novel, a brilliant satire of life among London's young and fashionable, a worthy successor to Decline and Fall, and Waugh's first commercial success. It is not as uniformly lighthearted as the earlier book, which some may take as a sign of the novelist's maturing in the interim. In his 1965 preface, Waugh remarks on the change in tone part way through the novel, caused, he believed by a "sharp disturbance" in his life while it was being written: presumably his divorce in late 1929.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1590]
A Handful of Dust (1934) Wikipedia [Novel, satirical, but not purely satirical. Our hero, Anthony Last, is from a wealthy background and finds himself entangled in a difficult situation when his marriage breaks down. There ensues a variety of events: Anthony eventually finds himself in an isolated part of South America. The novel has a high reputation: "surely Mr. Waugh's best book, and one of the most distinguished novels of the century." (Frank Kermode, Encounter, November 1960)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1613]
Scoop (1964 version of the 1938 original edition, with a new preface) Wikipedia Ann Pasternak Slater, Guardian, 25 Oct 2003 [The classic satirical novel about a newspaper columnist named William Boot, who lives deep in the English countryside and writes nature columns for a London newspaper, the Daily Beast. Unexpectedly, he is sent to Africa as a war reporter. The novel draws on Waugh's own experience as a war correspondent: "I had no talent for this work", he writes in his 1964 preface, "but I joyfully studied the eccentricities and excesses of my colleagues.... the description of life among the journalists in Jacksonburg is very close to Addis Ababa in 1935."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1604]
Put Out More Flags (1967 version of the 1942 original edition, with a new preface) Wikipedia [Satirical novel, relatively short, set during the Phoney War of 1939-1940 Wikipedia, when Britain and Germany were formally at war, but in practice not a great deal was happening. This situation was an unlikely source of comic inspiration for Waugh, who made the novel a continuation of his satirical novels of the thirties, featuring some favourite characters in a new and unexpected set of circumstances.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1598]
Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. (1945 original version) Wikipedia [Waugh's most famous novel, telling the story of the relationship between Captain Charles Ryder, his fellow Oxford student Sebastian Flyte and Sebastian's family: wealthy, troubled, and devoutly Roman Catholic. The basis for the famous 1981 television adaptation in eleven episodes Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1594]
The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy. (1965 version of the 1948 original edition, with a new preface) Wikipedia [In 1947, Evelyn Waugh visited Hollywood to discuss a possible film version of his novel Brideshead Revisited. No film was forthcoming, but the visit was hardly a waste of Waugh's time. His visit to Forest Lawn Memorial Park Wikipedia led directly to his writing this satirical novella: "a little jewel of a yarn" (Ben Ray Redman, Saturday Review, 26 June 1948).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1438]
Men at Arms (1952) Wikipedia [Novel, winner of the 1952 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, based on Waugh's own wartime experiences: the first novel in the Sword of Honour trilogy Wikipedia. Guy Crouchback has spent years at a family property in Italy, but returns to England at the start of the Second World War. Joining the army turns out not to be so straightforward. but he eventually succeeds, and has various adventures, absurd and tragic by turn, in England and West Africa. CAUTION: Some situations and certain language would today be considered upsetting and unacceptably racist.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1645]
Officers and Gentlemen (1955) Wikipedia [War novel, second of the three novels in the Sword of Honour trilogy Wikipedia. Our hero, Guy Crouchback, trains as a commando, and is sent to the Eastern Mediterranean, where the situation is chaotic. "'Officers and Gentlemen' is deft and amusing, sober and appalling. And it offers, incidentally, one of the most graceful salutes of many seasons to the flexibility of the English language as an instrument of expression." (James Gray, Saturday Review, 9 July 1955)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1617]
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold (1957) Wikipedia [Novel, apparently inspired by Waugh's own experiences. Gilbert Pinfold is a successful novelist: "at the age of fifty, he had written a dozen books all of which were still bought and read." But Pinfold has his challenges, and his wife one day remarks, "Either you're drinking too much or doping too much, or both." All too accurately! As becomes clear when Pinfold goes on a long sea voyage and starts to have hallucinations.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1614]
Unconditional Surrender (1961) Wikipedia [The concluding novel (US title The End of the Battle) in Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy. Guy Crouchback now finds himself in Croatia at the culmination of the war. At this point, "he believes that the just cause of going to war has been forfeited in the Russian alliance. Personal honour alone remains." For Guy, what will the war's end mean?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1646]

Wedmore, Frederick (1844-1921) [English novelist and art critic] Wikipedia

Etching in England (1895) [A monograph about etching in the nineteenth century, with no fewer than fifty fine illustrations by many different etchers who worked in England during that period. Of course, not all of them were originally from England: in particular, between chapters XXII and XXIII there is an etching by Elizabeth Forbes, née Armstrong (1859-1912) who was from Kingston, Ontario, moved to England, and there achieved a lasting international reputation as a painter and art instructor. The galleries in her Wikipedia article and in the Wikimedia Commons are well worth visiting!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #68011]

Weinbaum, Stanley G. [Grauman] (1902-1935) [American science fiction author] Wikipedia

Parasite Planet (February 1935) Wikipedia [Science fiction story, set on Venus, which harbours numerous species of plants and animals, most of them dangerous to humans. American trader Hamilton "Ham" Hammond's shack is destroyed, and he has to make a treacherous journey across the planet.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1382]
The Worlds of If (August 1935) [Science fiction story. In examining history, it is not really possible to discuss what might have been: had Napoleon won at Waterloo, the entire universe would not have been the one that in fact exists, and it is meaningless to discuss the consequences of something that did not happen. But Professor Haskel van Manderpootz may have found a way to explore these phantom "worlds of 'if'"!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1388]
The Ideal (September 1935) [Weinbaum's second science fiction story featuring Professor Haskel van Manderpootz. The Professor has created a machine he calls the "idealizator". Can it be used to create a perfect version of something -- an ideal woman, perhaps?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1389]
The Point of View (February 1936) [Weinbaum's third and final science fiction story featuring Professor Haskel van Manderpootz. It's truly difficult to see things from someone else's perspective -- unless, perhaps, one tries the Professor's newest invention, the attitudinizor.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1390]
The Circle of Zero (August 1936) [Science fiction novella featuring an elderly professor, Aurore de Néant, and his young student, Jack Anders, now working as a bond salesman. It's 1929; both have lost a great deal of money; their quest to recover it brings them into contact with questions of Infinity and Eternity. Enough said!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1380]
The Brink of Infinity (December 1936) [Science fiction short story. Dr Abner Aarons is "an assistant professor of mathematics at an Eastern University". A seeming quiet life, as he remarks, until one day he receives a curious phone call, followed by an even more curious meeting...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1383]

Weir, Harrison William (1824-1906) [English author and illustrator] Wikipedia The Victorian Web

The Conceited Pig (1848 or earlier) [Children's book: illustrations by Weir, text by anonymous author] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Favourite Fables, In Prose and Verse. (1870) [Children's book: illustrations by Weir, text by anonymous author] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Wells, H. G. [Herbert George] (1866-1946) [English novelist and historian] Wikipedia

The Time Machine (1895) Wikipedia [Science fiction novella. Wells not only wrote the book, he actually invented the term "time machine", which has entered the language. And of course all subsequent time travel novels, films, and stories are derived from or influenced by Wells' masterpiece, which may be the most famous science fiction creation of them all. It's not just science fiction, but also social commentary: the narrator (the unnamed "Time Traveller") finds that class divisions, which we have certainly seen widen in the age of COVID-19, will not diminish with the passage of centuries: instead, the rich and the poor will apparently evolve into two separate species! Over the course of more than a century, Wells' great work has not dated at all.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) Wikipedia [An early science fiction novel, hugely successful and enduringly famous. The narrator, Edward Prendrick, is lost and presumed drowned in the South Seas, but a year later is found in a small open boat, in good health but apparently demented, and with no memory of what had happened during the intervening year. But with him was found his written narrative of these events -- and what events they were! While still living in England he had already heard of Doctor Moreau, who had become notorious for his experiments on animals ("the Moreau Horrors"), and it seems that on this distant southern island he had taken these experiments to new and horrifying extremes. We don't need to speculate on how Wells came to write this novel, for in the 1924 Atlantic Edition Wells himself has answered our question: "There was a scandalous trial about that time [1895], the graceless and pitiful downfall of a man of genius, and this story was the response of an imaginative mind to the reminder that humanity is but animal rough-hewn to a reasonable shape and in perpetual internal conflict between instinct and injunction." In other words, this account of human cruelty was prompted by the trial and conviction of Oscar Wilde, and has to be considered a defence of gay rights -- this in 1896! Wells did what he could given the vicious homophobia of his time, hence his indirect approach. But what a tremendous novel he wrote!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance. (1897) Wikipedia [Most novels come and go: not so very long after first appearing, they're gone, and don't come back. That is why Tr*mp's copyright extensions, coercively imposed by a foreign tyrant, are so harmful to Canadians, and must be cancelled. If books are in the public domain, they can be scanned and made available for free, on the internet. That's how Project Gutenberg Canada works! But a handful of novels become permanently popular, The Invisible Man for example. It was published in 1897, and has remained hugely popular ever since. In 2020 a new film version came out, starring Elisabeth Moss, and was a huge commercial success. It makes no sense that the media companies are so much in favour of insanely long copyright periods, since they benefit as much as anyone from having full access to the public domain. But there has never been an oversupply of common sense in Hollywood. The plot centres on Jack Griffin, a scientist who discovers how to make himself invisible. His body, that is, not his clothing. And other complications ensue. It's quite a read!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #5230]
The War of the Worlds (1898) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel, which has given rise to many adaptations, but none of these adaptations surpasses the original, with its famous opening words: "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own..." It's difficult to exaggerate the influence of this classic novel, not only on science fiction, but on the actual development of modern space travel: Wells had the original vision which started it all! But it would be an injustice to focus on Wells as a mere influence on others: this is a truly immortal classic, beautifully written. If you would like to see the famous illustrations created by Henrique Alvim Corrêa, greatly admired by Wells himself, have a look at the French translation listed below!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]

Traduction française par Henry-D. Davray (1873-1944) fr.wikipedia avec les célèbres illustrations par Henrique Alvim Corrêa (1876-1910) fr.wikipedia

La Guerre des mondes (1906) Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #60656]

Love and Mr Lewisham. The Story of a Very Young Couple. (1900) Wikipedia [Novel. Its main character, Mr Lewisham, is "assistant master in the Whortley Proprietary School, Whortley, Sussex, and his wages were forty pounds a year... He was a passable-looking youngster of eighteen". Wells at that age had held a similar position, and yes, this is definitely an autobiographical novel, for at the age of twenty-one both Wells and Lewisham find themselves at the celebrated Normal School of Science, now part of Imperial College, London. The novel is about love, and Lewisham is indeed in love with his wife, but her very troublesome family is a different matter, and his marriage, as can happen, is fatal for his academic and political ambitions. But Lewisham is a very sympathetic hero, and the novel is a pleasure to read and was one of Wells' favourites among his many works.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Sea Lady. A Tissue of Moonshine. (1902) Wikipedia ["Such previous landings of mermaids as have left a record," this fine novel begins, "have all a flavour of doubt... But now, face to face with indisputable facts... I see these old legends in a very different light." Yes, this is a novel about a mermaid, who takes the name of Miss Doris Thalassia Waters when she comes onto dry land, near Folkestone to be specific, at the time a seaside resort very popular among England's ruling class. She is in pursuit of an Englishman who had caught her fancy "in the South Seas--near Tonga". Will she find him? And if she does, will their attraction be mutual? With illustrations by Lewis Baumer (1870-1963) Wikipedia, the English cartoonist and illustrator.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904) Wikipedia [Humanity no longer looks on "scientific breakthroughs" with uncritical credulity: this at least is something the last century has taught us. Consider the long-term consequences, now brutally clear, of plastics, nuclear power, pesticides, internal combustion, and much else. But H. G. Wells saw this clearly, more than a century ago: he will forever be our contemporary, not a mere "pioneer". As for this novel, it is about Professor Redwood, who is a student of the science of growth: he discovers Herakleophorbia IV, "the Food of the Gods", which stimulates growth, to say the least. Get a load of those hens! And of those wasps! Could humans be similarly affected?] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Kipps. The Story of a Simple Soul. (1905) Wikipedia [Novel (nothing to do with science fiction!), with a high reputation: the inspiration for the musical Half a Sixpence Wikipedia Most would say that sudden wealth is a good thing, but it is a rupture with one's previous life that risks creating a social/economic distance from those one has always known. This novel tells the story of Artie Kipps: raised in poverty, in his mid twenties he unexpectedly comes into a major inheritance. We learn how he reacts to this change, and what then happens. Wells (lucky him! And lucky us!) was famous not only for his science fiction, but also for his social novels in the tradition of Dickens: this novel shows why.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Tono-Bungay (1909) Wikipedia [Novel, but more than just a novel, as we can expect from H. G. Wells! "Tono-Bungay" is a trade name, as you might guess: it is a patent medicine. The novel's narrator, George Pondorevo, is invited to help his uncle Edward in promoting this medicine, and so begins his voyage of discovery, during which he discovers a great deal about life in modern times. "Nothing could exceed the sheer radiance of 'Tono-Bungay.' It is a work that glows with reality. It projects a whole epoch with unforgettable effect... it is a work of art of the soundest merit, for it both represents accurately and interprets convincingly, and under everything is a current of feeling that coordinates and informs the whole." (H. L. Mencken, Prejudices, First Series [1919]).] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #718] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Tales of the Unexpected (1922) [Science fiction stories, fifteen of them, where seemingly fantastic things happen: Wells heightens their impact by placing them firmly in the world we know. For example, in the first story, The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes, Sidney Davidson is working in the larger laboratory at Harlow Technical College, when suddenly something happens to his eyes. He doesn't lose his eyesight or anything like that, but he does not see the things actually in the laboratory; instead, he sees "the sun just rising, and the yards of the ship, and a tumbled sea, and a couple of birds flying. I never saw anything so real. And I'm sitting up to my neck in a bank of sand." Quite an opening! And this is just the first of the stories, with fourteen more to follow!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #66409]
The Dream (1924) Wikipedia [Not so much a novel of the future as a novel about Wells' day as seen from the distant future. Sornac was born around the year 4000, and is a scientific researcher; his girlfriend is a writer and artist "making stories and pictures of happiness and sorrow in the past ages of the world, and she was full of curious speculations about the ways in which the ancestral mind has thought and felt." On vacation they explore what remains of a small town and railway station destroyed about two thousand years earlier. "For the rest of the day the talk was all of the terrible days of the last wars in the world and the dreadfulness of life in that age." Sarnac then has a very convincing dream of an entire lifetime of that period -- a life belonging to one Henry Mortimer Smith!] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #69394] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Meanwhile: The Picture of a Lady (1927) [Novel, set in Ventimiglia Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The King Who Was a King. The Book of a Film. (1929) [A very interesting discussion of various aspects of cinema, such as the differences between novels and films. Wells uses this discussion to frame his creation of a surprisingly detailed screenplay outline.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #697]
The Shape of Things to Come (1933) Wikipedia [Science fiction novel. The diplomat Dr Philip Raven dies unexpectedly in 1930, but not before entrusting to Wells "a collection of papers and writings... a Short History of the World for about the next century and a half." Its origins are suspect: "For some years," Raven told our author, "off and on -- between sleeping and waking -- I've been -- in effect -- reading a book. A non-existent book. A dream book if you like. It's always the same book. Always. And it's a history." A history which includes the future, from 1933 to 2106! But actual world events between 1933 and 1936 had matched Raven's book precisely. And so Wells decided to publish the book!] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
Experiment in Autobiography. Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866). (1934) [Autobiography, "with drawings by the Author"] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped [PGC #539]

Wentworth, Patricia [Elles, Dora Amy] (1878-1961) [English novelist] Wikipedia

The Case is Closed (1937) [Mystery novel, featuring Miss Maud Silver Wikipedia. The case is closed, and justice has been done. Or has it? "Here's a lot of precious villainy, some pleasing sentiment, sundry stretchings of the probabilities, and a hair-raising finish." (Saturday Review, 27 March 1937)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1117]
The Clock Strikes Twelve (1944) [Mystery novel. James Paradine, managing partner of the Paradine-Moffat Works, dies under mysterious circumstances. And it's not just his death that is mysterious: there's the question of the missing blueprints! Clearly Miss Silver's services are required. "Miss Silver's detective work will please readers who like their mysteries to be leisurely and very genteel." (New Yorker, 29 April 1944)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1138]
The Key (1944) [Mystery novel, taking place during the Second World War. Michael Barsch is an Austrian-Jewish refugee living in the village of Bourne. He is the inventor of harschite, an explosive. His presence is meant to be secret, but a local newspaper mentions his name. A death ensues, and matters become complex. Clearly the situation calls for the talents of Miss Silver!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1125]
The Catherine-Wheel (1949) [Mystery novel. A Catherine wheel is a type of children's toy that spins in the wind, or a type of firework. But the title refers to an inn called the Catherine-Wheel, where mysterious events have been occurring — events requiring the attention of Miss Silver!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1175]
The Brading Collection (1950) [Mystery novel. Miss Silver has a new client, Mr. Lewis Brading. Mr. Brading she does not know, but she has certainly heard of and is interested in his famous Brading Collection, with its "articles of jewelry which have some connection with crime". But are these crimes all in the past, or do some lie in the future?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1164]
The Silent Pool (1954) [Mystery novel. Someone seems to be attempting to murder the famous actress Adriana Ford -- but who? Miss Silver investigates. "Like her heroine, Miss Wentworth is at the top of her form, and the result is highly satisfactory." (New Yorker, 22 May 1954)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1120]
The Fingerprint (1956) [Mystery novel. Where there's a will, there's family, it has been said, and when the will is that of a rich childless uncle who has died under mysterious circumstances, there's also police. Fortunately, there is also Miss Maud Silver to sort things out!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1163]
The Alington Inheritance (1958) [Mystery novel. Where a large inheritance is involved, things can become a little tricky. The Alington inheritance includes Alington House — need we say more? Well, perhaps we should: there's a murder, an apparently false accusation, and, we are happy to say, Miss Maud Silver, who takes charge of the whole situation.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1171]

Werth, Léon (1878-1955) [Romancier français] fr.wikipedia

Une soirée à l'Olympia (1927) [Récit] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip

West, Nathanael [Weinstein, Nathan] (1903-1940) [American novelist and screenwriter] Wikipedia

Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) Wikipedia [West's famous novella set in the newspaper industry. In spite of her name "Miss Lonelyhearts" is in fact a man, a not particularly happy one, who runs the personal advice column at a New York newspaper. He finds his job stressful, since after a while it is difficult to come up with original answers for situations which come up time and time again. And the letters he gets from readers are invariably sad ones, involving often intractable situations.] EPUB [University of Adelaide]
The Day of the Locust (1939) Wikipedia [Novel about life as it was actually lived in and around Hollywood, where West himself worked as a screenwriter, filmed in 1975 by John Schlesinger Wikipedia. The US Declaration of Independence famously cites as a basic human right not actual happiness, but the pursuit of happiness. Many have moved to California seeking happiness, yet have not found it. And our hero Tod Hackett discovers that many of those he encounters "had come to California to die": this is the world he sets out to explore. He is himself a new arrival, hired by a studio on the basis of his work as a student at the Yale School of Fine Arts.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1658]

Westerman, Percy Francis (1876-1959) [English boys' novelist] Wikipedia

The Flying Submarine (1912) [Novel. A mysterious flying craft is seen over Wales, and Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Holmsby is sent to investigate. He takes his friend, Dick Tresillian, with him. They find the craft and its inventor, and their adventure ensues.]
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The Buccaneers of Boya (1925) [Novel, with illustrations by William Rainey (1852-1936). A voyage to the South Pacific on a chartered Spanish yacht leads to unexpected adventures...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #954]
Annesley's Double (1926) [Adventure novel. A young British naval officer, Peter Annesley, is stationed on a British gunboat in China. While there, he is given permission by the ship's captain to search for two gold vases that a Chinese ruler had given to his great-grandfather many years earlier...]
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The Amir's Ruby (1932) [Adventure novel. A young airman, Colin Standish, must fly to the fictional country of Bakhistan to retrieve a priceless ruby. He selects a co-pilot and a flight engineer, and they make the trip, encountering assorted bandits, corrupt policemen, etc., etc. This leads to a surprise ending.]
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Standish Gets His Man (1938) [Novel: a sequel to Westerman's 1935 Standish of the Air Police; more Standish novels would follow. The books' titles are good reflections of their subject matter!]
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White, Stewart Edward (1873-1946) [American novelist, writer of the outdoors, and spiritualist] Wikipedia SpiritWritings.com

Skookum Chuck. A Novel. (1925) [Episodic novel, set in various places up and down the B.C. coast. Our hero is suffering from extreme boredom with life in general. One day, while walking in Vancouver, he sees a sign advertising a "Healer of Souls", and agrees to the Healer's terms of treatment. And then...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #532]
Secret Harbour (1926) [Novel: the sequel to Skookum Chuck. Marshall (now married to Anaxagoras' sister Betsy) encounters Anaxagoras, unannouncedly back from the Himalayas, in the same place as in Skookum Chuck. They decide to cruise the north coast of B.C. in Marshall's yacht. Things start happening...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #545]

White, T. H. [Terence Hanbury] (1906-1964) [English novelist] Wikipedia

They Winter Abroad (1932) [Novel, published by White under the pseudonym "James Aston". A group of people, mostly English, spend the winter not in their native country but in Italy -- specifically, the Hotel Santo Biagio in Positano. Their personalities vary, as do their reasons for being there, giving our novelist ample scope for satire.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1627]
Darkness at Pemberley (1932) [Mystery novel, partly set at Cambridge University, where White himself had recently studied, but also at Pemberley, in Derbyshire. If you are an admirer of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, you might surmise that the name of Darcy comes into the novel. You will be right!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1240]
Mistress Masham's Repose (1946) Wikipedia [Novel. Maria is ten years old, and lives in a gigantic house, or rather palace, in rural England, which is gradually collapsing: its name is Malplaquet. She is an orphan, and has a guardian, Mr. Hater, and a governess, Miss Brown, neither of them easy to get along with. Perhaps you are hooked already! Here's what a contemporary reviewer, Basil Davenport, had to say: "When all is said, 'Mistress Masham's Repose' is a book like no other. All its extravagances hang together, like the rococo and chinoiserie in which the builders of Malplaquet delighted." (Saturday Review, 28 September 1946)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1233]
The Once and Future King (1958) Wikipedia [White's famous tetralogy: four novels about the early life and subsequent reign of King Arthur. The first three novels had previously appeared separately, but the first of them, The Sword in the Stone, was revised substantially for this 1958 republication. The novels, like life itself, are a mixture of tragedy and comedy.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1225]
The Godstone and the Blackymor (1959) [Travel memoir. Our author visits the West of Ireland, where the distant past is not so distant. "The style is beyond criticism... And the mind that controls the style is educated and intelligent, humorous, reflective, and entirely engaging." (Leonard Wibberley, Saturday Review, 13 June 1959)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1237]

Whitney, Adeline Dutton Train (1824-1906) [American novelist and poet] Wikipedia

The Gayworthys. A Story of Threads and Thrums (1865) [Novel: includes frontispiece, endpaper, and cover illustration of unknown authorship] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Wilder, Laura Ingalls (1867-1957) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Little House in the Big Woods (1932) [Novel]
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Williams, Charles Walter Stansby (1886-1945) [English novelist, theologian, and poet] Wikipedia The Charles Williams Society

War in Heaven (1930) [Williams' first novel. The Holy Grail ("Graal", as Williams calls it) Wikipedia, surfaces in England, with exciting consequences. "...because it is a much younger Williams writing in the Twenties, we find many more sardonic and outrageously funny lines here than in the later books... We could attend a Black Mass with Charles Williams and come away with him laughing through our bewitchment." (Richard McLaughlin, Saturday Review, 1 October 1949)] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1088]
Many Dimensions (1931) [Novel. The disreputable Sir Giles Tumulty steals the "Stone of Suleiman" in Baghdad and brings it to England. This stone has mysterious powers...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #756]
The Place of the Lion (1931) Wikipedia [Theological novel, with more than a touch of Plato. Why has a lioness appeared in Hertfordshire? Much action and much philosophy ensue.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1103]
The Greater Trumps (1932) [Theological thriller, in which Tarot cards play a major role. "The book is a kaleidoscope of ideas," says William Lindsay Gresham in his introduction to the 1950 New York edition. "It's a slam-bang action-fantasy melodrama too! Williams is one of those rare authors one longs to know and query in person about important things."] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1123]
Shadows of Ecstasy (1933) [Novel, actually Williams' first novel, but published some years after he wrote it. It starts off at the University of London, where Roger Ingram, recently appointed to the university, is at a banquet proposing a toast to a famous explorer recently returned from South America. Of course, this is a Charles Williams novel, so vaster plotlines quickly emerge, involving the continent of Africa and the possibility of achieving personal immortality, for example.] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1399]
Descent into Hell (1937) Wikipedia [Novel about an amateur theatrical production and those involved in it. But this is a Charles Williams novel, ranging from past to present, dealing with things seen and unseen. "The ideas are fresh and resonant, and they are set forth in prose that is often poetry, and that is shot through with allusiveness and allusions (ranging from Dante to Shelley). It is a novel that requires rereading, that penetrates deeply into the worlds of the imagination with the wisdom, even with something of the inspired frenzy of the true poet." (Robert Halsband, Saturday Review, 23 April 1949)] EPUB [University of Adelaide] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1111]
All Hallows' Eve (1945) [Williams' final novel. Spirits from the past walk among the living in postwar London. "One has to admit that for sheer imaginative writing there has been nothing like this novel in years. Although Williams employs the usual props of the ghost story — demons, vampires, magicians, evil spells — we never find that the total effect of his novel is merely one of cumulative horror... For in a profound sense, he is a writer of religious thrillers." (Richard McLaughlin, Saturday Review, 23 October 1948) In our catalogue's entry for T. S. Eliot you will find the introduction that famous poet wrote for the 1948 U.S. first edition of All Hallows' Eve.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1084]

Williams, Valentine (1883-1946) [English novelist] gadetection (Mike Grost)

The Return of Clubfoot (1923) [A novel, featuring Secret Service agent Desmond Okewood, with everything you could want in a thriller: an exotic locale in Central America, a hidden treasure, a figure from our hero's past, a desert island in the Pacific...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #669]
The Pigeon House (1926) [The novel begins in Paris on the wedding night of Sally and Rex Garrett. Rex mysteriously disappears: this turns out to have everything to do with his past service in the French Foreign Legion. The action then moves to Spain...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #869]
The Crouching Beast (1928) [Novel. It is 1914, but war has not yet broken out. Olivia Dunbar is working in Germany as a private secretary. She obtains secret military information, and is interrogated by German authorities, including Dr. Grundt, the notorious Clubfoot. Soon an agent of the recently founded MI5 Wikipedia joins the action... Includes a 1936 preface by Valentine Williams discussing how the Clubfoot novels came into being.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #707]
The Gold Comfit Box (1932) [Novel, set in 1913, featuring Major Clavering of the British Secret Service and his adversary Doktor Grundt (Clubfoot). The gold comfit (candy Wikipedia) box is thought to contain a list of British agents in northern Germany, and has mysteriously disappeared: the chase is on! As a special bonus, our ebook includes a 1936 preface by Valentine Williams discussing how the Clubfoot novels came into being.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #681]
The Fox Prowls (1939) [Novel, set sometime between the two World Wars. Stephen Selmar and his daughter Melissa are lured by fraud into Rumania by an arms dealer (The Fox) as part of a plot to boost the arms industry by fomenting a war between Rumania and Russia. Enter the British Secret Service...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #855]
Courier to Marrakesh (1944) [Novel, set in Italy in late 1943/early 1944 when the Allies are approaching Rome from the south. Andrea Hallam, an American singer sent over to Europe to entertain the troops, is swept into a plot to destroy/blackmail Hitler with some secret documents. But that enterprising villain Clubfoot (Dr. Grundt), wants to retrieve these documents...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #856]

Willison, Sir John Stephen (1856-1927) [Canadian journalist and historian] Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia

Some Political Leaders in the Canadian Federation (1917) [Lecture: published in The Federation of Canada 1867-1917. Four Lectures delivered in the University of Toronto in March, 1917, to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Federation (1917), along with lectures by George M. Wrong (1860-1948), Z. A. Lash (1846-1920), and R. A. Falconer (1867-1943)]
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Wolfe, Thomas Clayton (1900-1938) [American novelist] Wikipedia University of North Carolina (C. Hugh Holman)

Look Homeward, Angel. A Story of the Buried Life. (1929) [Wolfe's celebrated autobiographical novel about boyhood and youth in the American South] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped Wikipedia [PGC #573]

Wood, William Charles Henry (1864-1947) [Canadian historian]

In the Heart of Old Canada (1913) [Essays on the history of Quebec] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The Winning of Canada: A Chronicle of Wolfe (1914) [A biography of James Wolfe (1727-1759) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography, a central figure in the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War (1756-63) Wikipedia: vol. 11 of "The Chronicles of Canada". Illustrations include portraits by Richard Brompton (1734-1783) National Maritime Museum, Greenwich National Portrait Gallery (UK) Wikimedia Commons, Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons National Portrait Gallery (UK), and Benjamin West (1738-1820) Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons.]
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The Great Fortress: A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 (1915) [History of Louisbourg Wikipedia Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site: vol. 8 of "The Chronicles of Canada". Illustrations by Joseph Highmore (1692-1780) Wikipedia Library and Archives Canada Portrait Gallery of Canada, C. W. Jefferys (1869-1951) Wikipedia Library and Archives Canada, Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) Wikipedia National Portrait Gallery (UK), and John Smibert (1688-1751) Wikipedia museuma.com,
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The Father of British Canada: A Chronicle of Carleton (1915) [Biography of Sir Guy Carleton, first Baron Dorchester (1724-1808) Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography St. Swithuns Church, Nately Scures, Hampshire: vol. 12 of "The Chronicles of Canada". Includes two maps by Jonathan Carver (1710-1780) Wikipedia, and illustrations by C. W. Jefferys (1869-1951) Wikipedia Library and Archives Canada and Alexander Hay Ritchie (1822-1895) Wikipedia]
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Woolf, Leonard [Leonard Sidney] (1880-1969) [English author, journalist, and political activist] Wikipedia

The Village in the Jungle (1913) Wikipedia [Canada is a colony once more, following the 2020 trade "agreement", which allowed the US, our new colonial master, to extend OUR copyrights by 20 years, and to restrict Canadian dairy exports to third countries, and whose other provisions make it quite clear that we're not a sovereign country any more, but take orders from Washington. The experiences of other colonized countries are therefore instructive to Canadians, and this novel about Ceylon (Sri Lanka) is excellent reading. Leonard Woolf had himself been a colonial administrator there for seven years, learning both Tamil and Sinhalese, and the novel is written from the point of view not of the British governing class, but of the people they ruled.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #60627]

Woolf, Virginia [Adeline Virginia] (1882-1941) [English novelist and essayist] Wikipedia

A Room of One's Own (1929) Wikipedia [Woolf's famous, influential, and wide-ranging treatise on women and fiction, written in an easy and very readable style, reflecting its origins as a pair of public readings] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1227]
The Waves (1931) Wikipedia [Novel, highly esteemed by connoisseurs of Virginia Woolf. Six linked characters consider their life stories thus far.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1465]
Walter Sickert: A Conversation (1934) [A brief set of reflections on the English painter Walter Sickert (1860-1942) Wikipedia. Includes a cover drawn by Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #997]

Wren, P. C. [Percival Christopher] (1885-1941) [English novelist] Wikipedia

Stepsons of France (1917) [Stories about the French Foreign Legion, featuring many of the characters from Wren's 1916 novel The Wages of Virtue PG US with obvious links to Wren's most famous work, Beau Geste] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1048]
Beau Geste (1924) [The first and most famous novel in Wren's Beau Geste trilogy, reflecting the views of its time, but an evergreen classic nonetheless. The three orphaned Geste brothers leave England to join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa: much adventure ensues. The novel was followed by two sequels, and four film adaptations.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1246]
Beau Sabreur (1926) [Novel, the first sequel to Beau Geste, and like its famous predecessor set in the French Foreign Legion. But there are some major differences! Our hero is Major Henri de Beaujolais, a veteran of the Spahis Wikipedia and of the French Secret Service. Mind you, he is an Old Etonian Wikipedia! "We unreservedly recommend 'Beau Sabreur' as one of the most eminently readable books of recent years." (Saturday Review, 21 August 1926)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1247]
Beau Ideal (1928) [The third of the three central novels of the Beau Geste series. John Geste, whom we met in the first novel, is missing in Africa. Isobel Rivers asks a wealthy American friend, Otis Vanbrugh, to find him. The obvious first step: Otis must join the French Foreign Legion!]
CAUTION: certain language in the novel may seem racist by the standards of today. HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1248]
Good Gestes. Stories of Beau Geste, his Brothers, and certain of their Comrades in the French Foreign Legion. (1929) [Twelve short stories, accurately described by the book's title. "The Geste brothers figure again in a series of gruesome short stories of the Foreign Legion. Each one is a masterpiece of adventure and horror." (The Bookman [U.S.] September 1929)] CAUTION: certain language in these stories may seem racist by the standards of today. HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1250]
Cardboard Castle (1938) [Novel, set not in North Africa, but in "the loveliest part of the most beautiful county in England", at Calderton House, where Lady Calderton lives. She lives alone, for she is a widow -- or is she?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1580]

Wright, Henrietta Christian (d. 1899) [American children's author] Wikipedia

Children's Stories in English Literature: From Taliesin to Shakespeare (1889) [Literary history] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Children's Stories in English Literature: From Shakespeare to Tennyson (1891) [Literary history] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Children's Stories in American Literature 1660-1860 (1895) [An overview for children of the first two centuries of American literature, including profiles of sixteen major figures, including Irving, Cooper, Prescott, Poe and others. You will find many works by these authors at Project Gutenberg's US site.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped [PGC #524]
Children's Stories in American Literature 1861-1896 (1896) [An overview for children of the leading literary figures of the period. Some of the names, Mark Twain for example, are still household names today; others are less familiar.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #525]

Wright, Richard [Richard Nathaniel] (1908-1960) [American novelist, poet, and essayist] Wikipedia

Black Boy. A Record of Childhood and Youth. (1945 version) [An immortal classic, often surrounded by controversy since its first publication, in which Wright recounts his earliest years in Mississippi, ending with his departure in 1925 for Memphis and his later move to Chicago. Wright's original manuscript had included six further chapters dealing with his life in Memphis and Chicago: after discussions with his publisher, Wright omitted these chapters from the 1945 first edition, which is the basis for our ebook; they were not published in full until 1977. We include, however, the first edition's Introductory Note by Dorothy Fisher Canfield (1879-1958) Wikipedia. "[Wright] does not care whether you read "Black Boy" as a novel, an autobiography, or a case study, provided you read him. And read him you must." (Howard Mumford Jones, Saturday Review, 3 March 1945)] EPUB HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1668]
Pagan Spain (1957) [Travel memoir. Richard Wright was born in Mississippi, grew up in Chicago, but in 1946 had moved to France (by way of Canada!), and stayed there for the rest of his life, even becoming a French citizen. In August 1954 he was travelling in the far south of France, when he took a snap decision, turned his car south, and crossed the Pyrenee mountains into Spain. His encounter with Franco's Spain led to this famous memoir, which remains relevant to this day, for many of the issues Wright discusses remain unresolved today. Few travel books are as interesting and as witty.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1665]

Wright, S. Fowler [Sydney Fowler] (1874-1965) [English translator, poet, and novelist] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

The Amphibians (1951 version) [Wright's first science fiction novel, with a complicated textual history: we present the 1951 version. The full title of a 1925 edition says it all: "The Amphibians. A romance of 500,000 years hence." But the novel is a fine and famous one, a worthy beginning to Wright's brilliant science fiction career.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1482]
Deluge (1927) Wikipedia [Post-apocalyptic novel, and a famous one. "This book is a romance, founded on the supposition that a large part of the world, including most of the British Isles, is destroyed by a new flood. It deals with the adventures of some survivors in the Midland Counties, and of the personal and social problems that confront them. It moves rapidly through tense and vivid incidents of love and peril, and presents a problem of the 'eternal triangle' that is not solved till the last page is reached." (Dust jacket of the 1927 first edition)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1511]
Dawn (1929) [Novel, set in the aftermath of the great flood described in Deluge. "The second volume contains much bitter commentary on the corruptions of comfort and civilization and carries forward a Rousseau-esque glorification of Nature and insistence on the fundamentality of the Social Contract. Arguably it constitutes what might in later hands be deemed an example of Libertarian SF, though Wright is far more realistic about the dangerousness of human beings on the loose." (Brian M. Stableford and John Clute, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1512]
The World Below (1951 version) Wikipedia [(Science fiction novel, published in 1929 as a sequel to The Amphibians. We present the 1951 version, which includes an excellent foreword by an anonymous author: "The World Below is justly famous as the outstanding science-fiction book written between H. G. Wells's earlier imaginative romances and Olaf Stapledon's future histories... In sheer alien concept it is almost unparalleled in fantastic fiction."] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1483]
The Island of Captain Sparrow (1928) [Novel, with elements of fantasy: for example, satyrs. An island in the Pacific Ocean has some mysterious inhabitants. Could they have anything to do with the legendary pirate Captain Andrew Sparrow of the Fighting Sue?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1469]
The Adventure of Wyndham Smith (1938) [Novel set in the distant future. Human existence has become very convenient: "the abolition of war. The abolition of nationality. The abolition of social inequalities. The abolition of the barbarisms of competition. The control or abolition of every form of animal or insect life. The control of climate, with the consequent abolition of extremes of temperature, or discomforts of tempest. The almost absolute abolition of disease. Finally, the abolition of pain..." Why then do most of earth's five million inhabitants favour a single mass suicide? And what if someone disagrees with the idea?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1470]

Wrong, Edward Murray (1889-1928) [Canadian historian]

History of England 1688-1815 (1927) [A history of seventeenth-century England, intended for the general reader: very learned and yet very accessible] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1059]

Wrong, George MacKinnon (1860-1948) [Canadian historian] Wikipedia Marianopolis College (biography by Damien-Claude Bélanger) Canadian Encyclopedia

The Creation of the Federal System in Canada (1917) [Lecture: published in The Federation of Canada 1867-1917. Four Lectures delivered in the University of Toronto in March, 1917, to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Federation (1917), along with lectures by George M. Wrong (1860-1948), Sir John Willison (1856-1927), Z. A. Lash (1846-1920), and R. A. Falconer (1867-1943)]
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Wyndham, John [Harris, John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon] (1903-1969) [English science fiction writer] Wikipedia

The Chrysalids (1955) Wikipedia [Science fiction post-apocalyptic novel, set in Canada, more specifically Labrador. The region's isolation from the rest of the world has allowed some communities to survive: intolerant and fearful places to live, particularly if you have any mutations, even minor ones, which do occur after something like a nuclear war. Physical mutations are bad enough -- you get sent to the Fringes. (We won't even talk about the Badlands!) But what happens if your mutation is major, but not immediately obvious to others. Something like telepathy, for example!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1661]

Wynne, Pamela [Scott (née Watson), Winifred Mary] (1879-1959) [English romantic novelist] Wikipedia

Bracken Turning Brown (1934) [Romantic novel, with some nice touches of humour. Sir Pelham Brooke, a famous but overworked barrister, is instructed by his physician to take a year's vacation, "during which time you must do nothing at all." So he moves to a village in the Lake District, which turns out not to be nearly as quiet and uneventful a place as he had imagined.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1624]

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Yates, Dornford [Mercer, Cecil William] (1885-1960) [English barrister and novelist] Wikipedia

Valerie French (1923) [Novel: a sequel to Yates' 1921 novel Anthony Lyveden PG US ebook. The story of an amnesiac, who meets a woman named Valerie French, whom he was apparently affianced to, but of whom he has no memory, at least to start with.] HTML HTML zipped Text sText zipped EPUB [PGC #1027]
Blind Corner (1927) Wikipedia [Action novel, the first in the Chandos series, narrated by Richard Williams Chandos, who is twenty-two years old and eager for any alternative to joining his uncle's firm in the City of London. He achieves this objective when he learns of a treasure hidden in an Austrian castle, and resolves to find it. But he faces some dangerous enemies! "Mr. Yates's narrative style is an unfailing delight." (Donald Douglas, The Bookman [U.S.], November 1927)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1654]
Adèle and Co. (1931) [Yates' fifth book but first novel (earlier he had written short stories) about Bertram ("Berry") Pleydell and his extended family, pleasantly satirical in tone. "How pleasant it is to meet Berry again after so many years... as witty and joyously idiotic as ever he was. He still dashes about in expensive cars (this time he is racing about France in search of stolen jewels) and, of course, he is still surrounded by adorable women and gallant men and really nasty villains." (The Spectator, 19 September 1931)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1303]
Storm Music (1934) [Action novel, set in Austria: it involves murder, jewels, and, in the midst of all of this, a love story.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1582]
An Eye for a Tooth (1943) [Action novel, featuring Richard Chandos. The story starts with a mysterious death in the Austrian Alps, and... well, that should be enough to get you reading!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1583]

Yeats, W. B. [William Butler] (1865-1939) [Irish poet and dramatist; Nobel Prize in Literature 1923] Wikipedia

The Tower (1928) Wikipedia [A collection of twenty-one poems, all of them previously published in various magazines and collections. The first of them, Sailing to Byzantium, is one of Yeat's most famous poems, but it is in very good company, since the collection includes The Tower as well as Leda and the Swan. This is a truly extraordinary collection. Also extraordinary is the cover illustration by an English poet whom Yeats greatly admired, Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944) Wikipedia. Moore was also an engraver, and a fine one. Our ebook includes this engraving, which shows Thoor Ballylee, a fifteenth-century tower house in County Galway, where Yeats and his family were living when he published this collection.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #72985]

Yeats-Brown, Francis Charles Claypon (1886-1944) [English military officer and author] Wikipedia

Caught by the Turks (1919) [An account of the author's experiences in Mesopotamia and more particularly in Constantinople (Istanbul) during the last years of the Ottoman Empire] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #871]
Bengal Lancer (1930) [Reminiscences of the author's life in the pre-WWI Indian cavalry, his WWI experiences as an airborne observer in Mesopotamia, his capture and imprisonment by the Turks, his escape and re-capture, and his post-WWI seeking of enlightenment through Hinduism.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #664]

Yezierska, Anzia (1880s-1970) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Hungry Hearts (1920) [Yezierska's first published collection of short stories, a considerable success when published. As you might guess from the title, these short stories are not about the wealthy! They are about a world Anzia Yezierska knew well: that of first-generation immigrants in New York City, very much like Yezierska and her family when they arrived there in the 1890s.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #41232]
Children of Loneliness (1923) [Nine short stories, vividly written, about the experiences of immigrant children in New York City: much would apply to Toronto or Montreal. With a notably sincere and interesting introduction, which makes clear that the stories are rooted in Yezierska's own experiences as a child immigrant from Poland.] Project Gutenberg US [PGUS #71361]

Young, Edward (1683-1765) [English poet, playwright, and essayist] Wikipedia

The Revenge. A Tragedy (1733) [Tragedy, with some resemblances to Shakespeare's Othello. This edition from the early nineteenth century includes an extract from a critical essay by John Hughes (ca. 1678-1720)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #430]

Young, George Malcolm (1882-1959) [English historian] Wikipedia

Burke (1943) [Lecture on Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Wikipedia, the iconic statesman and political philosopher. The 1943 Annual Lecture on a Master Mind, sponsored by the Henriette Hertz Trust of the British Academy.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #798]
Charles I and Cromwell. An Essay. (1950 [second edition]; 1935 [original edition]) [Wars don't generally start, let alone end, precisely as foreseen. This was particularly true of the English Civil War Wikipedia. Young's learned and attractively written monograph sheds light on what happened, and why.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #848]

Young, Gordon Ray (1886-1948) [American novelist] Wikipedia

Seibert of the Island (1924) [South Seas novel, set on the island of Pulotu, and featuring Adolph Seibert, a German plantation owner. "It reminds me, now of Conrad, now of Maugham, and yet preserves a distinct quality of its own... In a long time I have read no book I so thoroughly enjoyed." (John Farrar, The Bookman, August 1925) Young dedicated the book to the memory of the painter Middleton Manigault (1887-1922) Wikipedia, who was born in London, Ontario, and started his career there.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1140]

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Zagat, Arthur Leo (1896-1949) [American lawyer and pulp author] Wikipedia The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Drink We Deep (1937) [Science fiction novel, told from the viewpoint of various characters. Earth has many inhabitants, but not all of them live on the planet's surface. Hugh Lambert, a young American explorer with a classy social background and an enterprising spirit, discovers this and much more!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1602]

Zayas, Antonio de (1871-1945) [Spanish poet / Poète espagnol] es.wikipedia

Plus ultra. Poesías (1924) [Poems in Spanish / Poèmes en espagnol] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip [PGC #436/n^o 436]
Learn Spanish ! / Apprenez l'espagnol ! Cursos: BBC Spanish Language & Culture Diccionarios bilingües: WordReference.com Spanish-English WordReference.com Espagnol-Français Diccionarios españoles: CLAVE Real Academia Española

Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene Alexandrovich (1884-1954) [Russian chess master] Wikipedia

The Middle Game in Chess, Third Edition (1938) [Chess treatise: translated into English by Julius Du Mont (1881-1956) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped

Zuccoli, Luciano (1868-1929) [Swiss novelist / romancier suisse] it.wikipedia

L'Amore di Loredana (1908) [Novel in Italian / Roman en italien] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip Text / Texte UTF-8 Text / Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB [PGC #755/n^o 755]
Farfui (1909) [Novel in Italian / Roman en italien] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip Text / Texte UTF-8 Text / Texte UTF-8 zip
Learn Italian! / Apprenez l'italien!