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What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know
John Dutton Wright What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know
  • English
  • 17814 Words
  • Ages 18 and up
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Wright, a pioneer in the education of the deaf, was a strong advocate for acoustic and auricular training. In this little book, he tries to advise the parents of deaf children and reassure them that there can be a successful and happy life for them. (Summary by Rapunzelina)

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The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising
Bertram Mitford The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising
  • English
  • 78583 Words
  • Ages 18 and up
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Bertram Mitford (13 June 1855 - 4 October 1914) was a colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic who wrote forty-four books, most of which are set in South Africa.

He was a contemporary of H Rider Haggard. A member of the Mitford family, he was the third son o... Read more...

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White Jacket or, The World on a Man-of-War
Herman Melville White Jacket or, The World on a Man-of-War
  • English
  • 139831 Words
  • Ages 18 and up
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Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, writer of short stories, and poet from the American Renaissance period. The bulk of his writings was published between 1846 and 1857. Best known for his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851), he is als... Read more...

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Who Crosses Storm Mountain? 1911
Charles Egbert Craddock Who Crosses Storm Mountain? 1911
  • English
  • 4826 Words
  • Ages 18 and up
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Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the[1] She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian lite... Read more...

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Whosoever Shall Offend
F. Marion Crawford Whosoever Shall Offend
  • English
  • 98631 Words
  • Ages 18 and up
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Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

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Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America
Joseph Rocchietti Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America
  • English
  • 26549 Words
  • Ages 18 and up
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A native of Casale Monferrato in Piedmont, he emigrated to the United States in 1831. He was active as a writer there during the years 1835–1875 and is best known for Lorenzo and Oonalaska (1835), which is the earliest known novel by an Italian-American. This epistolary nov... Read more...

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Women of the Country
Gertrude Bone Women of the Country
  • English
  • 29382 Words
  • Ages 18 and up
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The author of the "Women of the Country" is Gertrude Bone With Frontispiece by Muirhead Bone in London Duckworth & Co. Henrietta Street, W.C. Published in the year 1913.

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A Dark Night's Work
Elizabeth Gaskell A Dark Night's Work
  • English
  • 66958 Words
  • Ages 18 and up
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lizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, inc... Read more...

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Young People's Pride
Stephen Vincent Benet Young People's Pride
  • English
  • 58046 Words
  • Ages 18 and up
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Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist. Benét is best known for his book-

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Our Battalion Being Some Slight Impressions of His Majesty's Auxiliary Forces, in Camp and Elsewhere
Leonard Raven-Hill Our Battalion Being Some Slight Impressions of His Majesty's Auxiliary Forces, in Camp and Elsewhere
  • English
  • 13007 Words
  • Ages 18 and up
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Leonard Raven-Hill (10 March 1867 - 31 March 1942) was an English artist, illustrator and cartoonist.

He was born in Bath[1] and educated at Bristol Grammar School and the Devon county school. He studied art at the Lambeth School of Art and then in Paris under MM. Bougerea... Read more...

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