«THE GREATEST GHOST AND HORROR STORIES EVER WRITTEN», by VOLUMES 1 TO 7. This digital edition brings together the text and its chapter structure for continuous reading. Contents include: 1. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ; 2. Caterpillars ; 3. Gabriel-Ernest ; 4. Green Tea ; Dr. Hesselius Relates How He Met the Rev. Mr. Jennings.

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«THE GREATEST GHOST AND HORROR STORIES EVER WRITTEN», by VOLUME 1. This digital edition brings together the text and its chapter structure for continuous reading. Contents include: 1. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ; 2. Caterpillars ; 3. Gabriel-Ernest ; 4. Green Tea ; Dr. Hesselius Relates How He Met the Rev. Mr. Jennings.

HML Writers Volume 1 is the collected efforts of the Huntington Memorial Library Writers group.

Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium: Volume I by George Catlin: Volume 1: a Project Gutenberg eBook.

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HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.'Phileas Fogg was one of those mathematically exact people, who, never hurried and always ready, are economical of their steps and their motions. He never made one stride too many, always going by the shortest route. He did not give an idle look. He did not allow himself a superfluous gesture.'When Phileas Fogg wagers a bet that he can travel across the globe in just 80 days, little does he know about...

In 1836, Anna Jameson sailed from London, England, to join her husband in Upper Canada, where he was serving as attorney general. Shaking off the mud of Muddy York with mild disdain, young Mrs. Jameson swiftly sallied forth to discover the New World for herself.The best known of all nineteenth century Canadian travel books, Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada is Jameson’s wonderfully entertaining account of her adventures, ranging from gleeful observations about th...

Such has been the rapidity of the demand for successive impressions of this book, that I have found it impossible, until now, to correct at pages 31, 87, and 97 three errors of statement made in the former editions; and some few Other mistakes, not in themselves important, at pages 96, 101, and 102. I take the opportunity of adding that the mention at p. 83 is not an allusion to the well-known "Penny" and "Saturday" Magazines, but to weekly periodicals of some years' earlier date resemblin...

Charles John Huffam Dickens, English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.

In "Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians, Vol. 1," George Catlin provides a profound visual and textual record of indigenous cultures in the early 19th century. Through a unique blend of detailed illustrations and descriptive narratives, Catlin presents a panoramic view of the diverse tribes, rituals, and lifestyles he encountered during his travels across the American frontier. His literary style is marked by an earnest endeavor to capture the a...

James Pierson Beckwourth (1798 or 1800 – 1866 or 1867), born James Beckwith and generally known as, Jim Beckwourth was an American mountain man, fur trader, and explorer. A mulatto born into slavery in Virginia, he was freed by his father (and master) and apprenticed to a blacksmith; later he moved to the American West. As a fur trapper, he lived with the Crow Nation for years. He is credited with the discovery of Beckwourth Pass, through the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Mountains, between present...