Classic Books

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  • A Christmas Carol

    "A Christmas Carol,"by Charles Dickens
    A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
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  • The Arabian Nights

    "The Arabian Nights"
    "The Arabian Nights" is a magnificent collection of ancient tales told by the sultana Scheherazade, who relates them as entertainment for her jealous and murderous husband, hoping to keep him amused and herself alive.
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  • The Raven

    "The Raven," by Edgar Allan Poe
    The narrative poem tells the tale of a distraught lover who is visited by a mysterious raven.
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  • The Secret Garden

    "The Secret Garden," by Frances Hodgson Burnett
    A 10-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
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  • Uncle Tom's Cabin for Children

    "Uncle Tom's Cabin for Children"
    Published in 1852, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" fueled the fire of the human rights debate and condemned the institution of slavery.
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  • A Wonder-Book for Girls & Boys

    "A Wonder-Book for Girls & Boys," by Nathaniel Hawthorne
    Hawthorne's "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys" retells some of the most famous ancient Greek myths.
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Adults [6]

  • “A Few Tales of the Rail”

    "A Few Tales of the Rail"
    “The the 800,000 quick-witted Americans, whose brain and brawn watch over our commerce, guard us safely on journeys of pleasure and sorrow . . . ” begins the book's dedication. Inside is a collection of humorous anecdotes on traveling the railroads.
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  • The Bride Special

    "The Bride Special"
    Talk about irate in-laws and elopement in this dramatic one-act play. Make sure to note on page 12 the author's claim of copyright protection for his "new and novel" train rescue.
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  • "Babe Ruth as I Knew Him"

    "Babe Ruth as I Knew Him"
    Author Waite Hoyt knew Babe Ruth, as a teammate with the Red Sox, as an opponent with the the New York Yankees and as a friend. His book documents Ruth's career with exclusive photographs, records and anecdotes.
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  • "A New System of Sword Exercise"

    "A New System of Sword Exercise"
    A new system of sword exercise, with a manual of the sword for officers, mounted and dismounted; forms to be observed on inspections, reviews, parades, etc., etc. By Matthew J. O'Rourke.
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  • "Handbook of the new Library of Congress"

    "Handbook of the New Library of Congress"
    Handbook of the new Library of Congress, comp. by Herbert Small; with essays on the architecture, sculpture and painting by Charles Caffin, and on the function of a national library by Ainsworth R. Spofford.
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  • "Masquerades, Tableaux and Drills"

    "Masquerades, Tableaux and Drills"
    This manual provides step-by-step instructions, augmented by numerous illustrations, for giving masquerades, conducting tableaux, and creating “fancy drills.” Costumes, hair styles, and accessories are included for Calico and Martha Washington balls, Joan of Arc, a football player, Beau Brummel, and a shepherdess. Additionally, the manual provides suggestions for tableaux scenes and living pictures (“pose plastique”).
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