Literary Collections

The Coo-ee Reciter

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Recitation was a vital part of the curriculum in education in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It not only enabled students to gain practic…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1861 - 1868)

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Abraham Lincoln


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Five (1907-1909)

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Mark Twain


This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 10

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Various


The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Seven (1920-1924)

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Mark Twain


This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…

Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Six (1910-1919)

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Mark Twain


This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included i…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1817 - 1828)

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John Quincy Adams


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The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book

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A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…

Ingersoll on ABRAHAM LINCOLN, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, …

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Robert G. Ingersoll


Col. Ingersoll begins his popular lecture series on famous persons as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and …

The Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume 2

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Samuel Adams


Most Americans and many of other nationalities have heard of Samuel Adams. He was regarded in the Pre-Revolutionary Period of American Histo…

Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan

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Amy Lowell, Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, Izumi Shikibu and Murasaki Shikibu


A collection of three translated diaries written during the latter part of the Heian Period (11th century A.D.). The original authors, Sugaw…

Camden's Compliment to Walt Whitman

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Various


On the occasion of Walt Whitman's 70th Birthday a "Committee of Citizens" in Camden, NJ held a special commemoration in his honor.…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1869 - 1876)

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Ulysses S. Grant


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De Smet's Letters and Sketches, 1841-1842

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Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet


In 1841 and 1842, Fr. Pierre-Jean DeSmet traversed the wide and wild American West to bring the gospel to the Flatheads, who had sent multip…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1845 - 1848)

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James K. Polk


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Clarence Darrow, Selected Works: 1893-1917

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Clarence Darrow


This is a collection of 8 works by Clarence Darrow written between 1893 and 1917. Clarence Darrow was most noted in his time as an enormousl…

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant

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James D. Richardson and Ulysses S. Grant


The Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents is an eleven-volume series of tomes comprising of proclamations, special messag…

Introducing Irony (Version 2)

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Maxwell Bodenheim


Maxwell Bodenheim was once known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians after moving to New York after being one of the founders of the …

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1877 - 1884)

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Rutherford B. Hayes


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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1849 - 1856)

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Millard Fillmore


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