The whole shelf
All free summaries — page 596
34,093 public-domain books, summarised. Page 596 of 711.
With George Washington into the wilderness
Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
A young woodsman finds his destiny in the untamed Ohio Valley, serving as a scout alongside a determined, rising George Washington during the colonial struggle for the American frontier.
Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society: Bureau of American Ethnology
John Wesley Powell
The Wyandot people organize their society through a complex, enduring lattice of kinship, where the strength of the tribe rests not on individual power, but on the precise, shared responsibilities of their gentes.
Zelda Dameron
Meredith Nicholson
A young woman returns home to a changing Midwestern city, navigating the stifling expectations of her father and the encroaching influence of a world shifting from tradition to commerce.
21
Frank Crane
A seasoned mentor offers a blueprint for a meaningful life, distilled into ten practical resolutions for those standing at the threshold of adulthood. This guide provides a timeless, plain-spoken framework for navigating the inevitable challenges of the human experience.
A Beleaguered City: Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen
Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A small French city finds itself suddenly, inexplicably emptied of its living residents, who are cast out into the surrounding countryside by an invisible, irresistible force.
A Fountain Sealed
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
A devoted daughter confronts the unspoken secrets of her mother’s past, creating a quiet, atmospheric struggle between duty and personal truth. This story captures the fragile, often stifling dynamics of an intellectual family navigating their own emotional complexities.
A Journey to Crete, Costantinople, Naples and Florence: Three Months Abroad
Annie Vivanti
A Victorian traveler embarks on a long-awaited second honeymoon across the Mediterranean, capturing the vibrant contrasts of mid-nineteenth-century Crete, Constantinople, and Florence through a deeply personal lens.
A Lame Dog's Diary
S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
A man finds his world constrained to the confines of a sofa, only to discover that the quiet observation of his neighbors reveals more of the heart than he ever saw while walking.
A Modern Idyll
Frank Harris
A minister’s struggle between his spiritual calling and a clandestine romantic obsession leads to a public display of morality that ends in a surprising, if ethically compromised, reward.
A Northern Countryside
Rosalind Richards
The beauty of the Maine landscape and the resilience of those who call its river valleys home define this gentle, observant meditation on a vanishing way of life.
A Relic of the Revolution
Charles Herbert
This is a raw, firsthand account of the brutal reality of the American Revolutionary War from the perspective of an imprisoned sailor, documenting the deprivation, resilience, and daily grind of survival behind enemy lines.
A Romance of Toronto (Founded on Fact): A Novel
Annie G. (Annie Gregg) Savigny
This story of late-Victorian social circles and hidden fortunes explores the tension between duty and personal freedom in a rapidly modernizing Canadian city. It offers a window into the domestic anxieties, romantic entanglements, and moral posturing of an era where reputation was a fragile, guarded currency.
A Sovereign Remedy
Flora Annie Webster Steel
The search for fulfillment between two men—a wealthy lord and his clerk—becomes a quiet, atmospheric exploration of duty, emotional repression, and the illusions of class.
A Texas Blue Bonnet
Caroline Emilia Jacobs
A wild, spirited girl from a Texas ranch struggles to reconcile her love for the open prairie with the structured life of her formal New England relatives.
A Word to Women
Mrs. Humphry
The domestic sphere is an intricate tapestry of duty, etiquette, and quiet endurance. This guide offers a Victorian woman’s philosophy on maintaining harmony and grace within the home during a rapidly changing era.
A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 (1777)
Philip Thicknesse
A cantankerous, observant English traveler traverses the landscapes of France and Spain, offering a candid blend of historical curiosity, social critique, and practical advice for the eighteenth-century voyager.
American Scenes, and Christian Slavery: A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States
Ebenezer Davies
The author, a British clergyman and former pastor to formerly enslaved people in the West Indies, undertakes an independent four-thousand-mile tour of the United States, documenting the stark, painful contradictions between American democratic ideals and the reality of human bondage.
Among the gnomes
Franz Hartmann
HOOK A satirical journey into the subterranean realm of the Untersberg, where scientific skepticism collides with the mysterious, elemental forces of nature.
An Echo Of Antietam: 1898
Edward Bellamy
This story captures the quiet, devastating intersection of private romance and public duty during the American Civil War, as a young couple faces the inevitable separation of a regiment’s departure.
Around the World in Seven Months
Charles J. Gillis
A traveler journeys through the late 19th-century world, finding wonder in the rapid modernization of Japan, the ancient complexities of India, and the enduring historical resonance of the Holy Land.
Bicycling for Ladies: The Common Sense of Bicycling
Maria E. Ward
The bicycle is a machine of marvelous potential, offering a new sense of independence to those who move beyond the fear of the unknown. Mastery of this tool requires not just courage, but a commitment to mechanical understanding and physical grace.
Birds and Nature Vol. 08, No. 3, October 1900: Illustrated by Color Photography
Various
Nature’s quiet details emerge in this collection as a series of vivid portraits, celebrating the fleeting beauty of the seasons and the intricate lives of creatures often overlooked. It invites readers to look more closely at the world outside their own windows.
Brotherly Love: Shewing That as Merely Human It May Not Always Be Depended Upon
Mary Martha Sherwood
This cautionary tale illustrates the peril of human pride through the eyes of an overconfident boy tasked with the care of his younger brother. It serves as a reminder that self-reliance without divine guidance is often a precursor to failure.
Brownsmith's Boy: A Romance in a Garden
George Manville Fenn
The path to manhood is rarely a straight line, but for a boy lost in the wild beauty of an English garden, it is paved with lessons in labor, loyalty, and the quiet dignity of a well-tilled row.
Chinese Diamonds for the King of Kings
Rosalind Goforth
Through a collection of intimate, firsthand sketches, this work documents the lives of Chinese individuals whose encounters with Christian missionaries sparked profound, often life-altering internal transformations.
Coral and Coral Reefs
Thomas Henry Huxley
The humble white coral, though often overlooked, performs a task of infinite geological scale, shaping the very floor of the ocean through the collective, tireless labor of countless tiny lives.
Danger
T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The social glass may seem an innocent pleasure, but beneath the surface of refined entertainment lies a hidden, perilous current that threatens to destroy the lives of the unsuspecting.
Danish ballads
E. M. (Eleanor Mary) Smith-Dampier
The ghosts of ancient Denmark walk through these pages, preserved in the rhythmic, haunting cadence of a long-forgotten oral tradition. Here, the boundary between the living and the dead is as thin as a winter mist.
Devota
Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
A long-standing misunderstanding between two proud hearts finds its reckoning under the moonlight of a country estate. Thirteen years of silence dissolve as long-held secrets and private griefs finally come to light.
Divinity
Joseph Samachson
Bradley is a petty criminal who escapes a mandatory "regeneration" process by stealing a lifeboat, only to crash-land on a primitive planet where the locals mistake him for a powerful deity. This science fiction story explores the intersection of impostor syndrome and self-actualization as Bradley navigates the…
Earliest Years at Vassar: Personal Recollections
Frances Ann Wood
A pioneer educator captures the intimate, unvarnished reality of building a collegiate institution for women from the ground up, where the grand mission of learning met the daily, human comedy of communal life.
Experiments and Observations Relative to the Influence Lately Discovered by M. Galvani and Commonly Called Animal Electricity
Richard Fowler
A rigorous, hands-on investigation of "animal electricity," this 1793 study tests the limits of muscle response to metallic stimuli and challenges the reigning scientific assumptions of the late eighteenth century.
Fifteen Months in Dixie
W. W. (William Worthy) Day
This is a raw, unflinching account of a Union soldier’s endurance through the systemic deprivation of Confederate prison camps. It serves as a stark testament to the human capacity to survive in the face of absolute misery.
Fifty Famous Fables
Lida B. (Lida Brown) McMurry
Through these timeless encounters between animals and humans, we discover that the simplest narratives often hold the most enduring truths about human nature.
Folk-Tales of Napoleon: Napoleonder from the Russian
Honoré de Balzac
This collection presents two distinct, folkloric visions of Napoleon Bonaparte: one a terrifying Russian myth of a sand-born conqueror, the other a nostalgic French legend of a divinely gifted soldier-emperor.
Fort Desolation: Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land
R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
HOOK A persistent, restless wanderer trades his dreams of stability for the harsh, lonely reality of the North American wilderness. He finds that the true battle is not against the elements, but within himself.
From Dublin to Chicago: Some Notes on a Tour in America
George A. Birmingham
America is a land of paradox, a place where the history of the world is rewritten by the force of energy and the absence of boundaries.
Garden Ornaments
Mary Harrod Northend
The garden is a living room without a roof, and these pages serve as the decorator’s handbook for those who wish to furnish it with grace. This guide offers a thoughtful exploration of how structural elements—from the humble path to the grand fountain—transform a simple plot of earth into a curated, serene…
Great Englishwomen: An Historical Reading Book for Schools
M. B. (Margaret Bertha) Synge
These accounts of notable women from British history serve as a primer for young students, blending moral instruction with the narrative of their lives.
Greek Biology & Greek Medicine
Charles Singer
The foundations of modern biology and medicine rest upon the careful observations and rational inquiries initiated by the ancient Greeks. This concise history traces that intellectual evolution from early folk traditions to the sophisticated clinical methods that define the physician’s craft today.
Guy Mannering
Walter Scott
A traveler’s casual horoscope sets in motion a decades-long mystery of a kidnapped heir, a stolen estate, and the enduring power of ancient grudges in the rugged landscape of Scotland.
Her Season in Bath: A Story of Bygone Days
Emma Marshall
The glittering veneer of 1779 Bath masks the quiet, earnest lives of those who look toward the stars rather than the ballroom. This story traces the unlikely intersection of fashionable society and the nascent scientific pursuit of the heavens.
Hetty Gray
Rosa M. (Rosa Mulholland) Gilbert
An orphaned village girl with an artist’s heart is thrust into a life of cold luxury, only to discover that her true identity lies buried in the secrets of a tragic shipwreck.
Hints to Husbands: A Revelation of the Man-Midwife's Mysteries
George Morant
A fervent polemic from 1857, this work serves as an urgent plea for husbands to reclaim the sanctity of the domestic sphere by rejecting the rising, and in the author’s view, profoundly indecent, professionalization of midwifery.
History of the beef cattle industry in Illinois
Frank Webster Farley
The evolution of Illinois from a raw, marshy frontier into the nation’s premier engine for beef production is a story of grit, corn, and the relentless expansion of the American market.
How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon: A True Romance of Patriotic Heroism Christian Devotion and Final Martyrdom
Oliver W. (Oliver Woodson) Nixon
This account chronicles a pivotal figure in the American settlement of the Northwest, framing a missionary’s perilous journey as the decisive act that secured the Oregon Territory for the United States.
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylor
A prolific traveler and versatile man of letters, this nineteenth-century author documented the changing landscapes of the world and the intimate textures of American life with equal curiosity. His legacy is defined by a deep, restless engagement with the geography and history of his time.
Indian Legends Retold
Elaine Goodale Eastman
A collection of ancestral stories passed down through generations, these tales bridge the divide between the seen world of human experience and the hidden, mysterious realm of the spirit.