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In this story, written for children and published in 1885, the wind whisks Lily and her red umbrella to a land made entirely of candy. But Lily soon realizes things are not as sweet or simple as they seem. This tale comes with a strong moral message. Also included in this volume is a second story, "How They Ran Away."

Daisy’s Aunt Wee helps her recover from a long illness by rousing her to hunt for fairies. This 1867 collection of eight fantasy stories and four poems for children sound the themes of duty, independence, helping others, and overcoming prejudice. Includes “A Christmas Song,” “The Rose Family,” “Shadow-Children,” “Poppy’s Pranks,” and “Little Gulliver.”

Set in Japan from 1901 to 1905, The Lady of the Decoration is a novel in the form of letters written by a young missionary schoolteacher who travels to Vladivostok, Russia, as a result of the Russo-Japanese War. The novel captured the imagination of the American public, who knew very little about Japan at the time.

Published in two volumes (1876 and 1881), this encyclopedic work championed rationalism and led the Victorian revolt against social orthodoxy. Tracing religious thought from 1688 to 1750, Stephen reviews the Deist controversy and the intuitional and utilitarian schools. His wide-angle lens creates a...

A provocative exposé on American politics, The American Democrat will amuse, shock, and offend contemporary readers - just as it did when originally published in 1835. It depicts a country teetering on the edge of sacrificing the principles of the American Revolution on the altar of parochial interests....

This 1917 collection of poems focuses on Graves's World War I experiences and his friendships with such fellow poet-soldiers as Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen.  The poems detail the horrors of war while celebrating the bonds between soldiers. Included in the collection are: “Goliath and David,” “When I’m Killed,” and “Letter to S. S. from Mametz Wood,” among others.

Powys sought the simple life in rural England. This collection of musings on philosophy and religion reflect an unconventional, searching mind. Blending Christianity with Nietzsche, he declared himself “sometimes a Christian and sometimes a heathen.” His pessimistic brand of Christianity embraces death as “God’s best gift—the great inaction...eternal peace.”

This slim 1893 volume collects three short stories by Schreiner:  "Dream Life and Real Life: A Little African Story," "The Woman's Rose," to which "The Policy in Favour of Protection—" is added, in which Schreiner advocates for the strength and independence of women.

Meet Thor, Odin, Loke, Balder, and the other denizens of Asgard. The Eddas—poems and tales from Norse mythology—come to vivid life in Mabie’s faithful1882 retellings. Includes “The Making of the Hammer,” “The Making of the World,” “Thor Goes A-Fishing,” “The Binding of the Wolf,” and many more.

This 1900 collection of papers contains essays written by historians H. Morse Stephens, Agnes Repplier, Arthur T. Hadley, Brander Matthews, Bliss Perry, and Hamilton Wright Mabie. Written for the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, essays cover such topics as history; memoirs and biographies; sociology, economics, and politics; fiction; poetry; and criticism.

Published in 1903, this collection of essays focuses on writers and the locales they inhabited which most prominently inspired them.  Chapters include "The Lake Country and Wordsworth," "Emerson and Concord," "The Washington Irving Country," "Weimar and Goethe," "The Land of Lorna Doone," "America in Whitman's Poetry," and "The Land of Scott."

This in-depth look at Chicago’s white slave trade takes its direction from the stories of both rural and immigrant women. These are harrowing tales of prostitution, from which poor women were not powerful enough to break free. Addams presents these sensationalized tales in hopes of social change in the form of decent wages and education for women.

In the introduction to this 1919 collection of Irish poems, the author describes her patriotic awakening, and love for her Irish roots. After gathering thirty-seven folk poems from the people of Ireland—a stonecutter, a basket maker, a man on the street, among others—Lady Gregory translated and collected them here.

This 1921 novel, praised for Walpole’s distinctively vivid characters and London setting, was greeted as a departure for the popular writer: part satire, part fairy-tale. Young Henry Trenchard and his sister Millicent are ready to confront a world torn by rapid change and defined by conflicts with an older generation, represented by Sir Charles Duncombe.