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A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs	Classic Science Fiction circa 1817
The Secret House by Edgar Wallace	Mystery and Intrigue circa 1919
Proverb Stories (includes A Country Christmas) by Louisa May Alcott	Enjoy a heartwarming Christmas story.
Thanksgiving in Prose & Verse Edited by Robert Haven Schauffler	This book is a collection of Thanksgiving stories and poems dating from 1915.
*20,000 Leagues Under the Sea* by Jules Verne	Jules Gabriel Verne, February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre.
*Pride and Prejudice* by Jane Austen 1853	Quote about Jane Austen from "Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women" by Elbert Hubbard. "But to-day strong men recognize her books as rarely excellent, because they show the divinity in all things, keep close to the ground; gently inculcate the firm belief that simple people are as necessary as great ones, that small things are not necessarily unimportant, and that nothing is really insignificant. It all rings true. And so I sing the praises of the average woman—the woman who does her work, who is willing to be unknown, who is modest and unaffected, who tries lessen the pains of earth, and to add to its happiness. She is the true guardian angel of mankind !
*Leading American Women in All Walks of Life 1893* edited by Frances W. Willard and Mary A. Livermore	Among all cyclopaedias and books about famous women, this is intended to be unique and to supply a vacant niche in the reference library. The nineteenth century is woman's century. Since time began, no other era has witnessed so many and so great changes in the development of her character and gifts and in the multiplication of opportunities for their application. Even to those best informed on this subject, we believe that a glance at these pages will bring astonishment at the vast array of woman's achievements here chronicled, in hundreds of new vocations and avocations.
Ethics of Success (1894) by William Makepeace Thayer.	"Who wins in the race of life? Who is the really successful one? Is it he who accumulates a fortune only? Is it he who gains the world’s honors alone? Is it he even who acquires the most learning? No. Rather, it is he who builds the noblest character, in the circumstances." William Makepeace Thayer spoke eloquently on the importance of work and character in his 1894 book, "Ethics of Success." He believed that opportunity existed in difficult situations and that hard work combined with a caring heart would carry each person through hard times.
A Man in Love (1903) by Alice Mangold Diehl	The World says:—" Alice has the now rare power of investing pure romance with charm. Her latest novel is romantic in intention, in tone and in language ; it is pictorial too, and the beauty of the New Zealand scenery and climate is made to be felt in the story of the lovely girl who 'goes out' to her unknown kin and to a curious fate. A touching romance of New Zealand."
*The Story of My Life from Childhood to Manhood* by Georg Ebers	“It was to soothe a mother’s heartbreak that I came in the saddest hours of her life . . . ” Born two weeks after his father’s death, Georg Ebers was his mother’s “comfort child.” It was reported that he actually laughed on the third day of his life and that he embodied a “precocious cheerfulness.” From a fatherless child to renowned Egyptologist and historical romance author, Georg tackled life’s challenges with fortitude.
Laugh and Live by Douglas Fairbanks	"Consideration for others is man’s noblest attitude toward his fellow man. For every seed of human kindness he plants, a flower blooms in the garden of his own heart." The quote is from Hollywood icon, Douglas Fairbanks, from his book "Laugh and Live." Though published in 1917, the sentiments expressed in the book are timeless.
Life and Education of Laura Dewey Bridgeman by her teacher, Mary Swift Lamson (includes entries from Laura’s journals)	“I was two years and a few months old when I was in the calamity of a raging fever, which was scarlet, I was very sorely ill for three long weeks.” The scarlet fever outbreak of 1832 caused the death of Laura Dewey Bridgman’s two sisters and left Laura severely ill for months. Her family lavished her with constant care until she recovered but she was left unable to speak, hear or see. As time passed, Laura and her mother developed a method of finger signs in order to communicate simple needs.
Louisa May Alcott Her Life, Letters and Journals by Louisa May Alcott	“I always thought I must have been a deer or a horse in some former state, it was such a joy to run. No boy could be my friend til I had beaten him in a race, and no girl if she refused to climb trees, leap fences and be a tomboy,” Louisa May Alcott tells us in an 1889 autobiography. The author of “Little Women” and “Little Men,” Louisa’s energy and enthusiasm for life leaps off the pages of the well-known classics. Louisa’s early writing was in childhood journals. By the age of ten her journal entries were interspersed with poetry and a philosophical view of the world around her.