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Fiction - Short Story Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:

Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge (1913)

A collection of humorous essays by the Canadian master. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): Anne Harriet Fish

Bo-Peep (1913)

A collection of stories with illustrations by many artists, including Arthur Rackham.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
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Christmas Stories from "Household Words" and "All the Year Round" (1913)

Twenty stories from periodicals. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Edward Dalziel
Et al

Faithful Friends (1913)

A collection of stories and pictures, which was frequently reprinted. This later edition had better illustrations.

The Golden Road (1913)

In this sequel to The Story Girl, the children produce their own magazine and begin to grow up. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): George Gibbs

Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse (1913)

Jack Pumpkinhead and his friend the Wooden Sawhorse rescue two children lost in the woods. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Little Dorothy and Toto (1913)

Dorothy and Toto are exploring the further recesses of Oz when they meet a miniature giant. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Our Children (1913)

Brief sketches of boys and girls in town and country from France. This English translations is of the first half of Nos Enfants. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Anatole France
Illustrator(s): Maurice Boutet de Monvel

Ozma and the Little Wizard (1913)

Ozma and the Wizard are traveling through her realm and are assaulted by three imps. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman (1913)

The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman have a boating accident and are aided by a flock of mischievous crows and the Wizard. Read online at gutenberg.org.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Strange Story Book (1913)

A collection or stories, some of them true, mostly fictitious. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913)

Sent out into the world on his own, Pigling Bland rescues a beautiful sow named Pigwig and together they flee over the hills and far away. This was the second book in the new larger format. It was later republished in the original small format. Read ... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

Tiktok and the Nome King (1913)

The Nome King breaks Tiktok into a thousand pieces but Kaliko puts him back together again. Read online at Project Gutenberg.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich (1914)

An undisputed comic masterpiece which includes more stories about Maricopa, the subject of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): None

Bo-Peep (1914)

A collection of stories with illustrations by many artists, including Arthur Rackham.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

The Intervening Lady (1914)

We follow the Lady Noggs as she grows up as head of the Grandison family. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Edgar Jepson
Illustrator(s): Hanson Booth

Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1914)

Six short stores about favorite denizens of the fairyland of Oz. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories (1914)

A collection of short stories that appeared in magazines such as The Strand, Cosmopolitan, and Collier’s. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Pollyooly (1914)

Pollyooly, the angel child with the red hair, with a three year old brother to support, takes the post of housekeeper to the Hon. John Ruffin, and is soon on the road to independence. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Edgar Jepson
Illustrator(s): Hanson Booth

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