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Fiction - Short Story Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:

The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914)

The second collection of detective stories about a Catholic priest who is considered one of the high spots of detective fiction. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s): Sydney Seymour Lucas

The Golden Age (1915)

Kenneth Grahame’s first collection of reminiscences of his childhood. This is the second set of illustrations. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): R. J. Enraght-Moony

Happy Pollyooly: The Rich Little Poor Girl (1915)

The further adventures of Pollyooly, the angel child with the red hair. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Edgar Jepson
Illustrator(s): Reginald Birch

Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle’s Lodge-Fire (1915)

A collection of Native American myths, legends and tales. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Frank Bird Linderman
Illustrator(s): Charles Marion Russell

The Legend of the White Reindeer (1915)

Animal biographies from Animal Heroes, including Arnaux The Chronicle of a Homing Pigeon, The Boy and the Lynx and The Legend of the White Reindeer.... View More

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy (1915)

Another collection of humorous essays and stories from our northern neighbor. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): Frank Hazen

Short Stories of Musical Melodies (1915)

The author offers her imaginative interpretations of short melodies.

Två sagor (1915)

Two Danish stories translated into Swedish.

Author(s): Carl Ewald
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Drömmar och fantasier (1916)

Dreams and fantasies from Sweden.

Author(s): Willy Grebst
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Favorites of a Nursery of Seventy Years Ago (1916)

A large collection of favorites from the 1840’s. This second edition is somewhat enlarged.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): None

Further Foolishness: Sketches and Satires on the Follies of the Day (1916)

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

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): no first name M.B.A.

Little Bun Rabbit (1916)

A selection of stories from Baum's earlier works. This edition has only the color frontispiece.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
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The Magic Cloak (1916)

This Snuggle Tale contains an abridgment of Queen Zixi of Ix among other tales. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
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Once Upon a Time and Other Stories (1916)

This entry in the Snuggle Tales series includes several stories and a single color plate.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
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The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit (1916)

The fierce bad rabbit steals a carrot from the good little rabbit, and as he eats it, is shot by a hunter and loses his tail and his carrot. This is the standard book edition that replaced the original panorama format. Read online at archive.org. Or ... View More

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

The Story of Miss Moppet (1916)

Miss Moppet, the cat, makes the mistake of playing with her food, and the mouse escapes her grasp. This is the book edition that replaced the original panorama. Read online at Project Gutenberg. Or at wikisource.... View More

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

The Yellow Hen and Other Stories (1916)

A collection of stories, including some set in Oz, with a single color illustration.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
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The Man with Two Left Feet (1917)

A collection of short stories that first appeared in magazines such as The Strand, The Saturday Evening Post, McClure’s and Collier’s. Bertie Wooster and Jeeves make their first appearance in ‘Extricating Young Gussie.’ Read o... View More

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

Tom Kitten’s Painting Book (1917)

Outline pictures from Tom Kitten’s adventures to be colored in by the owner.

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

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