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The 1,000,000 Pound Bank Note and Other New Stories (1893)

A collection of nine stories. These were included in the larger omnibus The American Claimant, etc. of 1917. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Dan Beard

The Peterkin Papers (1893)

This second edition of the stories about a muddle-headed family and their friend, the lady from Philadelphia, contains an additional story: "The Peterkins at the Farm." Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

Studies and Stories (1893)

A collection of essays and stories. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

The Dolly Dialogues (1894)

Short stories of fin de siecle London society. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anthony Hope
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

The Jungle Book (1894)

Seven stories, including three about Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Read online at archive.org.

The Jungle Book (1894)

Seven stories, including three about Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Read online at Hathitrust.

Nonsense Songs and Stories (1894)

This is a collection of longer poems and stories from the four nonsense books with a few additions. It does not include the limericks.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

Pagan Papers (1894)

This first edition is the only one to include the essays under the title “The Golden Age” which were subsequently included in the book of that name along with additional chapters. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Aubrey Beardsley

The Golden Age (1895)

A collection of stories about the author’s childhood. The American first edition is smaller format and includes 241 pages. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): None

The Second Jungle Book (1895)

Eight stories, five about Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): John Lockwood Kipling

The Second Jungle Book (1895)

Eight stories, five about Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): John Lockwood Kipling

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1895)

A two-volume collection of stories and essays, including Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Read for free online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

Tales of a Traveller (1895)

A collection of tales by Washington Irving. Read for free online at HathiTrust (volume 1 and volume 2) or at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

Twilight Land (1895)

In Twilight Land at the Inn of the Sign of Mother Goose, the visitors each tell a tale. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

Cressy and Other Tales (1896)

This is volume VII of the Standard Library Edition of the writings of Bret Harte. The title story is a romance of the gold fields. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Bret Harte
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

The Fox's Story (1896)

Eight stories and pictures. Read online at Baldwin Library.

Author(s): E. Veale
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox

The Little Girl from Next Door, etc. (1896)

Phil Raymond takes pity on the orphan girl next door and smuggles her off to the seaside in a hamper, where she makes a discovery that alters her life.

Author(s): Geraldine Mockler
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

The Money Spinner and Other Character Notes (1896)

A collection of essays on fashionable life in fin de siècle London. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

The Supply at Saint Agatha’s (1896)

A ‘supply’ is a Protestant clergyman who fills in for an absent pastor. In this short story, a heavenly figure fills in for a dying man. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

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