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French Flag reportedly given to Christian Brothers in France in gratitude for their service during the Franco-Prussian War.

Almost two decades after founding Life Magazine, in 1901, John Ames Mitchell, a Harvard University educated architect, artist, and author, published The Pines of Lory with Life Publishing Company. The novel follows the unfolding of the unlikely…

The story of If Winter Comes focuses on Mark Sabre and his relationship with his wife. The story of the book, though is not what most immediately catches the eye, but rather what someone had written in the book. On one of the first few pages of the…

This Year: Next Year is a tale of a passing year. In the book are poems of scenes and narrations that society experiences during the year. Some examples of this are like the morning dawn, the waking of the birds, the first fisherman on the lake, the…

Published in the June 26, 1935 edition of the newspaper The Listener, George Bernard Shaw's essay "Freedom" is surrounded by additional text. It is preceded by blurbs ranging from vacation advertisements to charity requests. A plea for donations to…

The Life of Charlotte Brontë is a biographical account of the life of author Charlotte Brontë from the perspective of her friend and fellow author Elizabeth Gaskell. It is widely considered the most comprehensive account of the lives of the…

This short story collection is enclosed within a dark teal hard cover with gold embossed print. This text claims its author is O. Henry's Ghost, suggesting the inspiration the author has from O. Henry. While the author's real name is never included…

The True Story Book catches the eye with the gilded pages upon a deep royal blue hardcover. Andrew Lang is a poet, novelist, literary critic, and patron to the field of anthropology. The True Story Book is a fiction and folklore novel, a product of…

This early edition of part two of Little Women, which was published in 1869 only a year after the original first volume of the novel came out, is written by Louisa May Alcott and, according to the title page, illustrated by May Alcott. It is unclear…

This version of Henry James’ An International Episode, published in 1892, contains 30 illustrations, drawn by Harry McVickar. One of these illustrations appears at the very start of the book, before any of the chapters. This particular illustration…