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Excerpt of chapter two from "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853"

Taylor, Bayard (G.P. Putnam & Co., 2021-03-10)

Digitized excerpt of chapter two from Bayard Taylor's "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853."

Preface to "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853"

Taylor, Bayard (G.P. Putnam & Co., 2021-03-10)

Preface to Bayard Taylor's "A Visit to China, India, and Japan in the Year 1853."

"Account of the Dreadful Inundation of the Sea at Ingeram, on the Coast of Coromandel in the East Indies" featured in "The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers. . ."

Parson, William (Mordecai Stewart., 2021-03-08)

Letter dated 1787 from William Parson to Alexander Dalrymple about a flood that occurred on the Coromandel coast - the southeastern coast region of the Indian subcontinent.

The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers; Being a Selection from the Most Elegant, Entertaining, and Instructive Travels

Adams, Rev. John (Mordecai Stewart., 2021-03-08)

Advertisement and Table of Contents to "The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers. . . ." This book was originally published in 1788, and the Bentley Rare Book Museum's copy is the second American edition printed circa 1820. ...

Excerpt from "Passing" (2004)

Larsen, Nella (Dover Publications, 2020-09-07)

Excerpt of 2004 edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"

Excerpt from "Passing" (2002)

Larsen, Nella (The Modern Library, 2020-09-07)

Excerpt from the 2002 hardback edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"

Excerpt from "The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen" (2001)

Larsen, Nella (Anchor Books, 2020-09-07)

Excerpt of the 2001 paperback edition of "The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen"

Excerpt from "Passing" (2000)

Larsen, Nella (The Modern Library, 2020-09-07)

Excerpt from a 2000 hardback edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"

Excerpt from "Passing" (1997)

Larsen, Nella (Penguin Books, 2020-09-07)

Excerpt from the 1997 paperback edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"

Excerpt from "An Intimation of Things Distant: The Collected Fiction of Nella Larsen" (1992)

Larsen, Nella (Anchor Books, 2020-09-02)

Excerpt from the 1992 paperback "An Intimation of Things Distant: The Collected Fiction of Nella Larsen"

Excerpt from "Quicksand and Passing" (1986)

Larsen, Nella (Rutgers University Press, 2020-09-02)

Excerpt from a 1986 paperback edition of Nella Larsen's novels "Quicksand" and "Passing"

Excerpt from "Passing" (1985; reprint of 1929 edition)

Larsen, Nella (Alfred A. Knopf; reprinted by AYER Company Publishing, 2020-09-02)

Excerpts from a 1985 hardcover edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"

Profile on Tom Hickman from Egan's "Boxiana" (part two)

Egan, Pierce (2020-08-05)

Part two of profile on Tom Hickman featured in Pierce Egan's "Boxiana." This profile of Hickman is part of Egan's famous serialized publication, "Boxiana" (1818 - 1824).

Excerpt from "Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage. . ."

Egan, Pierce (Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg and R. Griffin and Co. Glasgow, 2020-08-05)

Select illustrated excerpts from "Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life."