p.278.non-fictionAutobiography of a British cavalry officer in pre-war India and on the western front, who later became a member of the Royal flying corps in Mesopotamia. The closing chapters concern his subsequent travels in India and give his interpretation of the Hindu philosophy through the medium of his own personal experience. india - social life and customs, india - description and travel

p.329.fictionA novel of the early Stuart periodengland - fiction, stuart monarchy

p.284.fictionIt is the story of a little American girl, Bud, who has lost her parents and comes to stay with her relatives in a small Scottish town (clearly based on Inveraray). She progresses, thanks to her enlightened but only semi-liberated Aunt Ailie, to become a Shakespearean actress in London's West End - in spite of the negativity of the Scottish education system and the background of social and religious attitudes which regarded the theatre as unsuitable and rather sinful. It is especially interesting because it confronts the problem of the female creative artist in a society whose mores inhibit the expression of her talent.england - fiction, feminism

p.268non-fictionA record of a 1929-30 historical trip by a Baby Austin car from Adelaide to daly Waters in the Northern Territory, then the return journey to Melbourne in a Vauxhall.northern australia - description and travel, australia - social life and customs

p.399.non-fictionThe travels of a music lover in Hungary and Roumaniahungary - music, roumania - music

p.404fictionNo summary recordedscottish fiction, william black

p.322.fictionNo summary recordedaustralian fiction, mrs mm phillips

p.316fictionJust before his regiment sails off to war in the Sudan, British officer Harry Feversham quits the military. He is immediately given four white feathers - symbols of cowardice - one each by his three best friends and one by his fiancee. To disprove this grave dishonor, Harry dons an Arabian disguise and leaves for the Sudan, where he anonymously comes to the aid of his three friends, saving each of their lives. Having proved his bravery, Harry returns to England, hoping to regain the love and respect of his fiancee. This suspenseful tale movingly depicts a distinctive code of honor that - whether real or imagined - was deeply valued and strongly promoted by the British during the height of their imperial power.england - fiction, cowardice - military

p.312.fictionAmong other things this book narrates how Mrs Bindle caught a chill, how a nephew was born to her and what effect it had upon her outlook.england - fiction, satire - england

Ill, p.403.fictionThe novel follows the story of a group of men who are stranded on a lighthouse located on the Goodwin Sands, a treacherous group of sandbars located in the English Channel. The men must find a way to survive as they are constantly beset by storms and high seas. The novel is an example of naturalist fiction, which focuses on the natural world and its effects on humans.england - fiction, adventure fiction

Ill, map, p.310.fictionBeing the adventures of David Balfour : how he was kidnapped and cast away, his sufferings in a desert isle, his journey in the wild highlands, his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites, with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-calledscotland - fiction, adventure fiction

p.255.fictionWhen Bert Smallways is accidentally whisked off to Germany in a balloon carrying plans for a top-secret aeroplane, he gets involved in Prince Karl Albert's massive airship raid on New York ... first step in a war which soon flares into world wide catastrophe.air warfare - fiction, science fiction - english

Ill, p.311.fictionPublished in 1904, this forgotten classic is sci-fi and dystopia at its best, written by the creator and master of the genreFollowing extensive research in the field of growth, Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood light upon a new mysterious element, a food that causes greatly accelerated development. Initially christening their discovery The Food of the Gods, the two scientists are overwhelmed by the possible ramifications of their creation. Needing room for experiments, Mr. Besington chooses a farm that offers him the chance to test on chickens, which duly grow monstrous, six or seven times their usual size. With the farmer, Mr. Skinner, failing to contain the spread of the Food, chaos soon reigns as reports come in of local encounters with monstrous wasps, earwigs, and rats. The chickens escape, leaving carnage in their wake. The Skinners and Redwoods have both been feeding their children the compound illicitlytheir eventual offspring will constitute a new age of giants. Public opinion rapidly turns against the scientists and society rebels against the world's new flora and fauna. Daily life has changed shockingly and now politicians are involved, trying to stamp out the Food of the Gods and the giant race. Comic and at times surprisingly touching and tragic, Wells' story is a cautionary tale warning against the rampant advances of science but also of the dangers of greed, political infighting, and shameless vote-seeking. Collapse summary science fiction - england, artificial foods

Ill, p.317.non-fictionAn examination of the history and criticism of 20th century literatureliterature - criticism, literature - history

Ill, p.312.An autobiography of British journalist Henry Collinsjournalists - great britain - biography, reuters - biography

p.192An unmarried by mathematically precise Englishman dismisses his valet for heating his shaving water two degrees cooler than usual. He hires a French valet to replace him and the two of them set off to travel around the world in eighty days - a supposedly possible feat, now that the Indian railways have been built. If they succeed they will win a fortune off the other members of the Reform Club.adventure fiction, voyages - fiction

p.448.non-fictionThis book is an abbreviation of my three volumes of memories, Changes and chances (1923), More changes More Chances (1925), Last Changes Last Chances (1928)great britain - history, henry nevinson - memoirs

Index, p.338.non-fictionHenry Nevinson was a socialist. His views on injustice are detailed here in a series of essaysengland - literature, socialism

p.322.fictionBret Harte was known best orr his descriptions of gold rushes in Americaamerican literature, gold rushes - america

p.462fictionA romantic novel by Charles Readeengland - fiction, romantic fiction

p.1247.fictionA collection of the works of Oscar Wilde including stories, plays, poems, letters, and essaysenglish literature, english fiction - 19th century

Index, ill, p.226.non-fictionA history of trials at the Old bailey in Londontrials - england, capital punishment - england

p.316.fictionPercival Christopher Wren was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. This was one of 33 novels and short story collections that he wrote, mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa. english fiction, french foreign legion

p.318.fictionA novel of American ranch lifenew mexico - fiction, ranch life - fiction

p.312.fictionWorld War I vet Forest Stanley returns home to California to find his father's ranch in jepardy of being sold to an Eastern capitalist. Being a veteran he has a one year grace period to pay off the mortgage, and he does so with the help of the daughter of the very man who wants to buy the land for himself. ranch life - fiction, western fiction

p.305.fictionRomantic fiction set in South Africasouth africa - fiction, young women - fiction

Index, p.343.non-fictionA centenary history of Scotland yardmetropolitan police - london, police - great britain

Index, bib, ill, p.350.non-fictionAn essay on prophes=cies from the earliest days.prophecies, human history

p.253.fictionThis novel is a spirited melodrama set in Westmorland, in which the writer's love of the county and its cultural peculiarities is rather more convincing than her stiff-upper-lipped characters' love for each other.england - fiction, romantic fiction

p.765.fictionThe classic tale of one young woman's quest for fulfillment in 1820s England, and the price she would pay for true freedom. Maggie Tulliver's entire life has been spent in the shadow of Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss with her beloved older brother, Tom. But when their father meets an untimely death, the siblings' singular bond is strained as Tom is forced to leave his studies and Maggie struggles to find a sense of belonging. Maggie's sharp intelligence and spirited nature have made her an oddity in the rural hamlet of St. Ogg's, where such unique qualities are perceived as unbecoming for a woman. Her need for recognition and love eventually drives her to defy her brother, who casts her out of his house to survive on her own. Forced to grieve the losses of both their father and each other, the siblings will have to find it in their hearts to forgive in order to reconcile before tragedy strikes again. Inspired by events in the life of the author, The Mill on the Floss is George Eliot's most heartfelt novel and one of her most compelling and moving worksengland - fiction, romantic fiction