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Contents

; Volume I ''Taras Bulba: A Tale of the Cossacks'' by Nicolai V. Gogol translated by
Isabel F. Hapgood Isabel Florence Hapgood (November 21, 1851 – June 26, 1928) was an American ecumenist, writer and translator, especially of Russian and French texts. Early life Hapgood was born in Boston, to Asa Hapgood and Lydia Anna Bronson Crossley, wi ...
; Volume II ''Sebastopol'' by
Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...
;Volume III ''The Crushed Flower and Other Stories'', by
Leonid Andreev Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (russian: Леони́д Никола́евич Андре́ев, – 12 September 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian litera ...
translated by
Herman Bernstein Herman Bernstein ( yi, הערמאַן בערנשטײן, September 21, 1876 – August 31, 1935) was an American journalist, poet, novelist, playwright, translator, Jewish activist, and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Albania and ...
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;Volume IV ''The Career of a Nihilist'' by S. Stepniak seud. ; Volume V Parisian points of view by
Ludovic Halevy Ludovic is a given name and has also been a surname. People with the given name A * Ludovic Albós Cavaliere (born 1979), Andorran ski mountaineer * Ludovic Ambruș (born 1946), Romanian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics * Ludov ...
translated by Edith V. B. Matthews, with an introduction by
Brander Matthews James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American academic, writer and literary critic. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at Columbia University in New York and played a significant role in est ...
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; Volume VI
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard ''The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (french: Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard) is the first novel by Anatole France, published in 1881. With this work, one of his first written entirely in prose, he made himself known as a novelist; he had been primar ...
(Member of the institute) by Anatole France, translation and introduction by
Lafcadio Hearn , born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (; el, Πατρίκιος Λευκάδιος Χέρν, Patríkios Lefkádios Chérn, Irish language, Irish: Pádraig Lafcadio O'hEarain), was an Irish people, Irish-Greeks, Greek-Japanese people, Japanese writer, t ...
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; Volume VII & Volume VIII ''For the Right'' by
Karl Emil Franzos Karl Emil Franzos (25 October 184828 January 1904) was a popular Austrian novelist of the late 19th century. His works, both reportage and fiction, concentrate on the multi-ethnic corner of Galicia, Podolia and Bukovina, now largely in western ...
translated by Julie Sutter. Preface by
George MacDonald George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. I ...
. ; Volume IX Black Diamonds by Maurus Jokai translated by Frances A. Gerardbr>
; Volume X ''
Dame Care ''Dame Care'' (German: ''Frau Sorge'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Fritz Kortner, Mary Carr and William Dieterle.Bock & Bergfelder p.770 It is based on the 1887 novel ''Frau Sorge'' by Hermann Sudermann. The ...
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Hermann Sudermann Hermann Sudermann (30 September 1857 – 21 November 1928) was a German dramatist and novelist. Life Early career Sudermann was born at Matzicken, a village to the east of Heydekrug in the Province of Prussia (now Macikai and Šilutė, i ...
tr. from the German by Bertha Overbeck. ; Volume XI ''The New god, A Tale Of The Early Christians'' by
Richard Voss Richard Voss (2 September 1851 – 10 June 1918) was a German dramatist and novelist. In standard German orthography, his name is printed as Voß. Biography Voss was born at Neu-Grape near Pyritz, in Pomerania, the son of a country squire. Th ...
; Volume XII and XIII
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Gustav Freytag Gustav Freytag (; 13 July 1816 – 30 April 1895) was a German novelist and playwright. Life Freytag was born in Kreuzburg (Kluczbork) in Silesia. After attending the school at Oels (Oleśnica), he studied philology at the universities of ...
, translated from German by L. C. C., with a preface by
Christian Charles Josias Bunsen Christian Charles or Karl Josias von Bunsen (25 August 1791 – 28 November 1860), also known as , was a German diplomat and scholar. Life Early life Bunsen was born at Korbach, an old town in the German principality of Waldeck. His fath ...
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https://archive.org/details/debitcredit02freyuoft] ; Volume XIV ''Spanish, Italian and Oriental tales'', including stories by I. M. Palmarini,
Camillo Boito Camillo Boito (; 30 October 1836 – 28 June 1914) was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist. Biography Boito was born in Rome, the son of an Italian painter of miniatures. His mother was of Poli ...
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; Volume XV ''Modern Ghosts'', with introduction by
George William Curtis George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker born in Providence, Rhode Island. An early Republican, he spoke in favor of African-American equality and civil rights both before and after ...
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; Volume XVI
The house by the medlar-tree ''I Malavoglia'' () is the best known novel by Giovanni Verga. It was first printed in 1881. Background The readers' good reception of the short story ''Nedda'', published in 1874, encouraged the project of a "sea sketch" entitled ''Padron 'Nt ...
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Giovanni Verga Giovanni Carmelo Verga di Fontanabianca (; 2 September 1840 – 27 January 1922) was an Italian realist ('' verista'') writer, best known for his depictions of life in his native Sicily, especially the short story and later play ''Cavalleria ...
translated by Mary A. Craig with an introduction by W. D. Howellsbr>
https://archive.org/details/housebymedlartre00verguoft] ; Volume XVII ''The battle of Waterloo and other stories'', by
Alexander Kielland Alexander Lange Kielland (; 18 February 1849 – 6 April 1906) was a Norwegian realistic writer of the 19th century. He is one of the so-called "The Four Greats" of Norwegian literature, along with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and ...
, translated from Norwegian by
William Archer William or Bill Archer may refer to: * William Archer (British politician) (1677–1739), British politician * William S. Archer (1789–1855), U.S. Senator and Representative from Virginia * William Beatty Archer (1793–1870), Illinois politician ...
, with an introduction by H. H. Boyesen. Include

https://archive.org/details/battleofwaterloo00kieluoft] * ''Pharoh'' * ''The Parsonage'' * ''The Peat Moor'' * ''"Hope's clad in April green"'' * ''At the fair'' * ''Two friends'' * ''A good conscience'' * ''Romance and Reality'' * ''Withered leaves'' * ''The battle of Waterloo'' ; Volume XVIII ''Mystery tales'', reprint of ''The Lock and Key Library: North Europe Stories'', by
Julian Hawthorne Julian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846 – July 14, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mysteries and detective fiction, essays, t ...
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* ''The Queen of Spades'',
Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
* ''The General's Will'', Vera Jelihovsky * '' Crime and Punishment'', Fyoodor Dostoyevsky * ''The Safety Match'', Anton Chekhoff * ''Knights of Industry'', Vsevolod Krestovski * ''The Amputated Arms'', Jorgen Wilhelm Bergsoe * ''The Manuscript'', Otto Larssen * ''The Sealed Room'',
Bernhard Ingemann Bernhard Severin Ingemann (28 May 1789 – 24 February 1862) was a Danish novelist and poet. Biography Ingemann was born in Torkilstrup, on the island of Falster, Denmark. The son of a vicar, he was left fatherless in his youth. While a st ...
* ''The Rector of Veilbye'',
Steen Steensen Blicher Steen Steensen Blicher (11 October 1782, Vium – 26 March 1848 in Spentrup) was an author and poet born in Vium near Viborg, Denmark. Biography Blicher was the son of a literarily inclined Jutlandic parson whose family was distantly rela ...
* ''The Living Death'', Ferencz Molnar * ''Thirteen at Table'', Maurus Jokai * ''The Dancing Bear'', Etienne Barsony * ''The Tower Room'', Arthur Elck ;Volume XIX ''Danish folk tales

;Volume XX ''The wonderful adventures of Nils''


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