The following is a list of recently released ebooks from various Gutenberg projects, including Project Gutenberg US, PG Australia, Faded Page, and Standard Ebooks.
Far in the north woods of Ontario the Indians in their lonely wigwams are haunted by superstitious fears of evil spirits which the Indians believe can take possession of a person and turn him into a cannibal. When Ann Jackman came back to Fox Island from boarding school for the Christmas holidays, the Indians were in the grip of such a panic. Wen-dah-ban, a young hunter and friend of the Jackmans, believing that he had been conjured into a windigo, had disappeared into the forest. Ann, with others, undertook to find him. They soon discovered that they also had to deal with a white trader, whose unscrupulous schemes added to the dangers of the journey. Mrs. Pinkerton's expert story is filled with the crispness of cold days on the trail and the loneliness of night camps in the forest. Through it runs the warm family life of the Jackmans and their sympathetic understanding of the Indians, who are their friends.—adapted from the dustcover.
A sheltered young gentleman, Peregrine Vereker, flees his over-protected life to seek hardship and manhood on the open road. Bow Street Runner, Jasper Shrig, unravels the hidden dangers stalking Peregrine and steers him safely towards truth and destiny.
This article was published in two installments in The Canadian Magazine, April and June 1907 issues. The author provides brief biographies and discussions of the writings of the poets presented, along with examples of their work.
The novel centers on the legendary Norse explorer Leif Erikson (often referred to in older texts as Lief the Lucky) and his father, Eric the Red. Set against the backdrop of Iceland and Greenland, the story blends historical facts from the Nordic sagas with elements of romance and high-seas adventure as the Vikings navigate personal rivalries, cultural shifts, and exploration.
Again a story of the inside life of a T.B. sanitarium. The setting is Switzerland—near Davos—and there are glimpses of the stark beauty of snow-shrouded and vast, and occasional glimpses of skiing, chamois hunting, the perilous ascent of an icy toboggan slide. But in the main the story centers in the hospital itself, where two divergent influences are brought to bear when a spoiled, neurotic girl, intent on being the focus of real and imagined romance, and a saintly priest of the Anglican order, come as patients in seriously advanced stages of the disease, and are shortly involved in the already complex situations on the staff. The head doctor, whose sense of justice outweighs his humanity, is succeeding—he thinks—in insulating both himself and his wife from participation in normal living. Two other doctors, both one time members of the Underground Resistance forces, are caught up in the situation. And Caroline, the girl, serves as catalyst in the troubled situation.—Kirkus Reviews
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