Some of the titles on manybooks.net (a great free source of older books in multiple e-formats including for Kindle) make me laugh so much. How about...
- How She Felt in Her First Corset and other poems by Matt W. Alderson (1887)
- Miss Maitland Private Secretary by Geraldine Bonner (1919) [gutenberg offers some images]
One could so easily write one's own adventure using these titles.
And how did she feel? Apparently ""I feel just like bucking," the maiden replied."
And how did she feel? Apparently ""I feel just like bucking," the maiden replied."
Incidentally, manybooks.net has a useful RSS feed for tracking their latest additions.
I'm going to add the ones I find in my feed:
ReplyDeleteThe Man Who Pleases And The Woman Who Charms (John A. Cone): http://manybooks.net/titles/conej3576135761.html
Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady (Hester Chapone; 1820): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/chaponeh3589035890.html
ReplyDeleteAunt Jane’s Nieces on the Ranch (Edith van Dyne [aka L. Frank Baum]; 1913). Now there's a familiar name! http://www.manybooks.net/titles/dyneedit3585935859.html
The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat (Captain Quincy Allen; 1913): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/allenqa3583135831.html
ReplyDeleteBill Bolton—Flying Midshipman (Noel Sainsbury; 1933): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/sainsburyn3585835858.html
ReplyDeleteThe Story of a Doctor's Telephone: Told by His Wife (Ellen M. Firebaugh; 1912): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/firebaugh3875238752-8.html
ReplyDeleteA Vindication of Natural Diet (Percy Bysshe Shelley): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/shelleyp3872738727-8.html
The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy
Or The Rise, Progress and End of the Fourth World-Empire (William Edwy Vine; 1916): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/vine3872138721-8.html
Ralph, the Train Dispatcher: The Mystery of the Pay Car (Allen Chapman; 1911): http://manybooks.net/titles/chapmana3896938969-8.html
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