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The scarab murder case

S. S. Van Dine

Philo Vance is drawn into the Scarab murder case after the body of Benjamin H. Kyle, a wealthy philanthropist and art patron, is found in the private museum of Egyptologist Dr. Mindrum W. C. Bliss. A rare blue scarab found beside the mutilated body becomes the central clue, while Vance treats the case as a question of motive and psychology rather than a simple matter of physical evidence. The story also introduces Donald Scarlett, an Oxford-educated Egyptology enthusiast and technical expert on the Bliss expeditions, who reaches Vance in obvious distress before the investigation unfolds.

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The misdeal

W. C. Tuttle

Four cowboys at the NR ranch are angry because an old rancher’s will has upset their expectations of getting a share from Nick Ralls. As they argue in the bunkhouse, their uneasy partnership and past of stock theft and branding fraud come into view. The story centers on their resentment, their criminal habits, and the problem of what the new arrangement means for them on the Broken Butte range.

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Heather's mistress

Amy Le Feuvre

Two twin sisters, Heather and Bluebell, are left to manage life in an old country house after their grandmother’s death. As one returns from a wet errand, the sisters talk by the fire about their newfound independence, their daily duties, and the books they have been reading. Heather worries that too much reading is unsettling their conduct, while Bluebell enjoys the freedom and the lively worlds the books open to her.

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The type-writer girl

Grant Allen

The book is told by a young London woman of twenty-two who is without employment but not without inward occupation. She watches the city’s stream of commuters and office workers, reflecting on their hidden lives while considering how women read the world and literature. Her voice also links these observations to her own story and to questions of female authorship and imagination.

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Honest to Doughgod

W. C. Tuttle

A trio of cowpunchers narrates their own rough-and-ready lives on the range, boasting of their odd talents and loose morals while trying to keep one another out of trouble. When Muley is arrested after leaving a poem at the scene of a cattle theft, his companions stage a clumsy rescue that leads to more stolen horses and a payout. Riding toward Paradise, they encounter a woman whose loose horse has run off, shifting the story into another frontier complication.

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"Magyarland," volume 2 (of 2)

Nina Elizabeth Mazuchelli

This travel narrative follows the author and companions through Hungary and into neighboring territory, focusing on border crossings, official scrutiny, and local travel conditions. The opening scenes center on arrival at Szörény, where passports, luggage inspection, and disputes with customs officials cause delays, while the guide András’s missing passport becomes a point of tension. The book also records the group’s efforts to hire transport and continue toward Orsova and Turnu Severin, with close attention to people, scenery, and the practical obstacles of travel in the region.

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Ike Harper's historical holiday

W. C. Tuttle

In Piperock, Ike Harper and Dirty Shirt Jones watch a Fourth of July dispute unfold among Judge Steele, Magpie Simpkins, and other townsmen over which nearby town is the proper holiday rival and which national figure deserves credit for the day. The talk turns comic and tense as the men argue politics, patriotism, and local pride in the saloon and on the sidewalk. When the question of responsibility for the Fourth is put to the judge and Magpie, their evasive answers only deepen the confusion.

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Magpie—diplomat

W. C. Tuttle

Magpie Simpkins and Ike Harper are traveling by jackass toward a new settlement called Pinto when they meet three men on the road. The men turn out to be the mayor, police chief, and treasurer of Pinto, and their talk shifts to the town’s problems, including the need for a schoolteacher. Their story centers on how their marriages and the search for a teacher have become tangled with a scheme involving exchanged photographs and mistaken identities.

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The thinking machine

Raymond F. Jones

Set in the Lonestar Agro region, the story follows Rick Theron on the night of a farewell party before he leaves farm life behind. He has been chosen by a Machine to pair with a Mech, a prospect that unsettles him and prompts joking from friends who treat the assignment as both an honor and a strange fate. The gathering is shaped by the community’s affection for Rick and by his parting with Barie, who insists on dancing with him that night.

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Hashknife and the Fantom Riders

W. C. Tuttle

Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens arrive at William Lanpher’s San Francisco home after being recommended by the Cattlemen’s Association. The story opens with the two cattle-country men standing out in fog and rain, then being shown into Lanpher’s richly furnished house, where their rough talk and comic exchange contrast with the setting. Lanpher explains that he wrote to the association because he wanted the best man it could recommend.

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Jack Brag, vol. 1 (of 3)

Theodore Edward Hook

Jack Brag centers on the banter between Mrs. Brag, a widow who keeps a tallow-chandler’s shop, and her son Jack, who prefers hunting, racing, and fashionable society to the family trade. Jack tries to pass among gentlemen while concealing his connection to the shop, and he boasts about his sporting exploits and his hopes of gaining entry to elite circles such as the Travellers. The opening establishes a comic tension between commerce, social ambition, and the fear of being exposed as the son of a tradeswoman.

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The contrast, Volume 2 (of 3)

Marquess of Constantine Henry Phipps Normanby

The volume opens with Sir North Saunders, now sixty, still much the same in habits and outlook, but newly taking on the duties of a justice of the peace after a long political life. It reflects at length on the machinery of British lawmaking and the role of unpaid magistrates, questioning how such offices are filled and how they function in practice. The chapter list shows a substantial continuation of the novel’s story across seventeen chapters.

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The contrast, Volume 3 (of 3)

Marquess of Constantine Henry Phipps Normanby

This volume of a 19th-century English novel follows Lucy as she arrives in London from the secluded shores of Morden Bay and is overwhelmed by the scale, movement, and unfamiliar society of the city. Left alone at Lord Castleton’s house, she watches the bustle of London from a salon and balcony, feeling cut off from everyone around her while observing passing carriages, servants, and fashionable riders below.

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An artist's life

Harry Harrison

Brent Dalgreen returns from a year on the Moon weakened by radiation and low gravity, but still determined to spend his time with the art world. At the Metropolitan Museum, he is struck by a contemporary landscape whose unsettling quality reminds him of the alien feeling he struggled to paint on the Moon. The story follows his attempt to understand that sensation and the strange connection between lunar experience and painting.

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Blind trails

W. C. Tuttle

Set on the Cross L ranch, this Western centers on cowhand Peace Parker, whose quiet manner and skill on the range make him something of an enigma to ranch owner Cross L Marshall. Their talk turns to Marshall’s disapproval of Peace’s interest in Jess, who is already engaged to Frank Campion, and to the tension around who should marry whom. The story also hints at wider ranch and town concerns, including rumors from nearby places and the movement of horses and cattle.

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