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• No Great Magic (as published in Galaxy magazine, 1963), by Fritz Leiber (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• A Maid of Many Moods (Toronto: Copp Clark Co., 1902), by Virna Sheard (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Without the Limelight: Theatrical Life As It Is (London: Chatto and Windus, 1900), by George R. Sims (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Actor-Manager (Works of Leonard Merrick edition; London et al: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.), by Leonard Merrick, contrib. by William Dean Howells (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Comedienne (c1920), by Władyslaw Stanisław Reymont, trans. by Edmund Obecny (Gutenberg text)
• Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise (2 volumes; New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1917), by David Graham Phillips
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at Indiana
  • both volumes (but no illustrations): Gutenberg text

• The Tragic Muse (London: Macmillan and Co., 1921), by Henry James (Gutenberg text)
• The Half Sisters: A Tale (cheap edition; London: Chapman and Hall, 1854), by Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Tragic Muse (based on the 1-volume 1891 edition, with commentary), by Henry James, ed. by Adrian Dover (HTML at the Ladder)
• Mistress Nell Gwyn: A Novel (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1926), by Marjorie Bowen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Phantom Herd (1916), by B. M. Bower (Gutenberg text)

• The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist (Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1841), by Henry Cockton
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Position of Peggy Harper (Works of Leonard Merrick edition; London et al.: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.), by Leonard Merrick, contrib. by Arthur Wing Pinero (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Caesar Cascabel (New York: Cassell, c1890), by Jules Verne, trans. by A. Estoclet, illust. by George Roux (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Memoirs of a Midget (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1922), by Walter De la Mare (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Lost Girl (New York: T. Seltzer, 1921), by D. H. Lawrence (Gutenberg text)

• Rujub, the Juggler, by G. A. Henty (Gutenberg text)

• Hermes Beckons: A Tale of Alchemy and Magic (c2006), by John Caris (HTML at Westgate House)
• The King of the Conjurors (London: J. Blackwood and Co., n.d.), by James Skipp Borlase (multiple formats at Google)
• Beyond World's End (included on a Baen CD image), by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill
  • zipped CD ISO at thefifthimperium.com; 65 MB
  • zipped CD files at thefifthimperium.com; 65 MB

• Lalla Rookh (based on the 1861 Longman's edition, with added illustrations and commentary from other editions), by Thomas Moore, contrib. by Agnes Repplier, illust. by John Tenniel (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
• The Story Girl, by L. M. Montgomery
  • HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • Gutenberg text

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• People (Time, Inc., magazine; online archive 1974-) (partial serial archives)

• The Paradox of Acting: Translated With Annotations From Diderot's "Paradoxe sur le Comédien" (London: Chatto and Windus, 1883), by Denis Diderot, ed. by Walter Herries Pollock, contrib. by Henry Irving (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Plays, Acting and Music: A Book of Theory (revised edition; London: Constable and Co., 1909), by Arthur Symons (Gutenberg text)
• Stage-Land, by Jerome K. Jerome (Gutenberg text)
• Stage-Land (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1906), by Jerome K. Jerome, illust. by Bernard Partridge (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
• Shadows of the Stage (New York and London: Macmillan, 1893), by William Winter (Gutenberg text)

• The Lives of the Conjurors (London: Tinsley Bros., 1876), by Thomas Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
• Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: A Complete Exposé, by Harry Houdini
  • illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text

• Memoir and Theatrical Career of Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius (London: Onwhyn, ca. 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)

• My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt (1907 translation), by Sarah Bernhardt (Gutenberg text)

• Buffalo Bill (Hon. Wm. F. Cody) and His Wild West Companions, Including Wild Bill, Texas Jack, California Joe, Capt. Jack Crawford, and Other Famous Scouts of the Western Plains (Chicago: The Hennebery Co., ca. 1893) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Buffalo Bill's Own Story of His Life and Deeds: This Autobiography Tells in His Own Graphic Words the Wonderful Story of His Heroic Career (memorial edition; c1917), by Buffalo Bill, contrib. by William Lightfoot Visscher (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill (Hartford: F. E. Bliss, c1879), by Buffalo Bill (page images at LOC)
• Memories of Buffalo Bill (New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1919), by Louisa Frederici Cody and Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) (New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1920), by Buffalo Bill, illust. by N. C. Wyeth (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Historical Sketches and Daily Review (souvenir booklet; ca. 1907) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Historical Sketches and Programme (souvenir program; 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Adventures of Buffalo Bill (New York et al.: Harper and Row, c1904; edition published after author's death), by Buffalo Bill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill", by Helen Cody Wetmore
  • illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text
• The Life and Adventures of "Buffalo Bill" (1917 edition), by Buffalo Bill (HTML at PBS)
• Heroes of the Plains: or, Lives and Wonderful Adventures of Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, Capt. Payne, Capt. Jack, Texas Jack, California Joe, and Other Celebrated Indian Fighters, Scouts, Hunters and Guides; Including a True and Thrilling History of Gen. Custer's Famous "Last Fight" on the Little Big Horn, with Sitting Bull (New York and St. Louis: N. D. Thompson and Co., 1882), by James W. Buel (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Narrative of The Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, Youngest Daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq. Written by Herself (London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1829), by Charlotte Charke (multiple formats at archive.org)

• An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, by Colley Cibber
  • volume 1: illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • volume 2: illustrated HTML at Virginia

• Charlotte Cushman (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882), by Clara Erskine Clement Waters (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Life of Charlotte Cushman (New York et al.: Brentano's, c1894), by W. T. Price (multiple formats at Google)
• Bright Particular Star: The Life and Times of Charlotte Cushman (New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922), by Joseph Leach (HTML at cardinalbook.com)

• Autobiography of Clara Fisher Maeder (New York; The Dunlap society, 1897), by Clara Fisher, ed. by Douglas Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Society Clown: Reminiscences, by George Grossmith (Gutenberg text)

• Houdini, the Man Who Walked Through Walls (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1959), by William Lindsay Gresham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist: Houdini (revised edition, with movie stills; New York: Audubon Printers, 1922)
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • page images at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Famous Houdini: The Original Jail Breaker and Hand Cuff King (ca. 1908) (page images at HathiTrust)

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