        item: #1 of 12
          id: 11731
      author: Hutchins, Cortelle
       title: Virginia: the Old Dominion As seen from its colonial waterway, the historic river James, whose every succeeding turn reveals country replete with monuments and scenes recalling the march of history and its figures from the days of Captain John Smith to the present time
        date: None
       words: 62278
      flesch: 75
     summary: Now, a glimpse could be had of a relic of old James Towne, the ruined church tower, deep-set among the trees. Almost with the solemn significance of a tomb above the ashes of the dead, stands the sacred pile over the buried remains of old James Towne.
    keywords: anchor; away; brandon; byrd; church; colonial; colonists; colony; commodore; country; creek; day; days; early; end; family; find; gadabout; garden; good; harrison; home; house; houseboat; illustration; island; james; james river; james towne; john; landing; left; life; man; manor; mrs; nautica; new; people; place; plantation; point; river; room; shirley; shore; story; stream; sun; things; tide; time; towne; trees; village; virginia; visit; water; way; westover; weyanoke; white; wind
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        item: #2 of 12
          id: 15904
      author: Stratemeyer, Edward
       title: The Rover Boys on the River; Or, The Search for the Missing Houseboat
        date: None
       words: 48332
      flesch: 94
     summary: And in a moment more Lew Flapp was out of sight down the country roadway and Link Smith was pacing his post as before. The question is, which one? Perhaps Dan Baxter--or Lew Flapp, suggested Dick.
    keywords: baxter; board; boys; cadets; captain; dan; dick; door; dora; flapp; fred; girls; good; hall; hans; head; home; houseboat; launch; lew; look; man; mrs; nellie; place; putnam; right; rover; run; sam; time; tom; way
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        item: #3 of 12
          id: 16253
      author: Chalmers, Amy D. V.
       title: Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
        date: None
       words: 53540
      flesch: 91
     summary: The roses were presented to Madge every morning when the maid brought up her breakfast-tray, and for the first time in her life Miss Madge enjoyed the luxury of eating her breakfast in bed. At last Madge decided to end the suspense.
    keywords: ann; boat; brown; cabin; chaperon; curtis; day; deck; eleanor; eyes; face; girls; head; houseboat; jenny; jones; lillian; look; madge; man; mike; miss; mollie; mrs; phil; phyllis; time; tom; water; way
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        item: #4 of 12
          id: 20737
      author: Chalmers, Amy D. V.
       title: Madge Morton's Secret
        date: None
       words: 55392
      flesch: 89
     summary: Pompey, the colored boy, declared that he had not seen Miss Madge all morning. * * * * * Miss Phyllis Alden, Miss Madge Morton, Miss Lillian Seldon and Miss Eleanor Butler, there is an express package downstairs for you as big as I don't know what!
    keywords: alfred; ann; away; box; boys; curtis; day; door; eleanor; father; flora; friends; girls; harris; houseboat; island; jenny; jenny ann; lawton; lieutenant; lillian; madge; maid; man; men; merry; miss; miss jenny; morton; mother; mrs; night; party; phil; phyllis; thornton; thought; time; tom
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        item: #5 of 12
          id: 2618
      author: Bangs, John Kendrick
       title: A House-Boat on the Styx
        date: None
       words: 28300
      flesch: 83
     summary: Sir Walter Raleigh, Cassius, Demosthenes, Blackstone, Doctor Johnson, and Confucius, replied the shade. It was a part of their plan that upon this occasion Shakespeare should play pool with Doctor Johnson and the Emperor Nero, and hence it was that the coin bade him repair to the library and chat with Lord Bacon.
    keywords: baron; boat; boswell; charon; club; confucius; day; doctor; good; hamlet; homer; house; johnson; life; man; mind; night; play; poets; point; raleigh; room; shakespeare; sir; thing; time; walter; way; world
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        item: #6 of 12
          id: 26538
      author: Chalmers, Amy D. V.
       title: Madge Morton's Victory
        date: None
       words: 53797
      flesch: 89
     summary: Just before they started for the train that was to bear them to Tom and Tania Madge told Mrs. Curtis that Philip had stolen the child from them and that they also believed he had run off with their treasure-chest. CHAPTER XIV CAPTAIN JULES MAKES A PROMISE Little by little Madge was able to put together the whole story of Philip Holt's life.
    keywords: ann; bay; captain; captain jules; child; curtis; day; eleanor; eyes; face; father; find; friends; girls; good; head; holt; houseboat; jenny; lillian; madge; man; miss; mrs; phil; philip; phyllis; tania; time; tom; water
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        item: #7 of 12
          id: 30401
      author: Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
       title: The Flying Stingaree: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
        date: None
       words: 44202
      flesch: 92
     summary: Cautiously Rick peered out, then sucked in his breath. Rick cut corners, knowing he had enough water under the keel, heading directly for the creek entrance.
    keywords: bay; boat; boys; coffee; cove; crab; crabber; creek; data; eyes; face; feet; grass; hand; harris; head; houseboat; line; little; look; man; motor; orvil; people; place; rick; right; river; rocket; runabout; scotty; shore; steve; stingaree; thing; thought; time; water; way
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        item: #8 of 12
          id: 31719
      author: Chalmers, Amy D. V.
       title: Madge Morton's Trust
        date: None
       words: 55046
      flesch: 90
     summary: She wondered why Miss Taylor required more attention from poor Madge than she did from any of the other girls. It came over poor Madge, at first dully, then with complete conviction, that the man whom she had come upon in the woods was a fugitive from justice--an outlaw hiding from the police.
    keywords: ann; betsey; boys; brewster; david; david brewster; day; eleanor; eyes; face; girls; harry; home; house; houseboat; jenny; lillian; madge; man; miss; miss betsey; motor; mrs; night; party; people; phil; phyllis; place; preston; river; time; tom; way; woman
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        item: #9 of 12
          id: 32606
      author: Raymond, Evelyn
       title: Dorothy on a House Boat
        date: None
       words: 61548
      flesch: 90
     summary: Then the coal, the power for the electric lights--the lots of little things that crop up to eat up cash as if it were good bread and butter. Don't cry, little girl.
    keywords: aunt; betty; billy; boat; boy; bruce; calvert; cap'n; captain; colonel; corny; course; day; dear; dolly; dorothy; elsa; eyes; face; find; folks; gerald; girl; good; hand; head; home; house; jack; jim; lily; look; man; melvin; monkeys; mrs; place; poor; right; tell; things; time; want; water; way
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        item: #10 of 12
          id: 38609
      author: Hill, Grace Brooks
       title: The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered
        date: None
       words: 53212
      flesch: 93
     summary: Is it in--er--his official capacity? I asked Mr. Howbridge to come to advise us about forming the society, Ruth said. The lunch was over and the Civic Betterment League was in process of embryo formation, under the advice of Mr. Howbridge, and Ruth was earnestly presiding over the session of her girl friends in the library of the Corner House, when, from the ample yard in the rear of the old mansion, came a series of startled cries.
    keywords: agnes; bluebird; boat; canal; corner; deck; doll; dot; father; girls; hank; house; howbridge; lake; lawyer; little; look; maccall; man; men; motor; mrs; mule; neale; ruth; sammy; tess; time; trip; uncle
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        item: #11 of 12
          id: 4941
      author: Rathborne, St. George
       title: The House Boat Boys; Or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South
        date: None
       words: 52239
      flesch: 84
     summary: Why, for all he knew, poor old Maurice might be in hard luck, with the teeth of a savage hound threatening his very life. So much faith did Maurice place in this prediction of his chum that he insisted upon tying up earlier than usual that afternoon so that they could lay in an abundance of firewood.
    keywords: boat; boys; cabin; chance; chum; close; coming; course; day; eyes; face; fellow; george; going; good; gun; hand; head; know; look; man; maurice; morning; place; right; river; shanty; shore; tell; thad; things; think; time; tree; want; water; way; yuh
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        item: #12 of 12
          id: 5948
      author: Hope, Laura Lee
       title: The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat
        date: None
       words: 42450
      flesch: 96
     summary: Mr. Bobbsey could see that for himself now, since Freddie and Flossie were going up the walk together, Freddie tying one of the book straps around the dog's neck, while Nan and Bert followed behind them, with Mrs. Bobbsey. Mrs. Bobbsey went down to the dining-room, to talk to Dinah about the evening meal, while Mr. Bobbsey and Captain White got out the ropes with which to tie the houseboat fast to some trees on the bank of the creek.
    keywords: bert; boat; bobbsey; boy; dinah; father; fish; flossie; freddie; harry; houseboat; mrs; right; snap; time; twins; want; water
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