The second volume of the Core Knowledge History of the United States ebook begins by asking young scholars to consider the impact immigration, industrialization, and urbanization had on the United States in the late 1800s. The text ends...

Text of the short story "The School Girl" by T.S. Arthur, a 19th-century American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "Jeff's Treasure" by American author Edward Payson Roe. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Last Stetson" by American author John Fox Jr. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Log of the 'Jolly Polly'" by American author Richard Harding Davis. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "Love Before Breakfast" by American author Frank Stockton. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Magic Egg" by American author Frank Stockton. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Make-Believe Man" by American author Richard Harding Davis. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "Making a Sensation" by American author T. S. Arthur. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Man Who Could Not Lose" by American author Richard Harding Davis. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "Marjorie Daw" by American author Thomas Bailey Aldrich. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Means of Enjoyment" by American author T. S. Arthur. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Messengers" by Richard Harding Davis, an American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Mother's Promise" by American author T. S. Arthur. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "Mr. Tolman" by American author Frank Stockton. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "My Buried Treasure" by Richard Harding Davis, an American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "My Unwilling Neighbor" by American author Frank Stockton. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "My Well and What Came Out of It" by American author Frank Stockton. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "A Mystery Explained" by American author T.S. Arthur. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Nature Faker" by American author Richard Harding Davis. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Nice People" by American author Henry Cuyler Bunner. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "Not at Home" by T.S. Arthur, an American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "On Guard" by American author T.S. Arthur. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "On Hell-Fer-Sartain Creek" by John Fox Jr., an American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)