These are first chapters to books first published in 1916. Readers, following is a tentative list culled from Wikipedia's article on the year in Literature; most of the works are to be found on Project Gutenberg. - Summary by Matt Pierard

Isla M. Mullins - Anne's Wedding

Will L Comfort - The Last Ditch

Anne Monroe - Happy Valley; A Story of Oregon

James Oliver Curwood - The Grizzly King

Edith Wharton - Autres Tempes

H. G. Wells - Mr. Britling Sees It Through

Mrs Humphry Ward - Lady Connie

Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger

Booth Tarkington - Seventeen

Rabindranath Tagore - The Home and the World

1916: First Chapters Collection by Various