title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Country Neighbors | Brown, Alice, 1857-1948 | en | | The play house -- His first wife -- A flower of April -- The auction -- Saturday night -- A grief deferred -- The challenge -- Partners -- Flowers of paradise -- Gardener Jim -- The silver tea-set -- The other Mrs. Dill -- The advocate -- The masquerade -- A poetess in spring -- The master minds of history. | | Country life -- Fiction; American fiction -- 20th century | 2008-02-07 |
Stories from Hans Andersen | Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 | en | | The snow queen -- The nightingale -- The real princess -- The garden of paradise -- The mermaid -- The emperor’s new clothes -- The wind’s tale. | Dulac, Edmund, 1882-1953 [Illustrator] | Fairy tales -- Denmark; Children's stories, Danish -- Translations into English; Fairy tales; Short stories | 2006-02-26 |
Noughts and Crosses
Stories, Studies and Sketches | Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944 | en | | The Omnibus -- Fortunio -- The Outlandish Ladies -- Statement of Gabriel Foot, Highwayman -- The Return of Joanna -- Psyche -- The Countess of Bellarmine -- A Cottage in Troy -- Old Aeson -- The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands -- The Constant Post-Boy -- A Dark Mirror -- The Small People -- The Mayor of Gantick -- The Doctor's Foundling -- The Gifts of Feodor Himkoff -- Yorkshire Dick -- The Carol -- The Paradise of Choice -- Beside the Bee Hives -- The Magic Shadow. | | | 2005-05-19 |
Adventures Among Books | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | Adventures among books -- Recollections of Robert Louis Stevenson. -- Rab’s friend -- Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Mr. Morris’s poems -- Mrs. Radcliffe’s novels -- A Scottish romanticist of 1830 [T.T. Stoddart] -- The Confessions of Saint Augustine -- Smollett -- Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The paradise of poets -- Paris and Helen -- Enchanted cigarettes -- Stories and story-telling -- The supernatural in fiction -- An old Scottish psychical researcher [G. Sinclair] -- The boy. | | | 1999-12-01 |
Europa's Fairy Book | Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916 | en | | Cinder-Maid -- All Change -- The King of the Fishes -- Scissors -- Beauty and the Beast -- Reynard and Bruin -- The Dancing Water, Singing Apple, and Speaking Bird -- The Language of Animals -- The Three Soldiers -- A Dozen at a Blow -- The Earl of Cattenborough -- The Swan Maidens -- Androcles and the Lion -- Day Dreaming -- Keep Cool -- The Master Thief -- The Unseen Bridegroom -- The Master-Maid -- A Visitor from Paradise -- Inside Again -- John the True -- Johnnie and Grizzle -- The Clever Lass -- Thumbkin. | Batten, John Dickson, 1860-1932 [Illustrator] | | 2008-07-10 |
Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends | Landa, Gertrude | en | | The palace of the eagles -- The giant of the flood -- The fairy princess of Ergetz -- The higgledy-piggledy palace -- The red slipper -- The star child -- Abi Fressah's feast -- The beggar king -- The quarrel of the cat and dog -- The water-babe -- Sinbad of the Talmud -- The outcast prince -- The story of Bostanai -- From shepherd-boy to king -- The magic palace -- The sleep of one hundred years -- King for three days -- The palace in the clouds -- The Pope's game of chess -- The slave's fortune -- The paradise in the sea -- The Rabbi's bogey-man -- The fairy frog -- The princess of the tower -- King Alexander's adventures. | Aronson, Sol [Illustrator] | | 2008-09-27 |
Second Book of Tales | Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 | en | | Humin natur' on the Hanb'ul 'nd St. Jo -- The mother in Paradise -- Mr. and Mrs. Blossom -- Death and the soldier -- The 'jinin' farms -- The angel and the flowers -- The child's letter -- The singer mother -- The two wives -- The wooing of Miss Woppit -- The talisman -- George's birthday -- Sweet-One-Darling and the dream fairies -- Sweet-One-Darling and the moon-garden -- Samuel Cowles and his horse Royal -- The werewolf -- A marvelous invention -- The story of Xanthippe -- Baked beans and culture -- Mlle. Prud'homme's book -- The demand for condensed music -- Learning and literature -- Die Walküre und der Boomerangelungen -- The works of Sappho. | | | 2007-06-11 |
Myths That Every Child Should Know
A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People | Various | en | | The three golden apples, from Hawthorne's "Wonder Book" -- The pomegranate seeds, from Hawthorne's "Tanglewood Tales" -- The chimaera; The golden touch; The gorgon's head, from "Wonder Book" -- The dragon's teeth, from "Tanglewood Tales" -- The miraculous pitcher; The paradise of children, from "Wonder Book" -- The cyclops, from Church's "Stories from Homer" -- The argonauts, from Kingsley's "Greek Heroes" -- The giant builder; How Odin lost his eye; The quest of the hammer; The apples of Idun, from "In Days of Giants" -- The death of Balder, from "Norse Stories" -- The star and the lily, from Miss Emerson's "Indian Myths". | | | 2005-08-17 |
Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 | Various | en | | ON THIS SIDE. by F.C. BAYLOR
OUR VILLE. by MARGARET BERTHA WRIGHT
THE PRIMITIVE COUPLE. by M.H. CATHERWOOD
PARADISE
FORBIDDEN FRUIT
THE FLAMING SWORD
PROBATION. by FLORENCE EARLE COATES
THE PIONEERS OF THE SOUTHWEST. by EDMUND KIRKE
A PLEASANT SPIRIT. by MARGARET VANDEGRIFT
FISHING IN ELK RIVER. by TOBE HODGE
ON A NOBLE CHARACTER MARRED BY LITTLENESS by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES
THE SCOTTISH CROFTERS. by DAVID BENNETT KING
MY FRIEND GEORGE RANDALL. by FRANK PARKE
THE WOOD-THRUSH AT SUNSET. by MARY C. PECKHAM
A FOREST BEAUTY. by MAURICE THOMPSON
OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP
Daniel Webster's "Moods." by F.C.M.
Feuds and Lynch-Law in the Southwest. by J.A.M.
The Etymology of "Babe." by S.E.T.
LITERATURE OF THE DAY
Recent Fiction. | | | 2004-12-30 |
The Lilac Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | The Shifty Lad -- The False Prince and the True -- The Jogi's Punishment -- The Heart of a Monkey -- The Fairy Nurse -- A Lost Paradise -- How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves -- The Ring of the Waterfalls -- A French Puck -- The Three Crowns -- The Story of a Very Bad Boy -- The Brown Bear of Norway -- Little Lasse -- 'Moti' -- The Enchanted Deer -- A Fish Story -- The Wonderful Tune -- The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother -- The One-Handed Girl -- The Bones of Djulung -- The Sea Ring's Gift -- The Raspberry Worm -- The Stones of Plouhinec -- The Castle of Kerglas -- The Battle of the Birds -- The Lady of the Fountain -- The Four Gifts -- The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok -- The Escape of the Mouse -- The Believing Husbands -- The Hoodie-Crow -- The Brownie of the Lake -- The Winning of Olwen. | | Folklore; Fairy tales | 2002-10-01 |
The Lilac Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | The Shifty Lad -- The False Prince and the True -- The Jogi's Punishment -- The Heart of a Monkey -- The Fairy Nurse -- A Lost Paradise -- How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves -- The Ring of the Waterfalls -- A French Puck -- The Three Crowns -- The Story of a Very Bad Boy -- The Brown Bear of Norway -- Little Lasse -- 'Moti' -- The Enchanted Deer -- A Fish Story -- The Wonderful Tune -- The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother -- The One-Handed Girl -- The Bones of Djulung -- The Sea Ring's Gift -- The Raspberry Worm -- The Stones of Plouhinec -- The Castle of Kerglas -- The Battle of the Birds -- The Lady of the Fountain -- The Four Gifts -- The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok -- The Escape of the Mouse -- The Believing Husbands -- The Hoodie-Crow -- The Brownie of the Lake -- The Winning of Olwen. | Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941 [Illustrator] | Fairy tales; Folklore | 2009-02-16 |
The Orange Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | The Story of the Hero Makoma -- The Magic Mirror From the Senna -- Story of the King Who Would See Paradise -- How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu -- Ian, the Soldier's Son -- The Fox and the Wolf -- How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon -- The Ugly Duckling -- The Two Caskets -- The Goldsmith's Fortune -- The Enchanted Wreath -- The Foolish Weaver -- The Clever Cat -- The Story of Manus -- Pinkel the Thief -- The Adventures of a Jackal -- The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son -- The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal -- The Three Treasures of the Giants -- The Rover of the Plain -- The White Doe -- The Girl-Fish -- The Owl and the Eagle -- The Frog and the Lion Fairy -- The Adventures of Covan the Brown-haired -- The Princess Bella-Flor-- The Bird of Truth -- The Mink and the Wolf -- Adventures of an Indian Brave -- How the Stalos were Tricked -- Andras Baive -- The White Slipper -- The Magic Book. | | Fairy tales; Folklore | 2002-01-01 |
Told in the Coffee House
Turkish Tales | | en | | How the Hodja saved Allah -- Better is the folly of woman than the wisdom of man -- The Hanoum and the unjust Cadi -- What happended to Hadji, a merchant of the Bezestan -- How the junkman travelled to find treasure in his own yard -- How Chapkin Halid became chief detective -- How cobbler Ahmet became the chief astrologer -- The wise son of Ali Pasha -- The merciful Khan -- King Kara-Kush of Bithynia -- The prayer rug and the dishonest steward -- The goose, the eye, the daughter and the arm -- The forty wise men -- How the priest knew that it would snow -- Who was the thirteenth son? -- Paradise sold by the yard -- Jew turned Turk -- The metamorphosis -- The Calif Omar -- Kalaidji Avram of Balata -- How Mehmet Ali Pasha of Egypt administered justice -- How the farmer learned to cure his wife, a Turkish Aesop -- The language of birds -- The swallow's advice -- We know not what the dawn may bring forth -- Old men made young -- The bribe -- How the Devil lost his wager -- The effects of Raki. | | Tales -- Turkey; Folklore -- Turkey | 2009-12-02 |