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The CastawaysCollingwood, Harry, 1851-1922enDugdale, Thomas Cantrell, 1880-1952 [Illustrator]Castaways -- Juvenile fiction; Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction; Treasure troves -- Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Sea stories2007-11-15
Colonel Starbottle's ClientHarte, Bret, 1836-1902enColonel Starbottle's client -- The postmistress of Laurel Run -- A night at "Hays" -- Johnson's "old woman" -- The new assistant at Pine Clearing school -- In a pioneer restaurant -- A treasure of the galleon -- Out of a pioneer's trunk --The ghosts of Stukeley castle2006-03-27
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesPyle, Howard, 1853-1911enBuccaneers and marooners of the Spanish Main -- The ghost of Captain Brand -- With the buccaneers -- Tom Chist and the treasure box -- Jack Ballister's fortunes -- Blueskin, the pirate -- Captain Scarfield -- The ruby of Kishmoor.Johnson, Merle De Vore, 1874-1935 [Compiler]Buccaneers -- Fiction; Historical fiction, American; Sea stories, American; Pirates -- Fiction; Spanish Main -- Fiction2008-10-10
The Lost RoadDavis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916enThe Lost Road -- The Miracle Of Las Palmas -- Evil To Him Who Evil Thinks -- The Men Of Zanzibar -- The Long Arm -- The God Of Coincidence -- The Buried Treasure Of Cobre -- The Boy Scout -- Somewhere In France -- The DeserterZanzibar -- Fiction; Short stories; Europe -- History -- Ottoman Wars -- First Balkan War, 1912-1913; Cuba -- History; Greece -- History; Spy stories; Philippines -- History; Panama Canal (Panama); United States -- History -- Philippine-American War -- Fiction2000-08-01
Beasts and Super-BeastsSaki, 1870-1916enThe she-wolf -- Laura -- The boar-pig -- The Brogue -- The hen -- The open window -- The treasure-ship -- The cobweb -- The lull -- The unkindest blow -- The romancers -- The Schartz-Metterklume method -- The seventh pullet -- The blind spot -- Dusk -- A touch of realism -- Cousin Teresa -- The Yarkand manner -- The Byzantine omelette -- The Feast of Nemesis -- The dreamer -- The quince tree -- The forbidden buzzards -- The stake -- Clovis on parental responsibilities -- A holiday task -- The stalled ox -- The story-teller -- A defensive diamond -- The elk -- Down pens -- The name-day -- The lumber room -- Fur -- The philanthropist and the happy cat -- On approval.Short stories, English; Supernatural -- Fiction; Humorous stories1995-05-01
The Crimson Fairy BookLang, Andrew, 1844-1912enLovely Ilonka -- Lucky Luck -- The Hairy Man -- To your Good Health! -- The Story of the Seven Simons -- The Language of Beasts -- The Boy who could keep a Secret -- The Prince and the Dragon -- Little Wildrose -- Tiidu the Piper -- Paperarello -- The Gifts of the Magician -- The Strong Prince -- The Treasure Seeker -- The Cottager and his Cat -- The Prince who would seek Immortality -- The Stone-cutter -- The Gold-bearded Man -- Tritill, Litill, and the Birds -- The Three Robes -- The Six Hungry Beasts -- How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro -- The Rogue and the Herdsman -- Eisenkopf -- The Death of Abu Nowas and of his Wife -- Motikatika -- Niels and the Giants -- Shepherd Paul -- How the wicked Tanuki was punished -- The Crab and the Monkey -- The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder -- The Story of the Sham Prince, or the Ambitious Tailor -- The Colony of Cats -- How to find out a True Friend -- Clever Maria -- The Magic Kettle.Fairy tales; Folklore2000-12-01
Told in the Coffee House Turkish TalesenHow 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 -- Turkey2009-12-02
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-loreenThe Fiend -- The Dead Mother -- The Dead Witch -- The Treasure -- The Cross-Surety -- The Awful Drunkard -- The Bad Wife -- The Golovikha -- The Three Copecks -- The Miser -- The Fool and the Birch-Tree -- The Mizgir -- The Smith and the Demon -- Ivan Popyalof -- The Norka -- Marya Morevna -- Koshchei the Deathless -- The Water Snake -- The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise -- The Baba Yaga -- Vasilissa the Fair -- The Witch -- The Witch and the Sun's Sister -- One-Eyed Likho -- Woe -- Friday -- Wednesday -- The Léshy -- Vazuza and Volga -- Sozh and Dnieper -- The Metamorphosis of the Dnieper, the Volga, and the Dvina -- Frost -- The Blind Man and the Cripple -- Princess Helena the Fair -- Emilian the Fool -- The Witch Girl -- The Headless Princess -- The Soldier's Midnight Watch -- The Warlock -- The Fox-Physician -- The Fiddler in Hell -- The Ride on the Gravestone -- The Two Friends -- The Shroud -- The Coffin-Lid -- The Two Corpses -- The Dog and the Corpse -- The Soldier and the Vampire -- Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas -- The Priest with the Greedy Eyes -- The Hasty Word.Ralston, William Ralston Shedden, 1828-1889 [Translator]2007-08-22
Fifty-Two Stories For GirlsenGloria Dene's schoolfellows, by Ryeman -- My year at school, by Watson -- The silver star, by Holderness -- Uncle Tone, by Godkin -- A night on the road, by Watson -- The missing letter, by Chappell -- "The colonel", by Dicken -- Nettie, by Sayers -- The magic cabinet, by Hooper -- Only Tim, by Doudney -- Smith's sister, by Overton -- The colonel's boy, by Hervey -- 'Twixt life and death, by Joughin -- Rose's birthday present, by Delbrassine -- Dolly Hardcastle's rosebuds, by Pearce -- A tale of Simla, by Bourchier -- The Trevern treasure, by Hardy -- A memorable day, by Doudney -- Dora, by Miles -- Little peace, by Ryeman -- The story of Wassili and Daria, by Guillemard -- Marjorie May, by Everett-Green -- Fourth cousins, by Stables -- The pedlar's pack, by Jackson -- The unbidden guest, by Forester -- The wreck of the May Queen, by Jackson -- Adrift on the Pacific, by Jackson -- A strange visitor, by Heighington -- The third person singular, by Hardy -- "How Jack minded the baby", by Pinho -- My grandmother's adventure, by Miles -- A terrible Christmas Eve, by Jackson -- A night of horror, by Miles -- Aunt Grieves' silver, by Jackson -- Billjim, by Le Sotgille -- The legends of Langaffer, by Caumont -- How Cicely danced before the king, by Archer -- A mother of Queens From "Old Romance" -- The story of Grizel Cochrand -- A wife's stratagem, by Hardy -- The king's tragedy, by Miles -- The stranger, by Bell -- Love will find a way, by Nithsdale.Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1848-1929 [Editor]Children's stories; Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction2008-07-02




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