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The Story of Greece -  Told to Boys and Girls

The Story of Greece - Told to Boys and Girls

by Mary Macgregor

The story of Greece began long, long ago in a strange wonderland of beauty. Woods and winds, fields and rivers, each had a pathway which led upward and onward into the beautiful land. Sometimes indeed no path was needed, for the rivers, woods, and lone hill-sides were themselves the wonderland of which I am going to tell.In the woods and winds, in ..

The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. I, January 1860

The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. I, January 1860

by Various Authors

When young Mark Robarts was leaving college, his father might well declare that all men began to say all good things to him, and to extol his fortune in that he had a son blessed with so excellent a disposition.This father was a physician living at Exeter. He was a gentleman possessed of no private means, but enjoying a lucrative practice, which ha..

The Vault

The Vault

by Murray Leinster

The window slid up easily–too easily–and Mike waited a long time, listening, before he made a move. The whole huge pile of the factory was still. There were no lights anywhere, except that dim one by the gate through the stockade. Lying quite still in the darkness, Mike waited. There was no sound, no ringing of alarm bells, no bustle of activity an..

A Gallery of Children

A Gallery of Children

by A. A. Milne

A collection of short stories for children written by A. A. MilneA voyage to IndiaBarbara's birthdayCastles by the sea.Miss Waterlow in bedPoor AnneSand babiesSparrow Tree SquareThe baby showThe Magic HillThe three daughters of M. DupontThe twinsThe Princess and the apple treeONCE upon a time there was a beautiful Princess, who loved all lovel..

Eunice and Cricket

Eunice and Cricket

by Elizabeth Weston Timlow

The day before had been Eunice’s birthday, and this Kodak, which had been a long-desired possession, was a birthday present. As it was given to them entirely ready for use, they had literally nothing to do but “press the button.”Papa had been too busy that morning to explain the mysterious little affair very particularly, but he told the children t..

Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful [1867]

Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful [1867]

by Mary Diana Dods

Pause one moment, gentle Reader—only one little moment will I detain you, while I reply to the question which I have supposed you to ask in the title-page.  Blame not me, I beseech you, if you are compelled to make the usual accusation against authors, that there is nothing new in the pages which I diffidently present to you: I am sorry for it..

Keeban

Keeban

by Edwin Balmer

The quick, quiet unlocking and then the closing of the hall door on the floor below told me that Jerry had come in; so I sat up, roused as I always was when I felt him about. He put life into any place,—even into an Astor Street marble mansion in the somnolence of two-thirty on a morning after everybody else has gone to bed.Since my light was on, a..

Little Miss Dorothy

Little Miss Dorothy

by Bryce Walton

Dorothy May was a dear little girl, whose soft eyes met yours with a twinkle in their brown depths. She was very fond of Cousin Ray, a bright-haired boy all curves and dimples, who lived quite near and often came to play with her. These two little people wondered about the great world around them; about the trees and flowers, the birds and the blue..