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Old Ninety-Nine's Cave
by Elizabeth H. GrayTourists in the Shawangunk region are unanimous in pronouncing it one of the most beautiful spots east of the Mississippi, and in some respects unique on this continent. Mokonk and Minnewaska need no eulogy from any pen, Sam’s Point tells its own story, while the entire Rondout Valley has a charm of its own.It has been the author’s good fortune to ..
Shepherds for Science
by A. A. MilneMe and Dirty Shirt Jones prods our three burros across the border of Yaller Rock County, points north through the country where God dumped the leavings after He made the Bad Lands, and has visions of the old home town. Me and Dirty has abandoned the idea of finding gold where she ain’t, and right now we’re herding our sore-footed jassacks towards t..
The Hole Book
by Peter NewellTom Potts was fooling with a gun(Such follies should not be),When—bang! the pesky thing went offMost unexpectedly!Tom didn’t know ’twas loaded, andIt scared him ’most to death—He tumbled flat upon the floorAnd fairly gasped for breath.The bullet smashed a fine French clock(The clock had just struck three),Then made a hole clean through the wall,As ..
The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 3
by James Augustus St. JohnMUNGO PARK: This enterprising and distinguished traveller was born on the 10th of September, 1771, at Fowlshiels, a farm occupied by his father on the banks of the Yarrow, near Selkirk. In common with the greater number of the sons of Scottish yeomen, Mungo Park, notwithstanding that the number of his brothers and sisters amounted to no less than t..
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest HemingwayRobert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton. Do not think that I am very much impressed by that as a boxing title, but it meant a lot to Cohn. He cared nothing for boxing, in fact he disliked it, but he learned it painfully and thoroughly to counteract the feeling of inferiority and shyness he had felt on being treated as a Jew a..
A Child's History of the World
by V. M. HillyerIn common with all children of my age, I was brought up on American History and given no other history but American, year in and year out, year after year for eight or more years.So far as I knew 1492 was the beginning of the world. Any events or characters before that time, reference to which I encountered by any chance, were put down in my mind i..
A dramatization of Longfellow's Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowIs submitted this portrayal of the primitive life of the American Indians in their native forest home. Fully realizing how rapidly the race is becoming extinct before the onward march of civilizing influences, and how little the people of this and other countries really know of such customs, dress, and peculiarities, it is believed this spectacular..
Bobbie: a Story of the Confederacy
by Kate Langley BosherPeter Black had given him the name of Mars’ Bobbie to distinguish him from Mars’ Robert, his father, and it seemed to fit so exactly and suit so well his cheery, lovable little self as a baby, and later as a boy, and even on to young manhood, that no one thought of calling him anything else, or loved any other name half so well for him.He was such ..