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Pollyanna (version 4)

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Eleanor H. Porter

Spinster Polly Harrington is perfectly content to be in control of her comfortable life, even if is she alone in a big house. But then a le…

Choosing a wife for the son, by Lucy M. J. Garnett

In The World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Tur…

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Eva March Tappan

This is the sixth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…

The Theory of Poetry

In The Art of Letters

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Robert Lynd

From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his da…

01 - The Arabian Nights

In The Junior Classics Volume 5: Stories That Never Grow Old

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William Patten and Variousandwilliam Patten

A selection of famous tales selected and re-worked for a junior audience. Stories are taken from Arabian Nights, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's…

Swanhilde, part 2

In Swanhilde, and other Fairy Tales

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Wilhelm Hauff

Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist, perhaps best known for his fairy tales (Märchen). Some of his stories, such as the Caliph…

The End of Jeanne de la Motte

In Historical Mysteries

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Andrew Lang

Edited by Andrew Lang, Historical Mysteries is a collection of infamous unsolved mysteries from various points in history.

068 - A Little Girl's Diary: Thursday

In The Jumble Book

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David Cory

This is a lovely collection of short stories and poems some well known others not so well known. Something to appeal to everyone. (Summary b…

05 - Ashenputtel

In Snowdrop and Other Tales

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm

Many of these tales were published in English in 1909, the Brothers Grimm tales in this book were published separately in 1920 with illustra…

The Tulip's Story by Hope Darling

In The Mermaid's Message and Other Stories

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Various

This is a collection of fairy tales and fables compiled in 1919. The stories contain original but old-fashioned tales which modern children …

The Duty of the Historian

In The Uses of Diversity

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G. K. Chesterton

A collection of 35 essays by G.K. Chesterton originally published in his weekly columns in "The Illustrated London News" and the &…