title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
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 |
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds
Pictures and Stories for Little Folk | Anonymous | en | | The Royal Oak -- Bonnie Prince Charlie -- Nelson and Hardy -- Watt and the kettle -- Queen Victoria and her soldiers -- The relief of Lucknow -- Grace Darling -- David Livingstone -- The battle of Waterloo -- The charge of the Light Brigade -- The coronation of King Edward VII -- War -- A boy's heroic deeds -- A cat's extraordinary leap -- A brave queen -- King Alfred and the cakes -- Not Angles, but Angels -- Hereward the Wake -- Canute -- The brave men of Calais -- Wat Tyler -- Bruce and the spider -- Richard and Blondel -- The White Ship -- Joan of Arc -- Afloat with a tiger -- Queen Margaret and the robbers -- William Caxton -- Sir Philip Sidney -- The "Revenge" -- The Pilgrim Fathers -- Guy Fawkes -- Cromwell and his Ironsides -- The Spanish Armada -- The defence of Lathom House -- The outlawed archers -- Elizabeth and Raleigh. | | | 2007-07-16 |
The Red Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | The Twelve Dancing Princesses -- The Princess Mayblossom -- Soria Moria Castle -- The Death of Koschei the Deathless -- The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen -- The Master Thief -- Brother and Sister -- Princess Rosette -- The Enchanted Pig -- The Norka -- The Wonderful Birch -- Jack and the Beanstalk -- The Little Good Mouse -- Graciosa and Percinet -- The Three Princesses of Whiteland -- The Voice of Death -- The Six Sillies -- Kari Woodengown -- Drakestail -- The Ratcatcher -- The True History of Little Goldenhood -- The Golden Branch -- The Three Dwarfs -- Dapplegrim -- The Enchanted Canary -- The Twelve Brothers -- Rapunzel -- The Nettle Spinner -- Farmer Weatherbeard -- Mother Holle -- Minnikin -- Bushy Bride -- Snowdrop -- The Golden Goose -- The Seven Foals -- The Marvellous Musician -- The Story of Sigurd. | | Fairy tales; Folklore | 1996-05-01 |
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 |
Great Pirate Stories | | en | | The Piccaroon. By Scott. -- The Capture of Panama, 1671. By Esquemeling. -- The Malay Proas. By Cooper. -- The Wonderful Fight of the Exchange of Bristol with the Pirates of Algiers. By Purchas. -- The Daughter of the Great Mogul. By Defoe. -- Barbarossa—King of the Corsairs. By Currey. -- Morgan at Puerto Bello. By Esquemeling. -- The Ways of the Buccaneers. By Masefield after Esquemeling. -- A True Account of Three Notorious Pirates. By Pyle, Ed. -- Narrative of the Capture of the Ship Derby, 1735 By Captain Anselm. -- Francis Lolonois, the Slave Who Became a Pirate King. By Esquemeling. -- The Fight between the Dorrill and the Moca -- Jaddi the Malay Pirate -- The Terrible Ladrones. By Glasspoole. -- The Female Captive. By Parker. -- The Passing of Mogul Mackenzie, the Last of the North Atlantic Pirates. By Chute. -- The Last of the Sea-Rovers: The Riff Coast Pirates. By Lord. | French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936 [Editor] | | 2008-10-29 |
The Violet Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | A Tale of the Tontlawald -- The finest Liar in the World -- The Story of three wonderful Beggars -- Schippeitaro -- The Three Princes and their Beasts -- The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan -- The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples -- The Lute Player -- The Grateful Prince -- The Child who came from an Egg -- Stan Bolovan -- The Two Frogs -- The Story of a Gazelle -- How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water -- Two in a Sack -- The Envious Neighbour -- The Fairy of the Dawn -- The Enchanted Knife -- Jesper who herded the Hares -- The Underground Workers -- The History of Dwarf Long Nose -- The Nunda, Eater of People -- The Story of Hassebu -- The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet -- The Monkey and the Jelly-fish -- The Headless Dwarfs -- The young Man who would have his Eyes opened -- The Boys with the Golden Stars -- The Frog -- The Princess who was hidden Underground -- The Girl who pretended to be a Boy -- The Story of Halfman -- The Prince who wanted to see the World -- Virgililus the Sorcerer -- Mogarzea and his Son. | | Fairy tales; Folklore | 1996-09-01 |
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
Volume I | Various | en | | IRVING -- Wouter Van Twiller -- Wilhelmus Kieft -- Peter Stuyvesant -- Antony Van Corlear -- General Van Poffenburgh -- FRANKLIN Maxims -- Model of a Letter of Recommendation of a Person You Are Unacquainted with -- Epitaph for Himself -- BUTLER Nothing to Wear -- BEECHER Deacon Marble -- The Deacon's Trout -- The Dog Noble and the Empty Hole -- GREENE Old Grimes -- HOLMES My Aunt -- The Deacon's Masterpiece; or, the Wonderful -- "One-hoss Shay" -- Foreign Correspondence -- Music-Pounding -- The Ballad of the Oysterman -- WILLIS Miss Albina McLush -- Love in a Cottage -- PALMER A Smack in School -- SHILLABER ("Mrs. Partington") -- Fancy Diseases -- Bailed Out -- Seeking a Comet -- Going to California -- Mrs. Partington in Court -- SILL Five Lives -- FIELDS The Owl-Critic -- The Alarmed Skipper -- HAY Little Breeches -- SHAW ("Josh Billings") Natral and Unnatral Aristokrats -- LOWELL The Yankee Recruit -- What Mr. Robinson Thinks -- WARNER My Summer in a Garden -- COZZENS Living in the Country -- LELAND Hans Breitmann's Party -- WHICHER Tim Crane and the Widow -- SAXE The Stammering Wife -- KELLEY ("Parmenas Mix") He Came to Pay -- HOLLEY A Pleasure Exertion -- STEDMAN The Diamond Wedding -- MISCELLANEOUS Why He Left -- A Boy's Essay on Girls -- Identified -- One Better -- A Rendition -- A Cause for Thanks -- Crowded -- The Wedding Journey -- A Case of Conscience -- He Rose to the Occasion -- Polite -- Lost, Strayed or Stolen -- A Gentle Complaint -- Music by the Choir -- TWAIN The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calveras County. | Masson, Thomas L., 1866-1934 [Editor] | | 2007-04-21 |
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English | Various | en | | The Romantic Philosophers--Fichte, Schelling, and Schleiermacher. By Frank Thilly -- Schleiermacher: On the Social Element in Religion. -- Gottlieb Fichte: The Destiny of Man. -- Addresses to the German Nation. -- von Schelling: On the Relation of the Plastic Arts to Nature. -- Later German Romanticism. By George H. Danton -- von Arnim and Brentano: The Boy's Magic Horn. (selections) -- Grimm: The Frog King, or Iron Henry -- The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids -- Rapunzel -- Haensel and Grethel -- The Fisherman and His Wife -- Arndt: Song of the Fatherland. -- Union Song. -- Körner: Men and Knaves. -- Lützow's Wild Band. -- Prayer During Battle. -- von Schenkendorf: The Mother Tongue. -- Spring Greeting to the Fatherland. -- Freedom. -- Uhland: The Chapel. -- The Shepherd's Song on the Lord's Day. -- The Castle by the Sea. -- Song of the Mountain Boy. -- Departure. -- Farewell. -- The Hostess' Daughter. -- The Good Comrade. -- The White Hart. -- The Lost Church. -- Charlemagne's Voyage. -- Free Art. -- Taillefer. -- Suabian Legend. -- The Blind King. -- The Minstrel's Curse. -- The Luck of Edenhall. -- On the Death of a Child. -- von Eichendorff: The Broken Ring. -- Morning Prayer. -- From the Life of a Good-for-nothing. -- von Chamisso: The Castle of Boncourt. -- The Lion's Bride. -- Woman's Love and Life. -- The Women of Weinsberg. -- The Crucifix. -- The Old Singer. -- The Old Washerwoman. -- The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl. -- Hoffmann: The Golden Pot. -- Motte-Fouqué: Selections from Undine. -- Hauff: Cavalryman's Morning Song. -- The Sentinel. -- Rückert: Barbarossa. -- From My Childhood Days. -- The Spring of Love. -- He Came to Meet Me. -- The Invitation. -- Murmur Not. -- A Parable. -- Evening Song. -- Chidher. -- At Forty Years. -- Before the Doors. -- von Platen-Hallermund: The Pilgrim Before St. Just's. -- The Grave of Alaric. -- Remorse. -- Would I were Free as are My Dreams. -- Sonnet. | | | 2004-07-12 |
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) | Various | en | | Anatole Dubois at de Horse Show, by Amsbary -- The Billville Spirit Meeting, by Stanton -- The British Matron, by Hawthorne -- The Champion Checker-Player of Ameriky, by Riley -- Colonel Sterett's Panther Hunt, by Lewis -- A Cry from the Consumer, by Nesbit -- The Curse of the Competent, by Finn -- Darby and Joan, by Honeywood -- The Day We Do Not Celebrate, by Burdette -- The Deacon's Masterpiece; or, The Wonderful "One-Hoss Shay", by Holmes -- The Deacon's Trout, by Beecher -- A Disappointment, by O'Reilly -- Distichs, by Hay -- Down Around the River, by Riley -- Enough, by Masson -- The Experiences of the A.C., by Taylor -- The Feast of the Monkeys, by Sousa -- The Fighting Race, by Clarke -- The Grammatical Boy, by Nye -- Grizzly-Gru, by Ironquill -- John Henry in a Street Car, by McHugh -- Laffing, by Billings -- A Letter from Mr. Biggs, by Howe -- A Medieval Discoverer, by Nye -- Melons, by Harte -- The Menagerie, by Moody -- Mrs. Johnson, by Howells -- The Muskeeter, by Billings -- My Grandmother's Turkey-Tail Fan, by Peck -- Myopia, by Rice -- An Odyssey of K's, by Nesbit -- The Old Maid's House: In Plan, by Phelps -- The Organ, by Beecher -- Partingtonian Patchwork, by Shillaber -- Pass, by Ironquill -- The Pettibone Lineage, by Fields -- A Psalm of Life, by Cary -- The Purple Cow, by Burgess -- The Quarrel, by Kiser -- Similar Cases, by Gilman -- Simple English, by Rose -- Spelling Down the Master, by Eggleston -- Stage Whispers, by Wells -- Teaching by Example, by Saxe -- The Tragedy of It, by Noble -- The Turnings of a Bookworm, by Wells -- Wanted--A Cook, by Dale -- What Mr. Robinson Thinks, by Lowell -- When Albani Sang, by Drummond -- When the Frost is on the Punkin, by Riley -- Why Moles Have Hands, by Culbertsonn -- Wouter Van Twiller, by Irving -- The Yankee Dude'll Do, by Kiser. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-05-28 |