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The Eagle and the Fox
In Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Thought of Stevenson
In Sonnets and Songs
Arthur Upson's insightful and sensitive poetic art is grandly displayed in this selection of some of his best work. As a tribute to Upson, R…
Prologue
In The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and Poems
“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…
Uncle Chatterton’s Gingerbread
In Uncollected Short Stories of L.M. Montgomery
A compilation of 80 short stories by the author of "Anne of Green Gables" that were not previously published in a book or in one o…
THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM
In Cabbages and Kings
This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which …
To One Reading the Morte D’Arthure
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 5
This is Volume 5: Poems of Meditation and of Forest and Field of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentuck…
The Schoolmaster's Letters
In Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905-1906
Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Lucy Maud Montgomery's short stories, where the beauty of Prince Edward Island serves as a backd…
An Elegy Written in Richmond
In Poems
Poet Duncan M. Matheson lived in troubled times. These were times of World War I and its accompanying carnage, privation and pervasive adver…
Sir Patrick Spens
In A Collection of Ballads
This is a collection of ballads, edited, with an introduction and notes by Andrew Lang. The ballads range widely in style, from the historic…
Design
In Muse and Mint
Born in Ontario, Canada, Walter Percy entered the ministry and pastored churches in New England and Pennsylvania, often speaking on behalf o…
I Understand
In Selected Poems (Gordon)
Edythe Mae Gordon was a poet and short story author who published in The Saturday Evening Quill. These poems were published in 1929. (Summar…
Kensington Clover; A Tree Album
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 31, June 1, 1880
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…
An Irish school (early part of the nineteenth century), by Gerald Griffin
In The World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
This is the tenth 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…
Peter the Great
In Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …
Alphabet of Birds
In Soup of Alphabets, Volume 003
This third "stove-top" full of Alphabet Soups --again-- runs the fullest gamut! It ranges from country scenes (Alphabets of Fruits…
Birds, Part 2
In Stories of Animal Sagacity
Stories of Animal Sagacity invites listeners into a whimsical world where animals display remarkable intelligence and cleverness. This colle…
Wee Elsie
In A Spray of Lilac, and Other Poems and Songs
Marie Hedderwick-Browne was born in Ireland, but spent her formative years in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father, John Hedderwick, was a pr…
Disappearance of Paddy
In The Golden Road
In the sequel to The Story Girl, Sara Stanley returns to join the King children in publishing their own local magazine to entertain the town…
Selected excerpts by Edward Augustus Freeman, part 2
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 15
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Paul Anthony’s Mistake
In Hearth and Home: Collected Poems and Stories
Hearth and Home was a monthly story paper that ran from 1884 to 1933. It consisted of serials, short stories, poems, Q&A and corresponde…