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The Coral IslandChapter One. Beginning—My early life and character—I thirst for adventure in foreign lands, and go to seaChapter Two. The departure—The sea—My companions—Some account of the wonderful sights we saw on the great deep—A dreadful storm and a frightful wreckChapter Three. The Coral Is...

Celtic Fairy TalesJoseph Jacobs Celtic Fairy Tales PREFACE Last year, in giving the young ones a volume of English Fairy Tales, my difficulty was one of collection. This time, in offering them specimens of the rich folk-fancy of the Celts of these islands, my trouble has rather been one of select...

Tales of Old JapanBaron Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale Tales of Old Japan PREFACE In the Introduction to the story of the Forty-seven Rônins, I have said almost as much as is needful by way of preface to my stories.Those of my readers who are most capable of pointing out the many shor...

A Christmas Greeting: A Series of StoriesHans Christian Andersen A Christmas Greeting: A Series of Stories TO CHARLES DICKENS, Esq I am again in my quiet Danish home, but my thoughts are daily in dear England, where, a few months ago, my many friends transformed for me reality into a charming sto...

Chasing the SunR. M. Ballantyne Chasing the Sun Chapter One. Preparations for the Chase Fred Temple was a tall, handsome young fellow of about five-and-twenty.He had a romantic spirit, a quiet gentlemanly manner, a pleasant smile, and a passionate desire for violent exercise. To look at him you w...

The Slim PrincessGeorge Ade The Slim Princess I consented to deliver a message for himI WOMAN IN MOROVENIA Morovenia is a state in which both the mosque and the motor-car now occur in the same landscape. It started out to be Turkish and later decided to be European.The Mohammedan sanctuaries with...

Sacred Books of the EastVEDIC HYMNSINTRODUCTION VEDIC HYMNSTO THE UNKNOWN GOD TO THE MARUTS1 TO THE MARUTS AND INDRA TO INDRA AND THE MARUTS TO AGNI AND THE MARUTS5 TO RUDRA6 TO RUDRA TO AGNI AND THE MARUTS TO VÂYU TO VÂYU INDRA AND AGASTYA: A DIALOGUE7 TO SOMA AND RUDRA TO RUDRA TO VÂTA TO VÂTA ...

CleopatraJacob Abbott Cleopatra PREFACE Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conqu...

The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For ChildrenVarious The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children The Night Before Christmas 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house,Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.The stockings were hung b...