This book, like the others of this series, has only been rendered possible by the courtesy and complaisance of the various collectors from whom I have culled my treasures.
Old French Fairy Tales contains a group of fairy tales redolent of the charm of the seventeenth century, told with that delicacy so characteristic of the French.
Canadian Fairy Tales is a collection of 26 of Native American folk tales gathered from across Canada by Professor Cyrus MacMillan, who did not indicate the origin tribe of each story.
It's all very well-but you, and I, and most of us who are healthy in mind and blithe of spirit, love to give rein to our fun and fancy, and to mingle fun with our fancy and fancy with our fun.
ONCE UPON A TIMEThere was a Little Fairy who loved to wander by the river, and as the Fairy Queen does not like her subjects to go too near the water, the Little Fairy had to steal away.
Ten minutes later a passing taxi was hailed by a shivering gentleman carrying an iron pot full of pennies and nickels and an occasional quarter in one hand, and a turkey-red coat, trimmed with white cotton cloth, thrown over his arm.
Perhaps best described as Charles Dickens's other' Christmas story, "e;A Christmas Tree"e; is an elderly narrator's reminiscence of holidays past, each incident inspired by the gifts and toys that decorate the traditional tree.
It was in October that Mary Chavah burned over the grass of her lawn, and the flame ran free across the place where in Spring her wild flower bed was made.
Jazbury came scampering gaily up the stairs to where his mother and Aunt Tabby were sitting on the window-sill washing their faces and cleaning their fur.
Swedish fairy-tales represents a careful choice, after the best original sources, of those examples of their kind which not only appeared most colorful and entertaining, but also most racially Swedish in their flavor.
I have gone right into the heart of "e;Holy Russia,"e; to Kiev and Novgorod and the borders of the Caspian, in an endeavour to show by means of some of the early legends the ideals and point of view of the Russian nation while it was in the process of being made.
Spring always seems to begin on the morning that the Imp, in a bright pink nightgown, comes rushing into my room without knocking, and throws himself on my bed, with a sprig of almond blossom in his hand.
Der Struwwelpeter / oder lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder - Heinrich Hoffmann - "Der Struwwelpeter" gilt noch vor Max und Moritz als das erfolgreichste deutsche Kinderbuch überhaupt und wurde in viele Sprachen übersetzt.
The Descent Of Man Charles Darwin - In The Descent of Man Darwin addresses many of the issues raised by his notorious Origin of Species: finding in the traits and instincts of animals the origins of the mental abilities of humans, of language, of our social structures and our moral capacities, he attempts to show that there is no clear dividing line between animals and humans.
Der Struwwelpeter Heinrich Hoffmann - Struwwelpeter (auch Der Struwwelpeter) ist der Titel eines Werkes des Frankfurter Arztes und Psychiaters Heinrich Hoffmann aus dem Jahr 1844 und zugleich die Titelfigur des Buches.
Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland Lewis Carroll - Die fiktionale Welt, in der Alice im Wunderland angesiedelt ist, spielt in solch einer Weise mit Logik, dass sich die Erzählung unter Mathematikern und Kindern gleichermaßen großer Beliebtheit erfreut.
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles illustrated Beatrix Potter - This original, authorised version has been lovingly recreated electronically for the first time, with reproductions of Potter's unmistakeable artwork optimised for use on colour devices such as the iPad.
The Elements of Style William Strunk - The Elements of Style is a prescriptive American English writing style guide in numerous editions, originally composed by William Strunk Jr.
Jerry Junior illustrated Jean Webster - Jerry is a wealthy upper-class American who gets stuck in a small Italian village waiting for his company to arrive.
