Titbottom's spectacles
BY GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS (1824-1892) In my mind’s eye, Horatio. Prue and I do not entertain much; our means forbid it. In truth, other people entertain for us. …
The Watkinson Evening
By Eliza Leslie (1787-1858) Mrs. Morland, a polished and accomplished woman, was the widow of a distinguished senator from one of the western states, of which, also, her …
The Schoolmaster's Progress
By Caroline M.S. Kirkland (1801-1864) Master William Horner came to our village to school when he was about eighteen years old: tall, lank, straight-sided, and straight-haired, with a …
The Angel of the Odd
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) It was a chilly November afternoon. I had just consummated an unusually hearty dinner, of which the dyspeptic truffe formed not the least important item, …
Mother Holle Fairy Tales
Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters; one of them was beautiful and industrious, the other ugly and lazy. The mother, however, loved the …
Hansel and Gretel Fairy Tales
Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Gretel. He had little to …
The Valiant Little Tailor
One summer’s morning a little tailor was sitting on his table by the window; he was in good spirits, and sewed with all his might. Then came a peasant …
Fundevogel
There was once a forester who went into the forest to hunt, and as he entered it he heard a sound of screaming as if a little child were …
Rapunzel Fairy Tales
There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child. At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her …
The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet
1. HOW THEY WENT TO THE MOUNTAINS TO EAT NUTS‘The nuts are quite ripe now,’ said Chanticleer to his wife Partlet, ‘suppose we go together to the mountains, and …
The Goose – Girl
The king of a great land died, and left his queen to take care of their only child. This child was a daughter, who was very beautiful; and her …