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A Christmas
Carol by Charles Dickens
Read it online! Follow Scrooge through his series of ghostly visitations
as he slowly comes to realize that it is never too late to give the gift of
Christmas. Illustrated by John Leech. Search included.
A
Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Read it online! One of the finest children's stories ever written, A
Little Princess opens with young Sara Crewe's enrollment in a private
boarding school for girls. Under the domineering scrutiny of the school's wicked
headmistress, Miss Minchen, Sara quickly becomes popular with her schoolmates.
But cruel fate intervenes and Sara loses her father and becomes penniless. To
cope with this harsh reality, she resorts to wild flights of fancy. This story
actively encourages a child's power of imagination--a power that can be used to
learn, grow, and adapt to a world that is often cruel and difficult. Search
included.
A
Year With The Birds
Read it online! If you like birds, you'll love this website. 56 birds,
illustrated by artist Robert Bruce, are literally brought to life by the poetry
of Alice E. Ball. Search included.
Alice's
Adventures In Wonderland
Read it online! Go along with Alice as she follows a hasty hare
underground and comes face-to-face with the Mad Hatter, the Mock Turtle, the
Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat, and many more fantastic characters.
Illustrated by John Tenniel. Search included.
Arabian
Nights Entertainment
Read it online! Edited by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Mr. Ford. A
collection of 26 tales -- including the Enchanted Horse, the Seven Voyages of
Sindbad, and Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp -- as told by Scheherazade to save
herself and other young girls from death at the Sultan's hands. Search
included.
Baby World
Read it online! This book by Mary Mapes Dodge includes hundreds of Stories, Rhymes, Pictures, and other amusement for little
folks. Search included.
Book of Games, The: With
Directions How To Play Them
Read it online! This book contains dozens and dozens of old-time
games that you can play at home with friends or family members. Search included.
Bulfinch's
Mythology: The Age of Fables, or Stories of Gods and Heroes
Read it online! Probably the only book in English
that tells the stories of mythology exhaustively yet entertainingly. The Age of
Fable has long been invaluable to those who love the beauties of literature, but
who understand none of the ancient languages. For such readers Bulfinch's famous
work has never been equaled. Search included.
Carrie Clancy: The
Heroine of the Atlantic (True Story!)
Read it online! Truly, the title of this book does not fit it, as only
the opening, the last page or two, and the illustrations tell Carrie's story.
Still, it is a good read; just about anything you could want to know about the
wreck of the Atlantic can be found in this book which includes
testimonies, a list of the lost and saved, and what was found upon the dead
bodies. Details many thrilling scenes and incidents. Also reveals who the mysterious female sailor was who, after saving several lives, was herself lost.
For more details, see the Table of Contents prepared by the webmaster, the book
itself having lacked one. Search included.
Cook's Decameron, The
Read it online! This book contains over 200 recipes for Italian Dishes.
Search included.
Dutch Bulbs and Gardens.
Painted by Mima Nixon. Described by Una Silberrad and Sophie Lyall (1909)
Read it online! Most of the
paintings in this book are absolutely breathtaking! Only 3,000 copies of the
book were made, and there have not been any later editions. The appendices
contain information about hyacinth culture at Haarlem in the 18th century
(1700s), and the tulip and hyacinth trade from De Koning's History of Haarlem
(1635) and Tafereel der Stad Haarlem (1808), respectively. Search
included.
Flying Saucers
Are Real, The
Read it online! Donald E. Keyhoe, who relates in this
book his investigation of flying saucers, writes with twenty-five years of
experience in observing aeronautical developments. Search included.
Games
For Everybody by May C. Hofmann
Read it online! Published in 1905, this book contains instructions for
playing 200 indoor games. All the games are divided into three categories:
adult; children; special days (holidays), though many of the adult games can be
played by the children too, and vice versa. Most of what's needed to play the
games can be found at home. Great for rainy days, home gatherings, church
socials, etc. Search included.
Grimm's Fairy
Tales
Read it online! 54 ageless tales of myth and magic. Illustrated by Arthur
Rackham and other miscellaneous PD artists. Search included.
Heidi by Johanna Spyri.
Beautifully illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Read it online! Johanna
Spyri's classic story of a young orphan sent to live with her grumpy grandfather
in the Swiss Alps. This beautiful story will never grow wearisome. Search
included.
Howard
Pyle's Book of Pirates
Read it online! Swashbuckling sagas of the sea wolves who sailed
under the dreaded black flag. Read about the Ghost of Captain Brand, Tom Chist
and the Treasure Box, Blueskin the Pirate, and more. Illustrated. Search
included.
In Ghostly Japan
Read it online! A collection of old ghost
stories, traditions dealing with ghosts, and personal ruminations on the
afterlife by the turn-of-the-century Japanese scholar Lufcadio Hearn. Search
included.
Kalevala, The: The
Epic Poem of Finland. Translated into English by John Martin Crawford.
Read it online! The saga of the Kalevala is an exciting epic poem
abounding with wizards, heroes, quests and magic. Often
compared to the epics of Homer, The Kalevala consolidates a rich oral
tradition with prehistoric roots. Created only 150 years ago as the tradition
was dying out, this Finnish epic presents a rare portrait of an ancient people
in both war and peace. The Kalevala played a central role in the process towards
Finnish independence and inspired some of the greatest works of the composer
Sibelius. It is also said to be one of
the earliest inspirations for Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Search
included.
Lake Anjikuni: Whole
Village Vanished!
Read it online!
In the winter of 1930 an incident took
place in Canada during which an entire village vanished. But "what was even
more disturbing was finding that the town graveyard had been emptied."
Legend of Sleepy
Hollow, The, by Washington Irving.
Read it online! When
Ichabod Crane becomes the new schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow, he quickly and
happily adjusts to the local ways. He delights in the bountiful dinners he's
served when visiting the prosperous farms of the region; he enjoys the local
yarns and scary legends that fill the firelit evenings of autumn; and he comes
to love the idea of marrying Katrina Van Tassel and of one day owning her
father's wealth and lands. There's one problem with his plans, though:
Brom Bones, the local hero, who decided long ago to wed Katrina himself. And
now, to Brom's annoyance, this pasty-faced bookworm named Ichabod is making a
serious bid. This droll tale of romantic rivalry climaxes with the
appearance of the Headless Horseman. Search included.
Love-Songs
of Childhood
Read it online! Published in 1898 by Eugene Field, the author of
the famous "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod", this beautiful book contains 42
rhymes for children, including "Lady Button-eyes", "The Shut-eye
Train", "The Ride to Bumpville", and "Fiddle-Dee-Dee".
Search included.
Maisie-Daisie
Book, The
Read it online! A
lovely picture book with 11 poems about nature, the seasons and the
holidays. Each poem is accompanied by a brightly colored illustration by
the talented artist, Anne Anderson.
Mother
Goose In Prose
Read it online! L. Frank Baum's expanded version of 22 Mother
Goose Rhymes. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Search included.
Mythical Monsters
by Charles Gould, 1884
Read it online! In this book Gould tries to
provide rational explanations for creatures that have been surrounded by mystery
and superstition. Included are chapters on the extinction of species, how basic
myths are shared across civilizations, and ancient creatures such as the dragon,
the unicorn and the sea-serpent. Completely illustrated. Search included.
Notre-Dame
de Paris (also known as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)
Read it online! Victor Hugo's heart-rending story of the
beautiful gypsy girl, Esmeralda, and Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer
of Notre-Dame Cathedral, who loves her.
Search included.
Pictorial
Key To Tarot
Read it online! Contains images and detailed descriptions
for each card in the
Rider-Waite Tarot deck along with regular and reversed meanings.
Search included.
Picture Of Dorian Gray,
The
Read it online! Oscar Wilde's story of a
fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. The story
of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it
first appeared in 1890. Search included.
Piri
Reis Map (Piri Re'is Map) - with Map Text Translations
Full size maps for viewing. Text translations from "The Oldest Map of America," by Professor Dr. Afet
Inan.
Secret
Diary of Admiral Byrd
Read it online!
Is the earth
hollow? Admiral Byrd says it is. Amazing as it seems, it has been
proven that Admiral Byrd did indeed fly 1700 miles "beyond" the North Pole.
According to his "secret diary," there he found lush green valleys and
saw what appeared to be a Wooly Mammoth grazing below. He was escorted by flying
saucers to a crystal city wherein he was taken by elevator deep within in the
earth to come face to face with "the master" of the Arianni.
Read Admiral Byrd's amazing story online. Search included.
Through The
Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
Read it online! Go along with Alice as she passes through a
looking-glass and comes face-to-face with the Red and White Queens, and
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, as she participates in "live" game of chess
and finally triumphs as queen. With 54 illustrations by the renowned artist, John
Tenniel. Search included.
Vampire His Kith and Kin, The. By Montague Summers. (This is not
fiction!)
Read it online! The Vampire His Kith and Kin
is a study of the vampire by a man who truly believed in them. This book is not
for anyone with a weak stomach. It contains many quotes and references to rare
source documents which give many bloody and terrifying descriptions of cases
thought to be connected with vampirism. Search included.
Vril, the Power of the Coming
Race by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Read it online! This book
was written over 120 years ago, in 1871, by the author of the Rosicrucian novel,
Zanoni. Vril is a mysterious energy which is used by Lytton's subterranean
race (refugees from the Deluge) to power their advanced civilization. Search
included.
Water-Babies, The, by
Charles Kingsley. With 95 illustrations by Linley Sambourne
Read it online!
A classic since its first publication, in 1863, The Water-Babies is the
story of Tom, a little chimney sweep, and his magical adventures beneath
the waves. When young Tom flees his sooty, dangerous toil and his cruel master,
Grimes, he finds himself plunged into "a quiet, silent, rich, happy
place" -- a land beneath the water "so out of the way the bad
bogies can hardly find it out." There, Tom meets haughty
dragonflies, makes friends with a slowwitted lobster, and dodges hungry
otters. Eventually he meets the other water-babies and their clever
rulers, Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid and Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby. Search
included.
War
of The Worlds
Read it online! Alien invasion story published
by H. G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a
narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years
of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely
by intelligences greater than man's..." Search included.
The Wind In The
Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
Read it online! Mole's
whole world changes when he emerges from his home at Mole End one spring and
hooks up with the good-natured, boat-loving Water Rat, the boastful Toad of Toad
Hall, the society-hating Badger who lives in the frightening Wild Wood, and
countless other mostly well-meaning creatures. Search included.
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