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A Gallery of Children

A Gallery of Children

by A. A. Milne

A collection of short stories for children written by A. A. MilneA voyage to IndiaBarbara's birthdayCastles by the sea.Miss Waterlow in bedPoor AnneSand babiesSparrow Tree SquareThe baby showThe Magic HillThe three daughters of M. DupontThe twinsThe Princess and the apple treeONCE upon a time there was a beautiful Princess, who loved all lovel..

The Japanese New Year’s Festival, Games and Pastimes

The Japanese New Year’s Festival, Games and Pastimes

by A. A. Milne

The Japanese prints with which we are most familiar in this country are those known as nishikiye, literally “brocade picture.” Generally speaking, they are portraits of actors and famous beauties or landscapes and nature studies. There are, however, other woodcuts known as surimono, “things printed,” whose subjects are characters known in history a..

Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh

by A. A. Milne

If you happen to have read another book about Christopher Robin, you may remember that he once had a swan (or the swan had Christopher Robin, I don't know which) and that he used to call this swan Pooh. That was a long time ago, and when we said good-bye, we took the name with us, as we didn't think the swan would want it any more. Well, when Edwar..

Shepherds for Science

Shepherds for Science

by A. A. Milne

Me and Dirty Shirt Jones prods our three burros across the border of Yaller Rock County, points north through the country where God dumped the leavings after He made the Bad Lands, and has visions of the old home town. Me and Dirty has abandoned the idea of finding gold where she ain’t, and right now we’re herding our sore-footed jassacks towards t..

The Two Dianas, Volume 1

The Two Dianas, Volume 1

by A. A. Milne

The young man was of the fine Norman type, with chestnut hair, blue eyes, white teeth, and red lips. He had the fresh, velvety complexion common to men of the North, which sometimes takes away a little manly strength from their beauty, by making it almost feminine in its quality; but his figure was superb, both in its proportions and its suppleness..