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A dramatization of Longfellow's Hiawatha

A dramatization of Longfellow's Hiawatha

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Is submitted this portrayal of the primitive life of the American Indians in their native forest home. Fully realizing how rapidly the race is becoming extinct before the onward march of civilizing influences, and how little the people of this and other countries really know of such customs, dress, and peculiarities, it is believed this spectacular..

Ballads and Other Poems

Ballads and Other Poems

by George Lansing Raymond

A collection of poems of  George Lansing Raymond includingOur First Break with the BritishThe Last Cruise of the GaspeeThe Lebanon Boys in BostonThe Crown’s Fight against the Town’s RightThe Rally of the FarmersEthan AllenHow Barton Took the GeneralA Song on SingingThe Music of LifeMy IdealCagedWhatever the Mission of Life may beThe Destiny-Ma..

A Guide to Mythology

A Guide to Mythology

by Helen A. Clarke

The author's aim in this book on Mythology for young readers has been to give them solid knowledge on the subject, as far as it is advisable to go with immature minds, based upon the most recent investigations of scholars, and to select the myths used in illustration of the plan, with a view to giving them interesting stories to read, which will, a..

Old Songs

Old Songs

by Various Authors

A collection of poems written by many authors have been compiled and presented as A Love SongWhy canst Thou not, as Others doWith Jockey to the FairSweet Nelly, my Heart’s DelightWhat hap had I to Marry a ShrowThe Leather BottèlNever Love Thee MoreHere’s to the Maiden of Bashful FifteenBarbara AllenPerigot and Cuddy’s RoundelaySally in Our All..

Serbian Fairy Tales

Serbian Fairy Tales

by Elodie L. Mijatovich

A collection of Serbian fairy tales including THE GOLDEN APPLE-TREE AND THE NINE PEAHENSPAPALLUGA; OR, THE GOLDEN SLIPPERSATAN’S JUGGLINGS AND GOD’S MIGHTGOOD DEEDS ARE NEVER LOSTTHE WICKED STEPMOTHERBIRD GIRLSIR PEPPERCORNBASH-CHALEK; OR TRUE STEELTHE BITER BITTHE TRADE THAT NO ONE KNOWSTHE THREE SUITORSTHE GOLDEN-HAIRED TWINSTHE DREAM OF THE..

The Gates of Morning

The Gates of Morning

by H. De Vere Stacpoole

Women, children, youths, all the tribe to be seen busy along the beach in the blazing sun, fishing with nets, playing their games or working on the paraka patches, all were his people. His were the canoes drawn up on the sand and his the empty houses where the war canoes had once rested on their rollers. Then as he cast his eyes from the lagoon to ..

The Conscript Mother

The Conscript Mother

by Robert Herrick

The citizens of Genzano certainly looked ugly. They were dirty and poor, and scowled at the young officer. The little town, for all its heavenly situation, seemed dreary and sad. The word “socialismo” scrawled on the stone walls had been half erased by the hand of authority. War meant to these people more taxes and fewer men to work the fields.The ..

In the Morning

In the Morning

by Willis Boyd Allen

In the Morning is a collection of poem by Willis Boyd Allen which includes below.At Chrystemesse-TydeVita NuovaNot in the WhirlwindDiapasonChamounixIn the MorningMarigold“Seventeen, Eighteen, Maid’s A-Waiting!”To M——, on her Birthday“Yours Truly”A Sermon by a Lay PreacherIn Somno VeritasThalattaUnknown..