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The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair

The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

IN writing this ponderous tome, the author’s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the YOUNG may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. For this purpose, while ostensibly relating the adventures of a chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbroken thre..

The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales")

The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales")

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Prophetic Pictures is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In "The Prophetic Pictures," the evil soul that the master painter has seen in the happy young bridegroom finally makes its way through the picture and onto the face itself. In story after story the given element, the central and unifying element, is what moves and stirs within us, the..

The Miraculous Pitcher

The Miraculous Pitcher

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Miraculous Pitcher is a Short Story About Old Philemon and His Old Wife Baucis. This is one of the popular Greek myths about old Philemon and his old wife Baucis . It is adapted here by Nathaniel Hawthorne for children...

Other Tales and Sketches

Other Tales and Sketches

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Other Tales and Sketches is a ghost stories collection written by Nathaniel Hawthorne for young readers. There are three stories in this collection as below:My Visit To NiagaraThe Antique RingGraves And Goblins..

The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")

The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The New Adam and Eve is a collection of short stories From Mosses from an Old Manse written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ExcerptsIn the energy of new life it appears no such impracticable feat to climb into the sky. But they have already received a woful lesson, which may finally go far towards reducing them to the level of the departed race, when they ..

The Paradise of Children

The Paradise of Children

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Paradise of Children is a short story collection written for young readers by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Paradise of Children is Hawthorne's tale about the wickedly curious Pandora, who shouldn't have looked inside that box! Published in the 1920 collection, Wonder Stories: The Best Myths for Boys and Girls, edited by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey...

Space-Trap At Banya Tor

Space-Trap At Banya Tor

by W.J. Matthews

Space-Trap At Banya Tor, by W. J. Matthews. Exciting entertainment, these telecasts of dashing pirates, gorgeous victims and the always stupid Space Patrol, but Jeff Thorne, famed Derelict of Mars, was grimly bent on stopping them—in all their ghastly reality!.Wheelwright was not impressed. "You know best, then I know him as a sot who stumbled on a..

Goma's Follicles

Goma's Follicles

by Dorothy De Courcy

Goma's Follicles, by John de Courcy. The Franklin was the newest and best ship of the Morgan Interstellar Transportation Corporation. It was plain from the Captain's pouter-pigeon stance that he too was aware of this fact. The only jarring note in Captain Webster's mind was the unscheduled stop at Procyon IV. He glanced again at the yellow blank in..