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Tanglewood Tales
by Nathaniel HawthorneTanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. It is a re-writing of well-known Greek myths in a volume for children.Hawthorne wrote introduction, titled "The Wayside", referring to The Wayside in Concord, where he lived from 1852 until his death. In the int..
The Snow Image
by Nathaniel HawthorneSome of Nathaniel Hawthorne's early stories for children which appeared initially in juvenile magazines ended up in collections of stories for adults. Such was the case with "Little Annie's Ramble," which appeared first in Youth's Keepsake and then, a few years later, in the first edition of Twice-Told Tales. Other stories took the reverse journey...
The Gorgon's Head
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe author has long been of opinion that many of the classical myths were capable of being rendered into very capital reading for children.In the little volume here offered to the public, he has worked up half a dozen of them, with this end in view. A great freedom of treatment was necessary to his plan; but it will be observed by every one who att..
Our Old Home - A Series of English Sketches
by Nathaniel HawthorneOur Old Home: A Series of English Sketches is a travel literature work by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I have not asked your consent, my dear General, to the foregoing inscription, because it would have been no inconsiderable disappointment to me had you withheld it; for I have long desired to connect your name with some book of mine, in commem..
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair
by Nathaniel HawthorneIN 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")
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe 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..
Biographical Stories
by Nathaniel HawthorneBiographical Stories for Children is a collection short biographical tales of historical figures including Queen Christina, Benjamin Franklin, Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Johnson, Sir Isaac Newton and Benjamin West. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. Hawthorne's works belong to romanticism or, more specif..
The Miraculous Pitcher
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe 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...