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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...
Other Tales and Sketches
by Nathaniel HawthorneOther 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")
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe 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
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe 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...
The Legacy of Cain
by Wilkie CollinsPublished in 1888, The Legacy of Cain was the final novel completed by Collins and the last to be syndicated by Tillotson. The Legacy of Cain explores the theme of hereditary evil, and attacks the idea that 'bad blood' necessarily results in a criminality.The main story begins in 1875. Helena and Eunice are sisters brought up by th..
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
by John BunyanGrace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, or a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ to his Poor Servant John Bunyan is a Puritan spiritual autobiography written by John Bunyan. It was composed while Bunyan was serving a twelve-year prison sentence in Bedford gaol for preaching without a license and was first published in 1666.The t..
Space-Trap At Banya Tor
by W.J. MatthewsSpace-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..