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Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

by Lewis Carroll

Phantasmagoria is a poem written by Lewis Carroll and first published in 1869 as the opening poem of a collection of verse by Carroll entitled Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. The collection was also published under the name Rhyme? And Reason? It is Lewis Carroll's longest poem. Both the poem and the collection were illustrated by A. B. Frost...

Feeding the Mind

by Lewis Carroll

Feeding the Mind is a note on his books written by Lewis Carroll himself. The history of this little sparkle from the pen of Lewis Carroll may soon be told. It was in October of the year 1884 that he came on a visit to a certain vicarage in Derbyshire, where he had promised, on the score of friendship, to do what was for him a most unusual favour—t..

Rhyme? And Reason?

by Lewis Carroll

Rhyme? And Reason? is a collection of verses written by Lewis Carroll. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson,, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of world-famous children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy...

A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851) is a children's book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he retells several Greek myths. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales. The stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within a story, the frame story being that a Williams College student, Eustace Bright, is telling ..

True Stories from History and Biography

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

True Stories of History and Biography is a collection of biographical stories of real history contains  Biographical stories: Benjamin West. Sir Isaac Newton. Samuel Johnson. Oliver Cromwell. Benjamin Franklin. Queen Christina. In writing this ponderous tome, the author's desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarka..

The Three Golden Apples

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne's retelling of the exploits of Hercules. In search of three golden apples, Hercules encounters the Old Man of the Sea, a six-legged man creature and the mighty giant, Atlas. For all ages, not too hard for younger listeners, and not too simple for older ones. From A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls...

Passages from the American Notebooks

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Passages from the English Notebooks is a collection of travel writing by Nathaniel Hawthorne written in two volumes and this book contains both volumes in one edition. It seems justly due to Mr. Hawthorne that the occasion of any portion of his private journals being brought before the Public should be made known, since they were originally designe..

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...