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Famous stories every child should know : a selection of the best stories of all time for young people / edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with the assistance of Kate Stephens ; decorated by Blanche Ostertag.
LIBRA PZ5 .Fam 1907
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories.
- Genre:
- Children's stories.
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, 3-300 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 19 cm
- Other Title:
- Stories every child should know
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907.
- Contents:
- A child's dream of a star / Charles Dickens
- The king of the golden river / John Ruskin
- The snow-image / Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Undine / Frederick, Baron de la Motte Fouque
- Story of Ruth / The book of Ruth
- Great stone face / Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Diverting history of John Gilpin / William Cowper
- Man without a country / Edward Everett Hale
- The Nurnberg stove / Louise de la Ramee
- Rab and his friends / John Brown
- Peter Rugg, the missing man / William Austin.
- Notes:
- "The stories which make up this volume are closer to experience...nearer to the every-day happenings of life....In the judgement of the editor, they are sound pieces of writing, wholesome in tone, varied in interest and style, and interesting. It is his hope that they will not only furnish good reading, but that they will suggest the kind of reading in this field that should be within the reach of children" -- introduction.
- OCLC:
- 4478875
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