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Twilight land / by Howard Pyle, author of "Men of Iron" et cetera.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911, author, illustrator.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Children.
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Children's stories.
- Children--Conduct of life.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 369 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Osgood, McIlvaine and Company, 1896.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The storyteller finds himself in Twilight Land at the Inn of the Sign of Mother Goose where well-known characters from fairyland are gathered and each one tells a story.
- Contents:
- The stool of fortune
- The talisman of Solomon
- Ill-luck and the fiddler
- Empty bottles
- Good gifts and a fool's folly
- The good of a few words
- Woman's wit
- A piece of good luck
- The fruit of happiness
- Not a pin to choose
- Much shall have more and little shall have less
- Wisdom's wages and folly's pay
- The enchanted island
- All things Are as fate wills
- Where to lay the blame
- The salt of life.
- Notes:
- Title page printed in red and black.
- Illustrations by the author.
- Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- Contains:
- Stool of fortune.
- Talisman of Solomon.
- Ill-luck and the fiddler.
- Empty bottles.
- Good gifts and a fool's folly.
- Good of a few words.
- Woman's wit.
- Piece of good luck.
- Fruit of happiness.
- Not a pin to choose.
- Much shall have more and little shall have less.
- Wisdom's wages and folly's pay.
- Enchanted island.
- All things are as fate wills.
- Where to lay the blame.
- Salt of life.
- OCLC:
- 905321172
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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