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Blue Violets; Work for Girls: An Embroidered Work-Bag; "I Am the Lad in the Cad…

In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 29, May 18, 1880

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Various

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…

02 - Chapter XX, Part 2

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 20)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 4 chapter 20 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

2 - Chapters 3-4

In Bible (KJV) 27: Daniel

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King James Version

The Book of Daniel is a book in the Hebrew Bible. The book tells of how Daniel, a Judean exile at the court of Nebuchadnezzar II (605 to 562…

The Boundaries of the Solar System

In The Romance of Modern Astronomy

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Hector Macpherson

From the series, The Library of Romance, the reader is introduced in this book to the modern astronomy of 1911. The author discusses our sol…

04 - On the Eve, Part 2

In Ten Days that Shook the World

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John Reed

Ten Days that Shook the World (1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917…

First Territorial Legislature

In The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 1

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Charles E. Flandrau

"It has been a little over fifty years since the organization of the Territory of Minnesota, which at its birth was a very small and un…

11 - The Hunted Watches the Hunter

In The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer

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Thornton W. Burgess

The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer is another set of children’s stories by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. More serious than som…

A Strange Interview

In The Story of the Greeks

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H. A. Guerber

This book is a collection of stories and histories about the Ancient Greeks, including many of their famous myths! - Summary by Ann Boulais

07 - The Wolf and the Seven Kids

In Snowdrop and Other Tales

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm

Many of these tales were published in English in 1909, the Brothers Grimm tales in this book were published separately in 1920 with illustra…

The Sad Experience of Poor Pomposity

In Short Stories for Short People

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Alicia Stuart Aspinwall

This is a collection of short stories by Alicia Aspinwall. - Summary by Carolin