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Tarzan and the Ant Men

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Edgar Rice Burroughs

Lord Greystoke, Tarzan of the Apes, is embroiled in thrilling adventures among the tiny, warlike Minunians. (Summary by Matthew Reece)

The Autobiography of Methuselah

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John Kendrick Bangs

A satirical look at early biblical events from the point of view of someone who was there to witness most of them: the oldest man in recorde…

Elves and Heroes

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Donald Alexander Mackenzie

This volume describes, in verse, the mythical creatures and people of ancient Scotland. It also includes explanatory notes about about the c…

American Fairy Tales

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L. Frank Baum

This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stor…

04 - The Story of Caliph Stork

In The Green Fairy Book

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Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Altho…

38 - Chapter XXXVIII

In Aurora Floyd

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Aurora Floyd, the daughter of a rich banker and an actress, could not have had a better start: back from a finishing school in Paris, she is…

Excerpt from 'The American Ornithological Biography'

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02

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John James Audubon

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

03 - Railroad Tennis

In The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore

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Laura Lee Hope

In this third volume of the “Bobbsey Twin Series”, the twins – Nan and Bert and Freddie and Flossie – go with their family to visit relative…

19 - Ch. 13

In The Shaving of Shagpat

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George Meredith

The novel is a humorous oriental romance and allegory written in the style of the Arabian Nights. Like its model, it includes a number of st…

Blackie Scares a Dog

In Blackie, A Lost Cat

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Richard Barnum

Blackie is a coal black cat who lives with two children and their parents. One day she is led astray by a neighboring cat and decides to go…