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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (version 2)

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L. Frank Baum

This wonderful children’s short story tells all about the youth, manhood and old age of Santa Claus and how he became immortal. (Introductio…

09 - The Battle of Lake Erie

In Chronicles of Canada Volume 17 - Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader…

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Ethel T. Raymond

Tecumseh was a leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy that opposed the United States during the War of 1812. He became a folk …

CHAPTER I. THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT HOME

In The Bobbsey Twins or Merry Days Indoors and Out

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Laura Lee Hope

The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for many years, the Stratemeyer Syndicate's longest-running series of children's…

Performing Cats & Cat Racing in Belgium

In Our Cats and All About Them

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Harrison Weir

The Englishman Harrison Weir organized the first cat show in England in 1871. In 1887 he founded the National Cat Club and was its first Pre…

02 - The Magic Mirror (Grimm's Fairy Tales)

In Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know

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Hamilton Wright Mabie

This is a collection of well known fairy tales by various authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and many others. (Summary …

13 - Violet Berrying

In Violet: A Fairy Story

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Caroline Snowden Guild

A charming fairytale -- with realistic touches -- from the mid-19th Century.(Summary by BellonaTimes)

An Adventure on Island Rock

In Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905-1906

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery was born at Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 30, 1874. She achieved international fa…