The Publishers offer in this volume well known and long loved and extremely well illustrated stories to their young readers. These tales have had delighted the children of many generations and will be equally welcome in the nurseries of the present day, which, with the popularity and antiquity of the contents of the volume, justify them in styling it The World-Wide Nursery Book.But why a "World-Wide book of Nursery Tales?" Take the story of Cinderella for example…..Many people beli...

The Grand Grimoire with the Great Clavicle of Solomon (Fully illustrated) - Unknown - The Grand Grimoire With the Powerful Clavicle of Solomon, and Black Magic; or, The Infernal Devices of the Great Agrippa for the Discovery of all Hidden Treasures and the Subjugation of every denomination of Spirits; together with an abridgement of all the Magical Arts. This Book is so rare and sought after in our country it has been called, by our Rabbis, the true Great Work. They were the ones who left ...

"Plans and Illustrations of Prisons and Reformatories" is a comprehensive exploration of the architectural and design principles behind correctional facilities. The book delves into various prison designs, emphasizing the importance of creating environments that promote rehabilitation rather than mere punishment. Through detailed illustrations and plans, it showcases innovative approaches to prison architecture, highlighting how thoughtful design can influence inmate behavior and improve o...

Herein are 88 illustrated short stories for children with most of the stories suffixed by a moral. In this volume you will find stories like:The InnkeeperThe Brook and the WaterwheelCrooked Horn and Old BrindleThe Lark and the WhippoorwillThe Weedy FarmThe Learned Owl….and many, many more.Even as long ago as 1888, Charles Foster believed that it is not new truths that we need, but the application of old ones to our daily life, which ...

A NEW AND FACETIOUS Introduction to the English TongueAuthor Preface:It may be considered a strange wish on the part of an Author, to have his preface compared to a donkey’s gallop. We are nevertheless desirous that our own should be considered both short and sweet. For our part, indeed, we would have every preface as short as an orator’s cough, to which, in purpose, it is so nearly like; but Fashion requires, and like the rest of her sex, requires because she requires, tha...

This is a collection of Native American folklore, retold for children and young adults, compiled over a century ago. Within you will find stories like Snowbird and the Water Tiger, The Coyote or Prairie Wolf, How Mad Buffalo Fought the Thunder-Bird, The Red Swan, The Bended Rocks and many more. You will even find a description of Iagoo the storyteller.This is the second edition of this book, which was originally published in 1895 and titled Snow Bird and the Water Tiger and oth...

Great Stories and poems for children is a collection of most delightful childrens stories.

Contained herein are all 15 verses to this well-known children’s poem. But, who was the original author of the nursery rhyme “Jack and Jill” who went up the hill? In truth, no-one knows. It is thought to be a “nonsense” poem although there are a few truisms contained in the lines. In the 18thC. vinegar and brown paper were used to draw bruises out. But, who ever heard of someone going “uphill” to draw water? In most cases people talking about going “down” to the river or well to draw wate...

The sequel to “Christie’s old Organ”. In Christie, the King's Servant, a young man named Jack, both goes for an extended holiday to Runswick Bay in Yorkshire, England, to pursue his work as an artist. There, he is invited by a couple of children to open air religious services and goes just to satisfy them. The children's father is a preacher and the family invites Jack to visit them. Through a series of events Jack is led back to the Lord. I don’t’ want to spoil the surprises or the connec...

IN THE MID - 1920's, roughly two blocks from where the Warlock Shop once stood, in Brooklyn Heights, lived a quiet, reclusive man, an author of short stories, who eventually divorced his wife of two years and returned to his boyhood home in Rhode Island, where he lived with his two aunts. Born on August 20, 1890, Howard Phillips Lovecraft would come to exert an impact on the literary world that dwarfs his initial successes with Weird Tales magazine in 1923. He died, tragically, at the age ...

Excerpt: "Once upon a time a bear married a woman, and they had one son. When the boy was yet a little fellow he begged very hard to be allowed to leave the bear's cave, and to go out into the world to see what was in it. His father, the Bear, however, would not consent to this, saying, "You are too young yet, and not strong enough. In the world there are multitudes of wicked beasts called men, who will kill you." So the boy was quieted for a while, and remained in the cave. But, after som...

In this collection, #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black combines her signature wit and lush world-building with stunning full-colour art by Frostbite Studios in six irresistible tales that return readers to the world of the Modern Faerie Tales and Elfhame, including two never-before-seen stories: one revealing the interior life of Madoc while in exile and the other featuring the moment that High King Cardan realises what he most desires.A ...