Myths
The Lost Princess
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George MacDonald
Also known as "A Double Story" or "The Wise Woman."The story of two very spoiled girls, a princess and a peasant, who ar…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 08 (Fables 176-200)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
The Celtic Twilight
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William Butler Yeats
I have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant, and significant things of this marred and clumsy…
The Scarecrow of Oz (version 2)
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L. Frank Baum
The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal fav…
Prometheus Bound (Buckley Translation)
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Aeschylus
"Prometheus Bound" is the only complete tragedy of the Prometheia trilogy, traditionally assumed to be the work of Aeschylus. Jupi…
Le Morte d'Arthur - Vol. 2
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Sir Thomas Malory
Le Morte d’Arthur (spelled Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in some modern editions, Middle French for la mort d’Arthur, “the…
The Marvelous Land of Oz (version 3)
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L. Frank Baum
The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman is the second of L. Frank Baum's b…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Snowdrop and Other Tales
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Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and 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…
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Collection
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Hans Christian Andersen
These are 25 fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen - A collection of something for everyone - the very popular stories, the less we…
Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children
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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
The brave warrior, Beowulf, comes to the aid of King Hrothgar when he hears that Grendel, a horrible monster, is terrorizing the inhabitants…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 12 (Fables 276-284)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
The Religion of Ancient Egypt
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William Matthew Flinders Petrie
William Matthew Flinders Petrie – the father of Egyptian Archaeology – developed and applied statistical analysis to pottery from prehistori…
The King of the Golden River
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John Ruskin
When three brothers mortally offend Mr. Southwest Wind, Esquire, their farm is laid waste and their riches lost. Desperate for money, the br…
The Little Match Girl
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Hans Christian Andersen
This is a recording of seven immortal and delightful fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Match Girl is of course the…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 11 (Fables 251-275)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
The Legends of the Jews, Volume 2
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Louis Ginzberg
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
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Beatrix Potter
What can we say about the delightful Beatrix Potter stories? Starting with the naughty Peter Rabbit and his misadventures, progressing thro…
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India
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Edgar Thurston
This book deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Nativ…
The Faerie Queene Book 1
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Edmund Spenser
"The First Book of the Faerie Queene Contayning The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse or Holinesse".The Faerie Queene was ne…