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The Iliad for Boys and Girls

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Alfred John Church

Alfred J. Church wrote many books looking at classical literature, but is especially well known for his re-telling of classic books in a sty…

Alexander the Great

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Jacob Abbott

Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders in history, and was undefeated in battle. By the time of his death, h…

The Princess and the Goblin

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George MacDonald

The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a hous…

Gulliver's Travels

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Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is b…

The Princess and Curdie

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George MacDonald

The Princess and Curdie is the sequel to The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. It's been a year since the Princess Irene and Curd…

The Talisman

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Sir Walter Scott

The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the …

"A SIGHT I SHALL NEVER FORGET"

In The Lost World

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lost World is a 1912 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau (native name is Tepuyes) in South America (Venezu…

How We Got the Name "Spider Tales"

In West African Folk Tales

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William H. Barker

A collection of folk tales mostly centered around Anansi. In West African lore Anansi is known as a trickster god, and is often depicted as …

Chapter IV

In The Clue of the Twisted Candle

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Edgar Wallace

Well-known mystery writer John Lexman is charged with murder and sent to Broadmoor Prison. His friend T.X., head of a special branch of Scot…

Enchanted Deer, Scotland

In The Lilac Fairy Book

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Andrew Lang

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