Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe
Play Sample
This collection contains 168 selections—songs, narratives, descriptive or reflective pieces of a lyrical quality, all suited to the taste and understanding of children.
A collection of sixty characteristic stories from Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Babylonian, Arabian, Hindu, Greek, Roman, German, Scandinavian, Celtic, Russian, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Anglo-Saxon, English, Finnish, and American Indian sources.
Forty sketches and short stories dealing with the lights and shadows of life in the slums of New York City, told just as they came to the writer, fresh from the life of the people.
A book which will delight every normal boy.Jim is a city lad who learns from an older cousin all the lore of outdoor life—trapping, shooting, fishing, camping, swimming, and canoeing.The author is a well-known writer on outdoor subjects.
Twenty-two stories illustrating the early conditions and the romantic history of California and the subsequent development of the state.
Bab, the "youngest girl," was only eleven and the pet of five brothers.Her ups and downs in a strange boarding school make an interesting story.
The author has chosen to tell our history by selecting the one man at various periods of our affairs who was master of the situation and about whom events naturally grouped themselves.The characters thus selected number twelve, as "Samuel Adams, the man of the town meeting"; "Robert Morris, the financier of the Revolution"; "Hamilton, the advocate of stronger government," etc., etc.
Transcriber's Notes:
Discrepancies in page numbering are due to blank pages and illustrations.Illustrations have been moved to the page referenced.
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
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