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WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Twenty-sixth President of the United States. HENRY VAN DYKE, poet, essayist, and diplomatist. LYMAN ABBOTT, editor of "The Outlook." RUDYARD KIPLING, poet and story-teller. GENERAL SIR R. S. BADEN-POWELL, founder of the Boy Scouts. BECKLES WILLSON, author of "The Romance of Canada." IDA PRENTICE WHITCOMB, author of "Young People's Story…

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  • AuthorUnknown
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #19993
  • Length167,321 words · 11h 09m of reading
  • Chapters266
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  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

266 chapters

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  1. 01INCORPORATED
  2. 02EDITORS
  3. 03JENNIE ELLIS BURDICK
  4. 04GENERAL INTRODUCTION
  5. 05INTRODUCTION
  6. 06NURSERY RHYMES
  7. 07NURSERY TALES
  8. 08CHILDREN'S FAVORITE POEMS
  9. 09CHILDREN'S FAVORITE STORIES
  10. 10OLD FASHIONED POEMS
  11. 11FABLES FROM ÆSOP
  12. 12FABLES OF INDIA
  13. 13SCANDINAVIAN STORIES
  14. 14GERMAN STORIES
  15. 15FRENCH STORIES
  16. 16ENGLISH STORIES
  17. 17CELTIC STORIES
  18. 18ITALIAN STORIES
  19. 19JAPANESE STORIES
  20. 20EAST INDIAN STORIES
  21. 21AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES
  22. 22ARABIAN STORIES
  23. 23CHINESE STORIES
  24. 24RUSSIAN STORIES
  25. 25TALES FOR TINY TOTS
  26. 26FANCIFUL STORIES
  27. 27NURSERY RHYMES
  28. 28GOOD NIGHT
  29. 29SWEET AND LOW
  30. 30BABY-LAND
  31. 31GEORGE COOPER
  32. 32POLLY
  33. 33CRADLE HYMN
  34. 34I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY
  35. 35THE GRAVEL PATH
  36. 36LAURENCE ALMA TADEMA
  37. 37SLEEP, MY TREASURE
  38. 38LULLABY OF AN INFANT CHIEF
  39. 39THE ORPHAN'S SONG
  40. 40THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN
  41. 41UNKNOWN
  42. 42THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
  43. 43TREE ON THE HILL
  44. 44A LITTLE BOY'S POCKET
  45. 45THE THREE BEARS
  46. 46CINDERELLA
  47. 47THE THREE BROTHERS
  48. 48THE WREN AND THE BEAR
  49. 49CHICKEN-LICKEN
  50. 50THE FOX AND THE CAT
  51. 51THE RATS AND THEIR SON-IN-LAW
  52. 52THE MOUSE AND THE SAUSAGE
  53. 53JOHNNY AND THE GOLDEN GOOSE
  54. 54TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE
  55. 55TEENY TINY
  56. 56THE SPIDER AND THE FLEA
  57. 57THE LITTLE SHEPHERD BOY
  58. 58THE THREE SPINNERS
  59. 59THE CAT AND THE MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP
  60. 60THE SWEET SOUP
  61. 61THE STRAW THE COAL AND THE BEAN
  62. 62WHY THE BEAR HAS A STUMPY TAIL
  63. 63THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
  64. 64THE THREE CHILDREN
  65. 65THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT
  66. 66KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
  67. 67HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE
  68. 68ISAAC WATTS
  69. 69TWINKLE, TWINKLE
  70. 70PRETTY COW
  71. 71THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS
  72. 72THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE
  73. 73THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL
  74. 74THE BOY WHO NEVER TOLD A LIE
  75. 75FOREIGN CHILDREN
  76. 76THE UNSEEN PLAYMATE
  77. 77I SAW THREE SHIPS
  78. 78A WAS AN ANT
  79. 79THE TABLE AND THE CHAIR
  80. 80IV
  81. 81PRECOCIOUS PIGGY
  82. 82A BOY'S SONG
  83. 83BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES
  84. 84THE VIOLET
  85. 85IF EVER I SEE
  86. 86THE LITTLE LAND
  87. 87A LOBSTER QUADRILLE
  88. 88LEWIS CARROLL
  89. 89THE WIND AND THE MOON
  90. 90GEORGE MACDONALD
  91. 91THE LOST DOLL
  92. 92FOREIGN LANDS
  93. 93BED IN SUMMER
  94. 94TRY AGAIN
  95. 95A GOOD PLAY
  96. 96GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING
  97. 97THE WIND
  98. 98THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
  99. 99LET DOGS DELIGHT TO BARK AND BITE
  100. 100CHILD'S EVENING HYMN
  101. 101HANSEL AND GRETEL
  102. 102THE FAIR CATHERINE AND PIF-PAF POLTRIE
  103. 103THE WOLF AND THE FOX
  104. 104DISCREET HANS
  105. 105PUSS IN BOOTS
  106. 106THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
  107. 107HANS IN LUCK
  108. 108MASTER OF ALL MASTERS
  109. 109BELLING THE CAT
  110. 110LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD
  111. 111THE NAIL
  112. 112JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
  113. 113HOW TO TELL A TRUE PRINCESS
  114. 114THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
  115. 115THE MAN IN THE MOON
  116. 116JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
  117. 117SAGE COUNSEL
  118. 118LIMERICKS
  119. 119MORE LIMERICKS
  120. 120RUDYARD KIPLING
  121. 121THE DEAD DOLL
  122. 122LITTLE THINGS
  123. 123THE GOLDEN RULE
  124. 124DO THE BEST YOU CAN
  125. 125THE VOICE OF SPRING
  126. 126THE LARK AND THE ROOK
  127. 127THANKSGIVING DAY
  128. 128A FABLE
  129. 129A MIDSUMMER LEGEND
  130. 130THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS
  131. 131A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS
  132. 132LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE
  133. 133JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
  134. 134THE CHATTERBOX
  135. 135THE VOICE OF SPRING
  136. 136THE HISTORY LESSON
  137. 137SONG OF LIFE
  138. 138THE GOOD TIME COMING
  139. 139WINDY NIGHTS
  140. 140THE WONDERFUL WORLD
  141. 141HARK! HARK! THE LARK
  142. 142JOG ON, JOG ON
  143. 143SWEET STORY OF OLD
  144. 144MY SHADOW
  145. 145BY COOL SILOAM'S SHADY RILL
  146. 146THE WIND IN A FROLIC
  147. 147THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD
  148. 148WE ARE SEVEN
  149. 149THE BETTER LAND
  150. 150THE JUVENILE ORATOR
  151. 151A FABLE
  152. 152MORAL
  153. 153THE USE OF FLOWERS
  154. 154CONTENTED JOHN
  155. 155JANE TAYLOR
  156. 156THE FROST
  157. 157THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM
  158. 158FROM M. DE LAMOTTE
  159. 159THE BLACKBERRY GIRL
  160. 160PART I
  161. 161PART II
  162. 162LLEWELLYN AND HIS DOG
  163. 163THE SNOWBIRD'S SONG
  164. 164FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT
  165. 165THE GOOSE THAT LAID GOLDEN EGGS
  166. 166THE BOYS AND THE FROGS
  167. 167THE LION AND THE MOUSE
  168. 168THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
  169. 169THE FROG AND THE OX
  170. 170THE CAT, THE MONKEY, AND THE CHESTNUTS
  171. 171THE COUNTRY MAID AND HER MILKPAIL
  172. 172THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN
  173. 173THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE
  174. 174THE VAIN JACKDAW
  175. 175THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL
  176. 176THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
  177. 177THE CROW AND THE PITCHER
  178. 178THE MAN, HIS SON, AND HIS ASS
  179. 179THE CAMEL AND THE PIG
  180. 180THE MAN AND HIS PIECE OF CLOTH
  181. 181THE SEA, THE FOX, AND THE WOLF
  182. 182THE BIRDS AND THE LIME
  183. 183THE RAVEN AND THE CATTLE
  184. 184TINSEL AND LIGHTNING
  185. 185THE ASS AND THE WATCH-DOG
  186. 186THE LARK AND ITS YOUNG ONES
  187. 187THE TWO GEMS
  188. 188BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
  189. 189BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
  190. 190BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
  191. 191BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
  192. 192BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
  193. 193BY GEORGE WEBBE DASENT
  194. 194BY GEORGE WEBBE DASENT
  195. 195BY GEORGE WEBBE DASENT
  196. 196BY WILHELM AND JAKOB GRIMM
  197. 197BY WILHELM AND JAKOB GRIMM
  198. 198BY WILHELM AND JAKOB GRIMM
  199. 199BY WILHELM AND JAKOB GRIMM
  200. 200BY WILHELM AND JAKOB GRIMM
  201. 201BY WILHELM AND JAKOB GRIMM
  202. 202BY WILHELM AND JAKOB GRIMM
  203. 203ADAPTED BY E. NESBIT
  204. 204BY THE COMTESSE D'AULNOY
  205. 205THE STORY OF PRETTY GOLDILOCKS
  206. 206TOADS AND DIAMONDS
  207. 207ADAPTED BY ERNEST RHYS
  208. 208ADAPTED BY JOSEPH JACOBS
  209. 209JACK THE GIANT-KILLER
  210. 210ADAPTED BY PATRICK KENNEDY
  211. 211ADAPTED BY JOSEPH JACOBS
  212. 212ADAPTED BY JOSEPH JACOBS
  213. 213ADAPTED BY PATRICK WESTON JOYCE
  214. 214MASTER CHERRY FINDS A QUEER PIECE OF WOOD
  215. 215GEPPETTO PLANS A WONDERFUL PUPPET
  216. 216THE PUPPET IS NAMED PINOCCHIO
  217. 217THE FIRE-EATER FRIGHTENS PINOCCHIO
  218. 218FIRE-EATER SNEEZES AND PARDONS PINOCCHIO
  219. 219THE SHOWMAN BECOMES GENEROUS
  220. 220THE INN OF THE RED-CRAWFISH
  221. 221THE PUPPET FALLS AMONG ASSASSINS
  222. 222THE FOX AND THE CAT
  223. 223PINOCCHIO IS ROBBED
  224. 224ADAPTED BY YEI THEODORA OZAKI
  225. 225ADAPTED BY A. B. MITFORD
  226. 226THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW
  227. 227BATTLE OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB
  228. 228MOMOTARO, OR LITTLE PEACHLING
  229. 229URASCHIMA TARO AND THE TURTLE
  230. 230ADAPTED BY JOSEPH JACOBS
  231. 231ADAPTED BY WALTER SKEAT
  232. 232ADAPTED BY M. FRERE
  233. 233THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER
  234. 234ADAPTED BY M. FRERE
  235. 235ADAPTED BY M. FRERE
  236. 236ADAPTED BY H. R. SCHOOLCRAFT
  237. 237THE MAIDEN WHO LOVED A FISH
  238. 238THE STAR WIFE
  239. 239THE STORY OF CALIPH STORK
  240. 240ADAPTED BY A. R. MONTALBA
  241. 241THE MOST FRUGAL OF MEN
  242. 242THE MOON-CAKE
  243. 243THE LADLE THAT FELL FROM THE MOON
  244. 244THE YOUNG HEAD OF THE FAMILY
  245. 245A DREADFUL BOAR
  246. 246KING KOJATA
  247. 247THE STORY OF KING FROST
  248. 248BY EDWARD SHIRLEY
  249. 249BY F. TAPSELL
  250. 250JOCK AND I AND THE OTHERS
  251. 251BY F. TAPSELL
  252. 252BY BEATRIX POTTER
  253. 253THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS
  254. 254THE VISIT TO SANTA CLAUS LAND
  255. 255THE GREEDY BROWNIE
  256. 256BY JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN
  257. 257THE WORLD
  258. 258WHITE MAGIC
  259. 259BY JULIANA HORATIA EWING
  260. 260II
  261. 261III
  262. 262THE STORY OF PETER PAN
  263. 263BY GEORGE MACDONALD
  264. 264BY KATE E. BUNCE (after RUDOLF BAUNBACH)
  265. 265BY HAPGOOD MOORE
  266. 266LIST OF BEST BOOKS OF FAIRY TALES AND CHILDREN'S POEMS

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