Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high qu

In its original shape Mr. Alger intended this tale of a soldier's son for a juvenile drama, and it is, therefore, full of dramatic situations. But it was not used as a play, and when the gifted autho

"How do you feel this morning, Jacob?" asked a boy of fifteen, bending over an old man crouched in the corner of an upper room, in a poor tenement-house, distant less than a quarter

<em>The Island of Adventure</em> is the first thrilling installment in the Adventure series by Enid Blyton, one of the best-loved children's writers of all time. For Philip, Dinah, Lucy-A

Five o'clock sounded from the church clock, and straightway the streets of Milltown were filled with men, women, and children issuing from the great brick factories huddled together at one end of the

&ldquo;Here's a letter for you, Doctor Mack,&rdquo; said the housekeeper, as she entered the plain room used as a library and sitting-room by her employer, Doctor Ezekiel Mack. &ldquo;It'

IN a second gleaning of the fields of Fairy Land we cannot expect to find a second Perrault. But there are good stories enough left, and it is hoped that some in the Red Fairy Book may have the attra

Old Ken was &quot;down on his luck.&quot; For well-nigh fifty years he had &quot;gone the pace&quot; in a district where certain men say glibly, &quot;there's no God west of the R

It was an uninspiring bit of street: narrow, paved with cobble; hot and noisy in summer, reeking with unwholesome mud during the drizzling and snow-slimed months of winter. It looked anything this Ma

《伊索寓言》原书名为《埃索波斯故事集成》，是古希腊民间流传的讽喻故事，经后人加工，成为现在流传的《伊索寓言》。《伊索寓言》是一部世界上最早的寓言故事集。同时，《伊索寓言》是世界文学史上流传最广的寓言故事之一。

A Child's Anti-Slavery Book Containing a Few Words About American Slave Children and Stories of Slave-Life.

Doctor Rabbit lived in the very biggest tree in the Big Green Woods. He looked after all the other rabbits when they were ill and he doctored quite a number of the other little creatures of the Big W

&ldquo;Well, wife,&rdquo; said Mr. Benjamin Stanton, as he sat down to a late breakfast, &ldquo;I had a letter from Ohio yesterday.&rdquo;

In the introductory chapter of &ldquo;The History of the People of the United States,&rdquo; Mr. McMaster announces as his subject, &ldquo;The history of the people from the close of the

王子和公主，会飞的火龙，吃小孩的巫婆，还有青蛙与鹳鸟。 他们是我乱七八糟的童年里惟一一些和其他女孩子相似的东西。 我看了一遍又一遍。 每一个孩子都应当拥有至少一本童话书， 就像豌豆茎一样，高兴地向上生长。