Niobe by Josephine Preston Peabody
There are so many tales of the vanity of kings and queens that the half of them cannot be told. There was Cassiopæia, queen of Æthiopia, who boasted that her beauty outshone …
Kids Stories
Nelly’s Hospital by Louisa May Alcott
Nelly sat beside her mother picking lint; but while her fingers flew, her eyes often looked wistfully out into the meadow, golden with buttercups, and bright with sunshine. Presently she said, rather …
My Fight with a Catamount by Allen French
My guide, Alaric, and I had gone in after moose to the country beyond Mud Brook, in Maine. There its watershed between the east branch and the west is cut up into …
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
There lived in the palace at Messina two ladies, whose names were Hero and Beatrice. Hero was the daughter, and Beatrice the niece, of Leonato, the governor of Messina. Beatrice was of …
Midas by C. E. Smith
Once upon a time there lived a very rich King whose name was Midas, and he had a little daughter whom he loved very dearly. This King was fonder of gold than …
Mercury and the Woodman by Aesop
A poor Woodman was cutting down a tree near the edge of a deep pool in the forest. It was late in the day and the Woodman was tired. He had been …