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The Arrival of Milkweed

In 'Tilda Jane's Orphans

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Marshall Saunders


When the story of 'Tilda Jane appeared serially in The Youth's Companion in 1901, the original manuscript was very much condensed. When the …

Chapter Fifty Eight

In Peter Simple

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Frederick Marryat


Peter Simple, 'the fool of the family', son of a parson but heir presumptive to a title, goes to sea as midshipman during the Napoleonic war…

The Life of JULIAN, a Black Boy and Incendiary

In Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for…

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Arthur L. Hayward


"If there be a haunted spot in London it must surely be a few squareyards that lie a little west of the Marble Arch, for in the long co…

Hamlet and the Psycho-Analyst

In Fancies Versus Fads

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G. K. Chesterton


A Collection of 31 essays from G.K. Chesterton. “I have strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves…

The Two Grasshoppers

In The Tale of Kiddie Katydid

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Arthur Scott Bailey


Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects …

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