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Page 27
... was to her trust , and hesitated . Her conscience , however , was soon silenced by her curiosity , and with a beating heart and trembling hand she pushed the little key into. BLUEBEARD 27 SHE SLIPPED SILENTLY AWAY Eulalie B Page.
... was to her trust , and hesitated . Her conscience , however , was soon silenced by her curiosity , and with a beating heart and trembling hand she pushed the little key into. BLUEBEARD 27 SHE SLIPPED SILENTLY AWAY Eulalie B Page.
Page 28
... heart stopped beating , and she almost fell to the floor in horror and amazement . Recover- ing herself after a little , she stooped and picked up the key , locked the door and hurried back to her chamber . In vain she tried to compose ...
... heart stopped beating , and she almost fell to the floor in horror and amazement . Recover- ing herself after a little , she stooped and picked up the key , locked the door and hurried back to her chamber . In vain she tried to compose ...
Page 59
... heart : " I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was still that Ugly Duckling ! " This is one of the finest little stories that Hans Christian Andersen ever wrote , and no man ever wrote better stories for children . This is so ...
... heart : " I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was still that Ugly Duckling ! " This is one of the finest little stories that Hans Christian Andersen ever wrote , and no man ever wrote better stories for children . This is so ...
Page 67
... heart to explain to the loving daughter that the image she saw in the mirror was but the reflection of her own beautiful face . Thus , by the pure white bond of her filial love , each day the charming girl grew more and more like her ...
... heart to explain to the loving daughter that the image she saw in the mirror was but the reflection of her own beautiful face . Thus , by the pure white bond of her filial love , each day the charming girl grew more and more like her ...
Page 80
... heart of some of them , were changed to gold . By the time this good work was completed , King Midas was summoned to breakfast , and , as the morning air had given him an excellent appetite , he made haste back to 80 THE GOLDEN TOUCH.
... heart of some of them , were changed to gold . By the time this good work was completed , King Midas was summoned to breakfast , and , as the morning air had given him an excellent appetite , he made haste back to 80 THE GOLDEN TOUCH.
Contents
GERDA ON THE REINDEERS BACK Marion Miller | 191 |
GERDA KISSED HIS CHEEK Marion Miller | 201 |
THE CHIMERA Nathaniel Hawthorne | 208 |
THE IMAGE IN THE WATER Frank H Young | 221 |
PEGASUS DARTED DOWN ASLANT D A Peterson | 234 |
PICTUREBOOKS IN WINTER Robert Louis Stevenson | 240 |
PHAETHON PULLED AT THE REINS M L Spoor | 250 |
THE ENGLISH ROBIN Harrison Weir | 253 |
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THE FIR TREE Hans Christian Andersen | 95 |
THE SWALLOWS AND THE STORK CAME II L Gaye | 97 |
THE FAT MAN TOLD ABOUT KLUMPEYDUMPEY H L Gage | 103 |
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN | 110 |
A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS Clement C Moore | 117 |
THE WORKSHOP OF THE DWARFS I O Reese | 127 |
THE DEATH OF BALDER | 129 |
HODER HURLED THE DART W O Reese | 135 |
THE PUNISHMENT OF LOKI | 143 |
THORS HAND GRIPPED HIM W O Reese | 149 |
AFTERWHILE James Whitcomb Riley | 152 |
SHUFFLESHOON AND AMBERLOCKS Marion Miller | 154 |
IT WAS THE SNOW QUEEN Marion Miller | 164 |
THE CROW STOPPED TO LOOK AT HER Marion Miller | 177 |
THE IRISHWOMAN Katherine Maxey | 264 |
HARTHOVER PLACE Katherine Maxey | 271 |
TOM WENT Down Katherine Maxey | 285 |
HE DIPPED HIS FEET IN Katherine Maxey | 294 |
THE OLD DAME CAME OUT TOO Katherine Maxey | 300 |
TAILPIECE Katherine Maxey | 306 |
TOM AND THE DRAGON FLY Katherine Maxey | 314 |
THE SALMON LOOKED AT TOM FIERCELY Katherine Maxey | 331 |
TOM WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE HAPPY Katherine Maxey | 341 |
TOM DIVED Katherine Maxey | 351 |
MRS BEDONEBYASYOUDID Katherine Maxey | 363 |
SHE TOOK TOM IN HER ARMS Katherine Maxey | 373 |
TOM THE WATER BABY Halftone Mary Spoor | 396 |
TOM AND THE PETRELS Katherine Maxey | 401 |
MOTHER CAREY Katherine Maxey | 407 |
THE FAIRIES OF THE CALDONLOW Mary Howitt | 435 |
THE HARPERS THEY WERE NINE Marion Miller | 436 |
A LITTLE BOY HUNG DOWN HIS HEAD W E Scott | 442 |
THE FIRST SNOWFALL James Russell Lowell | 443 |
MORDECAI CRIED WITH A LOUD AND BITTER | 451 |
HAMAN WAS AFRAID Beatrice Braidwood | 457 |
THE DARNINGNEEDLE Hans Christian Andersen | 462 |
PLUTO APPEARS George Werveke | 469 |
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