Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children, Volume 2An anthology composed of selections of graduated reading difficulty that includes nursery rhymes, fables, fairy tales, poems, folk tales, short stories, historical accounts, biographical profiles, excerpts from longer works, and a usage guide designed to assist with the development of reading programs. |
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Page 33
... opened , and in stepped a tiny little man who said : " Good evening , Miss Miller - maid ; why are you crying so bitterly ? " " Oh ! " answered the girl , " I have to spin straw into gold , and haven't the slightest notion how it's done ...
... opened , and in stepped a tiny little man who said : " Good evening , Miss Miller - maid ; why are you crying so bitterly ? " " Oh ! " answered the girl , " I have to spin straw into gold , and haven't the slightest notion how it's done ...
Page 38
... opened it she saw a metal disk . One side was white as frosted silver and ornamented with birds and flowers raised from the surface ; the other side was shining and polished like a window - pane . Into this the young wife gazed with ...
... opened it she saw a metal disk . One side was white as frosted silver and ornamented with birds and flowers raised from the surface ; the other side was shining and polished like a window - pane . Into this the young wife gazed with ...
Page 53
... opened the door and showed herself with her apron at her eyes , still sobbing as if her heart would break . " How now , my little lady ! " cried Midas . " What is the matter with you this morning ? " Marygold , without taking the apron ...
... opened the door and showed herself with her apron at her eyes , still sobbing as if her heart would break . " How now , my little lady ! " cried Midas . " What is the matter with you this morning ? " Marygold , without taking the apron ...
Page 101
... opened , and the prophetess , veiled in mist , rose before him . " Who art thou ? " she demanded in hollow , ghost- like tones . " And what canst thou wish to know so weighty that only I , long dead , can answer thee ? " Knowing that ...
... opened , and the prophetess , veiled in mist , rose before him . " Who art thou ? " she demanded in hollow , ghost- like tones . " And what canst thou wish to know so weighty that only I , long dead , can answer thee ? " Knowing that ...
Page 129
... opened , and the little children again sat in their garden high up in the roof , over all the floors . How splendidly the roses bloomed this summer ! The little girl had learned a psalm , in which men- tion was made of roses ; and , in ...
... opened , and the little children again sat in their garden high up in the roof , over all the floors . How splendidly the roses bloomed this summer ! The little girl had learned a psalm , in which men- tion was made of roses ; and , in ...
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