Literary Collections

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: John GalsworthyPublisher:...

The opening bars of a waltz sounded through the house above the irregular murmur of conversation, bearing their promise and summons along festal corridors and into garlanded nooks and alcoves. Paul Middleton drew a breath of relief as the girl to whom he...

"[...]Meraut nodded to them all as they passed. Promptly on the first stroke of the hour the Abbe appeared in the north transept of the Cathedral and made his way with quick, decided steps toward the chapel. He was a young man with thick dark hair almost...

The Cave TwinsAuthor: Lucy Fitch PerkinsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 22, 2015Number of Pages: 80 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517464048ISBN-13: 9781517464042

"[...]tell which was Monnie and which was Tup as they tumbled in the snow together. Pretty soon Monnie picked herself up and shook off the snow. Then Tup shook himself, too. Menie was rolling over and over down the slope in front of the little stone...

"[...] I THE HARVEST-FIELD It was late in the afternoon of a long summer's day in Belgium. Father Van Hove was still at work in the harvest-field, though the sun hung so low in the west that his shadow, stretching far across the level, green plain,...

"[...]into her kitchen. Kit and Kat were still asleep in their little cupboard bed. She gave them each a kiss. The Twins opened their eyes and sat up. "O Kit and Kat," said Vrouw Vedder, "the sun is up, the birds are all awake and singing, and...

The Italian TwinsAuthor: Lucy Fitch PerkinsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 22, 2015Number of Pages: 66 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 151746434XISBN-13: 9781517464349

"[...]great deal for Taro to say, for he had wanted a puppy for ever so many weeks. "So would I rather have him than a puppy," the Father said; "ever so much rather." Just then the Baby puckered up his nose, and opened his little bit of a mouth-and a...

The Irish TwinsAuthor: Lucy Fitch PerkinsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 22, 2015Number of Pages: 80 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517464390ISBN-13: 9781517464394

The Puritan TwinsAuthor: Lucy Fitch PerkinsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 22, 2015Number of Pages: 92 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517464404ISBN-13: 9781517464400

"[...]at the gallery of the second story and clapped her hands. "Chloe, Chloe," she called. The clacking suddenly stopped, and a young girl with black hair and eyes and red cheeks came out of the upper room and leaned over the balcony rail. "Did you want...

"[...]ribbon Jean's true character stood revealed! However prim and smooth she might make it look in front, where the cracked glass enabled her to keep an eye on it, behind her back, where she couldn't possibly see it, her hair broke into the jolliest...

"[...]gulp, and begged for more. "No, no," said Leneli, "good old Bello, go now with Fritz and help him drive the goats to the milking-shed, and by and by you shall have your supper." Fritz whistled, and instantly Bello was off like a shot after Nanni,...

A small cavalcade was slowly winding down a steep, white road. The bare, brown hills rose up on one side like the earth's friars of St. Francis, while on the other, at some distance away, the Pacific Ocean showed green and still. Near the shore the waves...

Betty Ashton sighed until the leaves of the book she held in her hand quivered, then she flung it face downward on the floor. "Oh dear, I do wish some one would invent something new for girls!" she exclaimed, although there was no one in the room to hear...

"[...]is in a bad temper. Then I don't wish her to go on the stage. I think it a horrid profession, and Polly is not strong enough. I would do anything that I could to prevent it. But you see, Mollie, I have no reason to believe that Polly cares for me;...

The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the TrailAuthor: Margaret VandercookPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 23, 2015Number of Pages: 104 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517480418ISBN-13: 9781517480417

"[...]sense. Moreover, there would be other old friends whom she had once known at Sunrise Cabin. However, some of them were guests at the mansion, so she could meet them later. Out in the hall the little French girl now discovered Faith and Kenneth Helm...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Margaret VandercookPublisher:...

Walking slowly down a broad stairway, a girl carried three old silver candlesticks in her hands. And although the hallway was in semi-darkness, the candles had not yet been lighted. It was a cold November afternoon and the great house was chill and...

AN hour before sunset a number of persons were standing in a small group facing the western horizon. But although the prairie was covered with a crop of young grass, a pale green mirror to reflect the colors of the sun, they were not looking at the...

The Ranch Girls and Their Great AdventureAuthor: Margaret VandercookPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 24, 2015Number of Pages: 112 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517480671ISBN-13: 9781517480677

Ambrose Thompson opened his front door and looked out. It was May, the sun had just risen over Pennyroyal, and before him lay Kentucky's carnival of spring. The boy drew a deep breath that seemed to rise and quiver over his face like a breeze coming away...

Across a wide prairie a man and woman were riding side by side at an hour approaching twilight on a September afternoon. Moving slowly they appeared to be studying the landscape. Toward the west the sky was banked with gold and rose and purple clouds,...

"IT seems incredible, girls, but I simply can't find her." The young woman who made this remark was standing on the deck of an out-going ocean steamer. The great boat was ploughing its way through the Ambrose channel, leaving the long nose of Sandy Hook...

The Red Cross Girls with The Russian ArmyAuthor: Margaret VandercookPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 28, 2015Number of Pages: 108 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517480973ISBN-13: 9781517480974

The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to VictoryAuthor: Margaret VandercookPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 23, 2015Number of Pages: 112 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517481007ISBN-13: 9781517481001

"Fine growing marning, you." "Ay, casualty weather, though." Ding-ding-dill! Dill-ding-dill! This last was the cracked bell of the village church ringing "to service." The speakers were two farmers, who, after exchanging greeting, leant against the...

They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his...