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An Epic Poem John Milton’s epic poem about the Fall of Man including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel, Satan, and their expulsion...

A Tale of Ancient Egypt A young prince named Amuba is taken as a slave by the Egyptians after his father, and king of the Rebu people, is killed in...

A Masterpiece of American Literature The story of Tom Sawyer, a young boy growing up along the Mississippi river in the fictional town of St. Peter...

The Psammead After moving from London to the countryside of Kent, a group of five siblings chance upon a Psammead while playing in a gravel pit. Th...

Talk to the Animals Doctor Dolittle is a respected physician living in a small English Village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh.  Over the years his love f...

Or Stories for Children A collection of moral and didactic stories for children. The tales focus on teaching virtues such as honesty, industriousne...

Or, The Parish Boy's Progress Orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver trav...

Fairy Tales A selection of fairy tales collected and edited by Scottish author Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. The book is the four...

Glimpses of Field Work Clara Harlowe Barton’s retelling of her founding of the American Red Cross and the subsequent disasters the Red Cross respon...

Peter Pan Originally published as a play in 1904 and a novel in 1911, Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work.  Both the novel and play ...

Of Long Ago The story of Hiero, a Athenian boy, laid during the the reign of Pericles when Athens was at the zenith of her power and glory, and whe...

Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes The third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. ...

L’ile Mystérieuse During the American Civil war, five Northern prisoners escape during the Siege of Richmond via hot air balloon. The group crash-l...

Told to the Children H. E.  Marshall’s retelling of the classic tales of Robin Hood for children. Including such famous characters as Robin Hood, K...

Told From Homer The retelling of the Odyssey by Rev. Alfred J. Church.  The book is intended as an introduction to Homer’s epic poem. The writing s...

Mediaeval Builders of the Modern World The story of the middle ages with a focus on the development of liberty and universal rights. Both Patriots ...

Bulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from Middle Ages during the time of Charlemagne. Written for a general audience, the book ...

The Autobiography of a Horse The first person memoirs from Black Beauty. Beginning with his days as a colt on an English farm with his mother to hi...

A Classic of Christian Apologetics Chesterton considered Orthodoxy as a companion to his other work, Heretics, writing it expressly in response to ...

Told From Homer The retelling of the Iliad by Rev. Alfred J. Church.  The book is intended as an introduction to Homer’s epic poem. The writing sty...

Fairy Tales A selection of fairy tales collected and edited by Scottish author Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. The book is the nint...

Fairy Tales A selection of fairy tales collected and edited by Scottish author Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. The book is the sixt...

Of Long Ago The story of Marcus, a Roman boy, laid during the closing days of the Roman Republic, when conservative members of the nobility still h...

Of Long Ago This is a story of Spartan courage and endurance. Through the eyes of Chartas, a boy of Sparta, we catch a glimpse into the typical upb...

Language of Flowers Floriography, or the “language of flowers,” has been practiced for thousands of years across different cultures. It was especia...

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby A children’s novel about a young chimney sweep named Tom who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl...

Heroes of Europe An overview of the Great Men and Women of Europe for young people. Starting with the fall of Rome and ending with Napoleon’s conqu...

Fairy Tales A selection of fairy tales collected and edited by Scottish author Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. The book is the tent...

Fairy Tales A selection of fairy tales collected and edited by Scottish author Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. The book is the eigh...

Fairy Tales A selection of fairy tales collected and edited by Scottish author Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. The book is the seve...

A History of Scotland For Boys & Girls Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall’s history of Scotland starting with the legend of Prince Gathelus and endin...

The Importance of Orthodoxy A collection of 20 essays focused on the intellectuals of Chesterton’s day including Joseph McCabe, George Bernard Shaw...

Noblesse Oblige The story of Cedric, an American boy, who is transported from the impoverished streets of New York City to the grandeur of his ance...

Arabian Nights Andrew Lang’s retelling of the famous stories of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic) also known as Arabian Nights (English). The wo...

The Three Chimneys The story of a family who moves to a home near a railway after their father is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying....

The Captivity of Mary of Scotland Historical fiction based on the life of Mary of Scotland during the reign of her cousin Queen Elizabeth and the s...

An English Classic Follow Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger on their adventures in the English countryside. These stories are for those “who keep the spi...

The Aesopica A collection of fables credited to Aesop, an ancient Greek slave and storyteller who lived between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins...

Arthurian Legends Maude Radford Warren’s classic retelling of twenty-one Arthurian legends for children. The book provides an excellent introductio...

Book of Beasts Amusing advice and rhymes for young children. The text is accompanied with equally amusing drawings which have drawn comparison to t...

Sleepy-Time Tales Join Jimmy Rabbit on his adventures! This children’s series presents the amusing adventures of the creatures who inhabit the Nort...

A Shakespearean Comedy A ship is caught in a powerful storm and the vessel is shipwrecked on an island. The storm, it turns out, is a magical creat...

The Secret Garden The story of Mary Lennox, a 10 year old girl, and her time after the death of her parents in India. Mary is sent to live with her...

Being a Ghost Story of Christmas The story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob M...

Or The Mutiny of The Hispaniola A coming-of-age adventure novel narrating a tale of buccaneers and buried gold. The book had an enormous influence ...

The Adventures of David Balfour A historical fiction novel set in the 18th century around Scottish events. The story is narrated by David Balfour, ...

A Journey to the Interior of the Earth German Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, discover a coded message describing a passage into the cen...

American Pioneers and Patriots A biographical account of the legendary American frontiersman, soldier, and politician David Crockett. The book trac...