Old Fashioned Education

A Child’s History of England Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall’s history of England starting from the time of the Roman Empire through World War I. The ...

The Tale of a Puppet The story about a mischievous marionette named Pinocchio and his poor, woodcarver father named Geppetto. Originally published ...

Der Schweizerische Robinson The story of a Swiss family that is shipwrecked on an island in the East Indies.  Soon, the family must construct shelt...

From City to Farm Elizabeth Ann, an orphan, lives a sheltered city life with her father’s Aunt Harriet and Cousin Frances. Her life is turned upsid...

A Story of the Grand Banks Son of a wealthy railroad magnate, Harvey Cheyne, lives a pampered life until one day he is washed overboard from a tran...

Bulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from antiquity including the Greeks, Romans, and others. Written for a general audience, t...

An Autobiography The autobiography of the American educator, Booker T. Washington. Washington chronicles more than forty years of his life covering...

For Children A classic retelling of Shakespeare’s plays intended to be more accessible to children. Mary Lamb was responsible for the retelling of ...

Sunnybrook Farm The story of Rebecca Rowena Randall who is sent to the fictional town of Riverboro, Maine to live with her two aunts after the deat...

A Story of Life In Holland
 The story of Hans Brinker, a Dutch boy, who hopes to enter an ice skating race in order to win the grand prize: silver ...

For Children and Those That Love Children The story of an orphaned young girl who goes to live with her grandfather in a small village in the Swiss...

Robinson Crusoe The story of Robinson Crusoe and his adventures during his time at sea including shipwrecks, pirates, mutineers, and cannibals.  On...

The Jungle Book A collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling about the jungles of India. Many of the characters are animals such as Baloo the bear an...

Wood Folk Series Book III in a series of nature books which describe the life, habitat, and behaviors of various woodland creatures by naturalist a...

A Romance A historical fiction novel based in England during the Middle Ages. One of Sir Walter Scott’s most popular works, it has been credited wi...

The Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker The story of Rip Van Winkle, a villager in colonial America who who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their ...

The Headless Horseman A Gothic story set in the countryside of Tarry Town whose secluded glen is known for it’s ghosts and haunting atmosphere.  Ic...

Alice In Wonderland One of the best-known and most popular English novels authored by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. T...

Robin Hood and His Merry Men The story of Robin Hood and his Merry Men and their adventures in Nottinghamshire.  Robin Hood is an English outlaw wh...

Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys A sequel to Little Women, Little Men recounts the life of Jo Bhaer, her husband, and the various children at Plumf...

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...

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 ...

And What Alice Found There The sequel to Alice’s Adventure In Wonderland. Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a m...

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy The story of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy —and their passage from childhood to womanhood. The novel is loos...

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...

Tom Sawyer’s Comrade Huckleberry Finn and his friend, Tom Sawyer, have each come into a considerable sum of money as a result of their earlier adve...

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...

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...

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

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 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...

A Village Story Jack Minot and Janey Pecq are best friends and are always seen together; so much so that Janey receives the nickname “Jill” to mimi...

The First Glad Book The story of Pollyanna Whitter, an eleven-year-old orphan who goes to live with her wealthy, but stern and cold Aunt Polly.  To...

An Autobiography Originally entitled: Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, and published under the pen name ‘Currer Bell,’ Charlotte Bronte’s Victorian era...

Mythos Bulfinch originally published his work as three volumes: The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes, published in 1855; The Age of Chiv...

A Classic Children’s Novel The story of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl, who is adopted by Mathew and Marilla Cuthbert to help them on the...

A Story of the Swiss Alps Cornelli is the only child of her widowed yet wealthy father and is used to getting her way. When business calls her fath...

A Romance A classic work of historical fiction set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1642 to 1649. The novel tells the story of Hester P...