I used to hoard books. Now I hoard epubs. I keep them on my old kindle; I have nearly 2,000 books– and the stack never gets any heavier! Most of these come from Gutenberg, because I like the old authors, and also– free downloads. Many of these Gutenberg files have been edited by me, because I like a decent-looking page to read, and also illustrations if I can get them. Here’s a catalogue of some of them, as I fix ’em up.
The Etext Library
- Irish Storytellers; A collection of accomplished spinners of tales, including James Stephens, Brian MacMahon and the inimitable Padraic Colum
- Frank R. Stockton; The writer of the classic; “The Lady? or, The Tiger?” will charm and beguile you with his wide range of interests and his fluid storytelling skills.
Read online; The Floating Prince - A Literary Miscellany; Herman Hesse’s glorious Steppenwolf, with new illustrations from a Spanish artist, and The King In Yellow, a forerunner of the Lovecraftian style of horror.
- E. Nesbit She is probably best known for her series “The Railway Children” but her output exceeded forty books for children alone. I have a baker’s dozen that I am working my way through;
Read online; a chapter (about writing poetry) from The Treasure Seekers - Doctor Dolittle; Seven, thus far. More, I sincerely hope, to come.
- Some oddities for children; The King of Gee-Whiz, how’s that for a name! Also a lovely half-a-story by the great Walter De la Mare, two riffs on Peter Pan from J. M. Barrie, and adventures in baby-sitting from the Victorian humorist W. Heath Robinson.
Read online;
How They Broke Away to Go to the Rootabaga Country 
How They Bring Back the Village of Cream Puffs When the Wind Blows It Away 
How the Five Rusty Rats Helped Find a New Village 
The Potato Face Blind Man Who Lost the Diamond Rabbit on His Gold Accordion 
How the Potato Face Blind Man Enjoyed Himself on a Fine Spring Morning 
Poker Face the Baboon and Hot Dog the Tiger
The Skyscraper to the Moon and How the Green Rat with the Rheumatism Ran a Thousand Miles Twice 
Slipfoot and How He Nearly Always Never Gets What He Goes After 
Many, Many Weddings in One Corner House 
Shush Shush, the Big Buff Banty Hen Who Laid an Egg in the Postmaster’s Hat 
How Rag Bag Mammy Kept Her Secret While the Wind Blew Away the Village of Hat Pins 
How Six Pigeons Came Back to Hatrack the Horse after Many Accidents and Six Telegrams