7: TWO STORIES Out of the Tall Grass
The Haystack Cricket and How Things Are Different Up in the Moon Towns Why the Big Ball Game between the Hot Grounders and the Grand Standers Was a Hot Game …
Category: Bookshelves
Irish storytellers
The King of Ireland’s Son Padraic Colum’s delightful book is a tightly-packed valise of stories, stories interrupted by stories, enclosed and bracketed by stories. We meet not only the …
M. R. James
Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was indeed an antiquary. He was a medievalist, holding a number of distinguished seats in the great Universities, at different parts of his career. However what he …
E. Nesbit
From Wikipedia; Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name …
Frank R Stockton
Best known for the short story “The Lady? or, The Tiger?” Stockton was a very prolific writer, churning out history, novels, travelogues, and humor, often incorporating all of the above …
Children’s oddities
The King of Gee-Whiz Here is a sweet, oddly down-to-earth little story, written too early for our modern tropes. I think you’ll notice their lack. The illustrations are a delight …
A literary miscellany
Doctor Dolittle
Seven delightful books out of the many that comprise the Doctor Dolittle series; all I have been able to find in the many archives online, each one re-compiled and …