Twilight Stories

by Various

30 chapters3h 56mEnglish1905

About this book

A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various authors, including Margaret Sidney, Susan Coolidge, Joaquin Miller, Henry W. Longfellow, and Mrs. Amy Therese Powelson. Each poem or story is followed by an additional short rhyme, drawn from a variety of sources, but not attributed. Topics include history, war, school, everyday life, Fairyland, and more. (Summary by Winnifred Assmann)

Chapters (29)

1Christmas Day, by Susan Coolidge

104

2The Only Woman in the Town

2053

3The Conquest of Fairyland, by A. Mary F. Robinson

563

4Kentucky Belle, by Constance Fenimore Woolson

676

5Prophecies, by Kathrine Lente Stevenson

163

6Why He Was Whipped, by Mrs. Amy Terese Powelson

808

7The Three Fishers, by Charles Kingsley

107

8"Apples Finkey"--The Water Boy, by John Jerome Rooney

325

9The Soldier's Reprieve

720

10Little Brown Thrushes, by Mrs. Whiton-Stone

116

11The Story of the Empty Sleeve, by R. L. Cary, Jr.

252

12Facing the World, by Dinah Craik

1540

13Robert of Lincoln, by William Cullen Bryant

257

14U.S. Spells US, by Anonymous

15"Dixie" and "Yankee Doodle," by Lawrence Porter Hext

114

16The Barefoot Boy, by John Greenleaf Whittier

300

17Babouscka

616

18Daisies, by M. E. B.

208

19Driving Home the Cows, by Kate Putnam Osgood

176

20The Baby's Kiss: An Incident of the Civil War, by Anonymous

161

21The Lost Diamond Snuff Box

894

22The American Flag, by Joseph Rodman Drake

223

23Aunt Polly Shedd's Brigade

1283

24Corinne's Musicale, by Margaret Sidney

189

25Barbara Frietchie, by John Greenleaf Whittier

221

26Sheridan's Ride, by T. B. Read

257

27The Children's Hour, by Henry W. Longfellow

147

28Caryl's Plum, by Margaret Sidney

1428

29Our Two Opinions, by Eugene Field

167

Twilight Stories

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