Literature
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich – Echo-Song
I. WHO can say where Echo dwells?In some mountain-cave methinks,Where the white owl sits and blinks;Or in deep sequestered dells,Where…
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich – Identity
SOMEWHERE–in desolate wind-swept space–In Twilight-land–in No-man’s land–Two hurrying Shapes met face to face,And bade each other stand. “And who are…
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Louisa May Alcott – A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True
“I’m so tired of Christmas I wish there never would be another one!” exclaimed a discontented-looking little girl, as she…
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Louisa May Alcott – A Country Christmas
“A handful of good life is worth a bushel of learning.” Dear Emily, –I have a brilliant idea, and at…
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Louisa May Alcott – A Happy Birthday
A certain fine old lady was seventy-three on the 8th of October. The day was always celebrated with splendor by…
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Louisa May Alcott – A Hole in the Wall
PART I. If any one had asked Johnny Morris who were his best friends, he would have answered,– “The sun…
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Louisa May Alcott – A Modern Cinderella
A short story published in 1860 considered “modern”? Louisa May Alcott bestows a truly amusing and thoroughly modern retelling of…
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Louisa May Alcott – An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
Sixty years ago, up among the New Hampshire hills, lived Farmer Bassett, with a house full of sturdy sons and…
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Louisa May Alcott – Aunt Kipp
“Children and fools speak the truth.” I “What’s that sigh for, Polly dear?” “I’m tired, mother, tired of working and…
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Louisa May Alcott – A Whisper in the Dark
As we rolled along, I scanned my companion covertly, and saw much to interest a girl of seventeen. My uncle…
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