1. Snowdrop
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

It was the middle of winter, when the broad flakes of snow were falling around, that the queen of a country many thousand miles off sat working at her window. The frame of the window was made of fine ...

2. Sweethearth Roland
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... them. The girl, however, when she saw the old woman striding towards her, changed, with her magic wand, her sweetheart Roland into a lake, and herself into a duck swimming in the middle of it. The witch ...

3. Mother Holle
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... flew about like so many snowflakes. The old woman was as good as her word: she never spoke angrily to her, and gave her roast and boiled meats every day. So she stayed on with Mother Holle for some time, ...

4. The Twelve Dancing Princesses
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... who were crying for joy. So they went on till they came to a great lake; and at the side of the lake there lay twelve little boats with twelve handsome princes in them, who seemed to be waiting there for ...

5. DOUBLE RELAY RACES
(Lessons/Games for the playground)

... using only the outside and next to the outside aisles. These games may also be played in the gymnasium or playground. They were originated by Mr. J. Blake Hillyer of New York City, and received honorable ...

6. LIFE IN OLD NEW YORK
(Lessons/Short Stories)

... in the lakes. Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple pies, or saucers full of preserved peaches and pears; but it was always sure to boast an enormous dish of balls of sweetened dough, fried ...

7. A GREEN DONKEY DRIVER
(Lessons/Short Stories)

... gait. I think I never heard of any one in as mean a situation. I must reach the lake of Bouchet, where I meant to camp, before sundown; and, to have even a hope of this, I must instantly maltreat this ...

8. THE GOLD TRAIL
(Lessons/Short Stories)

... were very busy and silent, but quite friendly, and allowed us to examine as much as we pleased the results of their operations. In the pots and cradles the yellow flake gold glittered plainly, contrasting ...

9. A BAD FIVE MINUTES IN THE ALPS
(Lessons/Short Stories)

... the gloomy skies a pinnacle of black rock. Sharp and needle-like it sprang from its cloud-hidden base, and scarcely a flake of snow clung to its terrible precipices. Only a day or two before I had been ...

10. THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP
(Lessons/Short Stories)

... called butterfly lilies.] The men had suddenly awakened to the fact that there were beauty and significance in these trifles, which they had so long trodden carelessly beneath their feet. A flake of glittering ...

11. SALMON FISHING IN IRELAND
(Lessons/Short Stories)

... leaving, however, an available space for throwing a fly upon between them. This is the great resting-place of the fish on their way to the lake and the upper river. The water is high, and almost flowing ...

12. AN ASCENT OF KILAUEA
(Lessons/Short Stories)

... on the part of the volcano; but the new crater was still to be seen, containing the lake of fire, with steep walls rising up in the midst of the sea of lava. We spent the night at the Volcano House, and ...

13. THE ADIRONDACKS
(Lessons/Short Stories)

... worn. This streamlet flowed out of the mouth of the cave, and came from a lake on the top of the mountain; this accounted for its warmth to the hand, which surprised us all. Birds of any kind were rare ...

14. AN ADVENTURE
(Lessons/Short Stories)

... for his cruelty.] in his cups; her thirst for blood was slaked, now she wished for amusement. The soldier tried if he might walk up and down, the panther left him freedom, contenting herself with following ...

15. RECAPITULATION.
(Lessons/Geography)

... United States. Bay of Biscay     West of France. Gulf of Guinea     West of Africa. Chesapeake Bay     In Maryland. Delaware Bay     Between New Jersey and Delaware. LAKES Where is? Lake ...

16. LESSON XXXVII.
(Lessons/Geography)

... In what direction do nearly all the Rivers in the Western States flow? A. Toward the Mississippi. Q. Name the Western States. Q. What four large Lakes touch the Western States? Q. Name the largest ...

17. LESSON XXXVI.
(Lessons/Geography)

...  A. Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas. Q. What three lie on the north side of the Ohio River? A. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Q. What two south of the Ohio? A. Kentucky and Tennessee. Q. What Lake north ...

18. LESSON XXXI.
(Lessons/Geography)

LESSON XXXI. THE MIDDLE STATES. Q. For what are the Middle States noted? A. For Canals and Railroads. Q. What Waterfall between Lakes Erie and Ontario? A. Niagara Falls. Q. What do we get ...

19. LESSON XXIX.
(Lessons/Geography)

LESSON XXIX. Q. What large River flows through Pennsylvania? A. Susquehanna River. Q. What large River flows northeast from Lake Ontario? A. St. Lawrence River. Q. What Mountains in New York? ...

20. LESSON XXVIII.
(Lessons/Geography)

...  Q. Which is the smallest? A. Delaware. Q. What Country north of New York? A. Canada. Q. What two Lakes on the west? A. Ontario and Erie. Q. What two large Rivers in the eastern part of ...