The Yellow Fairy Book
The Grateful Beasts
by Andrew Lang
A beautiful youth overcomes his wicked brothers’ plans to get rid of him.
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Grimm's Fairy Tales
Iron Hans
by Grimm Brothers
Iron Hans assists a worthy prince in a series of adventures.
The Little Lame Prince
Chapter 1
by Maria Dinah Mulock Craik
There is a christening and the nurse drops the newborn prince. the Queen dies.
Logic: Deductive and Inductive
“Chapter 4”
by Carveth Read, M.A.
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Chapter 6: The Religious Teacher
by William Wells Brown
Hontz Synder gives a sermon to the people of the plantation.
The Brown Fairy Book
Father Grumbler
by Andrew Lang
A fairy tale about Father Grumbler’’s hardships and the Holy Man’s attempts to help him. However, Father Grumbler does not heed the Holy Man’s directions and gets what he deserves.
The Age of Innocence
Part 1, Chapter 7
by Edith Wharton
Newland and his mother tell the van der Luydens about the Countess' recent treatment. The van der Luydens extend an invitation to the Countess.
Little Women
Part 2, Chapter 37: New Impressions
by Louisa May Alcott
On Christmas Day, an older Laurie and Amy rediscover each other.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Chapter 30
by Mark Twain
Huck seeks help in order to protect the Widow Douglas. Tom and Becky are discovered missing.
Explorers
Christopher Columbus, Part 1
by Wilbur F. Gordy
Columbus seeks a new route to the Indies and discovers America. His frightened sailors continually want to turn back and even threaten him. After about 10 weeks they do find land and natives.
How Sammy Went to Coral-Land
Chapter 3
by Emily Paret Atwater
Sammy’s instinct told him that the hermit crab wants him for dinner and excuses himself. Sammy meets a starfish named Meteor and agrees to go to Coral-Land with the pilot fish.
Squinty, the Comical Pig
Chapter 11: “Squinty and the Merry Monkey”
by Richard Barnum
Squinty meets Slicko, the jumping squirrel, and comes to a road full of wagons. He discovers a circus and meets Mappo the monkey, who wants to run away.
The Open Boat: A Tale Intended to be After the Fact. Being the Experience of Four Men Sunk from the Steamer Commodore
Chapter 3
by Stephen Crane
Led by the captain, the men continue their attempts at survival. Soon they become friends (including the correspondent who is “not of the sea”). The men build a sail out of the captain’s overcoat and an oar. They spot land and continue rowing.
The Secret Garden
Chapter 11: “The Nest of the Missel Thrush”
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mary shows Dickon the garden and he agrees to help her take care of it. Mary admits to him that she likes him and he, inturn, admits he likes her. When she leaves to go inside, she worries that she’ll never see him again.
Physics
Book 7
by Aristotle
The author explains the cause of motion.
A Florida Sketch-Book
Chapter 3: “On the Beach at Daytona”
by Bradford Torrey
The narrator describes his stay on Daytona Beach and what he saw there — from birds to plays to scenery.
The Flamingo Feather
Chapter XIX: "The Old World Once More"
by Kirk Munroe
Before departing, the group makes a profitable discovery. Rene and his uncle are reunited.
The War of the Worlds
Book One—The Coming of the Martians, Chapter 16: The Exodus from London
by H.G. Wells
Violence erupts in London as people attempt to escape the Martian attack.
The Woman in White
EPOCH TWO: “The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe, Part V”
by Wilkie Collins
Marian and Laura take a walk, where Laura reveals some details of her marriage to Sir Percival. They see a strange figure, and Marian tries to find out who it could have been.
The Outdoor Girls in Florida
Chapter XVIII: "Between Two Perils"
by Laura Lee Hope
The girls find themselves trapped by the alligators, with no sign of Tom to come to their aid. It seems they may have another way out, but it proves to be of equal danger.
A Lincoln Anthology
Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., April 14, 1876
by Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass speaks at the unveiling of the Lincoln Monument (now known as the Emancipation Memorial) in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1876. The monument was paid for solely with funds donated from freed slaves.
The Grey Fairy Book
Long, Broad, and Quickeye
by Andrew Lang
A young prince is offered whatever he likes best, but to his father’s dismay, he chooses a princess who is trapped by an enchantment. On his way to reach her he meets with three men, each with a special skill. Together the four men are able to work together against the magician’s spell.
Stories from Around the World
“Intelligence and Luck”
by Traditional
How Luck overcomes Intelligence.
Jane Eyre
Chapter II
by Charlotte Brontë
Two servants, Miss Abbott and Bessie Lee, escort Jane to the red-room, and Jane resists them with all of her might. Once locked in the room, Jane catches a glimpse of her ghastly figure in the mirror, and, shocked by her meager presence, she begins to reflect on the events that have led her to such a state. She remembers her kind Uncle Reed bringing her to Gateshead after her parents’ death, and she recalls his dying command that his wife promise to raise Jane as one of her own. Suddenly, Jane is struck with the impression that her Uncle Reed’s ghost is in the room, and she imagines that he has come to take revenge on his wife for breaking her promise. Jane cries out in terror, but her aunt believes that she is just trying to escape her punishment, and she ignores her pleas. Jane faints in exhaustion and fear.
The War of the Worlds
Book Two—The Earth Under the Martians, Chapter 5: The Stillness
by H.G. Wells
Tired and hungry, the narrator emerges from hiding to find the scene eerily silent.