The Crimson Fairy Book
“The Treasure Seeker”
by Andrew Lang
A down-on-his-luck man seeks a long-lost treasure and finds wealth and happiness.
A down-on-his-luck man seeks a long-lost treasure and finds wealth and happiness.
A biography of Isaac Barrow.
Mr. Brownlow offers a reward for Oliver's return, prompting Mr. Bumble to pay a visit to the Brownlow estate.
Wendy, Michael, and John are fitted for their trees. Wendy continues to perform her duties diligently, but finds that her memory is starting to fail her. Captain Hook continues to seek revenge.
A superstitious schoolteacher comes to a mysterious end in the isolated glen of Sleepy Hollow.
Still affected by her conversation with Vida, Carol begins to observe the judging glances of the townspeople. Carol and Will pay a visit to his mother.
King Louis XI, in Paris visiting, reviews the crown's expenditures, taking great pride in a specially designed cage in the Bastille. The Truand uprising continues as Gringoire is interrogated by the King.
Archer and May, now newly engaged, pay a visit to their many friends and relatives. Mrs. Mingott assists May in her wedding preparations.
The Yankee makes plans to start a newspaper. Because of a mix-up, Sir Sagramor challenges the Yankee to a battle. The king suggests to the Yankee that he should go out adventuring to gain reknown in order to make himself more worthy to fight Sir Sagamor.
An encounter with an old friend causes some unexpected changes in George's behavior.
Jim rips free from the mast and swims to the island. He takes cover in the stockade and sees the pirates have taken over. He tries to run but is too late.
Raskolnikov has a strange conversation with Zamyotov, the police inspector, at the local diner.
Egaeus is greatly affected by the burial of his long-suffering cousin.
After Catherine's daughter Cathy is born, Catherine dies two hours later. Edgar and Heathcliff take turns watching over Catherine's body, and then she is buried in the churchyard, feet from the moors.
The narrator gives a detailed description of Paris and its ever-changing architecture.
Two enemies, Kennedy and Burger, are students of Roman remains. Burger embarks on a three week affair with a girl and returns alone, also having found a new catacomb. Kennedy attempts to get the story from him.
After a discussion with Priscilla, Nancy fears she is cause of Godfrey's disappointment.
Information regarding the discoveries contributing to mathematics and the problems in determining chronology.
Oliver awakens in the care of Mrs. Bedwin, Mr. Brownlow's housekeeper. Oliver is greatly affected by a portrait in Mr. Brownlow's home.
Thoreau observes the winter wildlife at Walden Pond.
After a run-in with a group of beggars, Gringoire is take before the "King".
Sadie, a lady pig with long earrings, asks Curly and Flop to her party. A bear comes to the house to eat them and Sadie throws marshmallows in his face. The bear thought it was snowing and rushed back to his cave before he got snowed in.
The Invisible Man returns to The Coach and Horses to retrieve some important documents. (London, England; Pearson's Magazine, 1897)
Monos and Una discuss the destructive nature of man.