The Tin Woodman of Oz
Chapter 16: “Captain Fyter”
by L. Frank Baum
The Tin Soldier tells the Tin Man and his friends how he came to be made of Tin. His story surprises them. They continue on their journey to find Nimmie Amee.
The Tin Soldier tells the Tin Man and his friends how he came to be made of Tin. His story surprises them. They continue on their journey to find Nimmie Amee.
Mary awakens and meets Martha, a servant girl. Mary asks Martha to dress her, for which Martha is taken aback. Mary and Martha exchange words and Mary screams at Martha. Mary goes out to explore and learns of a secret garden. In trying to find it, she meets Ben Weatherstaff and talks about the robin that has befriended him.
Horatio's wife mistreats Mary, Clotel's daughter.
George and a client take a tour of a local tenement. George meets his father-in-law to ensure a good price on a future purchase. George decides to have a conversation about "morals" with his son.
"God has his plans, and what if we"
Mary’s friendship with Ben grows stronger, but they soon fight and he storms off. Mary meets Dickon. She takes him to the garden.
Excerpt from Frederick Douglass' speech outlining the hypocritical nature of slavery in the United States of America.
The missing girls and the film troupe share the stories of their adventures. The group is reunited with The Magnolia.
The narrator describes the different kinds of flora that grow in the spring.
News of Tybalt's death and Romeo's fate reaches Juliet.
As they make their escape, Hump instructs Maud on the finer aspects of sailing and steering. Hump, although concerned with the nature of their situation, remains unafraid.
The monster tells Victor of his confusion and awe in discovering the basic functions of life and the many aspects of fire. Humans were frightened by his appearance causing him to avoid any contact with them. From a hovel he observes the occupants of a cottage.
The author explains the Icelandic and Germanic background of the tale of Siegfried, and how he added his own flavor to it.
Gringoire's attempt to perform is play is interrupted by the appearance of La Esmeralda.
The wind off the Florida Shore touches every part of the landscape.
Mary talks to Colin about taking him to see the garden. Upon returning to the garden, she notices that spring has arrived and the flowers are blooming. Dickon declares that Colin will never get better as long as he only thinks of sickness and death.
The Meg, Jo, Amy, and a reluctant Beth pay a visit to Mr. Laurence's home.
The narrator describes the moonlit nights leading up to March and thereafter.
The author shows the risk in forgetting to allow for what we do not know.
Huck takes the money from the dauphin, intending to return it to the Wilks family.
"In Chapter X. I set you children a question:—Why did Jacob’s angels come down a ladder, whereas other Hebrews saw angels mixed up with romantic pretty things such as wings and clouds?..."
Tom fills in the others on what caused his disappearance. Harry continues to look for the man he promised to help. The girls set out on the river again, this time with Harry in tow, and find another man on the river.
George Green encounters a mysterious woman in a graveyard in France.
"The essential element of Algebra:—the habitual registration of the exact limits of one’s knowledge, the incessant calling into consciousness of the fact of one’s own ignorance, is the element which Boole’s would-be interpreters have left out of his method..."