A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
To Any Reader
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The ghosts of past playing children linger in the neighborhood.
The ghosts of past playing children linger in the neighborhood.
Ah, yes, the chapter ends to–day;
He ate and drank the precious words
The editor/author of the book discusses the impact of the original book, the impact it had on the institution of slavery, and the significant contributions of its author, Harriet Beecher Stowe.
A preface to the book.
Author's preface.
Emblem of blasted hope and lost desire,
A message to the readers about the history of the story.
An introduction by the books narrator, Tommy Stubbins.
Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear
The author explains the general characteristics of a proposition.
The author tells the readers about the origin of this story and his process.
A brief explanation of the use of subscripts
The author's preface is stated.
The author’s preface to the book.
An introduction to the text.
The author's conclusion.
An aging writer ponders the many people he has met and the stories he has heard in his lifetime.
The preface to the book.
"Like sea–washed sand upon the shore,"
A goblin is bound to a grocer because of the jam and butter that the grocer provides. However, the goblin discovers a new world in the book belonging to the student. An emergency makes the goblin realize what is important to him.
If there be nothing new, but that which is
An introduction by Hugh Walpole.
Not in this world to see his face
Definiton and introduction to sorites.