Young Readers Books

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 364, December 18, 1886

Various Authors

Our next dish is the curried rabbit. First class curry can be obtained in tins. Remember that tinned meats are like everything else in the world—some are good, and some are bad. If you wish for a bott..

Billy Whiskers at Home

Frances Trego Montgomery

Harly the next morning from far and near came pigeons, blackbirds, swallows, robins and every other kind of bird that makes its home in Wisconsin in the summer. They had heard the news that the Chums ..

Magic London

Netta Syrett

Betty was silent for a minute, then after a quick glance at her godmother she said rather timidly, “Dad says what you know about London is quite uncanny. He says he wonders you don’t write a book abou..

The Adventures of Peterkin

Gilbert W. Gabriel

He pulled his little ladder out from under a tumble of pots and pans and bric-a-brac and blankets, and set it up against the wall. Then up he clambered, step by step, until he had poked his head throu..

Billy Whiskers, Jr.

Frances Trego Montgomery

ILLY JR. soon found himself at the neighbor’s, bleating for the colt to kick down the door. This was done with two kicks and Billy Jr. walked in and was introduced to the horse from the West.“I am gla..

The Woodcutter’s Dog

Charles Nodier

Charles Nodier’s fascinating story “Le Chien de Brisquet,” which has enthralled generations of French children, is now introduced to English children of the present day, with a few delightful illustra..

The School-Girls in Number 40

Anonymous

After all were seated and Mrs. Stanley had given the girls some directions about their journey, she said, “One thing more, my children. It is only six months since you both made a profession of religi..

The Cruise of the Training Ship

Upton Sinclair

The orlop on board a man-of-war of the Monongahela type is, it may be well to know, a place in the bow below the level of the berth deck. It is subdivided into small storerooms and has a narrow hallwa..