By Andrew Lang
PREFATORY NOTE
The pages in this volume on illuminated and other MSS. (with the
exception of some anecdotes about Bussy Rabutin and Julie de
Rambouillet) have been c...
L. FRANK BAUM
TO MY READERS
I know that some of you have been waiting for this story of the Tin
Woodman, because many ofmy correspondents have asked me, time and again
what ever be...
Poem: NOT
Poem: I
Some like drink In a pint pot, Some like to think; Some not. Strong
Dutch cheese, Old Kentucky rye, Some like these; Not I.
Some like Poe, And others like Scott...
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new
clothes, that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble
himself in the ...
TRANSLATED BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882)
CONTENTS
Inferno
I. The Dark Forest. The Hill of Difficulty. The Panther, the Lion, and
the Wolf. Virgil. II. The Descent. Dant...