Twilight Stories

Language: English

Genres: Children's Fiction General Short Works

A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various authors, including Margaret Sidney, Susan Coolidge, Joaquin Miller, Henry W. Longfellow, and Mrs. Amy Therese Powelson. Each poem or story is followed by an additional short rhyme, drawn from a variety of sources, but not attributed. Topics include history, war, school, everyday life, Fairyland, and more. (Summary by Winnifred Assmann)

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1. Preface
2. Christmas Day, by Susan Coolidge
3. The Only Woman in the Town
4. The Conquest of Fairyland, by A. Mary F. Robinson
5. Kentucky Belle, by Constance Fenimore Woolson
6. Prophecies, by Kathrine Lente Stevenson
7. Why He Was Whipped, by Mrs. Amy Terese Powelson
8. The Three Fishers, by Charles Kingsley
9. "Apples Finkey"--The Water Boy, by John Jerome Rooney
10. The Soldier's Reprieve
11. Little Brown Thrushes, by Mrs. Whiton-Stone
12. The Story of the Empty Sleeve, by R. L. Cary, Jr.
13. Facing the World, by Dinah Craik
14. Robert of Lincoln, by William Cullen Bryant
15. U.S. Spells US, by Anonymous
16. "Dixie" and "Yankee Doodle," by Lawrence Porter Hext
17. The Barefoot Boy, by John Greenleaf Whittier
18. Babouscka
19. Daisies, by M. E. B.
20. Driving Home the Cows, by Kate Putnam Osgood
21. The Baby's Kiss: An Incident of the Civil War, by Anonymous
22. The Lost Diamond Snuff Box
23. The American Flag, by Joseph Rodman Drake
24. Aunt Polly Shedd's Brigade
25. Corinne's Musicale, by Margaret Sidney
26. Barbara Frietchie, by John Greenleaf Whittier
27. Sheridan's Ride, by T. B. Read
28. The Children's Hour, by Henry W. Longfellow
29. Caryl's Plum, by Margaret Sidney
30. Our Two Opinions, by Eugene Field

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