Louis Rhead: 4 books

Although Stevenson is perhaps most famous for "Treasure Island", "Kidnapped", and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", "The New Arabian Nights" was his first published collection of fiction. First published in 1916, It is an English-translation of...

Young Robert Fitzooth, after being orphaned and then betrayed by those left in charge of him, takes to the woods, and there gradually gathers followers and becomes the legendary Robin Hood, archer extraordinaire, gold-hearted bandit of the rich and selfish, champion of the poor, and leader of the...

Sindbad, der Seefahrer, erzählt von den Abenteuern seiner sieben Reisen: Von dem großen Fisch, der für eine Insel gehalten wird, dem Vogel Rock, der Affeninsel, den schwarzen Menschen und den geflügelten Gottesanbetern. Werkgetreu und vollständig aus dem Urtext übersetzt von Dr. Gustav Weil und mit Illustrationen von Louis Rhead.

Example in this ebook I. THE BOY AND THE BROOK “MA, may I go fishing.” That the boy should use the homely “Ma” rather than “Mamma" makes it clear that he is not of our generation, although his generous crop of freckles looks familiar, and his blue jumper, coming down to the knees, and that...