Thomas Crane: 18 books

This late Victorian picture book of children’s poetry presents a bright and cheery view of London at the height of its imperial glory. This edition of the book contains all 56 original full-color illustrations, rejuvenated. Felix Leigh, who wrote the verses, was a prolific writer whose...

Thomas Frederick Crane (Jul 12, 1844 – Dec 10, 1927) was an American folklorist, scholar and attorney-at-law.  After graduation from Princeton, he moved to Ithaca. He worked as a lawyer in the community and as a librarian for new founded Cornell University. He is mostly known for Cornell's...

Thomas Frederick Crane (Jul 12, 1844 – Dec 10, 1927) was an American folklorist, scholar and attorney-at-law.  After graduation from Princeton, he moved to Ithaca. He worked as a lawyer in the community and as a librarian for new founded Cornell University. He is mostly known for Cornell's...

Thomas Frederick Crane was a famous American folklorist who was particularly noted for his collection “Italian Popular Tales”. “The Cobbler” is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane that follows a man who considered himself as a chief warrior of flies. In this regard the...

Having been born and raised on the South Side of Chicago in The Wood lawn Neighborhood during The Great Depression, Tom Crane witnessed the panorama of life at its fullest. Coupled with that he escaped death due to the ravages of contracting Lobar Pneumonia at an early age in addition to facing the...

Thomas Crane was an American scholar and writer, mostly known as a collector and publisher of folk-tales and legends. A master of many languages, Crane translated French, Italian and Spanish works, having become one of the most popular adapters of children’s fairy tales.  “Scissors They Were”...

Thomas Crane was an American scholar and writer, mostly known as a collector and publisher of folk-tales and legends.  “The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird” is an Italian fairy tale, entered in the “Italian Popular Tales” collection. The story is about a three...

Thomas Crane was an American scholar and writer, mostly known as a collector and publisher of folk-tales and legends. “The King of Love” is an Italian fairy tale, entered in the “Italian Popular Tales” collection. The story is about one man who makes his living gathering wild herbs. One day...

Thomas Crane was an American scholar and writer, mostly known as a collector and publisher of folk-tales and legends.   “King Bean” is an Italian fairy tale, entered in the “Italian Popular Tales” collection. The story is about one old woman who has no children; and one day she goes...

Thomas Crane was an American scholar and writer, mostly known as a collector and publisher of folk-tales and legends.  “Zelinda and the Monster” is an Italian fairy tale, entered in the “Italian Popular Tales” collection. The story is about one man, who has three beautiful daughters,...

Thomas Crane was an American scholar and writer, mostly known as a collector and publisher of folk-tales and legends.  “The Fair Angiola” is an Italian fairy tale, entered in the “Italian Popular Tales” collection. The story is about the seven women, neighbors, all of whom are seized...

The US Civil War (1861–1865) still serves as one of the milestones in American literary history, commonly representing the dividing line in survey courses and reference works on 19th-century American literature. Through seven short stories selected by the critic August Nemo you will be able to understand...

This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...

If you were looking for the definitive Fairy Tales anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! "The Big Book of Fairy Tales" gathers together more than 1500 tales, which makes it truly unique in its kind. Here you will find some of the finest stories from around the globe,...