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White Hawk was a hunter. He lived in the forest where were different kinds of animals. He was one of the most skillful and lucky hunters and every day he returned from the chase with a large spoil. There was no forest too gloomy for him to enter, and no trace made by the beast of any kind which he...

Once upon a time there lived a stone-cutter, who went every day to a great rock in the side of a big mountain and cut out slabs for gravestones or for houses. He was a good stone-cutter and understood the kinds of stones which were suitable for different purposes. He was happy and satisfied. One mountain...

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, novelist and short-story writer and, as often regarded, a major innovator in the art of the short story. He became famous because of his poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. Kipling’s most distinguished works include “The Jungle...

Howard Pyle (Mar 5, 1853 – Nov 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and author. In 1894 he began teaching illustration at the Drexel Institute. On the verge of twentieth century, he has founded his own school of art. His classic publication of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood remains in print...

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. “Tiidu the Piper” is a short story by Andrew Lang with an instructive undertone that will be definitely profitable for little...

Once upon a time there lived a poor knight who had many children and it was too hard for him to provide them with meal. One day he sent his eldest son Rosald, to the nearest town to do some business and the son met there Geirald and made friends with him. He was a son of the rich man. He gave some...

"A Gata Borralheira " por Irmãos Grimm é uma das versões mais populares de antigos contos folclóricos europeus. Deixe o seu filho mergulhar no mundo mágico deste famoso conto de fadas com personagens bem conhecidas e aventuras fantásticas! Siga...

 João e Maria é um famoso conto de fadas folclórico alemã, gravado pelos irmãos Grimm. Vamos nos juntar a aventuras perigosas de bravos Hansel and Gretel! Irmão pequeno e irmã Hansel e Gretel foram apanhados por uma bruxa malvada que vive nas profundezas...

Sir David Brewster was a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer, historian of science and university principal.  He discovered the photoelastic effect, which gave birth to the field of optical mineralogy. He was the inventor of the kaleidoscope and an improved version...

Basil Hall Chamberlain (October 18, 1850 – February 15, 1935) was a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century. The most famous works of Basil Hall Chamberlain are translation of the “Kojiki” (1882),...

Basil Hall Chamberlain (October 18, 1850 – February 15, 1935) was a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century. The most famous works of Basil Hall Chamberlain are translation of the “Kojiki” (1882),...

Manly Palmer Hall (1901 – 1990) was a Canadian author which became sufficiently known and respected as a lecture and interpreter of the ancient writings. “Fundamentals of Qabbalistic Cosmogony” is a work by Manly Palmer Hall in which he tried to provide the origin of qabbalistic principles and...

William Wymark Jacobs was an english novella and short story writer, novelist, and dramatist. One of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century, Jacobs is best remembered today for his classic tale of horror, “The Monkey's Paw.” He also wrote comic stories set on the London...

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both...