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Cover of The Golden Mermaid
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015

A powerful king had, among many other treasures, a wonderful tree in his garden, which bore every year beautiful golden apples. But the King was never able to enjoy his treasure, for he might watch and guard them as he liked, as soon as they began to get ripe they were always stolen...
Cover of The Dog and the Sparrow
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015

There was once upon a time a sheep-dog whose master was so unkind that he starved the poor beast, and ill- treated him in the cruellest manner. At last the dog determined to stand this ill-usage no longer, and, one day, he ran away from home. As he was trotting along the road he met a sparrow, who stopped him and said: 'Brother, why do you look so sad?'
Cover of The Rogue And The Herdsman

The Rogue And The Herdsman

An Irish Legend

by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2015

In a tiny cottage near the king's palace there once lived an old man, his wife, and his son, a very lazy fellow, who would never do a stroke of work. He could not be got even to look after their one cow, but left her to look after herself, while he lay on a bank and went to sleep in the sun...   
Cover of The Wonderful Sheep
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015

Once upon a time in the days when the fairies lived,  there was a king who had three daughters, who were all young, and clever, and beautiful; but the youngest of the three, who was called Miranda, was the prettiest and the most beloved...
Cover of The Old Woman in the Wood
by Grimm Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015

A beautiful but poor servant girl traveled with the family she worked for when robbers attacked them. She hid behind a tree, but no one else survived. She lamented her fate, and a dove came to her with a golden key...
Cover of The History of Whittington
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015

DICK WHITTINGTON was a very little boy when his father and mother died; so little, indeed, that he never knew them, nor the place where he was born. He strolled about the country as ragged as a colt, till he met with a wagoner who was going to London, and who gave him leave to walk all the way by the side of his wagon without paying anything for his passage...
Cover of The Three Robes

The Three Robes

An Irish Legend

by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2015

Long, long ago, a king and queen reigned over a large and powerful country. What their names were nobody knows, but their son was called Sigurd, and their daughter Lineik, and these young people were famed throughout the whole kingdom for their wisdom and beauty...
Cover of Felicia and the Pot of Pinks
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015

Once upon a time there was a poor laborer who, feeling that he had not much longer to live, wished to divide his possessions between his son and daughter, whom he loved dearly...  
Cover of The Prince and the Three Fates

The Prince and the Three Fates

The Popular Tales of Ancient Egypt

by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2015

Once upon a time a little boy was born to a king who ruled over a great country through which ran a wide river. The king was nearly beside himself with joy, for he had always longed for a son to inherit his crown, and he sent messages to beg all the most powerful fairies to come and see this wonderful baby...
Cover of The Crystal Coffin
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015

Now let no one say that a poor tailor can't get on in the world, and, indeed, even attain to very high honour. Nothing is required but to set the right way to work, but of course the really important thing is to succeed...  
Cover of The White Snake
by Andrew Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015

Not very long ago there lived a King, the fame of whose wisdom was spread far and wide. Nothing appeared to be unknown to him, and it really seemed as if tidings of the most secret matters must be borne to him by the winds. He had one very peculiar habit. Every day, after the dinner table had been cleared, and everyone had retired, a confidential servant brought in a dish...
Cover of Brides on their Trial
by Grimm Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015

There was once a young shepherd who wished much to marry...
Cover of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015

In the year 1866, ships of several nations spot a mysterious sea monster, which some suggest to be a giantnarwhal. The United States government assembles an expedition in New York City to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and...
Cover of The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015

A banker, Mr. Alexander Holder ofStreatham, makes a loan of £50,000 to a socially prominent client, who leaves the Beryl Coronet ,  one of the most valuable public possessions in existence as collateral. Holder feels that he must not leave this rare and precious piece of jewellery in...
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