The Children's Omnibus: Sylvia Lynd

A real treasure chest of old-fashioned favorite tales; complete and unabridged except for those marked *. The Heroes, Charles Kingsley; Horatius, Lord Macaulay; The History Of The Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple, The Jumblies, The Pobble WhoHas No Toes and The Two Old Bachelors (all illustrated), Edward Lear; The Rose And The Ring (illustrated), W.M. Thackery; TheTravels of Baron Munchausen* and Greedy Richard, Jane Taylor; The Watchfulness Of Papa, Jane and Anne Taylor; Matilda,Who Told Lies and Franklin Hyde, Who Caroused In The Dirt and Was Corrected By His Uncle (illustrated), Hilaire Belloc; JohnGilpin, William Cowper; The Jackdaw Of Rhiems, R.H. Barham; Orpheus and Eurydice, Gilbert Abbot A'Beckett; The Pied Piperof Hamelin, Robert Browning; The Fairies, William Allingham; Goblin Market, Christina Rossetti; The Snow Queen, Hans Andersen; The Brave Little Tailor, Grimm; The Golden Branch, Countess D'Aulnoy; Granny's Wonderful Chair, Frances Browne; A Mid-Summer Night's Dream (slightly adapted), William Shakespeare; Aesop's Fables (Selections); An Elegy On The Glory OfHer Sex, Madam Mary Blaize, Oliver Goldsmith; Old Saws; Wise Sayings;The Story Of the Three Calendars, Sons Of Kings AndOf The Five Ladies Of Baghdad, (adapted) from The Arabian Nights;Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll; Chink:The Development Of A Pup, Ernest Thompson Seton; Black Beauty, Anna Sewell, The Pavilion On The Links, R.L. Stevenson. CAUTION! These tales would probably be regarded as unsuitable for children today so adults please read first!