Fifty Famous Stories Retold
- Author: Baldwin James
- Genre: Literature
A collection of short stories by James Baldwin, an American author and civil rights activist, is a series of legendary tales, each concerning a certain hero or famous person and describing episodes of their lives - Alexander the Great, Doctor Goldsmith, William Tell, George Washington, King Alfred and many others.
The book is generally of a great interest for children, as well as for any inquisitive reader, in addition to its being a perfect starting point for further literary studies.
abraham lincoln a true life
- Author: Baldwin James
- Genre: General
Biography of Abraham Lincoln, with an introduction by the Author to "The School Boys of American, black and white illustrations, illustrated brown cloth boards
Old Greek Stories
- Author: Baldwin James
- Genre: Baldwin, James
This is a fascinating retelling in simple language of the stories of the old Greek mythological heroes, and their collisions with Jupiter and the other Olympians. While each story can be read independently, they can also be read as a continuous saga, with one story leading to the next. Includes the myths of Prometheus, Io, Cadmus, Perseus, and Theseus. There are also a pronunciation guide and numerous illustrations the book. ‘Old Greek stories’ is perfect for 8-10 year old children.
choice english lyrics
- Author: Baldwin James
- Genre: History
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The whistling ploughman stalks afield; and, hark ! Down the rough slope the ponderous wagon rings; Thro' rustling corn the hare astonish'd springs ; Slow tolls the village-clock the drowsy hour; The partridge bursts away on whirring wings; Deep mourns the turtle in sequester'd bower, And shrill lark carols clear from her aerial tower. James Beattie. 4- A GREETING. Pack clouds, away, and welcome day, With night we banish sorrow ; Sweet air blow soft, mount larks aloft To give my Love good-morrow ; Wings from the wind to please her mind Notes from the lark I'll borrow; Bird prune thy wing, nightingale sing, To give my Love good-morrow; To give my Love good-morrow, Notes from them both I'll borrow. Wake from thy nest, Robin Redbreast, Sing birds in every furrow; And from each hill let music shrill Give my fair Love good-morrow ! Blackbird and thrush in every bush, Stare, linnet, and cock-sparrow! You pretty Elves, amongst yourselves Sing my fair Love good-morrow: To give my Love good-morrow Sing birds in every furrow ! Thomas Heywood. chapter{Section 45- MAY MORNING. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her The flow'ry May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May ! that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee and wish thee long. John Milton. 6. HUNTING SONG. Waken, lords and ladies gay, On the mountain dawns the day, All the jolly chase is here, With hawk, and horse, and hunting-spear! Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, M...
old stories of the east
- Author: Baldwin James
- Genre: World
OLD ,--.. V STORIES QP THE EAST BY JAMES BALDWIN AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. COPYRIGHT, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1928, BY AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. G P RIGHT, 1923, BY JAMES BALDWIN STO, OF THE EAST, XL Xv - to PREFACE. THERE are few stories which in themselves are more intensely interesting than those that have come down to us from antiquity through the medium of the Hebrew Scriptures. Yet they have been so generally and so exclusively employed for the purpose of imparting religious instruction, that their purely literary qualities have not always received the attention which they merit. By very many persons, grown-up people as well as children, they are regarded as being inseparably connected with the services of the Sunday school and the Church, and hence scarcely to be thought of during the secular days of the week. There is really no good reason why this should be so. Indeed, there is no good reason why children in the day schools should not read these old stories of the East with as much freedom and with as eager zest as they peruse the classic myths of Greece or the ever-charming tales with which the world of modern fiction abounds. In the present volume it has been the aim of the author to retell these stories from a literary standpoint, and in exactly the same manner as he would retell other stories pertaining to the infancy of the human race. He has endeavored to represent the actors in them as real men and women inhabiting the same world as ourselves and, while it has been neither possible nor 3 desirabfe tt omit freqtient aHustcSns to-ibe, supernatural, care has been taken ppt to trespass on the domain of the religious teacher. In order tlie better to carry OB t this plat, tiie Hebrew names are used sparingly and are often, omitted in favor of their English equivalents. It is believed that this device will not only give to some of the stories a flavor of newness, but that it will in many instances help the young reader to a readier appreciation of their beauty. While each of the twelve stories in this volume is wholly inde pendent of the others, and may be read without any knowledge of those which precede it, there is nevertheless a continuity from the first to the last, giving to the collection the completeness of a single narrative. It comprises, in short, the history of the origin of the Hebrew race, and of the chief events connected with the life of that people down to the period of their greatest prosperity. Whether or not this presentation of the subject may be an incentive to a closer acquaintance with the matchless volume from which the stories are derived, has not been a matter of considera tion on the part of the writer. His sole aim has been to prepare a book which all children at school may read with pleasure, both because of the simple language in which it is written and because of the conceptions of beauty and truth that are found in the stories which it contains. CONTENTS. PACK THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT . 7 THE Two BROTHERS 14 THE FLOOD OF WATERS 18 THE GREAT CHIEF. I. The Promise 27 II. The New Name ........ 30 III. The Strangers 31 IV. The Burnt Offering 36 V. The Faithful Servant 39 VI. Beauty and Laughter 45 THE MASTER OF THE LAND OF THE NILE. I. The Dreamer 51 II. The Journey 53 III. The Dry Well 58 IV. The Caravan 63 V. The Prison 67 VI. The Dreams 70 VII. The Ten Strangers 77 VIII. The Little Brother ....... So IX. The Discovery 83 THE GREAT LAWGIVER. I. The Kings Daughter 88 II. The Shepherd 93 III. The Burning Bush 97 IV. The Ten Plagues ....... 101 V. The Long Journey ....... 106 5 u THE MAN WHOSE EYES WERE OPEN. I. The Soothsayer 112 II. The Vision 115 III. The First Mountain 119 IV. The Second Mountain 123 V. The Third Mountain 125 THE BEE AND THE GAZELLE. I. The Bee 128 II. The Gazelle 132 III. The Song 139 IDOL BREAKER. I. The Idol 143 II. The Angel 145 III. The Camp .151 IV. The Flight 155 THE STORY OF SPLENDID SUN. I... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln
- Author: Baldwin James
- Genre: African American
Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln. A Book for Young Americans. please visit www.valdebooks.com for a full list of titles
Six Centuries of English Poetry
- Author: Baldwin James
- Genre: African American
From Preface: "There is but one study more interesting than the history of literature, and that is the study of literature itself. That the former should often be mistaken for the latter is scarcely to be wondered at when we consider the intimate and almost indivisible relationship existing between them. Yet, in truth, they are as capable of separate consideration as are music and the history of music. Anglo-Saxon Poetry. Any careful investigation of the history of English poetry would naturally begin at a point of time some six or seven hundred years earlier than that of Chaucer. From such investigation we should learn that even as early as the ninth century-perhaps, indeed, the eighth-there were in England some composers of verse in the Anglo-Saxon tongue; that the songs of these poets were chiefly of religion or of war, and that being written in a language very different from our modern English they can scarcely be considered as belonging properly to our literature; that among them, however, is a noble poem, "Beowulf," the oldest epic of any modern people, which was probably sung or recited by pagan minstrels long before it was written down in permanent form; that, after the conquest of England by the Normans, the early language of the The Transition Period.English people underwent a long and tedious process of transition,-a blending, in a certain sense, with the Latinized and more polished tongue of their conquerors,-and that the result was the language which we now call English and are proud to claim as our own; that it was about three hundred years after the Norman Conquest, namely, in 1362, that this new tongue was officially recognized and authorized to be used in the courts at law throughout the land; and that about the same time Geoffrey Chaucer composed and wrote his first poems. We should learn, moreover, that, during the transition period mentioned above, there were many attempts at writing poetry, resulting in the production of tedious metrical romances (chiefly translated from the French) and interminable rhyming chronicles, pleasing, of course, to the people of that time, but wholly devoid of poetic [5]excellence and unspeakably dull to modern readers; that these poems, so called, were little better than rhymed doggerels, written in couplets of eight-syllabled lines and having for their subjects the miraculous deeds of saints and heroes and the occurrence of supernatural or impossible phenomena; that the composers of these metrical romances and chronicles, although giving free rein to the imagination, were utterly destitute of poetic fancy and hence produced no true poetry; that, nevertheless, some writer was now and then inspired by a flash of real poetic fire, producing a few lines of remarkable freshness and beauty,-little lyrics shining forth like gems in the great mass of verbiage and rubbish and foretelling the glorious possibilities which were to be realized in the future."
a story of the golden age
- Author: Baldwin James
- Genre: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
Paves the way to an enjoyable reading of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, by presenting the legends about the causes of the Trojan War woven into a continuous narrative, ending where the story of the Iliad begins. The youthful Odysseus is the hero, as he journeys to visit his grandfather Autolycus, then Nestor and Menelaus, hearing the old stories as he goes.
the book lover a guide to the best reading
- Author: Baldwin James
- Genre: History
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Hero Tales
- Author: Baldwin James
- Genre: World Literature
"These are the stories that are said to be immortal." Retelling of the legends of heroes. Scholarly work by the American editor and author. At one time it was estimated that of all the school books in use in the United States, over half had been written or edited by him. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.