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Parker Fillmore

Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk TalesParker Fillmore Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales NOTE The spirit of nationalism that swept over the small peoples of Europe in the early nineteenth century touched faraway Finland and started the Finns on the ques...

The Rosie WorldParker Fillmore The Rosie World CHAPTER I THE CHIN-CHOPPER Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands. "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted. "All of yez! Make room for George!" What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge."Maybe I di...

Czechoslovak Fairy TalesParker Fillmore Czechoslovak Fairy Tales NOTEThis rendering of some of the old Czechoslovak tales is not offered as a literal translation or a scholarly translation. I have retold the stories in a way that I hope will please American children. I have tried hard to keep the...

The Hickory LimbParker Fillmore The Hickory Limb THE HICKORY LIMB Mother, may I go out to swim?Yes, my darling daughter;Hang your clothes on a hickory limb,And don't go near the water. Gladys Bailey had a parasol in one hand and a card-case in the other. From her own wide experience in social usa...

A Little Question in Ladies' RightsParker Fillmore A Little Question in Ladies' Rights PART ONE MARGERY was sitting under the cherry tree with a certain air of expectancy. She seemed to be waiting for something or some one. Willie Jones's head popped over the back fence and Willie Jones himself, ...

The Shoemaker's Apron: A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk TalesParker Fillmore The Shoemaker's Apron: A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales NOTEThe stories in this volume are all of Czech, Moravian, and Slovak origin, and are to be found in many versions in the ...