The group of stories brought together in this volume differ from legends because they have, with one exception,no core fact at the centre, from myths because they make no attempt to personify or explain the forces or processes of nature, from fairy stories because they do not often bring to the stage actors from a different nature from ours.... The stories which make up this volume are closer to experience and come, from the most part, nearer to the every-day happenings of life. (Summary by Hamilton Wright Mabie, from the Introduction)
Chapters
1 00 - Introduction 11 min 2 01 - A Child's Dream Of A Star by Charles Dickens 10 min 3 02 - The King Of The Golden River Or The Black Brothers by John Ruskin, Part 1 19 min 4 03 - The King Of The Golden River Or The Black Brothers by John Ruskin, Part 2 13 min 5 04 - The King Of The Golden River Or The Black Brothers by John Ruskin, Part 3 11 min 6 05 - The King Of The Golden River Or The Black Brothers by John Ruskin, Part 4 6 min 7 06 - The King Of The Golden River Or The Black Brothers by John Ruskin, Part 5 9 min 8 07 - The Snow Image: A Childish Miracle by Nathaniel Hawthorne 46 min 9 08 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 1 12 min 10 09 -Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 2 11 min 11 10 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 3 9 min 12 11 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 4 13 min 13 12 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 5 10 min 14 13 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 6 12 min 15 14 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque,Part 7 6 min 16 15 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 8 11 min 17 16 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 9 9 min 18 17 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 10 8 min 19 18 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 11 10 min 20 19 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 12 8 min 21 20 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 13 13 min 22 21 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 14 13 min 23 22 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 15 11 min 24 23 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 16 8 min 25 24 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 17 5 min 26 25 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 18 9 min 27 26 - Undine by Friedrich, Baron De La Motte Fouque, Part 19 5 min 28 27 - The Story Of Ruth from The Book Of Ruth 18 min 29 28 - The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Part 1 31 min 30 29 - The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Part 2 19 min 31 30 - The Diverting History Of John Gilpin by William Cowper 9 min 32 31 - The Man Without A Country by Edward Everett Hale, Part 1 26 min 33 32 - The Man Without A Country by Edward Everett Hale, Part 2 19 min 34 33 - The Man Without A Country by Edward Everett Hale, Part 3 17 min 35 34 - The Nurnberg Stove by Louise De La Ramee, Part 1 26 min 36 35 - The Nurnberg Stove by Louise De La Ramee, Part 2 25 min 37 36 - The Nurnberg Stove by Louise De La Ramee, Part 3 25 min 38 37 - The Nurnberg Stove by Louise De La Ramee, Part 4 28 min 39 38 - The Nurnberg Stove by Louise De La Ramee, Part 5 16 min 40 39 - Rab And His Friends by Dr. John Brown 34 min 41 40 - Peter Rugg, The Missing Man by William Austin 26 min
