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Twilight Stories

A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various authors, including Margaret Sidney, Susan Coolidge, Joaquin Miller, Henry W. Longfellow, and Mrs. Amy Therese Powelson. Each poem or story is followed by an additional short rhyme, drawn from a variety of sources, but not attributed. Topics include history, war, school, everyday life, Fairyland, and more. (Summary by Winnifred Assmann)

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Preface (Larry Wilson)
Christmas Day, by Susan Coolidge (Sonia)
The Only Woman in the Town (Cbteddy)
The Conquest of Fairyland, by A. Mary F. Robinson (Marian Mangoubi)
Kentucky Belle, by Constance Fenimore Woolson (C. B. Seyfarth)
Prophecies, by Kathrine Lente Stevenson (Rebecca Eden Walker)
Why He Was Whipped, by Mrs. Amy Terese Powelson (C. B. Seyfarth)
The Three Fishers, by Charles Kingsley (Akarsh)
"Apples Finkey"--The Water Boy, by John Jerome Rooney (John Payton)
The Soldier's Reprieve (C. B. Seyfarth)
Little Brown Thrushes, by Mrs. Whiton-Stone (Sonia)
The Story of the Empty Sleeve, by R. L. Cary, Jr. (PeripateticTJ)
Facing the World, by Dinah Craik (Winnifred Assmann)
Robert of Lincoln, by William Cullen Bryant (C. B. Seyfarth)
U.S. Spells US, by Anonymous (Akarsh)
"Dixie" and "Yankee Doodle," by Lawrence Porter Hext (PeripateticTJ)
The Barefoot Boy, by John Greenleaf Whittier (Larry Wilson)
Babouscka (Tiffany Wilson Lillard)
Daisies, by M. E. B. (PeripateticTJ)
Driving Home the Cows, by Kate Putnam Osgood (PeripateticTJ)
The Baby's Kiss: An Incident of the Civil War, by Anonymous (Pippa Moss)
The Lost Diamond Snuff Box (Ayesha Ashraf)
The American Flag, by Joseph Rodman Drake (PeripateticTJ)
Aunt Polly Shedd's Brigade (John Payton)
Corinne's Musicale, by Margaret Sidney (Tessa Adler)
Barbara Frietchie, by John Greenleaf Whittier (Stephanie J)
Sheridan's Ride, by T. B. Read (PeripateticTJ)
The Children's Hour, by Henry W. Longfellow (Larry Wilson)
Caryl's Plum, by Margaret Sidney (Cbteddy)
Our Two Opinions, by Eugene Field (Larry Wilson)
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