Stories jolly: stories new: stories strange & stories true: A series of new and original tales for boys and girls from six to fourteen years old: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Stories jolly: stories new: stories strange & stories true: A series of new and original tales for boys and girls from six to fourteen years old is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) (1825–1894); Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) (1823–1901); Henty, G. A. (George Alfred) (1832–1902); Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) (1834–1924); Molesworth, Mrs. (1839–1921); Fenn, George Manville (1831–1909); Barry, Fanny; Adams, H. C. (Henry Cadwallader) (1817–1899); Macquoid, Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) (1824–1917); Corkran, Alice (?–1916); Giberne, Agnes (1845–1939); Clare, Frances; Goodhart, A. M., Mrs.; Wilmot-Buxton, Helen A.; Wood, Emma.

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Stories Jolly: Stories New: Stories Strange & Stories True: A Series of New and Original Tales for Boys and Girls from Six to Fourteen Years Old is a collection of children’s short stories written in the late 19th century. The anthology gathers varied moral, adventurous, and imaginative tales—by several well-known writers of the period—about courage, kindness, responsibility, and wonder, set from European gardens and cathedrals to stormy coasts and American prairies. The opening of the collection presents a string of self-contained tales: a lame girl, Herminé, befriends a fountain statue that comes alive at night and finds healing in its waters; a lifeboat-obsessed boy, Edwin, secretly joins a rescue during a sudden storm and helps save passengers, including his mother; a boy’s reckless chloroform “experiment” nearly kills his young cousin before timely adult help brings a hard-earned lesson; an impulsive traveler, Joan, wanders onto a cathedral roof and is guided back from real peril; after an attack on a wagon train, Winnie protects toddler Bobby and treks by night to safety; and on Christmas Eve an Italian orphan survives a night in a bear pit by soothing Bruin with his lute, then finds kindness and a new start. The section closes by beginning “Pea Blossom,” in which a boy named Willy is spellbound by a stage fairy, setting up a tale of enchantment.

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• Title: Stories jolly: stories new: stories strange & stories true: A series of new and original tales for boys and girls from six to fourteen years old
• Author credits: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) (1825–1894); Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) (1823–1901); Henty, G. A. (George Alfred) (1832–1902); Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) (1834–1924); Molesworth, Mrs. (1839–1921); Fenn, George Manville (1831–1909); Barry, Fanny; Adams, H. C. (Henry Cadwallader) (1817–1899); Macquoid, Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) (1824–1917); Corkran, Alice (?–1916); Giberne, Agnes (1845–1939); Clare, Frances; Goodhart, A. M., Mrs.; Wilmot-Buxton, Helen A.; Wood, Emma
• Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

• Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
• Children's stories

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• Category: Adventure
• Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
• Category: Short Stories

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