It was nearly midnight when Count Konrad von Hochstaden reached his castle on the Rhine, with a score of very tired and hungry men beh...

Four children were playing on the sea-shore. They had gathered bright pebbles and beautiful shells, and written their names in the pur...

Henry, what book is that you have in your hand?" "It is the Bible, mother," "Oh, no, it cannot be, surely!...

Just one moment longer, cousin Mary, I want to put this flower in your hair. Now doesn't it look sweet, sister Aggy?" &qu...

"SAVING? Don't talk to me about saving!" said one journeyman mechanic to another. "What can a man with a wife and t...

A Traveler was once passing through a great wilderness, in which he supposed no human being dwelt. But, while riding along in its gloo...

WHEN Mr. William Bancroft, after much reflection, determined upon matrimony, he was receiving, as a clerk, the moderate salary of four...

Charles Murray left home, with his books in his satchel, for school. Before starting, he kissed his little sister, and patted Juno on ...

What's the matter here? There is something wrong. It is clear that the little boy in the picture is not receiving kind treatment a...

"Come, Rover!" said Harry, as he passed a fine old Newfoundland dog that lay on a mat at the door; "come, Rover! I am g...

"Our parlor carpet is beginning to look real shabby," said Mrs. Cartwright. "I declare! if I don't feel right down ...

"O, Mamma! See that wicked-looking cat on the fence! She'll have one of those dear little rabbits in a minute!" Matt...

Not many years ago, Farmer Jones had an old horse named "Ned," who appeared to have almost as much sense as some people. Ned...

"If they wouldn't let him have it!" said Mrs. Leslie, weeping. "O, if they wouldn't sell him liquor, there'...

Martin Green was a young man of good habits and a good conceit of himself. He had listened, often and again, with as much patience as ...

BENJAMIN PARKER was not as thrifty as some of his neighbors. He could not "get along in the world." "Few men are mo...

William Baker, and his brother Thomas and sister Ellen, were playing on the green lawn in front of their mother's door, when a lad...

Mrs. Caldwell was so unfortunate as to have a rich husband. Not that the possession of a rich husband is to be declared a misfortune, ...

Emma's aunt had given her a sixpence, and now the question was, what should she buy with it? "I'll you what I will do, mo...

"Here! lend me your knife, Bill; I've left mine in the house," said Edgar Harris to his younger brother. He spoke in a r...