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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) (3 hr 56 min)

Chapters

Preface

0:40

Christmas Day, by Susan Coolidge

1:44

The Only Woman in the Town

34:13

The Conquest of Fairyland, by A. Mary F. Robinson

9:23

Kentucky Belle, by Constance Fenimore Woolson

11:16

Prophecies, by Kathrine Lente Stevenson

2:43

Why He Was Whipped, by Mrs. Amy Terese Powelson

13:28

The Three Fishers, by Charles Kingsley

1:47

"Apples Finkey"--The Water Boy, by John Jerome Rooney

5:25

The Soldier's Reprieve

12:00

Little Brown Thrushes, by Mrs. Whiton-Stone

1:56

The Story of the Empty Sleeve, by R. L. Cary, Jr.

4:12

Facing the World, by Dinah Craik

25:40

Robert of Lincoln, by William Cullen Bryant

4:17

U.S. Spells US, by Anonymous

1:39

"Dixie" and "Yankee Doodle," by Lawrence Porter Hext

1:54

The Barefoot Boy, by John Greenleaf Whittier

5:00

Babouscka

10:16

Daisies, by M. E. B.

3:28

Driving Home the Cows, by Kate Putnam Osgood

2:56

The Baby's Kiss: An Incident of the Civil War, by Anonymous

2:41

The Lost Diamond Snuff Box

14:54

The American Flag, by Joseph Rodman Drake

3:43

Aunt Polly Shedd's Brigade

21:23

Corinne's Musicale, by Margaret Sidney

3:09

Barbara Frietchie, by John Greenleaf Whittier

3:41

Sheridan's Ride, by T. B. Read

4:17

The Children's Hour, by Henry W. Longfellow

2:27

Caryl's Plum, by Margaret Sidney

23:48

Our Two Opinions, by Eugene Field

2:47