Everything in its Proper Place

It was over a hundred years ago. By the great lake behind the wood there stood an old mansion.

Heartache

The story we have for you here is really divided into two parts.

On Judgment Day

The most solemn of all the days of our life is the day we die.

A Good Humor

From my father I have inherited that most worthy of bequests -- a cheerful temper.

It's Quite True

"It's a dreadful story," said a hen, and she said it in a part of town, too, where it had not taken place.

The Story of the Year

It was the latter part of January, and a heavy snowfall was driving down.

The Swan's Nest

Between the Baltic and the North Sea there lives an old swan's nest, and it is called Denmark.

The Old Tombstone

In a small provincial town lived a man who owned his own house.

The Pigs

Dear Charles Dickens once told us the story of the pig, and since that time it has put us in a good humor just to hear one grunt.

The World's Fairest Rose

There was once a mighty queen, in whose garden were found the most glorious flowers at all seasons of the year and from all countries of the world.