Arts

The Rabbit in the Moon (A Japanese Tale) Every night the Old Man in the Moon looks down on Earth to see how his animals…

At fifteen I became a resident in a country village more than a hundred miles from home. The morning after my arrival a September morning,…

The Talking Ox (A Tale From Denmark) Long ago in Denmark, a kind farmer lived with his wife. You’ve never met such generous, sweet-natured folks.…

After the Race by James Joyce THE cars came scudding in towards Dublin, running evenly like pellets in the groove of the Naas Road. At…

Lon McFane was a bit grumpy, what of losing his tobacco pouch, or else he might have told me, before we got to it, something…

The Unrest-Cure by H.H. Munro (SAKI) On the rack in the railway carriage immediately opposite Clovis was a solidly wrought traveling bag, with a carefully…

There is a certain church in the city of New York which I have always regarded with peculiar interest, on account of a marriage there…

I It was for two reasons that Montana Kid discarded his “chaps” and Mexican spurs, and shook the dust of the Idaho ranges from his…

Now Brigit the woman who was to become St. Brigit of Ireland was born at sunrise on the first day of spring, and what a…

The Sexton stood in the porch of Milford meetinghouse, pulling busily at the bell rope. The old people of the village came stooping along the…

It was because she had broken with Billy that Loretta had come visiting to Santa Clara. Billy could not understand. His sister had reported that…

Flower Dragon (A Chinese Folktale) Long ago in China there lived a poor widow and her only daughter. Life was very hard for them, and…