Arts

King of the Trees (A Jewish Tale) Once upon a time, the forest trees gathered to select a king. After careful thought, they chose the…

I heard this story sitting on the rear platform of an accommodation freight that crawled along through the brown, sun-dried wilderness between Grover Station and…

The Bears (A Greek Myth) Long, long ago, on a glittering spring day, the mighty god Zeus looked down from his Olympian heights and spied…

In Acton there were two churches, a Congregational and a Baptist. They stood on opposite sides of the road, and the Baptist edifice was a…

Near Rattlesnake Creek, on the side of a little draw stood Canute’s shanty. North, east, south, stretched the level Nebraska plain of long rust-red grass…

If you grind castor sugar with an equal quantity of chlorate of potash, the result is an innocent-looking white compound, sweet to the taste, and…

Every fortress has one traitor within its walls; the Schloss Eltz had two. In this, curiously enough, lay its salvation; for as some Eastern poisons…

I had intended heading this chapter “Eclipse Customs amongst Barbarous Nations,” but in these days it is dangerous to talk of barbarians or to speak…

Connor and True (A Tale Told Around the World) Once upon a time, a young man named True huddled in his drafty little cottage all…

There is no question about it, Tina Lenz was a flirt, as she had a perfect right to be, living as she did on the…

Days of Music: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) In early May, if you listened closely, you may have heard the music. It…

The Governor was sitting alone in his private office with an open letter in his hand. He was devoutly and gloomily wishing that some other…