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Southern Stories: Retold from St. Nicholas
Contents include: His Hero by Margaret Minor, Jericho Bob by Anna Eichberg King, How We Bought Louisiana by Helen Lockwood Coffin, The City that Lives Outdoors by W. S. Harwood, Queer American Rivers by F. H. Spearman, The Watermelon Stockings by Alice Caldwell Hegan, The "'Gator" by Clarence B. Moore, The Earthquake at Charleston by Ewing Gibson, Hiding Places in War Times by J. H. Gore, St. Augustine by Frank R. Stockton, Catching Terrapin by Alfred Kappes, "Locoed" by Edward Marshall, A Divided Duty by M. A. Cassidy, The "Walking-Beam Boy" by L. E. Stofiel and The Creature with No Claws by Joel Chandler Harris.
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116 pages, Paperback
Published February 13, 2009
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About the author
Mary Mapes Dodge
412 books35 followersMary was born Mary Elizabeth Mapes to Prof. James Jay Mapes and Sophia Furman in New York City. She acquired a good education under private tutors. In 1851 she married the lawyer William Dodge. Within the next four years she gave birth to two sons, James and Harrington. In 1857, William faced serious financial difficulties and left his family in 1858. A month after his disappearance his body was found dead from an apparent drowning, and Mary Mapes Dodge became a widow.
In 1859 she began writing and editing, working with her father to publish two magazines, the Working Farmer and the United States Journal. Within a few years she had great success with a collection of short stories, The Irvington Stories (1864), and a novel was solicited. Dodge then wrote Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, which became an instant bestseller.
Later in life she was an associate editor of Hearth and Home, edited by Harriet Beecher Stowe. She had charge of the household and children's departments of that paper for many years. She became an editor in her own right with the children's St. Nicholas Magazine, for she was able to solicit stories from a number of well-known writers including Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, and Robert Louis Stevenson. St. Nicholas became one of the most successful magazines for children during the second half of the nineteenth century, with a circulation of almost 70,000 children.
Dodge died at her summer cottage in Tannersville, New York, in 1905. She is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, New Jersey.
In 1859 she began writing and editing, working with her father to publish two magazines, the Working Farmer and the United States Journal. Within a few years she had great success with a collection of short stories, The Irvington Stories (1864), and a novel was solicited. Dodge then wrote Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, which became an instant bestseller.
Later in life she was an associate editor of Hearth and Home, edited by Harriet Beecher Stowe. She had charge of the household and children's departments of that paper for many years. She became an editor in her own right with the children's St. Nicholas Magazine, for she was able to solicit stories from a number of well-known writers including Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, and Robert Louis Stevenson. St. Nicholas became one of the most successful magazines for children during the second half of the nineteenth century, with a circulation of almost 70,000 children.
Dodge died at her summer cottage in Tannersville, New York, in 1905. She is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, New Jersey.
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September 2, 2019
Stories and articles from the late 1800's and early 1900's
Review of free Kindle edition
A Public Domain Book
Publication date: March 24, 2011
Language: English
ASIN: B004TQZD80
114 pages
The St. Nicholas referred to in the title is not Santa Claus but a magazine founded in 1873 by Scribner and published from the beginning by the Century division of Scribner. Century later became independent of Scribner. I have seem more than one source which refers to St. Nicholas as a children's magazine but the articles and stories in this collection are not childish by modern American standards. The magazine published some of the country's best writers including Louisa May Alcott, Laura Richards, Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris and Frances Hodgson Burnett. Among the noted authors who first published in the magazine were F. Scott Fitzgerald and E.B. White.
This collection contains many articles and a few stories. Among the articles are one about alligators and one about catching terrapins. There are also articles about New Orleans, St Augustine, the purchase of Louisiana, an earthquake at Charleston, S.C. and American rivers. The St. Augustine article reads as though it was placed by the chamber of commerce or a tourist bureau. One of the better stories is The Watermelon Stockings by Alice Caldwell Hegan about a disobedient but brave little girl. Another is The Creature With No Claws by Joel Chandler Harris.
There are no illustrations in the free Kindle edition.
Review of free Kindle edition
A Public Domain Book
Publication date: March 24, 2011
Language: English
ASIN: B004TQZD80
114 pages
The St. Nicholas referred to in the title is not Santa Claus but a magazine founded in 1873 by Scribner and published from the beginning by the Century division of Scribner. Century later became independent of Scribner. I have seem more than one source which refers to St. Nicholas as a children's magazine but the articles and stories in this collection are not childish by modern American standards. The magazine published some of the country's best writers including Louisa May Alcott, Laura Richards, Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris and Frances Hodgson Burnett. Among the noted authors who first published in the magazine were F. Scott Fitzgerald and E.B. White.
This collection contains many articles and a few stories. Among the articles are one about alligators and one about catching terrapins. There are also articles about New Orleans, St Augustine, the purchase of Louisiana, an earthquake at Charleston, S.C. and American rivers. The St. Augustine article reads as though it was placed by the chamber of commerce or a tourist bureau. One of the better stories is The Watermelon Stockings by Alice Caldwell Hegan about a disobedient but brave little girl. Another is The Creature With No Claws by Joel Chandler Harris.
There are no illustrations in the free Kindle edition.
February 15, 2009
The copy I own was copyright 1907. I remember being read to from this book as a child, and I love the stories. One of my favorite stories in this collection of various authors is: _The Earthquake at Charleston_ by Ewing Gibson. I am delighted it has been reprinted.
April 5, 2013
Reading it as ebook from Gutenberg.org
March 24, 2023
This is a fun collection of stories, et cetera, to read.
💥 Recommended.
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💥 Recommended.
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