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Contents The Grasshopper Stories by Elizabeth Davis Leavitt (1912) Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by Alice C. Hegan (1901) The Angel Children by Charlotte M. Higgins (1854) The Blue Bird for Children by Georgette Leblanc and Maurice Maeterlinck (1913) Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman Mark Twain's Speeches by Mark Twain Black Beauty, The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell (1877) Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris (1906) The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths by Padraic Colum (1920) The Story of the Three Little Pigs by L. Leslie Brooke Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by Alice C. Hegan These two stories, really one, give us the irrepressible humor of brave hearts that live in the midst of poverty. Some of the incidents are farcical and wholly improbably but the humor is irresistible and the sunshine atmosphere has given them a widespread influence. The story of the way Lovey Mary came up will be a sweet inspiration to many a girl. Black Beauty, The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell (1877) The narrator of this book, the handsome, coal-black horse called ''Black Beauty'', is lead through numerous adventures by various owners - from a riding and carriage horse, to the rough life of a town cab horse, to eventual happiness in a secure home, he keeps his strength and good temper. Influential as animal-rights propaganda, this tale is also an extremely exciting and moving children's story.