Books with title A Book Of Ballad Stories

In 1906 Mary MacLeod wrote "The Book of Ballad Stories", a collection of some of the most popular ballads from the eleventh through eighteenth centuries which she had rewritten in verse. This newly revised edition includes thirteen of MacLeod's original stories, plus tales of the legendary outlaw Robin Hood ( told by Marion Florence Lansing ) and over fifteen ballads. Relive the splendor of the early Renaissance through this collection featuring tales of adventure and romance that have entertained readers for centuries.

FLORA AND THE LOST VOICEFlora is a forest fairy. Her job is to sing to the flowers on mornings so that they can drink in the sunshine. However, one day she gets up and discovers that she has lost her voice. On her way to find it, she makes some new friends. At the end of her journey, she confronts the creature that stole her voice.THE LOVE FAIRYAdora is a love fairy. She uses her magic to spread love to everyone around. One day, she meets an old fairy who turns her away, which makes her sad. She decides to stop using her magic. When the whole kingdom falls into chaos, the old fairy is the only one who could restore Adora’s love for all creatures.THE STOLEN RAINBOWSSarina is a fairy who paints rainbows on her little canvas. All the fairies use the paintings to predict the exact location of the next rainbow. The fairies get their magic from the raindrops that fall through the rainbow. When a giant troll begins to steal the rainbows, Sarina discovers a way to capture him, which allow the fairies to regain their magic.

Full length ballet stories often tell the tale of kings and queens and peasants and fairies and are inspired by myths and legends. Others reflect historical events or works of literature. This beautifully illustrated book tells about ballet's famous heroes and heroines such as Odette and her swan maidens in Swan Lake, or the magical journey of Clara to the Kingdom of Sweets in The Nutcracker.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...to mistake the purest; therefore let me caution you to be guarded in your friendly associations. If at any time you need me, send for me and I will return. In the mean time, God bless you! Robertson Meyer." She covered her face with her hands. It was too true,--too true! She had been indifferent to him! And looking into her own heart, she knew the want he thought so unacknowledged stood oftener confessed to "Oh, Leeds is off to Paris on some scientific mission. Don't you read the papers?" "Not very carefully, I must confess. But you know I Ve been away out of the reach of papers. So Leeds is as popular as ever. How he did admire Mrs. Meyer! Seems to me he ought to have had her instead of Meyer. Meyer's a good fellow, but you never hear anything from him,--a commonplace sort of a person, while Mrs. Meyer is really uncommon, the finest conversationalist I know." "Yes, of course Leeds ought to have had her. I always said so. Leeds is just the man for her--congenial tastes, and all that sort of thing," Drake returned triumphantly. "There you go, Drake, with your congenial tastes, etc., and you are half wrong, as usual. Sometimes, when both parties are similarly endowed, there is too much of' all that sort of thing'; and if they don't bore each other they are sure to quarrel. That's the way. What a woman like Mrs. Meyer needs is appreciation, and she 's got it. You don't know anything about Meyer. Meyer is a Man! and that's what not half of us can say." And Matt Dunn, after relieving his mind in this energetic manner, went in and joined the dancers, while Drake went on with his theories, unconvinced. So the world goes. But still the band plays Le Desir, and a sweet voice says to a gentleman,--"Why don't you dance...

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.