Raffles is a gentleman thief but he seems more like Sherlock Holmes than someone on the shady side of the law.

Nothing has ever been written that appeals to a child's nature more than "A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES." It is written in a... More > simple verse that a child can readily understand. It was one of the earlier efforts of the author, Robert Louis Stevenson.

Here, by way of example, is one of the poems:
THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE

When I was sick and lay a-bed,
I had two pillows at my head,
And all my toys beside me lay
To keep me happy all the day.
And sometimes for an hour or so
I watched my leaden soldiers go,
With different uniforms and drills,
Among the bed-clothes, through the hills.
And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
All up and down among the sheets;
Or brought my trees and houses out,
And planted cities all about.
I was the giant great and still
That sits upon the pillow-hill,
And sees before him, dale and plain
The pleasant Land of Counterpane. < Less

This delightful poem tells the tale of a frog who sets out to court a mouse. Children of all ages will enjoy this story and... More > the illustrations which accompany it. < Less

The greatest detective ever! Not Sherlock Holmes. Raffles!

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With the crashing roar of that second broadside, Colonel Bishop awoke
from stupefaction to a recollection of where his duty... More > lay. In the
town below drums were beating frantically, and a trumpet was bleating,
as if the peril needed further advertising. As commander of the
Barbados Militia, the place of Colonel Bishop was at the head of his
scanty troops, in that fort which the Spanish guns were pounding
into rubble.

Captain Blood follows Peter Blood as he innocently runs afoul of the law and finds himself in the worst circumstances a man can. Will the mild mannered doctor be able to save himself and his friends? Or will war sweep them all away? < Less

King Arthur was at Caerlleon upon Usk;
and one day he sat in his chamber; and
with him were Owain the son of Urien,
and... More > Kynon the son of Clydno, and Kai
the son of Kyner; and Gwenhwyvar and
her handmaidens at needlework by the
window. And if it should be said that
there was a porter at Arthur’s palace,
there was none. Glewlwyd Gavaelvawr
was there, acting as porter, to welcome
guests and strangers, and to receive
them with honour, and to inform them
of the manners and customs of the
Court; and to direct those who came
to the Hall or to the presence-chamber,
and those who came to take up their
lodging.






The Mabinogion is a collection of storys
from medieval Welsh manuscripts. It is of
interest both to scholars, and to those
who simply enjoy a good tale. < Less

The greatest detective ever! Not Sherlock Holmes. Raffles!

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Raffles is a gentleman thief but he seems more like Sherlock Holmes than someone on the shady side of the law.