"I found myself in Twilight Land. How I ever got there I cannot tell, but there I was in Twilight Land. What is Twilig…"

"Once upon a time there came a soldier marching along the road, kicking up a little cloud of dust at each step—as stra…"

"“Rest content,” said the Talisman of Solomon, “with knowing that which concerns thine own self, and seek not to find …"

"“You look as hale and strong as ever,” says St. Nicholas. “Ah, yes,” says Ill-Luck, “I find plenty to do in this worl…"

"In the old, old days when men were wiser than they are in these times, there lived a great philosopher and magician, …"

"Give a fool heaven and earth, and all the stars, and he will make ducks and drakes of them."

"When man’s strength fails, woman’s wit prevails."

"My son," said he, "if every one in your case should shed tears as abundantly as you have done, the world would have b…"

"Many and many a man has come to trouble—so he will say—by following his wife’s advice."

"Spanish story hours were held outside the libraries wherever they were requested...Howard Pyle was a favorite author,…"