Peter Parley's Annual, 1855: A Christmas and New Year's Present for Young People

An Adventure with a Bear 92 A few words about the Egyptians, Ancient and Modern 142 ” ” Soluble Glass 221 A Mysterious Adventure 135 A Touch with the Brigands 19 A Visit to the...

“We now skinned the lioness, and cut off her head; and, having placed our trophies on our horses, we made for the camp. Before we had proceeded a hundred yards from the carcass,...

How do you do, my young gentlemen? Take hold of my iron hand. Welcome to you all; I am not above shaking hands with the meanest of you, although I am a public character. Some pe...

“I think that tree will bear no more good fruit, and ought to be cast into the fire. But Sir, let me tell you, had that cane been a crab-stick, and had that crab-stick been knob...

In travelling over a country, my young friends will frequently meet with similar buildings to those I have attempted to describe—and I would only observe, that antiquities are a...

King Henry VIII had formed a desire to put away his first wife, Katherine of Arragon, and to marry Anne Boleyn. Wolsey was struck with alarm, and, it is said, fell on his knees...

The platform upon which the house stands is twenty-seven feet in diameter and nine feet high; it has an outside door and three windows, and is divided into two apartments—one ha...

The other Chinese fruits are apricots, cherries, lemons, and oranges, which are grown in the gardens of the country people; they also eat the young shoots of the fragrant ash, t...

In their battles, the Egyptians were very ferocious, and after they were over, exercised many barbarities, by the immolation of their prisoners. An admirable representation of a...

That day passed in happy, tranquil beauty. A fresh breeze swept over the hills and leas, and sang through the boughs all the evening long; and when the little maiden went to bed...

I could tell you a great deal more about ships and shipping, but space prevents me doing so; and as a great many of our ships are now engaged in the war against Russia, it will...

In close proximity to this machine, we observe a model lighthouse, fixed on a black substance for its base: this substance is very curious, and requires a little explanation. In...

It was in the year 1817, that some “American” authorities reported that an animal of very singular appearance had been repeatedly seen in the Harbour of Gloucester, at Cape Anne...

The mother shook her head when she heard of what had passed between Jack and her daughter. She loved him for his generosity and liveliness, but she knew well his defects of char...

Arthur was a witness of this dreadful state of things, and Edwin instinctively uttered his brother’s name. In a moment, with his dirk-knife unsheathed in his hand, Arthur was by...