"Aglaia is a simple sea nymph. One day, a Merman seduces Aglaia, forever altering her life's course. She is cast out of Oceanid by her chauvinistic father, forcing her to wander many days and nights, until one day she finds herself at the benefit of one Mr. Kite, whose traveling circus welcomes her (including the star attraction, a waltzing Horse named Henry) and once again alters her fate, sending her down many more unexpected paths. The Song of...

In beautifully written memoirs by some of the great women writers of America, The Quiet Center resonates with the wisdom gleaned from everyday life. Originally published in the pages of Victoria magazine in its first decade, the essays in this volume speak to and from a woman's heart.

"Ranging from Thomas Jefferson's magisterial eulogy for George Washington to Anna Quindlen's affectionate memorial for her grandmother; Helen Keller's words about her dear friend Mark Twain to Adlai Stevenson's about Eleanor Roosevelt", and more.

Authors include Anne Bradstreet, Mary White Rowlandson, Sarah Kemble Knight, Elizabeth Sampson Sullivan Ashbridge, Mercy Otis Warren, Abigail Smith Adams, Judith Sargent Murray, Phillis Wheatley, Susanna Haswell Rowson, Jarena Lee, Eliza Southgate Bowne, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Sarah Moore Grimke, Sojourner Truth, Caroline Stansbury Kirkland, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sara Willis Eldredge Farrington Parton (Fanny Fern), Harriet...

"This reference book describes literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors. It includes series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name and posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer"--Provided by publisher.

Provides alphabetically arranged entries on folk and fairy tales from around the world, including information on authors, subjects, themes, characters, and national traditions.