TY - SER AU - Baldwin, James, TI - Fifty Famous People : : A Book of Short Stories AV - PZ PY - 2004/// PB - Project Gutenberg, KW - Character -- Juvenile literature KW - Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature KW - Heroes -- Juvenile literature N1 - Saving the birds -- Another bird story -- Speaking a piece -- Writing a composition -- The whistle -- The Ettrick Shepherd -- The Caliph and the poet -- "Beccos! Beccos! Beccos!" -- A lesson in humility -- The midnight ride -- The boy and the wolf -- Another wolf story -- The horseshoe nails -- The landlord's mistake -- A lesson in manners -- Going to sea -- The shepherd-boy painter -- Two great painters -- The king and the bees -- Our first great painter -- The young scout -- The lad who rode sidesaddle -- The whisperers -- How a prince learned to read -- "Read, and you will know" -- The young cupbearer -- The sons of the Caliph -- The boy and the robbers -- A lesson in justice -- The general and the fox -- The bomb -- A story of old Rome -- Saved by a dolphin -- "Little brothers of the air" -- A clever slave -- One of Aesop's fables -- The dark day -- The surly guest -- The story of a great story -- The king and the page -- The hunted king -- "Try, try again!" -- Why he carried the turkey -- The paddle-wheel boat -- The Caliph and the gardener -- The cowherd who become a poet -- The lover of men -- The charocoal man and the king -- Which was the king? -- The golden tripod; Public domain in the USA; Text UR - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6168 ER -