Posts Tagged ‘German’
The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg
A German Folk-Tale by J. Stirling Coyne, Adapted by Frances Jenkins Olcott Once, long ago, there lived near the ancient city of Strasburg, on the river Rhine, a young and handsome count, whose name was Otto. As the years flew by he remained unwed, and never so much as cast a glance at the fair [...]
In Toy Land: Glimpses of a Great Industry
By Sheila, Published in Young England, an Illustrated Magazine for Boys , 1897 ne has to go very far back in the world's history to arrive at the time when there were absolutely no toys. Indeed, one may feel tolerably certain that as soon as the children arrived, toys—rough, rude things, no doubt, but still playthings—began to appear upon [...]
