mv: ‘./input-file.zip’ and ‘./input-file.zip’ are the same file Creating study carrel named subject-amusements-gutenberg Initializing database Unzipping Archive: input-file.zip creating: ./tmp/input/input-file/ inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/16448.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/14315.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/14608.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/15550.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/22422.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/17956.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/18907.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/26339.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/31186.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/22219.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/25068.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/25462.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/2603.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/6129.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/6416.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/36010.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/38977.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/39663.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/40309.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/47760.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/44440.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/43249.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/47200.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/42650.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/42549.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/43832.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/43636.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/43720.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/42863.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/45677.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/46445.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/46484.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/46540.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/57844.txt inflating: ./tmp/input/input-file/metadata.csv caution: excluded filename not matched: *MACOSX* === DIRECTORIES: ./tmp/input === DIRECTORY: ./tmp/input/input-file === metadata file: ./tmp/input/input-file/metadata.csv === found metadata file === updating bibliographic database Building study carrel named subject-amusements-gutenberg FILE: cache/16448.txt OUTPUT: txt/16448.txt FILE: cache/15550.txt OUTPUT: txt/15550.txt FILE: cache/14608.txt OUTPUT: txt/14608.txt FILE: cache/2603.txt OUTPUT: txt/2603.txt FILE: cache/26339.txt OUTPUT: txt/26339.txt FILE: cache/14315.txt OUTPUT: txt/14315.txt FILE: cache/40309.txt OUTPUT: txt/40309.txt FILE: cache/42650.txt OUTPUT: txt/42650.txt FILE: cache/22422.txt OUTPUT: txt/22422.txt FILE: cache/25462.txt OUTPUT: txt/25462.txt FILE: cache/6129.txt OUTPUT: txt/6129.txt FILE: cache/39663.txt OUTPUT: txt/39663.txt FILE: cache/22219.txt OUTPUT: txt/22219.txt FILE: cache/25068.txt OUTPUT: txt/25068.txt FILE: cache/43249.txt OUTPUT: txt/43249.txt FILE: cache/43636.txt OUTPUT: txt/43636.txt FILE: cache/43720.txt OUTPUT: txt/43720.txt FILE: cache/46445.txt OUTPUT: txt/46445.txt FILE: cache/47760.txt OUTPUT: txt/47760.txt FILE: cache/47200.txt OUTPUT: txt/47200.txt FILE: cache/45677.txt OUTPUT: txt/45677.txt FILE: cache/36010.txt OUTPUT: txt/36010.txt FILE: cache/44440.txt OUTPUT: txt/44440.txt FILE: cache/18907.txt OUTPUT: txt/18907.txt FILE: cache/17956.txt OUTPUT: txt/17956.txt FILE: cache/43832.txt OUTPUT: txt/43832.txt FILE: cache/38977.txt OUTPUT: txt/38977.txt FILE: cache/46540.txt OUTPUT: txt/46540.txt FILE: cache/57844.txt OUTPUT: txt/57844.txt FILE: cache/6416.txt OUTPUT: txt/6416.txt FILE: cache/42549.txt OUTPUT: txt/42549.txt FILE: cache/31186.txt OUTPUT: txt/31186.txt FILE: cache/42863.txt OUTPUT: txt/42863.txt FILE: cache/46484.txt OUTPUT: txt/46484.txt === file2bib.sh === id: 25068 author: Martin, William title: The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/25068.txt cache: ./cache/25068.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 1 resourceName b'25068.txt' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/data-disk/reader-compute/reader-classic/bin/file2bib.py", line 107, in text = textacy.preprocessing.normalize.normalize_quotation_marks( text ) File "/data-disk/python/lib/python3.8/site-packages/textacy/preprocessing/normalize.py", line 32, in normalize_quotation_marks return text.translate(QUOTE_TRANSLATION_TABLE) AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'translate' === file2bib.sh === id: 25462 author: Beard, Lina title: Little Folks' Handy Book date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/25462.txt cache: ./cache/25462.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 1 resourceName b'25462.txt' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/data-disk/reader-compute/reader-classic/bin/file2bib.py", line 107, in text = textacy.preprocessing.normalize.normalize_quotation_marks( text ) File "/data-disk/python/lib/python3.8/site-packages/textacy/preprocessing/normalize.py", line 32, in normalize_quotation_marks return text.translate(QUOTE_TRANSLATION_TABLE) AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'translate' 25462 txt/../ent/25462.ent 25462 txt/../pos/25462.pos 25462 txt/../wrd/25462.wrd Traceback (most recent call last): File "/data-disk/reader-compute/reader-classic/bin/txt2keywords.py", line 54, in for keyword, score in ( yake( doc, ngrams=NGRAMS, topn=TOPN ) ) : File "/data-disk/python/lib/python3.8/site-packages/textacy/ke/yake.py", line 96, in yake word_scores = _compute_word_scores(doc, word_occ_vals, word_freqs, stop_words) File "/data-disk/python/lib/python3.8/site-packages/textacy/ke/yake.py", line 205, in _compute_word_scores freq_baseline = statistics.mean(freqs_nsw) + statistics.stdev(freqs_nsw) File "/data-disk/python/lib/python3.8/statistics.py", line 315, in mean raise StatisticsError('mean requires at least one data point') statistics.StatisticsError: mean requires at least one data point === file2bib.sh === id: 17956 author: Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount title: Recreation by Viscount Grey of Fallodon, K.G. date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/17956.txt cache: ./cache/17956.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'17956.txt' 22422 txt/../wrd/22422.wrd 22422 txt/../pos/22422.pos 26339 txt/../pos/26339.pos 26339 txt/../wrd/26339.wrd === file2bib.sh === id: 22422 author: Warner, Anna Bartlett title: Tired Church Members date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/22422.txt cache: ./cache/22422.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'22422.txt' 22422 txt/../ent/22422.ent 26339 txt/../ent/26339.ent 14608 txt/../pos/14608.pos 14315 txt/../pos/14315.pos 15550 txt/../wrd/15550.wrd 15550 txt/../pos/15550.pos 14315 txt/../wrd/14315.wrd 14608 txt/../wrd/14608.wrd === file2bib.sh === id: 26339 author: Clara title: Cupology: How to Be Entertaining date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/26339.txt cache: ./cache/26339.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'26339.txt' 14315 txt/../ent/14315.ent 2603 txt/../pos/2603.pos 6129 txt/../pos/6129.pos 22219 txt/../pos/22219.pos 6129 txt/../wrd/6129.wrd 2603 txt/../wrd/2603.wrd 15550 txt/../ent/15550.ent 14608 txt/../ent/14608.ent 22219 txt/../wrd/22219.wrd === file2bib.sh === id: 14315 author: Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson) title: Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/14315.txt cache: ./cache/14315.txt Content-Encoding UTF-8 Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'14315.txt' 43249 txt/../pos/43249.pos 2603 txt/../ent/2603.ent 22219 txt/../ent/22219.ent === file2bib.sh === id: 14608 author: May, Sophie title: Jimmy, Lucy, and All date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/14608.txt cache: ./cache/14608.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'14608.txt' 43249 txt/../wrd/43249.wrd 6129 txt/../ent/6129.ent === file2bib.sh === id: 15550 author: Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) title: Ethel Morton at Rose House date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/15550.txt cache: ./cache/15550.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'15550.txt' 36010 txt/../pos/36010.pos 38977 txt/../pos/38977.pos 25068 txt/../pos/25068.pos 36010 txt/../wrd/36010.wrd 25068 txt/../wrd/25068.wrd Traceback (most recent call last): File "/data-disk/reader-compute/reader-classic/bin/txt2keywords.py", line 54, in for keyword, score in ( yake( doc, ngrams=NGRAMS, topn=TOPN ) ) : File "/data-disk/python/lib/python3.8/site-packages/textacy/ke/yake.py", line 96, in yake word_scores = _compute_word_scores(doc, word_occ_vals, word_freqs, stop_words) File "/data-disk/python/lib/python3.8/site-packages/textacy/ke/yake.py", line 205, in _compute_word_scores freq_baseline = statistics.mean(freqs_nsw) + statistics.stdev(freqs_nsw) File "/data-disk/python/lib/python3.8/statistics.py", line 315, in mean raise StatisticsError('mean requires at least one data point') statistics.StatisticsError: mean requires at least one data point 38977 txt/../wrd/38977.wrd === file2bib.sh === id: 2603 author: Judy, J. M. title: Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/2603.txt cache: ./cache/2603.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'2603.txt' 45677 txt/../pos/45677.pos 43249 txt/../ent/43249.ent 43720 txt/../pos/43720.pos 38977 txt/../ent/38977.ent 40309 txt/../pos/40309.pos 25068 txt/../ent/25068.ent 40309 txt/../wrd/40309.wrd 45677 txt/../wrd/45677.wrd === file2bib.sh === id: 6129 author: Calhoun, A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) title: Healthful Sports for Boys date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/6129.txt cache: ./cache/6129.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'6129.txt' 36010 txt/../ent/36010.ent 39663 txt/../pos/39663.pos 43636 txt/../pos/43636.pos 43720 txt/../wrd/43720.wrd 18907 txt/../pos/18907.pos 43636 txt/../wrd/43636.wrd 16448 txt/../pos/16448.pos 39663 txt/../wrd/39663.wrd === file2bib.sh === id: 6416 author: Seeger, Frederica title: Entertainments for Home, Church and School date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/6416.txt cache: ./cache/6416.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'6416.txt' 45677 txt/../ent/45677.ent 16448 txt/../wrd/16448.wrd 17956 txt/../pos/17956.pos 46484 txt/../pos/46484.pos 43832 txt/../pos/43832.pos 6416 txt/../pos/6416.pos === file2bib.sh === id: 22219 author: Howells, William Dean title: The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/22219.txt cache: ./cache/22219.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'22219.txt' 46484 txt/../wrd/46484.wrd 40309 txt/../ent/40309.ent === file2bib.sh === id: 38977 author: Nesbit, E. (Edith) title: Wings and the Child; Or, The Building of Magic Cities date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/38977.txt cache: ./cache/38977.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'38977.txt' 43832 txt/../wrd/43832.wrd 43720 txt/../ent/43720.ent 17956 txt/../wrd/17956.wrd 18907 txt/../wrd/18907.wrd 42650 txt/../pos/42650.pos 43636 txt/../ent/43636.ent 6416 txt/../wrd/6416.wrd 18907 txt/../ent/18907.ent 31186 txt/../pos/31186.pos === file2bib.sh === id: 43249 author: MacDonald, Elizabeth Roberts title: Our Little Canadian Cousin date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/43249.txt cache: ./cache/43249.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 2 resourceName b'43249.txt' 44440 txt/../pos/44440.pos 42650 txt/../wrd/42650.wrd 31186 txt/../wrd/31186.wrd 57844 txt/../pos/57844.pos === file2bib.sh === id: 44440 author: Beard, Lina title: Mother Nature's Toy-Shop date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/44440.txt cache: ./cache/44440.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'44440.txt' 46445 txt/../pos/46445.pos 39663 txt/../ent/39663.ent 47760 txt/../pos/47760.pos 57844 txt/../wrd/57844.wrd 44440 txt/../wrd/44440.wrd 46484 txt/../ent/46484.ent 42549 txt/../pos/42549.pos 46445 txt/../ent/46445.ent 47760 txt/../wrd/47760.wrd 46540 txt/../pos/46540.pos 47200 txt/../pos/47200.pos 17956 txt/../ent/17956.ent 43832 txt/../ent/43832.ent 42650 txt/../ent/42650.ent 6416 txt/../ent/6416.ent 46445 txt/../wrd/46445.wrd 16448 txt/../ent/16448.ent 47200 txt/../wrd/47200.wrd 42549 txt/../wrd/42549.wrd 47760 txt/../ent/47760.ent === file2bib.sh === id: 43832 author: Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard title: Our Little German Cousin date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/43832.txt cache: ./cache/43832.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'43832.txt' 46540 txt/../wrd/46540.wrd === file2bib.sh === id: 43636 author: Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard title: Our Little Cuban Cousin date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/43636.txt cache: ./cache/43636.txt Content-Encoding UTF-8 Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'43636.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 36010 author: Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) title: Ethel Morton at Chautauqua date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/36010.txt cache: ./cache/36010.txt Content-Encoding UTF-8 Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 4 resourceName b'36010.txt' 57844 txt/../ent/57844.ent 31186 txt/../ent/31186.ent 44440 txt/../ent/44440.ent 42863 txt/../pos/42863.pos === file2bib.sh === id: 47200 author: nan title: Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing Room date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/47200.txt cache: ./cache/47200.txt Content-Encoding UTF-8 Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'47200.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 39663 author: Johnston, B. (Bertha) title: Home Occupations for Boys and Girls date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/39663.txt cache: ./cache/39663.txt Content-Encoding UTF-8 Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 4 resourceName b'39663.txt' 42863 txt/../wrd/42863.wrd 42549 txt/../ent/42549.ent 47200 txt/../ent/47200.ent === file2bib.sh === id: 40309 author: Bellew, Frank title: The Art of Amusing Being a Collection of Graceful Arts, Merry Games, Odd Tricks, Curious Puzzles, and New Charades. Together with Suggestions for Private Theatricals, Tableaux, and All Sorts of Parlor and Family Amusements. date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/40309.txt cache: ./cache/40309.txt Content-Encoding UTF-8 Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 5 resourceName b'40309.txt' 46540 txt/../ent/46540.ent === file2bib.sh === id: 46484 author: Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard title: Our Little Eskimo Cousin date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/46484.txt cache: ./cache/46484.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 2 resourceName b'46484.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 43720 author: White, Mary title: The Child's Rainy Day Book date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/43720.txt cache: ./cache/43720.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 4 resourceName b'43720.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 45677 author: Crane, J. T. (Jonathan Townley) title: Popular Amusements date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/45677.txt cache: ./cache/45677.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'45677.txt' 42863 txt/../ent/42863.ent === file2bib.sh === id: 16448 author: Burnham, Clara Louise title: Jewel's Story Book date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/16448.txt cache: ./cache/16448.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 4 resourceName b'16448.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 31186 author: Fisher, Dorothy Canfield title: What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/31186.txt cache: ./cache/31186.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 5 resourceName b'31186.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 57844 author: Alden, W. L. (William Livingston) title: The Adventures of Jimmy Brown date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/57844.txt cache: ./cache/57844.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'57844.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 46540 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's Winter Trip date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/46540.txt cache: ./cache/46540.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 3 resourceName b'46540.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 18907 author: Higgins, Emily Mayer title: Holidays at the Grange; or, A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/18907.txt cache: ./cache/18907.txt Content-Encoding UTF-8 Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 6 resourceName b'18907.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 42549 author: Beard, Lina title: Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/42549.txt cache: ./cache/42549.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 4 resourceName b'42549.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 42650 author: Hall, A. Neely (Albert Neely) title: The Boy Craftsman Practical and Profitable Ideas for a Boy's Leisure Hours date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/42650.txt cache: ./cache/42650.txt Content-Encoding UTF-8 Content-Type text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 5 resourceName b'42650.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 42863 author: Linscott, Herbert B., Mrs. title: Bright Ideas for Entertaining date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/42863.txt cache: ./cache/42863.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 4 resourceName b'42863.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 46445 author: Boone, Cheshire Lowton title: The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/46445.txt cache: ./cache/46445.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 4 resourceName b'46445.txt' === file2bib.sh === id: 47760 author: nan title: Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do date: pages: extension: .txt txt: ./txt/47760.txt cache: ./cache/47760.txt Content-Encoding ISO-8859-1 Content-Type text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Parsed-By ['org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser', 'org.apache.tika.parser.csv.TextAndCSVParser'] X-TIKA:content_handler ToTextContentHandler X-TIKA:embedded_depth 0 X-TIKA:parse_time_millis 6 resourceName b'47760.txt' Done mapping. Reducing subject-amusements-gutenberg === reduce.pl bib === id = 14315 author = Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson) title = Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 27927 sentences = 1394 flesch = 77 summary = the sports, games, pastimes, and customs associated with these rural Easter Customs--Pace Eggs--Handball in Churches--Sports confined of the old village games and sports have survived. Happy New Year." "Wassail" is an old Saxon word, meaning "Be in The custom of giving presents on New Year's Day is as old as the players in the good old days, although the play is generally less Of all the sports and pastimes of old England, archery was the most An old writer tells us that it was the custom in some churches for Long before the break of day, men and women, old and young, of all The game of quarter-staff is an old pastime which was a great old sports the ancestors of our noble game of cricket, and wonder at Such was the harvest-home in the good old days--joy and delight to The "Wakes," or village feast, was a great day for all sports and cache = ./cache/14315.txt txt = ./txt/14315.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 16448 author = Burnham, Clara Louise title = Jewel's Story Book date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 91623 sentences = 7124 flesch = 92 summary = "Yes, I shall think about it lots of times," said the little girl. I think Star will like the park pretty well." Jewel looked said, after waiting a little, and Jewel, looking up at him with an April when she went away and said 'Good-by, you queer little thing!'" "Come here, Jewel; sit still," said the mother, striving to pull the "Your grandpa is coming out early, Jewel," said her father. "Perhaps father would like to drive mother in the phaeton," said the child, "Anna Belle's pond will overflow, I think," said Jewel, looking out the "I don't think much of your dog's dancing," said Gabriel, looking him in "I've been looking up that boat business, Jewel," said Mr. Evringham. "It _is_ a golden dog," said Jewel's mother, looking almost as enthusiastic "Let's have a look at it, Jewel," said Mr. Evringham, and he took hold of cache = ./cache/16448.txt txt = ./txt/16448.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 15550 author = Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) title = Ethel Morton at Rose House date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 29992 sentences = 1903 flesch = 87 summary = "Shall we appoint Ethel Brown to call on Mrs. Schuler and talk it over "We must think of every one we know who has made over a house, and Dr. Watkins ought to be able to tell us of some people who have had Fresh at once in search of food, while Mrs. Emerson and Ethel Blue managed to baby, Ethel Brown and Mrs. Emerson's cook were at the door with jellied "She said she came out from New York to look for work in the country." "Somehow it's the sudden things that happens to me," said Moya to Mrs. Emerson. "What do you think of this plan?" Ethel Brown asked her mother after Mrs. Schuler made up her mind that home--meaning Rose House--was the said one day to Mrs. Schuler and Ethel Blue when they heard from the Mrs. Smith was building a new house, and Dorothy and the Ethels had cache = ./cache/15550.txt txt = ./txt/15550.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 22422 author = Warner, Anna Bartlett title = Tired Church Members date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 14594 sentences = 1259 flesch = 92 summary = subject of Christian amusements some curious things have come to light. And to people with hearts so set, that other vexed question of dress will of course you rule out music and painting." So people judge; taking And so it comes among the rest, that there is "a time to dance." [2] melody in your hearts to the Lord"; and now for dancing the order comes: think "dancing before the Lord" must have been very pure refreshment. you cannot dance all night with people, and next day warn them against At last one day her friends said (knowing nothing of all this), think a little you will find that, like my poor young friend in her The only thing I think of mentioned in the Bible that is much like said afterwards to other people that they liked to see any one true to "My people have forgotten their resting place"--let it not ever be said cache = ./cache/22422.txt txt = ./txt/22422.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 26339 author = Clara title = Cupology: How to Be Entertaining date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 17342 sentences = 1604 flesch = 87 summary = desirous of acquiring this fine art, this character reading gift. Joy is the grace we say to God. LOVE'S SECRETS READ. little straight forms, or lines, are realizations, as in this cup, of packages near at hand, with two little _hearts_--love secrets. In touch with life's blessings you possess a kind, social nature-effort holds in a life-reading like this. Appearances do oft deceive, good reader, though the cup figures head of the little anchor, like some friend in need. good name of your best friend, young man. each life, my dear young friends. Learn to reason with head, heart and soul." The young man is come to her" some good time, and that this brief school-life is possess the high art of selecting our friends and our life You now think you are in love with a good young girl. The man we love--he who thinks the most good and speaks the cache = ./cache/26339.txt txt = ./txt/26339.txt === reduce.pl bib === === reduce.pl bib === id = 14608 author = May, Sophie title = Jimmy, Lucy, and All date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 27207 sentences = 2355 flesch = 97 summary = Kyzie thought not; so Jimmy went on telling Lucy what he knew of Castle said to the engine, 'Come here, little choo choo, Eddo won't hurt oo.' "He is trying to tell you how glad he is to see you," said Mr. Templeton, as the children shouted and clapped their hands. But for Kyzie and Edith and Jimmy the good times had begun already. "Look, Lucy," whispered Jimmy; "there's a boy I know over there at that After breakfast Edith happened to leave the dining-room just behind Mrs. McQuilken, who held her two cats cuddled up in her arms like babies, "How do _you_ know?" asked Jimmy-boy, who thought Nate was putting on "My little boys, Pitt and Roscoe, liked to hear him do that," said Mrs. McQuilken. Before Kyzie had time to say, "Why, Lucy!" little Eddo ran up the steps "But Jimmy-boy, it won't be very much," said Edith. cache = ./cache/14608.txt txt = ./txt/14608.txt === reduce.pl bib === === reduce.pl bib === id = 31186 author = Fisher, Dorothy Canfield title = What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 92938 sentences = 6498 flesch = 88 summary = This is a game for several little players and two stronger ones. is placed in the middle of the room and the players join hands and In this game, which is usually played by girls, one player hides her a row, and one of the end players begins by saying, "A good fat hen." In this game goals are set up at each end of the room, the players are In this game tissue-paper is cut into pieces three or four inches For this game sheets of paper are handed round and each player draws paper, and the object of the game is to find, in a given time, words Paper is handed round, and each player thinks of some public person, players may like to add to the fun of the ordinary game by adopting a used for a round game by one player making a word, shuffling it, and cache = ./cache/31186.txt txt = ./txt/31186.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 6129 author = Calhoun, A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) title = Healthful Sports for Boys date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 42484 sentences = 2400 flesch = 87 summary = How sides are chosen in games of contest; some things all boys should Some good games that can be played with ball, bat The three great essentials of the game are the boys, the marbles, and In this game, one boy, called "Knucks," takes a small marble between I have known cases where a number of boys, living near the water, METHODS OF SWIMMING, FLOATING, DIVING, AND SOME GOOD WATER GAMES A very old way is to toss up two coins, sometimes boys carry such try the game, each player hurries to secure a good sized stone, or AND NOW FOR BALL--SOME OF THE MANY GOOD GAMES THAT CAN BE PLAYED WITH cricket, baseball, hand ball and other great games, many books have played, one of our best out-door games, I think it well that my boy At any time a player may carry the ball across his own goal line, and cache = ./cache/6129.txt txt = ./txt/6129.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 2603 author = Judy, J. M. title = Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 34604 sentences = 1969 flesch = 77 summary = of social, domestic, and personal practices which charm the life, secure short hour enough time was lost by that young man to have carefully read old man, as he is close to sixty years of age, to hear him tell in a Only by a study of the drink evil shall we know its ravages in the home. Those of us who have lived in the pure air of free, country home-life help, his home and wife and little one, and would lose himself for days book which every person who sees no harm in dancing should read. returned the key and let his friend read as much as he liked." Writes one has taught school all day, or set type, or managed a home, or read has read a book a day for over twenty years. "A true home life where father, mother, and children spend much time cache = ./cache/2603.txt txt = ./txt/2603.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 17956 author = Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount title = Recreation by Viscount Grey of Fallodon, K.G. date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 7066 sentences = 312 flesch = 77 summary = find real recreation and spend leisure time when they have it in reading great books of all time on which one generation after another has set one has said, "Whenever a new book comes out read an old one." We need time the names of modern books which they have read and found good. best things in life, the recreation of reading needs a little planning. songs of English birds suggested some two years previously would be the Romans came, for the songs of birds come down unchanged through American bird songs were better than anything we had in England; but his said everybody talked about the song of the thrush; it had a great so few people have sufficient feeling about bird songs to care to Roosevelt had said, that the song of this bird would be about the only England, should be the only song bird which the great continent of North cache = ./cache/17956.txt txt = ./txt/17956.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 18907 author = Higgins, Emily Mayer title = Holidays at the Grange; or, A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 95909 sentences = 4821 flesch = 79 summary = passed away, on Christmas Day, in the year One. He said, 'I never come to such a pass, that a little girl of three years old, who had been "As for me, I always like a real fairy-tale," said Amy, her eyes his father and mother, so kind and good; of merry little Bertha, ever so children together: the little girl looked up to him as almost a man, and "I'm afraid a good many people think as you do, Cornelia," said Mrs. Wyndham, laughing. "Then there is another thing I was thinking of," said Amy; "the good certainly, as I said before, for a daughter to think of a young man little things for them which so young a girl seldom thinks of; but her "I think I shall like it," said Ellen. simple-hearted little man; "when it came home, the Captain said he had cache = ./cache/18907.txt txt = ./txt/18907.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 6416 author = Seeger, Frederica title = Entertainments for Home, Church and School date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 41096 sentences = 3041 flesch = 86 summary = leader asks each player in turn, "What is my thought like?" The one A player mixes his pieces and passes them to his right-hand neighbor. Pencil and paper having been given the players, each writes a piece All the players stand in a circle holding a long cord, which forms an At the beginning of the game the board is so placed that each player Any number of players may play this game, which is common to almost up by the second player does not correspond in number to that turned by playing the following game: Each player writes several words on a The game commences by a player hitting off from a marked line called The player who gets the greatest number of points in a given time, In this game the players are numbered, and one is blindfolded. of the number of times a player can do this. cache = ./cache/6416.txt txt = ./txt/6416.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 22219 author = Howells, William Dean title = The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 43719 sentences = 2213 flesch = 91 summary = boys, and then she would ask Pony's father if he wanted the child to take boys; but if Pony's father came along, he would very likely say, "Well, ready to run off right away, was the way his father behaved when Pony got Nearly all the fellows agreed, and Old Hawkins said: "Come along, Pony! Pony Baker, who had come with his father, believed that Jim Leonard would When Pony was gone, Hen Billard said: "Well, going to stay all night, Pony began to be afraid they were going to hurt Jim Leonard if they got "Why, Pony," said his mother, "is there anybody who thinks such a thing "They wished to believe it," said Pony's father, "and so did Jim, I dare Pony was afraid that Jim Leonard wanted him to run off with the Indians, "Now, you see, Pony," said Jim Leonard, "what a good thing it was that I cache = ./cache/22219.txt txt = ./txt/22219.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 36010 author = Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) title = Ethel Morton at Chautauqua date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 60122 sentences = 4159 flesch = 88 summary = said Mrs. Morton as a boy of Roger's age came forward to meet them. "If you undertake a thing like this you'll have to stick to it," Mrs. Morton warned again, for Roger's chief fault was that he tired quickly "I believe this must be the Girls' Club," said Ethel Brown. "It will be Roger's turn to join next," said Ethel Brown timidly; "he's "How long have we got to wait?" asked Ethel Blue who liked to have want to?" Ethel Blue asked Helen as they went up the steps of their own been awaiting the coming of the Reading Hour came Mrs. Morton and Mr. Emerson, breaking into a run as they approached near enough to see that "I think it would be splendid, Ethel Blue," she said; "I know Mother "Mother," said Ethel Brown in the afternoon when Mrs. Morton and Mr. Emerson and their admiring family had returned to the cottage, "would cache = ./cache/36010.txt txt = ./txt/36010.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 38977 author = Nesbit, E. (Edith) title = Wings and the Child; Or, The Building of Magic Cities date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 38917 sentences = 1864 flesch = 80 summary = the building of Magic Cities on tables, with bricks and toys and little science of building a magic city in the soul of a child, a city built of people feel to the end that they are children in a grown-up world. children have forgotten what it feels like to be a child, those who do beauty, in the matter of teaching children things without boring them, of things they think you might like for your building. child who did not like building magic cities, and not many grown-ups. built, and whether "children like us" could build one, and, if so, how? about children, and other things than magic cities, and I wrote them, I do not mean that a child building a city sees all of it at once--in YOU wander round the house seeking beautiful things which look like grass plot in a suitable place in your city and build a little red brick cache = ./cache/38977.txt txt = ./txt/38977.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 39663 author = Johnston, B. (Bertha) title = Home Occupations for Boys and Girls date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 46124 sentences = 3648 flesch = 87 summary = If old enough to use scissors, let the child cut the boxes apart with Let the child experiment in making boxes of different shapes and sizes Let the child begin the _cutting_ by making a snowball out of white Out of red paper let the child cut six (or any number desired) narrow Let the little child begin by cutting strips of some bright paper or Cut a sheet of tissue paper into little oblongs 4 × 5 inches. Cut pieces of tissue paper 12 inches square; place the circle holding Let child draw or paint design for toy rug he is making for doll-house. Cut the Bristol board into 1-inch squares and let the child paint or Cut from the colored paper an oblong piece measuring 8 inches in length an older child can cut leaves of the green paper and paste on. cache = ./cache/39663.txt txt = ./txt/39663.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 40309 author = Bellew, Frank title = The Art of Amusing Being a Collection of Graceful Arts, Merry Games, Odd Tricks, Curious Puzzles, and New Charades. Together with Suggestions for Private Theatricals, Tableaux, and All Sorts of Parlor and Family Amusements. date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 52847 sentences = 3892 flesch = 84 summary = _CHAPTER XXIII.--At a watering-place.--A ladies' fair.--Three ladies--for we, like the boy who knew what good victuals were, having Freddy Nix, a little three-year-old, who, after ducking his head down on neat little bags of white muslin, and with some blue paint (water color) with weak gum-water, at the same time sticking on them little pieces of After a time, while the young ladies were still at work on the mice like With a triumphant air, the gold spectacles turned to our friend Nix. Nix, who is a pretty good accountant, thought it would take nearer six _Lady C._ "He seems a pretty nice kind or young man, tho' he ain't got fellows do get their heads turned by the girls," and the good old lady man's head is turned--don't you see!" and again the old lady went off in Our young lady friends had a number of wonderful things produced in this cache = ./cache/40309.txt txt = ./txt/40309.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 44440 author = Beard, Lina title = Mother Nature's Toy-Shop date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 33582 sentences = 2166 flesch = 92 summary = [Illustration: Fig.21 Design of leaves and buds of Red Clover.] Cut the paper tail like the pattern Fig. 33, fringe it along the edge [Illustration: Fig.50 The little Grass House you can make.] [Illustration: Fig.59 End poles are added to hold up the roof.] would hang your doll's little sheets on your toy clothes-line (Fig. 65), and bring the ends down over the thatched rafters on each side of [Illustration: Fig.67 Bring the long end of string across front of like Fig. 108, hold the stem closely between your open hands and roll For the little water-lilies select perfect white clover-blossoms (Fig. 133), and for the leaves, or lily-pads, use any rather small, smooth, [Illustration: Fig.136 Cut open the pea-pod along dotted line.] [Illustration: Fig.169 Stick a pea on the lower ends of each Your little house (Fig. 176) now looks like those which strange people cache = ./cache/44440.txt txt = ./txt/44440.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 47760 author = nan title = Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 128103 sentences = 7010 flesch = 83 summary = let the hand and club move to the right, the arm being kept straight, If the water is deep, use a long float and fairly heavy lead, and fish wood, of the form in Fig. 10, 2 feet long and 3 inches deep at the passes over the paper the points pierce small round holes, sufficiently only know of one), you place the right hand a few inches above it, and $Ink Changed to Water.$--Fit a black silk lining into a glass vessel so point a little way between the two pieces of glass and so let them be square, counting from the White player's _right_ hand, and the Black small pieces of paper and stick these on the upper left-hand corner of CROSS CUTTING.--Take a piece of writing paper about three times as half fill the glass with water, place upon its rim the blotting paper, cache = ./cache/47760.txt txt = ./txt/47760.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 43249 author = MacDonald, Elizabeth Roberts title = Our Little Canadian Cousin date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 21158 sentences = 1304 flesch = 83 summary = The big brick house from which Mrs. Merrithew and the children set out why little Dora Denise Carman is coming to spend a year with her New Mrs. Merrithew took the little newcomer to her room, had her trunks Dora's dark brown eyes looked gravely into Marjorie's blue ones. "That's the way with mother," Marjorie said to Dora after breakfast. for the family all their lives, owned that an omelette like Mrs. Merrithew's she could not manage,--"No, _sir_, not if I was to cook day farmhouse was owned by old friends with whom Mrs. Merrithew and Mrs. Grey would be glad to spend a little time, and for Jack and Edith the Marjorie, Dora, and Jackie himself--were sitting by the fire in Mrs. Merrithew's "Den," the very cosiest room in the house. the sugar-camps, and though it was chiefly for grown people, Mrs. Merrithew allowed Dora and Marjorie to go. cache = ./cache/43249.txt txt = ./txt/43249.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 47200 author = nan title = Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing Room date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 30000 sentences = 4209 flesch = 96 summary = Come, rouse thee now;--I know thy mind, Mishap goes o'er thee like a summer cloud; All things thou art by turns, from wrath to love, Fair as the flowers themselves, as sweet and gentle. She walks in beauty, like the night Which speaks the heart so well; those deep blue eyes, While Love rains on them from her dark eye-glance. 'Tis not her eye or lip we beauty call, Oh thy love has an eye And breath like the sweets from the hawthorn tree; day; a most lovely, gentleman-like man. Is like her smile; bright, transient, heaven-refined. Like a light cloud that floats in summer air, When _Autumn_, like a faint old man, sits down And for bright shining butterflies, lovely as flowers. eyes half closed in sleep, and thy soul as a stream flowing at Whose eye was light from heaven! LADY.--One wild-flower from the path of love, cache = ./cache/47200.txt txt = ./txt/47200.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 42650 author = Hall, A. Neely (Albert Neely) title = The Boy Craftsman Practical and Profitable Ideas for a Boy's Leisure Hours date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 81694 sentences = 5986 flesch = 88 summary = legs and on to the piece nailed to the wall, as shown in Fig. 1. apron, and, after cutting the ends as shown in Fig. 4, nail it across in cutting the edges of a piece of wood, as shown in Figs. Prepare the two side-pieces the shape and size shown in Fig. 52, and cut inches long should be fastened to one end, as shown in the drawing. be placed as shown in Fig. 151, so that the upper edge of one end is windows, hinge them to the inside edges of the jambs as shown in Fig. 190, and nail a seven-eighths-inch window-stop around the jambs outside bait-stick, notching one end and tapering the other, as shown in Fig. 221, and cut another stick twenty-four inches long and flatten it at two-by-fours _K_ and _L_ to the uprights in the places shown in Fig. 252, with braces set between them and the pieces _H_ and _J_, at _M_, cache = ./cache/42650.txt txt = ./txt/42650.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 42549 author = Beard, Lina title = Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 65503 sentences = 4372 flesch = 88 summary = [Illustration: Fig. 44.--Bend up the ends now and weave the sides.] [Illustration: Fig. 66.--Bend back the second grass ends like the [Illustration: Fig. 80.--Nail one end of the small rope to the edge of [Illustration: Fig. 81.--Make the end pieces like this.] Lift up the free end of the folded paper (Fig. 97) and place the centre [Illustration: Fig. 104.--Hungry little paper chicken.] Cut the head-dress like Fig. 172 of white paper. Cut three paper feather strips (Fig. 186), each an inch in length, paint Cut from red, orange, yellow, and black tissue-paper flames like Fig. 217; bend at dotted line and paste the mingled flames one at a time and [Illustration: Fig. 253.--Slide the paper end in the wood like this.] [Illustration: Fig. 282.--The little paper house.] [Illustration: Fig. 310.--Fasten a strip of paper along the edge.] [Illustration: Fig. 403.--Cut six holes in the paper like these.] cache = ./cache/42549.txt txt = ./txt/42549.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 43832 author = Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard title = Our Little German Cousin date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 18415 sentences = 1711 flesch = 95 summary = "You don't know what I've got for you, Hans," said Bertha, laughing and "A long time ago," said their father, "they used to celebrate Christmas Bertha often visits a little friend who helps her father make "I wonder if there is any story about that brook," said Bertha. "Then the little boy took courage and told the story of his meeting the "I read a story about a mother stork," said Bertha, thoughtfully. "I know about cuckoo-clocks, of course," said Gretchen, "but the little "Strasburg was for a time the home of our greatest poet," said Bertha. "We had such a good time," Hans told his mother, while Bertha went "I know where you would like to go in our own country," said Bertha. "He loved his people dearly, father once told me," said Bertha. A little story which teaches children that the birds are man's best cache = ./cache/43832.txt txt = ./txt/43832.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 43636 author = Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard title = Our Little Cuban Cousin date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 19724 sentences = 1655 flesch = 91 summary = glad to meet and know our little Cuban neighbour, Maria. Look out and get ready." Shouldn't you think our little Cuban The Diaz children lived in a cosy little home in the country. Ramon's mother and the children followed him till the boy stopped in Maria and Ramon followed Isabella's example, and soon the children were "Poor little children!" exclaimed Maria, when Miguel had finished his you; little Miss Lucia has been wishing for company to-day." "Oh, look, Ramon!" said Maria, "see that dear little black baby asleep children for their little Cuban cousins. Maria, in her pretty little home under the palm-trees, was spared, yet, "You know, we went all over the place when we were little, Maria. A delightful story of a little boy who has many adventures by means of A little story which teaches children that the birds are man's best cache = ./cache/43636.txt txt = ./txt/43636.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 43720 author = White, Mary title = The Child's Rainy Day Book date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 35028 sentences = 2288 flesch = 92 summary = the rattan into a ring, ten inches across; lay the end of your raffia, three-eighths of an inch from the wide end a small piece, one-quarter of the scraps of leather remaining cut two pieces, each one inch long by open strip in the large piece of leather, leaving the ends of equal A piece of No. 3 rattan about nine inches long is coiled into a ring and pieces into a ring seven inches in diameter and twist the long end in often need to tie a new piece of thread or cord to a very short end. =Materials Required:= A piece of silk or ribbon, 5 inches wide by =Materials Required:= A piece of flowered silk or ribbon 5 inches Cut a piece of plain-coloured cotton eight inches long by four and a turning in the edges of both pieces for a quarter of an inch all the way cache = ./cache/43720.txt txt = ./txt/43720.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 42863 author = Linscott, Herbert B., Mrs. title = Bright Ideas for Entertaining date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 64872 sentences = 6219 flesch = 88 summary = invite as many little guests as correspond to the number of years of the at the other end place something that looks like a large white frosted a large Chinese umbrella, and around it place small tables on which to Each guest is given a little fancy basket in which to gather his eggs. small Japanese umbrellas tied with the Japanese colors, red and white. white cards and tied with violet ribbon to a bunch of the fresh flowers VIOLET LUNCHEON.--In the centre of a table stand a large cut-glass bowl For the supper have a salad served in little paper boxes decorated with Place these objects tastefully on the dining-room table, each guest on The six small luncheon tables were set with green and white china, and Red and white decorated racquets can be given the guests as they leave, Then small white cards were passed tied with cherry-colored cache = ./cache/42863.txt txt = ./txt/42863.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 45677 author = Crane, J. T. (Jonathan Townley) title = Popular Amusements date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 32073 sentences = 1715 flesch = 73 summary = Said to be a Good Place to Learn History, etc.--Some Plays "as Recreation--Social Life--Grand "Party"--More Excellent Way Presbyterians--The Methodist Episcopal Church South--Young Men's not be out of place to inquire how often these good plays are performed, conduct, ceases to attend the play and begins to attend Church, his true employ numbers of young men, are doubtful about members of ball clubs, three times in the course of his life, he has seen people playing cards. One needs but little information in regard to card-playing to entitle 1. _If you have but little time for reading, spend none of it on works not a small thing for a few young men and women, before whom real life devoted followers of Christ love his Church and his people. 4. _When young Church members become giddy and fond of worldly pleasure, will it do me to join your Church if I need not be any thing but what I cache = ./cache/45677.txt txt = ./txt/45677.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 46445 author = Boone, Cheshire Lowton title = The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 61618 sentences = 4349 flesch = 77 summary = The boy makes a kite, a telegraph outfit, or sled in order to give to of mechanics and craft work, gardening, outdoor projects, camping, about "Needlecraft," "Home Decoration," "Outdoor Work," "Gardening," tools work best which are sharp and clean and always in place. boy makes for _use_. materials and uses; the care of possessions, repairs and cleaning; The things he makes are always for real use, a principle books and tools, a working place or shop, and open the way for progress _See_ Basket making; Bead work; Block printing; Brass work; Copper work; Embroidery; Lace making; Leather work; Metal tooled leather, design and making, D 338-340* _See also_ Bird house; Book case; Book rack; Box making; Building; silver work tool, making, M 157-158* Copper work; Embroidery; Furniture; House decoration; Leather iron work stand for, making, M 406-409* 'wall rack, designing and making, C 347-350*, D 156-151*' 'wall rack, designing and making, C 347-350*, D 156-151*' cache = ./cache/46445.txt txt = ./txt/46445.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 46484 author = Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard title = Our Little Eskimo Cousin date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 19915 sentences = 1520 flesch = 92 summary = people did their work; and that must be called day in Etu's far marked the entrances to the winter houses built by Etu's father and Baby Etu's skin was much whiter than his mother's,--very nearly as MONTH after month passed by with baby Etu. The little round ball grew Sometimes when Etu's mother has finished her work for the day, she Etu's mother made him some reins to be fastened to the dogs' necks. How did Etu's mother manage to make the boat water-tight? would be a seal feast at Etu's home, and hours would be given up to Our brave little Etu looked upon himself as a man now. dog, if left alone, might succeed in scaring away the old seal; and Etu THE long winter was over at last, and Etu's people got ready to leave It was after one of these long days on the plains that Etu came home cache = ./cache/46484.txt txt = ./txt/46484.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 46540 author = Finley, Martha title = Elsie's Winter Trip date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 45265 sentences = 2573 flesch = 85 summary = "Yes, go, daughter; I think you will enjoy it," her father said in "Yes, father, we do," said Max, "and we are always glad when you care "Yes, dear little sister; thank you for coming for me," replied Evelyn, "Yes, sir," said Elsie, "papa never seems to think it too much trouble "I think it was papa who took us," said Elsie, smiling up into his face "Yes, I think they were," said Grandma Elsie, "for it was gaining "No," said Grandma Elsie, "and I think I, for one, do not care to land "Yes, papa, and they are beautiful," said Elsie. "So that we may hope to have a good time there, I suppose," said Ned. "I think I have read that they are good-tempered," said Grandma Elsie. upon Elsie and her pet, the Captain said, "I think you have not yet "Come, Tee-tee; it's your turn to talk a little," said Ned, patting and cache = ./cache/46540.txt txt = ./txt/46540.txt === reduce.pl bib === id = 57844 author = Alden, W. L. (William Livingston) title = The Adventures of Jimmy Brown date = pages = extension = .txt mime = text/plain words = 43749 sentences = 2213 flesch = 90 summary = Said he, "Jimmy, I think I saw Mr. Martin on his way here. After the time he bit Mr. Martin's leg father said "We'll soon see," said a man's voice that didn't sound a bit like Mr. Travers's. lecture this time" and Sue said, "A great deal of benefit that boy will mother said, "I know you'll stay and be a good boy while we go and make The mud wasn't half dry when mother and Sue and father came in, for he and I told father so, but he wouldn't admit that Mr. Travers or Sue or me, and before I went to sleep, he came and said, "Good-night, Jimmy. mean, Jimmy?" And I said that Sue had got some new back hair a little and instead of telling me I was a good boy, she said, "Oh you little Tom and I came home again, and when we got a little rested we said we cache = ./cache/57844.txt txt = ./txt/57844.txt Building ./etc/reader.txt 47760 31186 42650 42650 42549 47760 number of items: 34 sum of words: 1,465,210 average size in words: 45,787 average readability score: 86 nouns: time; illustration; paper; way; side; end; one; man; water; day; children; hand; place; house; inches; piece; people; child; mother; game; work; boy; room; head; things; father; fig; eyes; life; table; boys; line; home; men; part; inch; box; player; feet; top; number; thing; something; girl; hands; h; pieces; book; name; edge verbs: is; be; was; are; have; had; do; were; said; make; made; has; see; been; did; go; take; ''s; know; cut; let; think; put; come; get; being; give; used; say; came; find; found; making; going; keep; went; tell; does; look; called; given; asked; thought; shown; got; done; like; told; want; run adjectives: little; other; good; many; old; small; long; same; first; great; more; white; large; such; young; own; best; much; few; right; last; new; next; beautiful; red; black; ready; green; possible; full; different; better; second; strong; several; short; whole; big; wide; simple; fine; high; poor; sure; necessary; happy; true; pretty; open; real adverbs: not; then; so; up; n''t; out; very; now; as; down; just; only; too; more; well; here; off; never; together; again; also; away; back; on; even; all; there; always; in; much; most; ever; first; still; once; about; over; soon; enough; long; quite; almost; far; perhaps; thus; rather; often; yet; really; sometimes pronouns: it; you; i; he; his; they; her; she; them; we; their; your; him; my; our; its; me; us; himself; themselves; one; herself; yourself; itself; ''s; myself; thy; thee; ourselves; yours; mine; ''em; hers; theirs; ours; thyself; em; ourself; yourselves; ye; oneself; i''m; yo; u; eva; yaw; you''ll; yumps; your_self; you''re proper nouns: _; fig; mr.; c; mrs.; k; g; m; b; see; ethel; d; e; miss; pony; jewel; roger; chapter; blue; god; h; n; brown; father; new; christmas; evringham; jim; helen; house; white; a; tom; lucy; king; john; |; james; mary; gabriel; jimmy; frank; aunt; mother; leonard; sue; emerson; lord; c.; morton keywords: little; illustration; mr.; man; good; chapter; time; place; mrs.; god; end; child; miss; hand; game; fig; piece; paper; new; like; john; inch; cut; line; house; boy; water; thing; queen; player; life; flower; day; cousin=; christ; box; book; work; word; white; way; tom; table; story; st.; small; roger; red; play; old one topic; one dimension: little file(s): ./cache/16448.txt titles(s): Jewel''s Story Book three topics; one dimension: said; game; fig file(s): ./cache/16448.txt, ./cache/6416.txt, ./cache/46445.txt titles(s): Jewel''s Story Book | Entertainments for Home, Church and School | The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index five topics; three dimensions: fig illustration make; little game good; said little mother; little said like; ethel making roger file(s): ./cache/42650.txt, ./cache/47200.txt, ./cache/16448.txt, ./cache/18907.txt, ./cache/46445.txt titles(s): The Boy Craftsman Practical and Profitable Ideas for a Boy''s Leisure Hours | Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing Room | Jewel''s Story Book | Holidays at the Grange; or, A Week''s Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside | The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index Type: gutenberg title: subject-amusements-gutenberg date: 2021-05-31 time: 16:05 username: emorgan patron: Eric Morgan email: emorgan@nd.edu input: facet_subject:"Amusements" ==== make-pages.sh htm files ==== make-pages.sh complex files ==== make-pages.sh named enities ==== making bibliographics id: 57844 author: Alden, W. L. (William Livingston) title: The Adventures of Jimmy Brown date: words: 43749.0 sentences: 2213.0 pages: flesch: 90.0 cache: ./cache/57844.txt txt: ./txt/57844.txt summary: Said he, "Jimmy, I think I saw Mr. Martin on his way here. After the time he bit Mr. Martin''s leg father said "We''ll soon see," said a man''s voice that didn''t sound a bit like Mr. Travers''s. lecture this time" and Sue said, "A great deal of benefit that boy will mother said, "I know you''ll stay and be a good boy while we go and make The mud wasn''t half dry when mother and Sue and father came in, for he and I told father so, but he wouldn''t admit that Mr. Travers or Sue or me, and before I went to sleep, he came and said, "Good-night, Jimmy. mean, Jimmy?" And I said that Sue had got some new back hair a little and instead of telling me I was a good boy, she said, "Oh you little Tom and I came home again, and when we got a little rested we said we id: 25462 author: Beard, Lina title: Little Folks' Handy Book date: words: nan sentences: nan pages: flesch: nan cache: txt: summary: id: 44440 author: Beard, Lina title: Mother Nature''s Toy-Shop date: words: 33582.0 sentences: 2166.0 pages: flesch: 92.0 cache: ./cache/44440.txt txt: ./txt/44440.txt summary: [Illustration: Fig.21 Design of leaves and buds of Red Clover.] Cut the paper tail like the pattern Fig. 33, fringe it along the edge [Illustration: Fig.50 The little Grass House you can make.] [Illustration: Fig.59 End poles are added to hold up the roof.] would hang your doll''s little sheets on your toy clothes-line (Fig. 65), and bring the ends down over the thatched rafters on each side of [Illustration: Fig.67 Bring the long end of string across front of like Fig. 108, hold the stem closely between your open hands and roll For the little water-lilies select perfect white clover-blossoms (Fig. 133), and for the leaves, or lily-pads, use any rather small, smooth, [Illustration: Fig.136 Cut open the pea-pod along dotted line.] [Illustration: Fig.169 Stick a pea on the lower ends of each Your little house (Fig. 176) now looks like those which strange people id: 42549 author: Beard, Lina title: Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls date: words: 65503.0 sentences: 4372.0 pages: flesch: 88.0 cache: ./cache/42549.txt txt: ./txt/42549.txt summary: [Illustration: Fig. 44.--Bend up the ends now and weave the sides.] [Illustration: Fig. 66.--Bend back the second grass ends like the [Illustration: Fig. 80.--Nail one end of the small rope to the edge of [Illustration: Fig. 81.--Make the end pieces like this.] Lift up the free end of the folded paper (Fig. 97) and place the centre [Illustration: Fig. 104.--Hungry little paper chicken.] Cut the head-dress like Fig. 172 of white paper. Cut three paper feather strips (Fig. 186), each an inch in length, paint Cut from red, orange, yellow, and black tissue-paper flames like Fig. 217; bend at dotted line and paste the mingled flames one at a time and [Illustration: Fig. 253.--Slide the paper end in the wood like this.] [Illustration: Fig. 282.--The little paper house.] [Illustration: Fig. 310.--Fasten a strip of paper along the edge.] [Illustration: Fig. 403.--Cut six holes in the paper like these.] id: 40309 author: Bellew, Frank title: The Art of Amusing Being a Collection of Graceful Arts, Merry Games, Odd Tricks, Curious Puzzles, and New Charades. Together with Suggestions for Private Theatricals, Tableaux, and All Sorts of Parlor and Family Amusements. date: words: 52847.0 sentences: 3892.0 pages: flesch: 84.0 cache: ./cache/40309.txt txt: ./txt/40309.txt summary: _CHAPTER XXIII.--At a watering-place.--A ladies'' fair.--Three ladies--for we, like the boy who knew what good victuals were, having Freddy Nix, a little three-year-old, who, after ducking his head down on neat little bags of white muslin, and with some blue paint (water color) with weak gum-water, at the same time sticking on them little pieces of After a time, while the young ladies were still at work on the mice like With a triumphant air, the gold spectacles turned to our friend Nix. Nix, who is a pretty good accountant, thought it would take nearer six _Lady C._ "He seems a pretty nice kind or young man, tho'' he ain''t got fellows do get their heads turned by the girls," and the good old lady man''s head is turned--don''t you see!" and again the old lady went off in Our young lady friends had a number of wonderful things produced in this id: 46445 author: Boone, Cheshire Lowton title: The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index date: words: 61618.0 sentences: 4349.0 pages: flesch: 77.0 cache: ./cache/46445.txt txt: ./txt/46445.txt summary: The boy makes a kite, a telegraph outfit, or sled in order to give to of mechanics and craft work, gardening, outdoor projects, camping, about "Needlecraft," "Home Decoration," "Outdoor Work," "Gardening," tools work best which are sharp and clean and always in place. boy makes for _use_. materials and uses; the care of possessions, repairs and cleaning; The things he makes are always for real use, a principle books and tools, a working place or shop, and open the way for progress _See_ Basket making; Bead work; Block printing; Brass work; Copper work; Embroidery; Lace making; Leather work; Metal tooled leather, design and making, D 338-340* _See also_ Bird house; Book case; Book rack; Box making; Building; silver work tool, making, M 157-158* Copper work; Embroidery; Furniture; House decoration; Leather iron work stand for, making, M 406-409* ''wall rack, designing and making, C 347-350*, D 156-151*'' ''wall rack, designing and making, C 347-350*, D 156-151*'' id: 16448 author: Burnham, Clara Louise title: Jewel''s Story Book date: words: 91623.0 sentences: 7124.0 pages: flesch: 92.0 cache: ./cache/16448.txt txt: ./txt/16448.txt summary: "Yes, I shall think about it lots of times," said the little girl. I think Star will like the park pretty well." Jewel looked said, after waiting a little, and Jewel, looking up at him with an April when she went away and said ''Good-by, you queer little thing!''" "Come here, Jewel; sit still," said the mother, striving to pull the "Your grandpa is coming out early, Jewel," said her father. "Perhaps father would like to drive mother in the phaeton," said the child, "Anna Belle''s pond will overflow, I think," said Jewel, looking out the "I don''t think much of your dog''s dancing," said Gabriel, looking him in "I''ve been looking up that boat business, Jewel," said Mr. Evringham. "It _is_ a golden dog," said Jewel''s mother, looking almost as enthusiastic "Let''s have a look at it, Jewel," said Mr. Evringham, and he took hold of id: 6129 author: Calhoun, A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) title: Healthful Sports for Boys date: words: 42484.0 sentences: 2400.0 pages: flesch: 87.0 cache: ./cache/6129.txt txt: ./txt/6129.txt summary: How sides are chosen in games of contest; some things all boys should Some good games that can be played with ball, bat The three great essentials of the game are the boys, the marbles, and In this game, one boy, called "Knucks," takes a small marble between I have known cases where a number of boys, living near the water, METHODS OF SWIMMING, FLOATING, DIVING, AND SOME GOOD WATER GAMES A very old way is to toss up two coins, sometimes boys carry such try the game, each player hurries to secure a good sized stone, or AND NOW FOR BALL--SOME OF THE MANY GOOD GAMES THAT CAN BE PLAYED WITH cricket, baseball, hand ball and other great games, many books have played, one of our best out-door games, I think it well that my boy At any time a player may carry the ball across his own goal line, and id: 26339 author: Clara title: Cupology: How to Be Entertaining date: words: 17342.0 sentences: 1604.0 pages: flesch: 87.0 cache: ./cache/26339.txt txt: ./txt/26339.txt summary: desirous of acquiring this fine art, this character reading gift. Joy is the grace we say to God. LOVE''S SECRETS READ. little straight forms, or lines, are realizations, as in this cup, of packages near at hand, with two little _hearts_--love secrets. In touch with life''s blessings you possess a kind, social nature-effort holds in a life-reading like this. Appearances do oft deceive, good reader, though the cup figures head of the little anchor, like some friend in need. good name of your best friend, young man. each life, my dear young friends. Learn to reason with head, heart and soul." The young man is come to her" some good time, and that this brief school-life is possess the high art of selecting our friends and our life You now think you are in love with a good young girl. The man we love--he who thinks the most good and speaks the id: 45677 author: Crane, J. T. (Jonathan Townley) title: Popular Amusements date: words: 32073.0 sentences: 1715.0 pages: flesch: 73.0 cache: ./cache/45677.txt txt: ./txt/45677.txt summary: Said to be a Good Place to Learn History, etc.--Some Plays "as Recreation--Social Life--Grand "Party"--More Excellent Way Presbyterians--The Methodist Episcopal Church South--Young Men''s not be out of place to inquire how often these good plays are performed, conduct, ceases to attend the play and begins to attend Church, his true employ numbers of young men, are doubtful about members of ball clubs, three times in the course of his life, he has seen people playing cards. One needs but little information in regard to card-playing to entitle 1. _If you have but little time for reading, spend none of it on works not a small thing for a few young men and women, before whom real life devoted followers of Christ love his Church and his people. 4. _When young Church members become giddy and fond of worldly pleasure, will it do me to join your Church if I need not be any thing but what I id: 14315 author: Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson) title: Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs date: words: 27927.0 sentences: 1394.0 pages: flesch: 77.0 cache: ./cache/14315.txt txt: ./txt/14315.txt summary: the sports, games, pastimes, and customs associated with these rural Easter Customs--Pace Eggs--Handball in Churches--Sports confined of the old village games and sports have survived. Happy New Year." "Wassail" is an old Saxon word, meaning "Be in The custom of giving presents on New Year''s Day is as old as the players in the good old days, although the play is generally less Of all the sports and pastimes of old England, archery was the most An old writer tells us that it was the custom in some churches for Long before the break of day, men and women, old and young, of all The game of quarter-staff is an old pastime which was a great old sports the ancestors of our noble game of cricket, and wonder at Such was the harvest-home in the good old days--joy and delight to The "Wakes," or village feast, was a great day for all sports and id: 46540 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie''s Winter Trip date: words: 45265.0 sentences: 2573.0 pages: flesch: 85.0 cache: ./cache/46540.txt txt: ./txt/46540.txt summary: "Yes, go, daughter; I think you will enjoy it," her father said in "Yes, father, we do," said Max, "and we are always glad when you care "Yes, dear little sister; thank you for coming for me," replied Evelyn, "Yes, sir," said Elsie, "papa never seems to think it too much trouble "I think it was papa who took us," said Elsie, smiling up into his face "Yes, I think they were," said Grandma Elsie, "for it was gaining "No," said Grandma Elsie, "and I think I, for one, do not care to land "Yes, papa, and they are beautiful," said Elsie. "So that we may hope to have a good time there, I suppose," said Ned. "I think I have read that they are good-tempered," said Grandma Elsie. upon Elsie and her pet, the Captain said, "I think you have not yet "Come, Tee-tee; it''s your turn to talk a little," said Ned, patting and id: 31186 author: Fisher, Dorothy Canfield title: What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes date: words: 92938.0 sentences: 6498.0 pages: flesch: 88.0 cache: ./cache/31186.txt txt: ./txt/31186.txt summary: This is a game for several little players and two stronger ones. is placed in the middle of the room and the players join hands and In this game, which is usually played by girls, one player hides her a row, and one of the end players begins by saying, "A good fat hen." In this game goals are set up at each end of the room, the players are In this game tissue-paper is cut into pieces three or four inches For this game sheets of paper are handed round and each player draws paper, and the object of the game is to find, in a given time, words Paper is handed round, and each player thinks of some public person, players may like to add to the fun of the ordinary game by adopting a used for a round game by one player making a word, shuffling it, and id: 17956 author: Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount title: Recreation by Viscount Grey of Fallodon, K.G. date: words: 7066.0 sentences: 312.0 pages: flesch: 77.0 cache: ./cache/17956.txt txt: ./txt/17956.txt summary: find real recreation and spend leisure time when they have it in reading great books of all time on which one generation after another has set one has said, "Whenever a new book comes out read an old one." We need time the names of modern books which they have read and found good. best things in life, the recreation of reading needs a little planning. songs of English birds suggested some two years previously would be the Romans came, for the songs of birds come down unchanged through American bird songs were better than anything we had in England; but his said everybody talked about the song of the thrush; it had a great so few people have sufficient feeling about bird songs to care to Roosevelt had said, that the song of this bird would be about the only England, should be the only song bird which the great continent of North id: 42650 author: Hall, A. Neely (Albert Neely) title: The Boy Craftsman Practical and Profitable Ideas for a Boy''s Leisure Hours date: words: 81694.0 sentences: 5986.0 pages: flesch: 88.0 cache: ./cache/42650.txt txt: ./txt/42650.txt summary: legs and on to the piece nailed to the wall, as shown in Fig. 1. apron, and, after cutting the ends as shown in Fig. 4, nail it across in cutting the edges of a piece of wood, as shown in Figs. Prepare the two side-pieces the shape and size shown in Fig. 52, and cut inches long should be fastened to one end, as shown in the drawing. be placed as shown in Fig. 151, so that the upper edge of one end is windows, hinge them to the inside edges of the jambs as shown in Fig. 190, and nail a seven-eighths-inch window-stop around the jambs outside bait-stick, notching one end and tapering the other, as shown in Fig. 221, and cut another stick twenty-four inches long and flatten it at two-by-fours _K_ and _L_ to the uprights in the places shown in Fig. 252, with braces set between them and the pieces _H_ and _J_, at _M_, id: 18907 author: Higgins, Emily Mayer title: Holidays at the Grange; or, A Week''s Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside date: words: 95909.0 sentences: 4821.0 pages: flesch: 79.0 cache: ./cache/18907.txt txt: ./txt/18907.txt summary: passed away, on Christmas Day, in the year One. He said, ''I never come to such a pass, that a little girl of three years old, who had been "As for me, I always like a real fairy-tale," said Amy, her eyes his father and mother, so kind and good; of merry little Bertha, ever so children together: the little girl looked up to him as almost a man, and "I''m afraid a good many people think as you do, Cornelia," said Mrs. Wyndham, laughing. "Then there is another thing I was thinking of," said Amy; "the good certainly, as I said before, for a daughter to think of a young man little things for them which so young a girl seldom thinks of; but her "I think I shall like it," said Ellen. simple-hearted little man; "when it came home, the Captain said he had id: 22219 author: Howells, William Dean title: The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy''s Town Story date: words: 43719.0 sentences: 2213.0 pages: flesch: 91.0 cache: ./cache/22219.txt txt: ./txt/22219.txt summary: boys, and then she would ask Pony''s father if he wanted the child to take boys; but if Pony''s father came along, he would very likely say, "Well, ready to run off right away, was the way his father behaved when Pony got Nearly all the fellows agreed, and Old Hawkins said: "Come along, Pony! Pony Baker, who had come with his father, believed that Jim Leonard would When Pony was gone, Hen Billard said: "Well, going to stay all night, Pony began to be afraid they were going to hurt Jim Leonard if they got "Why, Pony," said his mother, "is there anybody who thinks such a thing "They wished to believe it," said Pony''s father, "and so did Jim, I dare Pony was afraid that Jim Leonard wanted him to run off with the Indians, "Now, you see, Pony," said Jim Leonard, "what a good thing it was that I id: 39663 author: Johnston, B. (Bertha) title: Home Occupations for Boys and Girls date: words: 46124.0 sentences: 3648.0 pages: flesch: 87.0 cache: ./cache/39663.txt txt: ./txt/39663.txt summary: If old enough to use scissors, let the child cut the boxes apart with Let the child experiment in making boxes of different shapes and sizes Let the child begin the _cutting_ by making a snowball out of white Out of red paper let the child cut six (or any number desired) narrow Let the little child begin by cutting strips of some bright paper or Cut a sheet of tissue paper into little oblongs 4 × 5 inches. Cut pieces of tissue paper 12 inches square; place the circle holding Let child draw or paint design for toy rug he is making for doll-house. Cut the Bristol board into 1-inch squares and let the child paint or Cut from the colored paper an oblong piece measuring 8 inches in length an older child can cut leaves of the green paper and paste on. id: 2603 author: Judy, J. M. title: Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes date: words: 34604.0 sentences: 1969.0 pages: flesch: 77.0 cache: ./cache/2603.txt txt: ./txt/2603.txt summary: of social, domestic, and personal practices which charm the life, secure short hour enough time was lost by that young man to have carefully read old man, as he is close to sixty years of age, to hear him tell in a Only by a study of the drink evil shall we know its ravages in the home. Those of us who have lived in the pure air of free, country home-life help, his home and wife and little one, and would lose himself for days book which every person who sees no harm in dancing should read. returned the key and let his friend read as much as he liked." Writes one has taught school all day, or set type, or managed a home, or read has read a book a day for over twenty years. "A true home life where father, mother, and children spend much time id: 42863 author: Linscott, Herbert B., Mrs. title: Bright Ideas for Entertaining date: words: 64872.0 sentences: 6219.0 pages: flesch: 88.0 cache: ./cache/42863.txt txt: ./txt/42863.txt summary: invite as many little guests as correspond to the number of years of the at the other end place something that looks like a large white frosted a large Chinese umbrella, and around it place small tables on which to Each guest is given a little fancy basket in which to gather his eggs. small Japanese umbrellas tied with the Japanese colors, red and white. white cards and tied with violet ribbon to a bunch of the fresh flowers VIOLET LUNCHEON.--In the centre of a table stand a large cut-glass bowl For the supper have a salad served in little paper boxes decorated with Place these objects tastefully on the dining-room table, each guest on The six small luncheon tables were set with green and white china, and Red and white decorated racquets can be given the guests as they leave, Then small white cards were passed tied with cherry-colored id: 43249 author: MacDonald, Elizabeth Roberts title: Our Little Canadian Cousin date: words: 21158.0 sentences: 1304.0 pages: flesch: 83.0 cache: ./cache/43249.txt txt: ./txt/43249.txt summary: The big brick house from which Mrs. Merrithew and the children set out why little Dora Denise Carman is coming to spend a year with her New Mrs. Merrithew took the little newcomer to her room, had her trunks Dora''s dark brown eyes looked gravely into Marjorie''s blue ones. "That''s the way with mother," Marjorie said to Dora after breakfast. for the family all their lives, owned that an omelette like Mrs. Merrithew''s she could not manage,--"No, _sir_, not if I was to cook day farmhouse was owned by old friends with whom Mrs. Merrithew and Mrs. Grey would be glad to spend a little time, and for Jack and Edith the Marjorie, Dora, and Jackie himself--were sitting by the fire in Mrs. Merrithew''s "Den," the very cosiest room in the house. the sugar-camps, and though it was chiefly for grown people, Mrs. Merrithew allowed Dora and Marjorie to go. id: 25068 author: Martin, William title: The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering date: words: nan sentences: nan pages: flesch: nan cache: txt: summary: id: 14608 author: May, Sophie title: Jimmy, Lucy, and All date: words: 27207.0 sentences: 2355.0 pages: flesch: 97.0 cache: ./cache/14608.txt txt: ./txt/14608.txt summary: Kyzie thought not; so Jimmy went on telling Lucy what he knew of Castle said to the engine, ''Come here, little choo choo, Eddo won''t hurt oo.'' "He is trying to tell you how glad he is to see you," said Mr. Templeton, as the children shouted and clapped their hands. But for Kyzie and Edith and Jimmy the good times had begun already. "Look, Lucy," whispered Jimmy; "there''s a boy I know over there at that After breakfast Edith happened to leave the dining-room just behind Mrs. McQuilken, who held her two cats cuddled up in her arms like babies, "How do _you_ know?" asked Jimmy-boy, who thought Nate was putting on "My little boys, Pitt and Roscoe, liked to hear him do that," said Mrs. McQuilken. Before Kyzie had time to say, "Why, Lucy!" little Eddo ran up the steps "But Jimmy-boy, it won''t be very much," said Edith. id: 38977 author: Nesbit, E. (Edith) title: Wings and the Child; Or, The Building of Magic Cities date: words: 38917.0 sentences: 1864.0 pages: flesch: 80.0 cache: ./cache/38977.txt txt: ./txt/38977.txt summary: the building of Magic Cities on tables, with bricks and toys and little science of building a magic city in the soul of a child, a city built of people feel to the end that they are children in a grown-up world. children have forgotten what it feels like to be a child, those who do beauty, in the matter of teaching children things without boring them, of things they think you might like for your building. child who did not like building magic cities, and not many grown-ups. built, and whether "children like us" could build one, and, if so, how? about children, and other things than magic cities, and I wrote them, I do not mean that a child building a city sees all of it at once--in YOU wander round the house seeking beautiful things which look like grass plot in a suitable place in your city and build a little red brick id: 6416 author: Seeger, Frederica title: Entertainments for Home, Church and School date: words: 41096.0 sentences: 3041.0 pages: flesch: 86.0 cache: ./cache/6416.txt txt: ./txt/6416.txt summary: leader asks each player in turn, "What is my thought like?" The one A player mixes his pieces and passes them to his right-hand neighbor. Pencil and paper having been given the players, each writes a piece All the players stand in a circle holding a long cord, which forms an At the beginning of the game the board is so placed that each player Any number of players may play this game, which is common to almost up by the second player does not correspond in number to that turned by playing the following game: Each player writes several words on a The game commences by a player hitting off from a marked line called The player who gets the greatest number of points in a given time, In this game the players are numbered, and one is blindfolded. of the number of times a player can do this. id: 15550 author: Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) title: Ethel Morton at Rose House date: words: 29992.0 sentences: 1903.0 pages: flesch: 87.0 cache: ./cache/15550.txt txt: ./txt/15550.txt summary: "Shall we appoint Ethel Brown to call on Mrs. Schuler and talk it over "We must think of every one we know who has made over a house, and Dr. Watkins ought to be able to tell us of some people who have had Fresh at once in search of food, while Mrs. Emerson and Ethel Blue managed to baby, Ethel Brown and Mrs. Emerson''s cook were at the door with jellied "She said she came out from New York to look for work in the country." "Somehow it''s the sudden things that happens to me," said Moya to Mrs. Emerson. "What do you think of this plan?" Ethel Brown asked her mother after Mrs. Schuler made up her mind that home--meaning Rose House--was the said one day to Mrs. Schuler and Ethel Blue when they heard from the Mrs. Smith was building a new house, and Dorothy and the Ethels had id: 36010 author: Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) title: Ethel Morton at Chautauqua date: words: 60122.0 sentences: 4159.0 pages: flesch: 88.0 cache: ./cache/36010.txt txt: ./txt/36010.txt summary: said Mrs. Morton as a boy of Roger''s age came forward to meet them. "If you undertake a thing like this you''ll have to stick to it," Mrs. Morton warned again, for Roger''s chief fault was that he tired quickly "I believe this must be the Girls'' Club," said Ethel Brown. "It will be Roger''s turn to join next," said Ethel Brown timidly; "he''s "How long have we got to wait?" asked Ethel Blue who liked to have want to?" Ethel Blue asked Helen as they went up the steps of their own been awaiting the coming of the Reading Hour came Mrs. Morton and Mr. Emerson, breaking into a run as they approached near enough to see that "I think it would be splendid, Ethel Blue," she said; "I know Mother "Mother," said Ethel Brown in the afternoon when Mrs. Morton and Mr. Emerson and their admiring family had returned to the cottage, "would id: 43832 author: Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard title: Our Little German Cousin date: words: 18415.0 sentences: 1711.0 pages: flesch: 95.0 cache: ./cache/43832.txt txt: ./txt/43832.txt summary: "You don''t know what I''ve got for you, Hans," said Bertha, laughing and "A long time ago," said their father, "they used to celebrate Christmas Bertha often visits a little friend who helps her father make "I wonder if there is any story about that brook," said Bertha. "Then the little boy took courage and told the story of his meeting the "I read a story about a mother stork," said Bertha, thoughtfully. "I know about cuckoo-clocks, of course," said Gretchen, "but the little "Strasburg was for a time the home of our greatest poet," said Bertha. "We had such a good time," Hans told his mother, while Bertha went "I know where you would like to go in our own country," said Bertha. "He loved his people dearly, father once told me," said Bertha. A little story which teaches children that the birds are man''s best id: 43636 author: Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard title: Our Little Cuban Cousin date: words: 19724.0 sentences: 1655.0 pages: flesch: 91.0 cache: ./cache/43636.txt txt: ./txt/43636.txt summary: glad to meet and know our little Cuban neighbour, Maria. Look out and get ready." Shouldn''t you think our little Cuban The Diaz children lived in a cosy little home in the country. Ramon''s mother and the children followed him till the boy stopped in Maria and Ramon followed Isabella''s example, and soon the children were "Poor little children!" exclaimed Maria, when Miguel had finished his you; little Miss Lucia has been wishing for company to-day." "Oh, look, Ramon!" said Maria, "see that dear little black baby asleep children for their little Cuban cousins. Maria, in her pretty little home under the palm-trees, was spared, yet, "You know, we went all over the place when we were little, Maria. A delightful story of a little boy who has many adventures by means of A little story which teaches children that the birds are man''s best id: 46484 author: Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard title: Our Little Eskimo Cousin date: words: 19915.0 sentences: 1520.0 pages: flesch: 92.0 cache: ./cache/46484.txt txt: ./txt/46484.txt summary: people did their work; and that must be called day in Etu''s far marked the entrances to the winter houses built by Etu''s father and Baby Etu''s skin was much whiter than his mother''s,--very nearly as MONTH after month passed by with baby Etu. The little round ball grew Sometimes when Etu''s mother has finished her work for the day, she Etu''s mother made him some reins to be fastened to the dogs'' necks. How did Etu''s mother manage to make the boat water-tight? would be a seal feast at Etu''s home, and hours would be given up to Our brave little Etu looked upon himself as a man now. dog, if left alone, might succeed in scaring away the old seal; and Etu THE long winter was over at last, and Etu''s people got ready to leave It was after one of these long days on the plains that Etu came home id: 22422 author: Warner, Anna Bartlett title: Tired Church Members date: words: 14594.0 sentences: 1259.0 pages: flesch: 92.0 cache: ./cache/22422.txt txt: ./txt/22422.txt summary: subject of Christian amusements some curious things have come to light. And to people with hearts so set, that other vexed question of dress will of course you rule out music and painting." So people judge; taking And so it comes among the rest, that there is "a time to dance." [2] melody in your hearts to the Lord"; and now for dancing the order comes: think "dancing before the Lord" must have been very pure refreshment. you cannot dance all night with people, and next day warn them against At last one day her friends said (knowing nothing of all this), think a little you will find that, like my poor young friend in her The only thing I think of mentioned in the Bible that is much like said afterwards to other people that they liked to see any one true to "My people have forgotten their resting place"--let it not ever be said id: 43720 author: White, Mary title: The Child''s Rainy Day Book date: words: 35028.0 sentences: 2288.0 pages: flesch: 92.0 cache: ./cache/43720.txt txt: ./txt/43720.txt summary: the rattan into a ring, ten inches across; lay the end of your raffia, three-eighths of an inch from the wide end a small piece, one-quarter of the scraps of leather remaining cut two pieces, each one inch long by open strip in the large piece of leather, leaving the ends of equal A piece of No. 3 rattan about nine inches long is coiled into a ring and pieces into a ring seven inches in diameter and twist the long end in often need to tie a new piece of thread or cord to a very short end. =Materials Required:= A piece of silk or ribbon, 5 inches wide by =Materials Required:= A piece of flowered silk or ribbon 5 inches Cut a piece of plain-coloured cotton eight inches long by four and a turning in the edges of both pieces for a quarter of an inch all the way id: 47760 author: nan title: Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do date: words: 128103.0 sentences: 7010.0 pages: flesch: 83.0 cache: ./cache/47760.txt txt: ./txt/47760.txt summary: let the hand and club move to the right, the arm being kept straight, If the water is deep, use a long float and fairly heavy lead, and fish wood, of the form in Fig. 10, 2 feet long and 3 inches deep at the passes over the paper the points pierce small round holes, sufficiently only know of one), you place the right hand a few inches above it, and $Ink Changed to Water.$--Fit a black silk lining into a glass vessel so point a little way between the two pieces of glass and so let them be square, counting from the White player''s _right_ hand, and the Black small pieces of paper and stick these on the upper left-hand corner of CROSS CUTTING.--Take a piece of writing paper about three times as half fill the glass with water, place upon its rim the blotting paper, id: 47200 author: nan title: Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing Room date: words: 30000.0 sentences: 4209.0 pages: flesch: 96.0 cache: ./cache/47200.txt txt: ./txt/47200.txt summary: Come, rouse thee now;--I know thy mind, Mishap goes o''er thee like a summer cloud; All things thou art by turns, from wrath to love, Fair as the flowers themselves, as sweet and gentle. She walks in beauty, like the night Which speaks the heart so well; those deep blue eyes, While Love rains on them from her dark eye-glance. ''Tis not her eye or lip we beauty call, Oh thy love has an eye And breath like the sweets from the hawthorn tree; day; a most lovely, gentleman-like man. Is like her smile; bright, transient, heaven-refined. Like a light cloud that floats in summer air, When _Autumn_, like a faint old man, sits down And for bright shining butterflies, lovely as flowers. eyes half closed in sleep, and thy soul as a stream flowing at Whose eye was light from heaven! LADY.--One wild-flower from the path of love, ==== make-pages.sh questions ==== make-pages.sh search ==== make-pages.sh topic modeling corpus Zipping study carrel