Paul Verlaine,Arthur Rimbaud,Charles Baudelaire: Here are 60 of the greatest poems of all time : the art of three major French authors, Baudelaire, Victor Hugo, Paul Verlaine, translated into English with perfect accuracy and elegance, and carefully selected excerpts of Japanese poetry, for a world-enco

J. M. Gardner: 12 stories from all over the world : Lovely Ilonka, Lucky Luck, The Hairy Man, Little Wildrose, Paperarelloo, The Gifts of the Magician, The Strong Prince, The Crab and the Monkey, The Cottager and his Cat, The Stone-Cutter, How The Wicked Tanuki Was Puni

J. M. Gardner: The Adventures of a Jackal is a classic children’s short story : ” In a country which is full of wild beasts of all sorts there once lived a jackal and a hedgehog, and, unlike though they were, the two animals made great friends, and were often seen in ea

Madame d’Aulnoy: The Fair One with Golden Locks is a fairy tale by Madame d’Aulnoy. It has also been translated under the title “Pretty Goldilocks”, which is not to be confused with the Story of the Three Bears. A princess is so beautiful and has such golden hair that she