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The pot of gold,and other stories

and other stories

by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionJuvenilePrimary source
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"The Pot of Gold, and Other Stories" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman is a collection of children's short stories published in 1892. Set in New England villages, these sixteen tales follow young protagonists through magical adventures involving giants, princesses, enchanted animals, and mysterious strangers. Beneath their child-friendly surface, the stories offer commentary on post-Civil War village life and women's experiences. From quests for treasure to lessons in proper behavior, each story weaves moral themes with fantastical elements that captivated both young readers and adults of the era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Fairies”.

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  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Fairy tales”, “folklore”, “mythology”, and 1 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the description, “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata, and “Tales” in the subject metadata.

    • “Fairy tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “folklore”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Tales”· in description

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Editions

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1892D. Lothrop Co.English—Public

The pot of gold

1892D. Lothrop companyEnglish—Public

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2005-08-07Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Turner Free Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 18 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
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openlibrary-work:OL43309837W
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