The complete online text of Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

During her own lifetime Frances Hodgson Burnett was best known for Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), the story of a disinherited American boy who charms his irascible English grandfather and wins back his rightful title and fortune. The book's immediate int...

Frances Hodgson Burnett is chiefly remembered for her children's book The Secret Garden (1911). With its rich mythic resonances and detailed portrayal of its child protagonists, the novel is hailed as one of the classics of children's literature. Her big...

English-born American author Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) had a long and productive writing career, during which she penned 55 titles, 5 of which became best-sellers and 13 of which were adapted for the stage. Although remembered primarily for her...

Three authors on the faith of Therese SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX By Kathryn Harrison Penguin Lives, 227 pages, $19.95 THERESE: THE SAINT WHO LOVED US: A PERSONAL VIEW By Arthur Cavanaugh Paulist Press, 144 pages, $14.95 WITH EMPTY HANDS: THEMESSAGE...

Ask most people with a passing interest in iconography about the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, and they'll refer to the flood of paintings of him shot through with arrows. They quite naturally conclude that he died from being skewered by soldiers dispatched by the...