My Dog Tray

UnknownProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.0

Word count: 15K words
Chapters: 2

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.My Dog Tray by UnknownAuthor: Unknown,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Feb 13, 2007

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This early Project Gutenberg public-domain children's literature ebook, My Dog Tray, is short and in English, classified under juvenile belles lettres (PZ). Its value lies not in complex plotting but in offering a low-threshold sample of original English reading, useful for observing the narrative voice, vocabulary, and formatting of early children's literature. As a public-domain text, it can be freely copied, quoted, and adapted, making it practically useful for those studying the origins of ebooks, the circulation of public-domain books, or compiling English learning materials. Readers should not expect a full-length story; it is better treated as a brief text to dip into.

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Unknown Author

"Unknown" is not the real name of a particular author but a general label used in book cataloging and publishing for works whose authorship is unidentified or anonymous. Public information is limited, and neither nationality nor dates of birth and death can be verified. The collection contains 118 titles issued under this name, spanning a wide range of subjects: Icelandic sagas such as The Story of Burnt Njal and The Saga of Grettir the Strong, the Middle High German epic Das Nibelungenlied, the Old English religious verse manuscript Codex Junius 11, the Italian Renaissance comedy Gl'ingannati, widely circulated tales such as The Only True Mother Goose Melodies and Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, and a treatise on conjuring, Hocus Pocus Junior. These are mostly editions or translations of folklore, epics, and early drama, forming a cross-linguistic, cross-period compilation that offers readers various facets of the European narrative tradition.