• More experimentation with sound, using text-to-speech voice synthesis: see Aschenputtel (11/11)

• Experimental interface to glossed story versions which incorporates options for on-the-fly linking of section by section translations, audio clips and illustrations: see Rumpelstilzchen. Feedback on the interface is welcome. (10/27)

• New glossaries for selected Grimm fairy tales (see story index) with three levels of look-up [local story-specific glossary (50-150 items), local stories glossary (2000+ items), on-line dictionary (115,000 items)], option to display all glosses (story order or alphabetical), and function to highlight glossed items (in color/bold/italics/°/* or as links/mouse-over/pop-up) (9/27)
• E.T.A. Hoffmann's crime story, Das Fräulein von Scuderi (Mlle de Scuderi) with illustrations by French 19th-century artist/caricaturist Paul Gavarni (1843); Gavarni illustrations also added as options to Hoffmann's Sandman and Rat Krespel (9/8)

• Added "Options" (from menu bar on home base) to select preferences for Grimm tales: default illustrations and pop-up of story navigator window (8/25)
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff's Judenbuche (Jews' Beech-Tree) (8/23)
• Ten additional Grimm fairy tales (with illustrations) added: Brüderchen und Schwesterchen (Brother and Sister), Daumesdick (Tom Thumb), Von dem Fischer un syner Fru (The Fisherman & His Wife), Die Gänsemagd (The Goose Girl), Jorinde und Joringel (Jorinda and Joringel), Rapunzel (Rapunzel), Das tapfere Schneiderlein (The Brave Little Tailor), Die Sterntaler (The Star Talers), Die Wichtelmänner (The Elves), Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein (The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids). (8/22)
• Added to Subject search the ability to view all keywords for individual stories (8/10)
• Illustrations by a number of artists added to Grimm fairy tales, including pictures by younger brother Ludwig Grimm, George Cruikshank (Dickens' illustrator), Ludwig Richter and Otto Ubbelohde. (8/9)
• Pop-up navigator windows added to Grimm tales (click on story title). (8/9)

• Illustrations by Gustav Wolf (1922) added as optional version of Goethe's Märchen (Fairy Tale) (7/16)
• Eichendorff's romantic novella Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts (From the Life of a Good-for-Nothing), and alternate versions with illustrations by Johann/Kanoldt (1888), available in both integral and chapter-by-chapter versions (the default) (7/14)

• Added sort by date and help screen to Subject search (5/5)
• Subject search now includes option for selected keywords to be defined (5/2)

• Selected ballads by Schiller (4/26)
• Subject search enhanced with multiple item search and option to display/search on all keywords (4/22)
• Experimental dual language version of Goethe's Heidenröslein synchronized to performance of Schubert's Lied: requires Real Player (4/20)
• Ballads and selected narrative poems by Goethe with multiple English translations - use dual language or dictionary versions for comparisons (4/19)
• Subject search added to site, for finding stories based on keywords (from a pre-selected list or free form) (4/14)
• Stories by Gottfried Keller (Das Tanzlegendchen) and Ludiwg Tieck (Der blonde Eckbert) (4/12)
• Stories by Goethe (Das Märchen, Novelle) and Schiller (Spiel des Schicksals, Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre) (4/7)
• Das Märchen von der harten Nuß (The Story of the Hard Nut) from E.T.A. Hoffmann's Nutcracker and Mouse King with a translation by Thackeray. (4/2)

• German and English versions of stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann (Rat Krespel, Der Sandmann), Heinrich von Kleist (Das Bettelweib von Locarno) and Novalis (Hyazinth und Rosenblütchen)
• Interactive glossaries/dictionary for Max und Moritz - lookup checks first in local glossaries before searching on-line

2/99

• Additional stories by Jeremias Gotthelf with English translations (Der Besenbinder von Rychiswyl, Elsi, die seltsame Magd)
• Quizzes for Grimm fairy tales

1/99

• Self-correcting quizzes for Max und Moritz and Struwwelpeter in a variety of formats
• Auto-scrolling dual language versions of Grimm fairy tales
• Added IMS compatible meta-data tags

12/98

• Grant application funded for updating and expansion of this site (Jan - Dec, 1999)

10/98

• English versions of Max und Moritz and Struwwelpeter now complete

6/97

• Dual language version of story by Jeremias Gotthelf (Wie Joggeli eine Frau sucht)

7/94

• Site created on experimental basis with selections from Max und Moritz and Struwwelpeter