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The Junior Classics — Volume 5 by Patten, William, 1868-1946
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A word from our supporters: File extension CDR | Produced by Ralph Zimmerman, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE JUNIOR CLASSICS A LIBRARY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS [Illustration: "AND I WILL WIND THEE IN MY ARMS" _From the painting by Arthur Rackham_] THE JUNIOR CLASSICS SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM PATTEN MANAGING EDITOR OF THE HARVARD CLASSICS INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D. PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY WITH A READING GUIDE BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SINCE 1917 VOLUME FIVE _Stories That Never Grow Old_ Acknowledgments of permissions given by authors and publishers for the use of copyright material appear in Volume 10. CONTENTS PREFACE ARABIAN NIGHTS Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves The Story of Aladdin; or the Wonderful Lamp Sindbad the Sailor ROBINSON CRUSOE Robinson Crusoe is Shipwrecked _Daniel Defoe_ Alone on a Desolate Island _Daniel Defoe_ The Building of the Boat _Daniel Defoe_ Finds the Print of a Man's Foot on the Sand _Daniel Defoe_ Friday Rescued from the Cannibals _Daniel Defoe_ Robinson Crusoe Rescued _Daniel Defoe_ GULLIVER'S TRAVELS Gulliver is Shipwrecked and Swims for His Life _Jonathan Swift_ Gulliver at the Court of Lilliput _Jonathan Swift_ Gulliver Captures Fifty of the Enemy's Ships _Jonathan Swift_ Gulliver Leaves Lilliput _Jonathan Swift_ Gulliver in the Land of the Giants _Jonathan Swift_ Some of Gulliver's Adventures _Jonathan Swift_ Gulliver Escapes from the Eagle _Jonathan Swift_ THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE A Midsummer-Night's Dream _E. Nesbit_ The Tempest _E. Nesbit_ As You Like It _E. Nesbit_ The Merchant of Venice _E. Nesbit_ PILGRIM'S PROGRESS Christian Starts on His Journey _John Bunyan_ The Interpreter Shows Christian Many Excellent Things _John Bunyan_ Christian's Fight With the Monster Apollyon _John Bunyan_ Christian and Hopeful are Captives in Doubting Castle _John Bunyan_ Christian and Hopeful Arrive at the Coelestial City _John Bunyan_ IVANHOE AND GUY MANNERING _Sir Walter Scott_ Ivanhoe _Sir Edward Sullivan_ Guy Mannering _Sir Edward Sullivan_ THE STARTLING ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN An Adventure With a Lion and a Crocodile _R. E. Raspe_ Crossing the Thames Without the Aid of Bridge, Boat or Balloon _R. E. Raspe_ Two Strange Adventures in Russia _R. E. Raspe_ Shooting a Stag With Cherrystones _R. E. Raspe_ The Baron's Wonderful Dog _R. E. Raspe_ ILLUSTRATIONS "AND I WILL WIND THEE IN MY ARMS" A Midsummer-Night's Dream _Frontispiece illustration in color from the painting by Arthur Rackham _ DISGUISED AS A TRAVELLER AND A STRANGER Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves _From the painting by Edmund Dulac_ HE DESIRED I WOULD STAND LIKE A COLOSSUS Gulliver at the Court of Lilliput _From the painting by Arthur Rackham _ THEY WERE VERY TIRED WHEN AT LAST THEY CAME TO THE FOREST OF ARDEN As You Like It _From the painting by Charles Folkard _ CHRISTIAN NIMBLY STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND FOR HIS SWORD Christian's Fight with the Monster Apollyon _From the etching by William Strang _ PREFACE Consciously or unconsciously we are influenced by the characters we admire. A book that exerts a deep as well as a wide influence must produce changes in the reader's way of thinking, and excite him to activity; the world for him can never be quite the same that it was before. Such books have an important part in moulding the character of a people. |