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Title: Journeys Through Bookland V2
Author: Charles H. Sylvester
Release Date: May, 2004 [EBook #5796]
[This file was first posted on September 2, 2002]
Edition: 10
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND V2 ***
A NEW AND ORIGINAL
PLAN FOR READING APPLIED TO THE
WORLD'S BEST LITERATURE
FOR CHILDREN
CONTENTS
AESOP
THE FALCON AND THE PARTRIDGE (From the Arabian Nights)
MINERVA AND THE OWL
THE SPARROW AND THE EAGLE (From the Arabian Nights)
THE OLD MAN AND DEATH
INFANT JOY........ William Blake
THE BABY........ George MacDonald
THE DISCONTENTED STONECUTTER (From the Japanese)
DISCREET HANS........ Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm
THE POPPYLAND EXPRESS........ St. Louis Star Sayings
BLUEBEARD
LULLABY
RUMPELSTILTZKIN........ Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
THE MIRROR OF MATSUYANA (From the Japanese)
A CONTRAST
THE GOLDEN TOUCH........ Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE CHILD'S WORLD........ W. B. Rands
THE FIR TREE........ Hans Christian Andersen
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
PICTURE BOOKS IN WINTER........ Robert Louis Stevenson
HOW THE WOLF WAS BOUND........ Adapted by Anna McCaleb
THE DEATH OF BALDER........ Adapted by Anna McCaleb
THE PUNISHMENT OF LOKI........ Adapted by Anna McCaleb
SEVEN TIMES ONE........ Jean Ingelow
SHUFFLE-SHOON AND AMBER-LOCKS........ Eugene Field
AFTERWHILE........ James Whitcomb Riley
WINDY NIGHTS........ Robert Louis Stevenson
THE SNOW QUEEN........ Hans Christian Andersen
THE CHIMERA........ Nathaniel Hawthorne
A VISIT FBOM ST. NICHOLAS........ Clement C. Moore
THE STORY OF PHAETHON
THE ENGLISH ROBIN........ Harrison Weir
TOM, THE WATER BABY........ Charles Kingsley
THE MILKMAID........ Jeffreys Taylor
HOLGER DANSKE........ Hans Christian Andersen
WHAT THE OLD MAN DOES is ALWAYS RIGHT........ Hans Christian Andersen
THE FAIRIES OF CALDON-LOW........ Mary Howitt
WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S NEST?........ L. Maria Child
THE FIRST SNOWFALL........ James Russell Lowell
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER........ John Ruskin
THE STORY OF ESTHER
THE DARNING-NEEDLE........ Hans Christian Andersen
THE POTATO........ Thomas Moore
THE QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD
ORIGIN OF THE OPAL
IN TIME'S SWING........ Lucy Larcom
WHY THE SEA IS SALT........ Mary Howitt
PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES
For Classification of Selections, see General Index at end of Volume X.