Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide   By: Charles Herbert Sylvester

A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children

by

CHARLES H. SYLVESTER

Author of English and American Literature

VOLUME TEN THE GUIDE

New Edition

For parents, teachers, and all who have children under their charge; for adults who wish to renew their acquaintance with the friends of their youth, or to open for the first time the world's great treasure house of literature; for youthful readers who must study the classics

[Illustration: OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW WASHINGTON IRVING JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT]

Chicago Bellows Reeve Company Publishers

Copyright, 1922 Bellows Reeve Company

CONTENTS

PAGE I. INTRODUCTION 1

II. JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND ITS CONTENTS AND PLAN 7 The Masterpieces 9 Arrangement and Grading 10 The Studies and Helps 13 Studies 15 Notes 15 Introductory Notes 15 Biographies 16 Pronouncing Vocabularies 16 Pictures 17 Tables of Contents 17 Index 17 The Nursery Rhymes 18 Discussion of each Volume 24 Volume One 24 Volume Two 26 Volume Three 28 Volume Four 29 Volume Five 29 Volume Six 30 Volume Seven 31 Volume Eight 33 Volume Nine 34 Volume Ten The Guide 35

III. PICTURES AND THEIR USE 36 What Should We Notice in a Picture? 36 Line 36 Light and Shade 37 Tone and Color 39 Composition 39 Atmosphere and Perspective 40 Application of Principles 41 Bob and Tiny Tim 41 Pictures and Their Value in Literature 44 On the Use of Pictures in Journeys 48 Nursery Rhymes 51 Jack and the Beanstalk 52 Nurse Helps Me when I Embark 52 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod 53 Shuffle Shoon and Amber Locks 54 Tom and the Dragon Fly 55 The Swallow and the Stork Came 55 Down Tumbled Wheelbarrow 58 Geraint Hears Enid Singing 60