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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of changes is
found at the end of the book. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation
have been maintained. A list of those words is found at the end of the
book. Oe ligatures have been expanded. The original book used both
numerical and symbolic footnote markers. This version follows the
original usage.
[Illustration: THE TOURNAMENT]
Journeys
Through Bookland 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 SIX
New Edition [Illustration] Chicago
BELLOWS REEVE COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1922
BELLOWS REEVE COMPANY
CONTENTS PAGE
HORATIUS Lord Macaulay 1
LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER Thomas Campbell 23
SIR WALTER SCOTT Grace E. Sellon 26
THE TOURNAMENT Sir Walter Scott 38
THE RAINBOW Thomas Campbell 91
THE LION AND THE MISSIONARY David Livingstone 93
THE MOSS ROSE Translated from Krummacher 98
FOUR DUCKS ON A POND William Allingham 98
RAB AND HIS FRIENDS John Brown, M.D. 99
ANNIE LAURIE William Douglas 119
THE BLIND LASSIE T. C. Latto 120
BOYHOOD Washington Allston 122
SWEET AND LOW Alfred Tennyson 122
CHILDHOOD Donald G. Mitchell 124
THE BUGLE SONG Alfred Tennyson 133
THE IMITATION OF CHRIST Thomas à Kempis 134
THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB Lord Byron 141
RUTH 143
THE VISION OF BELSHAZZAR Lord Byron 153
SOHRAB AND RUSTEM 157
SOHRAB AND RUSTUM Matthew Arnold 173
THE POET AND THE PEASANT Emile Souvestre 206
JOHN HOWARD PAYNE AND Home, Sweet Home 221
AULD LANG SYNE Robert Burns 228
HOME THEY BROUGHT HER WARRIOR DEAD Alfred Tennyson 231
CHARLES DICKENS 232
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Charles Dickens 244
CHRISTMAS IN OLD TIME Sir Walter Scott 356
ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD Thomas Gray 360
THE SHIPWRECK Robert Louis Stevenson 371
ELEPHANT HUNTING Roualeyn Gordon Cumming 385
SOME CLEVER MONKEYS Thomas Belt 402
POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC Benjamin Franklin 407
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK 422
THE CAPTURE OF VINCENNES George Rogers Clark 428
THREE SUNDAYS IN A WEEK Edgar Allan Poe 453
THE MODERN BELLE Stark 463
WIDOW MACHREE Samuel Lover 464
LIMESTONE BROTH Gerald Griffin 467
THE KNOCK OUT Davy Crockett 471
THE COUNTRY SQUIRE Thomas Yriarte 474
TO MY INFANT SON Thomas Hood 478 PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES 481 For Classification of Selections, see General Index, at end of Volume X
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