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

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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