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 TWO New Edition

1922

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.

ILLUSTRATIONS

KAY AND GERDA AT PLAY AMONG THE FLOWEBS ... (Color Plate) Arthur Henderson AESOP (Halftone) ..... From Painting by Velasquez THE OWL ..... Herbert N. Rudeen THE SPARROW AND THE EAGLE ..... Herbert N. Rudeen INFANT JOY ..... Lucille Enders JAPANESE GATE ..... Herbert N Rudeen THE STONECUTTER AND HIS SILKEN COUCH ..... Herbert N. Rudeen EVERYTHING REJOICED IN A NEW GROWTH ..... Herbert N. Rudeen BLUEBEARD ..... Herbert N. Rudeen THE PASS KEY ..... Uncredited SHE SLIPPED SILENTLY AWAY ..... Herbert N. Rudeen SISTER ANN WATCHING FROM THE TOWER ..... Herbert N. Rudeen RUMPELSTILTZKIN ..... Herbert N. Rudeen AWAITING THE RETURN OF THE FATHER ..... Herbert N. Rudeen JAPANESE LANTERN ..... Herbert N. Rudeen HER GREATEST PLEASURE WAS TO LOOK INTO THE MIRROR ..... Herbert N. Rudeen YEARNING LOVE ..... Lucille Enders THE FIGURE OF A STRANGER IN THE SUNBEAM ..... Arthur Henderson MARYGOLD WAS A GOLDEN STATUE ..... Arthur Henderson THE CHILD'S WORLD ..... Marion Miller THE SWALLOWS AND THE STORK CAME ..... Herbert N. Rudeen THE FAT MAN TOLD ABOUT KLUMPEY-DUMPEY ..... Herbert N. Rudeen HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ..... (Halftone) Uncredited PICTURE BOOKS IN WINTER ..... Iris Weddell White THE GODS WERE AMAZED ..... A. H. Winkler HODER HURLED THE DART ..... Herbert N. Rudeen STRANGE OPAL LIGHTS FILTERED THROUGH THE WATER ..... A. H. Winkler THOR'S HAND GRIPPED HIM ..... W. O. Reese SHUFFLE-SHOON AND AMBER-LOCKS ..... Lucille Enders HOLLYHOCKS ..... Donn P. Crane THE GOBLIN AND THE MIRROR ..... Herbert N. Rudeen THE SNOW-FLAKE AT LAST BECAME A MAIDEN ..... Herbert N. Rudeen THEY FLEW OVER WOODS AND LAKES ..... Herbert N Rudeen "HE IS BLOWING BUBBLES" ..... Herbert N. Rudeen THE CROW STOPPED TO LOOK AT HER ..... Herbert N. Rudeen THE REINDEER RAN AS FAST AS IT COULD GO ..... Herbert N. Rudeen THE SNOW QUEEN'S CASTLE ..... Herbert N. Rudeen PEGASUS AT THE FOUNTAIN ..... Herbert N Rudeen PEGASUS DARTED DOWN ASLANT ..... Herbert N. Rudeen ST. NICHOLAS ..... Herbert N. Rudeen IN VAIN PHAETHON PULLED AT THE REINS ..... Donn P. Crane THERE WAS A LITTLE CHIMNEY SWEEP, AND HIS NAME WAS TOM ..... Donn P. Crane THEY CAME UP WITH A POOR IRISH WOMAN ..... Donn P. Crane BEES AND HIVES ..... Donn P. Crane HARTHOVER PLACE ..... Donn P. Crane ALL RAN AFTER TOM ..... Donn P. Crane TOM LOOKED DOWN THE CLIFF ..... Donn P. Crane THE OLD DAME LOOKED AT TOM ..... Donn P. Crane TOM LOOKED INTO THE CLEAR WATER ..... Donn P. Crane SIR JOHN SEARCHING FOR TOM ..... Donn P. Crane TOM WAS NOW A WATER BABY ..... Donn P. Crane "OH, YOU BEAUTIFUL CREATURE!" SAID TOM ..... Donn P. Crane TOM ESCAPED THE OTTER ..... Donn P. Crane THE SALMON, KING OF ALL THE FISH ..... Donn P. Crane TOM ON THE BUOY ..... Donn P. Crane PORPOISES ..... Donn P. Crane A LOBSTER ..... Donn P. Crane ELLIE AND THE PROFESSOR ..... Donn P. Crane MRS. BEDONEBYASYOUDID ..... Donn P. Crane SHE TOOK TOM IN HER ARMS ..... Donn P. Crane TOM FOUND THE CABINET ..... Donn P. Crane THE LAST OF THE GAIRFOWL ..... Donn P. Crane AND BEHOLD, IT WAS ELLIE ..... Donn P. Crane HOLGER DANSKE ..... Arthur Henderson THE FIGUREHEAD ..... Arthur Henderson "MY DEAR GOOD HUSBAND" ..... Herbert N. Rudeen THE FAIRIES OF CALDON-LOW ..... Iris Weddell White WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S NEST? ..... Herbert N. Rudeen "FATHER, WHO MAKES IT SNOW?" ..... Iris Weddell White "HELLO! I'M WET, LET ME IN" ..... Donn P. Crane "SORRY TO INCOMMODE YOU" ..... Donn P. Crane "PRAY SIR, WERE YOU MY MUG?" ..... Donn P. Crane