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 THREE New Edition

1922

CONTENTS

JOHN'S PUMPKIN .......... Mrs. Archibald

THE MOCK TURTLE'S STORY .......... Lewis Carrol

THE SPIDER AND THE FLY .......... Mary Hoiritt

A FAREWELL .......... Charles Kingsley

QUEEN ALICE .......... Lewis Carroll

THE LEPRECHAUN .......... William Allingham

THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER .......... Lewis Carroll

BETH GELERT .......... William R. Spencer

ROBINSON CRUSOE .......... Daniel Defoe

FAITHLESS SALLY BROWN .......... Thomas Hood

THE MARINER'S DREAM .......... William Dimond

THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON .......... Johann Rudolph Wyss

ECHO .......... John G. Saxe

THE STORY OF ALADDIN, OR THE WONDERFUL LAMP ... From the Arabian Nights

THE SECOND VOYAGE OF SINBAD THE SAILOR . From the Arabian Nights

BARBARA FRIETCHIE .......... John Greenleaf Whittier

BEOWULF AND GBENDEL

CUPID AND PSYCHE .......... Adapted by Anna McCaleb

THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN .......... Robert Browning

FRITHIOF THE BOLD .......... Adapted by Grace E. Sellon

THE STORY OF SIEGFRIED .......... Adapted by Grace E. Sellon

NIGHT .......... Robert Southey

LOCHINVAR .......... Sir Walter Scott

ROBIN HOOD

ROLAND AT RONCESVALLES

For Classification of Selections, see General Index, at end of Volume X

ILLUSTRATIONS

ALADDIN LEADS THE PRINCESS INTO THE PALACE (Color Plate) Arthur Henderson FRONTISPIECE JOHN'S PUMPKIN ... Lucille Enders THE GRYPHON ... After Sir John Tenniel ALICE SAT STILL ... After Sir John Tenniel THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE ... After Sir John Tenniel AND TURNS OUT HIS TOES ... After Sir John Tenniel THE SPIDER AND THE FLY ... Herbert N. Rudeen IT WAS A GOLDEN CROWN ... After Sir John Tenniel ALICE CONSIDERED ... After Sir John Tenniel TWO QUEENS ASLEEP AT ONCE ... After Sir John Tenniel THIS WAY, THAT WAY, SO WE MAKE A SHOE ... Herbert N. Rudeen THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER ... After Sir John Tenniel THE LITTLE OYSTERS WAITED ... After Sir John Tenniel I DEEPLY SYMPATHIZE ... After Sir John Tenniel THE DEATH OF GELERT ... Herbert N. Rudeen ROBINSON CHUSOE FINDS A FOOTPRINT ON THE SAND ... G.H. Mitchell FRIDAY ... G.H. Mitchell FRIDAY ROASTING THE KID ... G.H. Mitchell I DISCOVERED A SHIP LYING AT ANCHOR ... G.H. Mitchell THEY STARTED UP (Halftone) ... G.H. Mitchell MAP OF GLOBE ... G.H. Mitchell LIKE MOUNTAINS THE BILLOWS SWELL ... Donn P. Crane THE SHIP WAS JAMMED BETWEEN HIGH ROCKS ... J. Allen St. John THEY MADE A RAFT OF CASKS ... J. Allen St. John THE AGOUTI ... J. Allen St. John THE MONKEYS THREW DOWN COCONUTS ... J. Allen St. John THE SHEEP FLOATED FAMOUSLY ... J. Allen St. John FALCONHURST ... J. Allen St. John CHEST OF TREASURE ... J. Allen St. John OVERTURNING THE TURTLE ... J. Allen St. John PENGUINS ... J. Allen St. John CATCHING THE WILD ASS ... J. Allen St. John FLAMINGOS ... J. Allen St. John I ADVANCED WITH A LONG POLE ... J. Allen St. John JACK AND THE OSTRICH ... J. Allen St. John THE WALRUS ... J. Allen St. John LATEST NEWS BY PIGEON POST ... J. Allen St. John HIPPOPOTAMUS ... J. Allen St. John ALBATROSS ... J. Allen St. John PEARL BAY ... J. Allen St. John WE BROUGHT UP WITHIN HAIL ... J. Allen St. John THE SLAVE OF THE LAMP ... Arthur Henderson ALADDIN DESCENDED THE STEPS ... Arthur Henderson "GENIE, BUILD ME A PALACE" ... Arthur Henderson "NEW LAMPS FOR OLD" ... Arthur Henderson ALADDIN SALUTED THE PRINCESS JOYFULLY ... Arthur Henderson THE VALLEY WAS STREWED WITH DIAMONDS ... Arthur Henderson THE ROC FLEW AWAY WITH SINBAD (Halftone) ... Arthur Henderson BARBARA FRIETCHIE ... Iris Weddell White GRENDEL COULD NOT BREAK THAT GRIP OF STEEL ... Arthur Henderson BEOWULF ON HIS NOBLE STEED ... Arthur Henderson SHE LOOKED UPON THE GOD OF LOVE ... Iris Weddell White PSYCHE AND CHARON ... Iris Weddell White CUPID SPIED PSYCHE SLEEPING ... Iris Weddell White PEOPLE CALL ME THE PIED PIPER ... Iris Weddell White GREAT RATS, SMALL RATS ... Herbert N. Rudeen A WONDERFUL PORTAL OPENED WIDE ... Iris Weddell White THEY HAD BECOME BETROTHED ... Donn P. Crane FRITHIOF BEHELD THE TWO WITCHES ... Donn P. Crane SIEGFRIED AND THE DRAGON ... Louis Grell A GREAT CASTLE TOWERED ABOVE THE CLIFFS ... Louis Grell THE DEATH OF SIEGFRIED ... Louis Grell LOCHINVAR ... Arthur Henderson TUMBLED HIM INTO THE BROOK ... Jessie Arms THE STRANGER OVERTHROWS ROBIN HOOD ... Jessie Arms ROBIN HOOD AND THE WIDOW ... Jessie Arms ROBIN HOOD AND THE SHERIFF ... Jessie Arms ROBIN HOOD PLAYS HARPER ... Jessie Arms IN THE GREENWOOD ... Jessie Arms GANELON PICKS UP CHARLEMAGNE'S GLOVE ... Louis Grell WHERESOEVER HE PLANTED HIS FOOT, THERE HE STAYED ... Jan in Grell ROLAND FEEBLY WINDED HIS HORN ... Louis Grell

[Illustration: A GREAT BIG YELLOW ONE]

JOHN'S PUMPKIN

By MRS ARCHIBALD

Last spring I found a pumpkin seed, And thought that I would go And plant it in a secret place, That no one else would know, And watch all summer long to see It grow, and grow, and grow, And maybe raise a pumpkin for A Jack-a-lantern show.

I stuck a stick beside the seed, And thought that I should shout One morning when I stooped and saw The greenest little sprout! I used to carry water there, When no one was about, And every day I'd count to see How many leaves were out.

Till by and by there came a flower The color of the sun, Which withered up, and then I saw The pumpkin was begun; But oh! I knew I'd have to wait So long to have my fun, Before that small green ball could be A great big yellow one.

At last, one day, when it had grown To be the proper size, Said Aunt Matilda: "John, see here, I'll give you a surprise!" She took me to a pantry shelf, And there before my eyes, Was set a dreadful row of half A dozen pumpkin pies.