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Title: Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5

Author: Charles Sylvester

Release Date: February 24, 2004 [EBook #11250]

Language: English

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[Illustration: HE TURNED HIS FACE AND KISSED HER CLIMBING Geraint and Enid]

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 FIVE

New Edition

[Illustration]

1922

CONTENTS

JONATHAN SWIFT.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS Jonathan Swift
THE BALLAD OF AGINCOURT Michael Drayton
SOME CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF THE PAST Grace E Sellon
LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT Cardinal Veuman
LET SOMETHING GOOD BE SAID James Whitcomb Riley
POLONIUS' ADVICE Shakespeare
KING ARTHUR
BALIN AND BALAN
GERAINT AND ENID Alfred Tennyson
THE HOLY GRAIL Adapted from Thomas Malory
DISSENSIONS AT KING ARTHUR'S COURT
THE PASSING OF ARTHUR Alfred Tennyson
HENRY HUDSON'S FOURTH VOYAGE Henry R Cleveland
THE RISE OF ROBERT BRUCE Walter Scott
BRUCE AND THE SPIDER Bernard Arton
THE HEART OF BRUCE William E Aytoun
THE SKELETON IN ARMOR Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX
                                   Robert Browning
REMINISCENCES OF A PIONEER Edwin D. Coe
THE BUCCANEERS
CAPTAIN MORGAN AT MARACAIBO
BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT Benjamin Franklin
READING HISTORY
THE AMERICAN FLAG Joseph Rodman Drake
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC Julia Ward Howe
"STONEWALL" JACKSON'S WAY J.W. Palmer
BARON MUNCHAUSEN
THE FIDDLING PARSON Davy Crockett
WE PLAN A RIVER TRIP Jerome K Jerome
ON COMIC SONGS Jerome K Jerome
THE INCHCAPE ROCK Robert Southey
TOM BROWN AT RUBGY Thomas Hughes

PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES

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

ILLUSTRATIONS

HE TURN'D HIS FACE AND KISS'D HER CLIMBING (Color Plate)
                                          Donn P Crane
JONATHAN SWIFT (Halftone)
GULLIVER'S JOURNEY TO THE METROPOLIS Iris Weddell White
THE EMPEROR VISITS GULLIVER Iris Weddell White
GULLIVER AND THE PISTOL (Color Plate) G H Mitchell
GULLIVER'S WATCH IS BORNE AWAY Iris Weddell White
GULLIVER ER TAKES THE ENEMY'S FLEET Iris Weddell White
GULLIVER BRINGS IN THE DRIFTING BOAT Harry L Gage
THE BABY SEIZES GULLIVER Iris Weddell White
A GALE WITH THEIR FANS Iris Weddell White
GULLIVER AND THE KING Iris Weddell White
"VICTOR I WILL REMAIN" R F Babcock
CHILDREN WITH HORNBOOKS Laura K Deal
ARTHUR DRAWS THE SWORD Jessie Arms
KING ARTHUR (Halftone)
THE WEDDING OF ARTHUR AND GUINEVERE Jessie Arms
MERLIN SAVES ARTHUR Donn P Crane
ARTHUR RECEIVES EXCALIBUR Donn P Crane
THE DAMSEL LET FALL HER MANTLE Donn P Crane
THE LIGHT Donn P Crane
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (Halftone)
GERAINT HEARS ENID SINGING Donn P Crane
ENID LEADS THE WAY Donn P Crane
ENID WATCHING BY GERAINT Donn P Crane
SIR GALAHAD Jessie Arms
THE SHIP APPROACHES THE CITY OF SARRAS Jessie Arms
THE LAST APPEARANCE OF THE SANGREAI Donn P Crane
THE BARGE MOVED FROM THE BRINK Donn P Crane
CUT ADRIFT IN HUDSON'S BAY R F Babcock
SAVAGES ON THE SHORE R F Babcock
BRUCE KILLS COMYN Donn P Crane
SHE BROUGHT HER TWO SONS Donn P Crane
THE ASCENT TO THE CASTLE OF EDINBURGH Donn P Crane
BRUCE SLAYS SIR HENRY DE BOHUN Donn P Crane
BRUCE BEHELD A SPIDER Donn P Crane
I SAW A PILGRIM STAND Donn P Crane
HELD THE HEART ALOFT Donn P Crane
I WAS A VIKING OLD R F Babcock
THREE WEEKS WE WESTWARD BORE R F Babcock
I CAST LOOSE MY BUFF COAT Donn P Crane
HALF A DOZEN INDIANS BOLTED IN R F Babcock
HE FISHED OUT AN OLD BUNGTOWN CENT R F Babcock
CHASING THE GEESE TO GET A NEW QUILL R F Babcock
THE FIRE SHIP GRAPPLED THE SPANIARD Everett E Lowry
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (Halftone)
ON THE MARCH Everett E Lowry
THE AMBUSH Everett E Lowry
"STONEWALL" JACKSON (Halftone)
THE LION HAD JUMPED INTO THE CROCODILE'S MOUTH
                                           Donn P Crane
I BEHELD A NOBLE STAG Donn P Crane
THE HIND PART OF THE POOR CREATURE WAS MISSING
                                           Donn P Crane
WARRIORS OF THE MOON Donn P Crane
WE DESCENDED SAFELY ON A MOUNTAIN OF ICE Donn P Crane
THE PARSON FIDDLED Donn P Crane
"AIN'T YOU GOING TO PUT THE BOOK IN" Herbert N Rudeen
"WHEN I WAS YOUNG" Herbert N Rudeen
ONE DREADFUL SOUND HE SEEMED TO HEAR R F Babcock
RUGBY SCHOOL (Color Plate)
THE BULLY CAUGHT IT ON HIS ELBOW Louis Grell
"A FIGHT!" Louis Grell
TOM SITS ON MARTIN'S KNEE Louis Grell

JONATHAN SWIFT

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