Journeys Through Bookland, Volume 2

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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 DARLING-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