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Title: Journeys Through Bookland V2
Author: Charles H. Sylvester
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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 ..... 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.