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Title: The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites
Author: Eva March Tappan
Release Date: October 10, 2004 [EBook #13685]
Language: English
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
IN TEN VOLUMES
ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME V
[Illustration: _Ferdinand and Ariel_]

The Children's Hour
STORIES FROM SEVEN OLD FAVORITES
Selected & Arranged by Eva March Tappan
Houghton Mifflin Company
Between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the days occupations, that is known as the Children's Hour.

CONTENTS
TO THE CHILDREN
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
CHRISTIAN PASSES THROUGH THE WICKET GATE John Bunyan A VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF THE INTERPRETER John Bunyan AT THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL John Bunyan CHRISTIAN'S FIGHT WITH APOLLYON John Bunyan THE CASTLE OF GIANT DESPAIR John Bunyan THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS John Bunyan THE PILGRIMS WANDER FROM THE WAY John Bunyan THE CELESTIAL CITY John Bunyan
ROBINSON CRUSOE
ROBINSON CRUSOE IS SHIPWRECKED Daniel Defoe UNLOADING A WRECK Daniel Defoe ROBINSON CRUSOE'S FIRST HOME ON THE ISLAND Daniel Defoe ROBINSON CRUSOE BUILDS A BOAT Daniel Defoe THE MYSTERIOUS FOOTPRINT Daniel Defoe THE COMING OF FRIDAY Daniel Defoe HOMEWARD BOUND Daniel Defoe
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
GULLIVER IS SHIPWRECKED ON THE COAST OF LILLIPUT Jonathan Swift GULLIVER SEIZES THE ENEMY'S FLEET Jonathan Swift A LILLIPUTIAN ODE TO THE MAN-MOUNTAIN Jonathan Swift AMONG THE BROBDINGNAGIAN GIANTS Jonathan Swift ADVENTURES IN BROBDINGNAG Jonathan Swift GULLIVER'S ESCAPE Jonathan Swift
DON QUIXOTE
DON QUIXOTE DETERMINES TO BECOME A KNIGHT Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra THE FIGHT WITH THE WINDMILLS Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra THE INNKEEPER'S BILL Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra THE BATTLE OF THE SHEEP Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra THE CONQUEST OF MAMBRINO'S HELMET Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra DON QUIXOTE'S BATTLE WITH THE GIANTS Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra DON QUIXOTE MEETS THE LIONS Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra THE RIDE ON THE WOODEN HORSE Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra THE THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND ODD LASHES Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra THE RETURN AND DEATH OF DON QUIXOTE Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
THE STORY OF ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP
ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES
SINDBAD THE SAILOR
THE TRAVELS OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
THE BARON'S FIRST WANDERINGS Rodolph Eric Raspe THE BARON'S JOURNEY TO ST. PETERSBURG Rodolph Eric Raspe THE BARON'S WONDERFUL HORSE Rodolph Eric Raspe THE BARON'S COLD DAY Rodolph Eric Raspe
TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Charles and Mary Lamb THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Charles and Mary Lamb THE TEMPEST Charles and Mary Lamb

ILLUSTRATIONS
FERDINAND AND ARIEL Sir John Everett Millais CHRISTIAN IS HARNESSED FOR THE PILGRIMAGE _David Scott, R.S.A._
CAUGHT CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL ASLEEP _David Scott, R.S.A._
THE SECOND RAFT _J. Finnemore_
THE PRINT OF A MAN'S NAKED FOOT ON THE SHORE _J. Finnemore_
PRODUCING HIS CREDENTIALS _T. Morten_
THE HUGE CREATURE TROD SHORT _T. Morten_
HURLED AWAY BOTH KNIGHT AND HORSE _Gustave Doré_
A HIDEOUS GENIE OF GIGANTIC SIZE APPEARED _Robert Smirke, R.A._
THE GREAT HEAPS OF GOLD DAZZLED HER EYES _Robert Smirke, R.A._
PURSUED BY THE ROCS _J.D. Batten_
THE LION JUMPED FORWARD INTO THE CROCODILE'S MOUTH _Gustave Doré_
THE VESSEL WILL BE DASHED TO PIECES _G. Romney_

TO THE CHILDREN
This volume is made up of stories from seven famous books. These books are as different as they can possibly be; and yet there are not many boys and girls who do not like every one of them. The chief reason for this is because they seem so true, so much more "real" than most other stories. When you read about Tom Thumb, for instance, you do not really believe that there ever was a little boy no bigger than his mother's thumb; at least, you do not believe it in the same way that you believe the sun shines or the wind blows; but when you read "Robinson Crusoe," you feel as if every word of it must be true.
The first of these books is "The Pilgrim's Progress." In one way it is a little like a fable; that is, when you read it the first time, it is simply a good story. Afterwards--sometimes a long while afterwards--you read it again or sit thinking about it, and suddenly you see that it has another meaning, that it is more than the story of a man who makes a wonderful journey. This book was written in jail by a man named John Bunyan. The English laws of that time would not allow any one to preach except clergymen of the Church of England. Bunyan, however, felt that it would be wicked for him to obey