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THE JUNIOR CLASSICS
A LIBRARY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
[Illustration: "AND I WILL WIND THEE IN MY ARMS" From the painting by Arthur Rackham]
THE JUNIOR CLASSICS
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM PATTEN MANAGING EDITOR OF THE HARVARD CLASSICS
INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D. PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
WITH A READING GUIDE BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SINCE 1917
VOLUME FIVE
Stories That Never Grow Old
Acknowledgments of permissions given by authors and publishers for the use of copyright material appear in Volume 10.

CONTENTS
PREFACE
ARABIAN NIGHTS
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Story of Aladdin; or the Wonderful Lamp
Sindbad the Sailor
ROBINSON CRUSOE
Robinson Crusoe is Shipwrecked Daniel Defoe
Alone on a Desolate Island Daniel Defoe
The Building of the Boat Daniel Defoe
Finds the Print of a Man's Foot on the Sand Daniel Defoe
Friday Rescued from the Cannibals Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe Rescued Daniel Defoe
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Gulliver is Shipwrecked and Swims for His Life Jonathan Swift
Gulliver at the Court of Lilliput Jonathan Swift
Gulliver Captures Fifty of the Enemy's Ships Jonathan Swift
Gulliver Leaves Lilliput Jonathan Swift
Gulliver in the Land of the Giants Jonathan Swift
Some of Gulliver's Adventures Jonathan Swift
Gulliver Escapes from the Eagle Jonathan Swift
THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE
A Midsummer-Night's Dream E. Nesbit
The Tempest E. Nesbit
As You Like It E. Nesbit
The Merchant of Venice E. Nesbit
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Christian Starts on His Journey John Bunyan
The Interpreter Shows Christian Many Excellent Things John Bunyan
Christian's Fight With the Monster Apollyon John Bunyan
Christian and Hopeful are Captives in Doubting Castle John Bunyan
Christian and Hopeful Arrive at the Coelestial City John Bunyan
IVANHOE AND GUY MANNERING Sir Walter Scott
Ivanhoe Sir Edward Sullivan
Guy Mannering Sir Edward Sullivan
THE STARTLING ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
An Adventure With a Lion and a Crocodile R. E. Raspe Crossing the Thames Without the Aid of Bridge, Boat or Balloon R. E. Raspe
Two Strange Adventures in Russia R. E. Raspe
Shooting a Stag With Cherrystones R. E. Raspe
The Baron's Wonderful Dog R. E. Raspe

ILLUSTRATIONS
"AND I WILL WIND THEE IN MY ARMS"
A Midsummer-Night's Dream
Frontispiece illustration in color from the painting by Arthur Rackham
DISGUISED AS A TRAVELLER AND A STRANGER
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
From the painting by Edmund Dulac
HE DESIRED I WOULD STAND LIKE A COLOSSUS
Gulliver at the Court of Lilliput
From the painting by Arthur Rackham
THEY WERE VERY TIRED WHEN AT LAST THEY CAME TO THE FOREST OF ARDEN
As You Like It
From the painting by Charles Folkard
CHRISTIAN NIMBLY STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND FOR HIS SWORD
Christian's Fight with the Monster Apollyon
From the etching by William Strang

PREFACE
Consciously or unconsciously we are influenced by the characters we admire. A book that exerts a deep as well as a wide influence must produce changes in the reader's way of thinking, and excite him to activity; the world for him can never be quite the same that it was before. Such books have an important part in moulding the character of a people.
It is because the books represented in this volume have been doing just that for many years that they have become so prized. In the characters of Crusoe, Gulliver and Christian, to mention only three, English-speaking people recognize pictures of the independent, self-reliant men, often self-educated (at least in many important particulars), adventurous and daring by nature, dependent upon themselves and the use of their faculties for happiness, who made England great among nations, and wrote the Constitution of the United States.
With the passage of time the books have lost nothing of the charm and fascination which they have ever possessed for young and old. "Was there ever yet anything written by mere man," said Dr. Samuel Johnson,