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Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12)

Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12)

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Chapter 1 CLASSIC TALES

Word Count: 1060    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

containing selected and simplified stories from some of the greate

ok somewhat alarming to the eyes of youthful seekers after romance and adventure, but we challenge them to turn to any one of these selections from immortal masterpieces and not become spell

. When you read our selections you must not think that Don Quixote was merely a silly old man, for indeed he was a very noble gentleman and tried with all his might to do what he believed to

such matters-all we think about is the wonderful deeds of Gulliver in the land of the Lilliputians. Do not think such people are impossible, for did not Stanley, the explore

ver plan by which she could end this cruelty. She went to the palace and offered to marry the Sultan, and that night she began to tell him such fascinating stories that when morning came he still wished to hear more. He commanded that she should not be beheaded until all her stories were told. Then for a thousand and one nights, night after night, she gave h

se stories were sung by a blind minstrel named Homer. Some day you may read Homer's sublime poetry in the original Greek, an

ed years ago. Everybody liked long stories in those days, but we have all heard children of to-day ask when a somewhat lengthy book would end, no matter how interesting, and many grown-ups are guilty of readin

r gentle author, who was one of them, they stopped over night at a house in England called the Tabard Inn, and here they passed the hours repeating fine stories. Afterward Chaucer wrot

heard marvelous things, and as there was no one to listen to his dream, John Bunyan wrote it down, and had it made into a book. And this he called "The Pilgrim's Progress." It was about the journey and adventures of a

dozen or more, but of the inside they know almost nothing, and when they hear persons say that Shakespeare is the greatest writer that ever lived, they wonder about it. If they take down a volume con

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Contents

Chapter 1 CLASSIC TALES Chapter 2 HOW DON QUIXOTE WAS KNIGHTED Chapter 3 HOW DON QUIXOTE RESCUED ANDRES; AND HOW HE RETURNED HOME Chapter 4 HOW DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA STARTED ON THEIR SEARCH FOR ADVENTURES; AND HOW DON QUIXOTE FOUGHT WITH THE WINDMILLS Chapter 5 HOW DON QUIXOTE WON A HELMET; HOW HE FOUGHT WITH TWO ARMIES; AND HOW SANCHO'S ASS WAS STOLEN Chapter 6 HOW DON QUIXOTE SAW DULCINEA Chapter 7 HOW DON QUIXOTE FOUGHT WITH A LION; AND HOW HE DEFEATED THE MOORS Chapter 8 GULLIVER'S BIRTH AND EARLY VOYAGES Chapter 9 GULLIVER IS WRECKED ON THE COAST OF LILLIPUT Chapter 10 GULLIVER IS TAKEN AS A PRISONER TO THE CAPITAL OF LILLIPUT Chapter 11 GULLIVER IS FREED, AND CAPTURES THE BLEFUSCAN FLEET
Chapter 12 ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP
Chapter 13 THE ENCHANTED HORSE
Chapter 14 THE STORY OF WHAT LED TO THE SIEGE OF TROY
Chapter 15 THE COUNCIL
Chapter 16 THE FIGHT BETWEEN PARIS AND MENELAUS
Chapter 17 HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE
Chapter 18 HOW PATROCLUS FOUGHT AND DIED
Chapter 19 WHAT HAPPENED IN ITHACA WHILE ODYSSEUS WAS AWAY
Chapter 20 HOW ROBINSON FIRST WENT TO SEA; AND HOW HE WAS SHIPWRECKED
Chapter 21 ROBINSON WORKS HARD AT MAKING HIMSELF A HOME
Chapter 22 THE EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE; AND HOW ROBINSON BUILT A BOAT
Chapter 23 ROBINSON BUILDS A SECOND BOAT, IN WHICH HE IS SWEPT OUT TO SEA
Chapter 24 ROBINSON SEES A FOOTPRINT ON THE SAND, FINDS A CAVE, AND RESCUES FRIDAY
Chapter 25 ROBINSON TRAINS FRIDAY, AND THEY BUILD A LARGE BOAT; THEY RESCUE TWO PRISONERS FROM THE CANNIBALS
Chapter 26 DORIGEN
Chapter 27 EMELIA
Chapter 28 THE TEMPEST
Chapter 29 QUEEN OF THE MAY
Chapter 30 BAD NEWS
Chapter 31 SUSAN'S GUINEA-FOWL
Chapter 32 SUSAN VISITS THE ABBEY
Chapter 33 SUSAN'S PET LAMB
Chapter 34 THE BLIND HARPER
Chapter 35 GOOD NEWS
Chapter 36 BARBARA VISITS THE ABBEY
Chapter 37 A SURPRISE FOR SUSAN
Chapter 38 BARBARA'S ACCIDENT
Chapter 39 THE PRIZE-GIVING
Chapter 40 ATTORNEY CASE IN TROUBLE
Chapter 41 No.41
Chapter 42 No.42
Chapter 43 No.43
Chapter 44 No.44
Chapter 45 No.45
Chapter 46 No.46
Chapter 47 No.47
Chapter 48 THE GOOD-NATURED LITTLE BOY
Chapter 49 HOW AND ABOUT LITTLE MARGERY AND HER BROTHER
Chapter 50 HOW AND ABOUT MR. SMITH
Chapter 51 HOW LITTLE MARGERY OBTAINED THE NAME OF GOODY TWO-SHOES, AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PARISH
Chapter 52 HOW LITTLE MARGERY LEARNED TO READ, AND BY DEGREES TAUGHT OTHERS
Chapter 53 HOW LITTLE TWO-SHOES BECAME A TROTTING TUTORESS, AND HOW SHE TAUGHT HER YOUNG PUPILS
Chapter 54 HOW THE WHOLE PARISH WAS FRIGHTENED
Chapter 55 CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE SPIRITS OR THINGS SHE SAW IN THE CHURCH
Chapter 56 OF SOMETHING WHICH HAPPENED TO LITTLE MARGERY TWO-SHOES IN A BARN, MORE DREADFUL THAN THE GHOST IN THE CHURCH; AND HOW SHE RETURNED GOOD FOR EVIL TO HER ENEMY, SIR TIMOTHY.
Chapter 57 OF HER SCHOOL, HER USHERS, OR ASSISTANTS, AND HER MANNER OF TEACHING
Chapter 58 A SCENE OF DISTRESS IN A SCHOOL
Chapter 59 OF THE AMAZING SAGACITY AND INSTINCT OF A LITTLE DOG
Chapter 60 WHAT HAPPENED AT FARMER GROVE'S, AND HOW SHE GRATIFIED HIM FOR THE USE OF HIS ROOM
Chapter 61 THE CASE OF MRS. MARGERY
Chapter 62 THE TRUE USE OF RICHES
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