Golden Treasury of Famous Books
by Lady Marjory MacMurchy Willison
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About this eBook
- Author
- Willison, Marjory MacMurchy, Lady, -1938
- Title
- Golden treasury of famous books : A guide to good reading for boys and girls, and for the enjoyment of those who love books
- Original Publication
- Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1929.
- Credits
- Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Z: Bibliography, Library science
- Subject
- Children -- Books and reading -- Canada
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 75935
- Release Date
- April 21, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.GOLDEN TREASURY of FAMOUS BOOKS — PART I DICKENS, SCOTT, SHAKESPEARE, THE BIBLE — CHAPTER I SOME OF DICKENS' NOVELS AND CHARACTERS — CHAPTER II CHARLES DICKENS—BOY AND MAN — CHAPTER III WHAT DICKENS DID FOR HUMANITY — CHAPTER IV THE WAVERLEY NOVELS — CHAPTER V SCOTT'S OWN STORY — CHAPTER VI THE TEMPEST AND OTHER OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS — CHAPTER VII SHAKESPEARE—THE GREAT WORLD ITSELF — CHAPTER VIII STORIES FROM THE BIBLE — CHAPTER IX LIVING WATERS
- 2.PART II ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE — CHAPTER X DUMAS—HUGO—STEVENSON — CHAPTER XI ROBINSON CRUSOE—LORNA DOONE—HEREWARD—WESTWARD HO!—ROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS—TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA—MIDSHIPMAN EASY—PETER SIMPLE—TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST—THE GOLDEN DOG — CHAPTER XII LAVENGRO—THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS—TOM SAWYER—HUCKLEBERRY FINN—KIM—SARD HARKER—THE LIVING FOREST
- 3.PART III SONGS OF HEROES, MYTHS, FAIRY TALES AND MARVELS — CHAPTER XIII THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY—GREEK HEROES—TANGLEWOOD TALES—THE WONDER BOOK — CHAPTER XIV ÆSOP'S FABLES—GRIMM's FAIRY TALES—HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES—THE ARABIAN NIGHTS—MALORY'S MORTE D'ARTHUR — CHAPTER XV ALICE IN WONDERLAND—THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS—THE GOLDEN AGE—WIND IN THE WILLOWS—FOUR BOOKS BY A. A. MILNE—RIP VAN WINKLE — CHAPTER XVI THE JUNGLE BOOKS—JUST SO STORIES—PUCK OF POOK'S HILL—REWARDS AND FAIRIES—THE BLUE BIRD—PETER PAN—KILMENY
- 4.PART IV BALLADS, LAYS AND STORIES IN VERSE — CHAPTER XVII PERCY'S RELIQUES—CHEVY CHASE AND THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE—SIR PATRICK SPENS—THE NORTHERN MUSE — CHAPTER XVIII THE LADY OF THE LAKE—MARMION—JOHN GILPIN—EDINBURGH AFTER FLODDEN—HORATIUS—THE ARMADA — CHAPTER XIX HIAWATHA—FRENCH CHANSONS IN QUEBEC—A CHRISTMAS SONG
- 5.PART V SOME GREAT IMAGINATIVE WRITERS — CHAPTER XX DANTE—CERVANTES—SPENSER — CHAPTER XXI JOHN BUNYAN AND THE PILGRIM's PROGRESS — CHAPTER XXII THACKERAY—MEREDITH—HARDY — CHAPTER XXIII JANE AUSTEN—GEORGE ELIOT—THE BRONTES
- 6.PART VI HISTORY, POLITICS, BIOGRAPHY, TRAVEL — CHAPTER XXIV WHAT IS HISTORY! — CHAPTER XXV THE MEANING OF POLITICS — CHAPTER XXVI HISTORIES — CHAPTER XXVII BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON — CHAPTER XXVIII READING FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO BE — CHAPTER XXIX TRAVEL AND DISCOVERY
- 7.PART VII ESSAYS, CRITICISMS, LETTERS, DIARIES — CHAPTER XXX CHARLES LAMB AND HAZLITT: ESSAYISTS AND CRITICS — CHAPTER XXXI LETTERS AND LETTER WRITERS: PEPYS AND OTHER DIARISTS
- 8.PART VIII POETRY — CHAPTER XXXII POETRY AND BEAUTY — CHAPTER XXXIII POETRY AND TIME
- 9.YOUR COUNTRY AND BOOKS — CHAPTER XXXIV READING FOR YOUR OWN COUNTRY — AFTERWORD — INDEX
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