Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12)

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Editor

Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916

Title

Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories

Credits

E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Sandra Brown, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Children's stories

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15560

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15560

Release Date

April 6, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.YOUNG FOLKS' TREASURY — In 12 Volumes — HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE — EDWARD EVERETT HALE — Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories — HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE — DANIEL EDWIN WHEELER — VOLUME III — New York — THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.
3. 3.PARTIAL LIST OF EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS — HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE — EDWARD EVERETT HALE — DANIEL EDWIN WHEELER
4. 4.CONTENTS — CLASSIC TALES — OLD-FASHIONED STORIES — ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.INTRODUCTION — I — CLASSIC TALES
6. 6.INTRODUCTION — II — OLD-FASHIONED STORIES
7. 7.CLASSIC TALES — DON QUIXOTE By MIGUEL CERVANTES — ADAPTED BY JOHN LANG — I — HOW DON QUIXOTE WAS KNIGHTED — II — HOW DON QUIXOTE RESCUED ANDRES; AND HOW HE RETURNED HOME — III — HOW DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA STARTED ON THEIR SEARCH FOR ADVENTURES; AND HOW DON QUIXOTE FOUGHT WITH THE WINDMILLS — IV — HOW DON QUIXOTE WON A HELMET; HOW HE FOUGHT WITH TWO ARMIES; AND HOW SANCHO'S ASS WAS STOLEN — V — HOW DON QUIXOTE SAW DULCINEA — VI — HOW DON QUIXOTE FOUGHT WITH A LION; AND HOW HE DEFEATED THE MOORS — VII — THE BATTLE WITH THE BULLS; THE FIGHT WITH THE KNIGHT OF THE WHITE MOON; AND HOW DON QUIXOTE DIED
8. 8.GULLIVER'S TRAVELS — VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT — By JONATHAN SWIFT — ADAPTED BY JOHN LANG — I — GULLIVER'S BIRTH AND EARLY VOYAGES — II — GULLIVER IS WRECKED ON THE COAST OF LILLIPUT — III — GULLIVER IS TAKEN AS A PRISONER TO THE CAPITAL OF LILLIPUT — IV — GULLIVER IS FREED, AND CAPTURES THE BLEFUSCAN FLEET — V — GULLIVER'S ESCAPE FROM LILLIPUT AND RETURN TO ENGLAND — THE ARABIAN NIGHTS — ADAPTED BY AMY STEEDMAN — I — ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP — II — THE ENCHANTED HORSE — III — SINDBAD THE SAILOR — THE ILIAD OF HOMER — ADAPTED BY JEANIE LANG — I — THE STORY OF WHAT LED TO THE SIEGE OF TROY — II — THE COUNCIL — III — THE FIGHT BETWEEN PARIS AND MENELAUS — IV — HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE — V — HOW PATROCLUS FOUGHT AND DIED — VI — THE ROUSING OF ACHILLES — THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER — ADAPTED BY JEANIE LANG — I — WHAT HAPPENED IN ITHACA WHILE ODYSSEUS WAS AWAY — II — HOW ODYSSEUS CAME HOME — ROBINSON CRUSOE — By DANIEL DEFOE — ADAPTED BY JOHN LANG — I — HOW ROBINSON FIRST WENT TO SEA; AND HOW HE WAS SHIPWRECKED — II — ROBINSON WORKS HARD AT MAKING HIMSELF A HOME — III — THE EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE; AND HOW ROBINSON BUILT A BOAT — IV — ROBINSON BUILDS A SECOND BOAT, IN WHICH HE IS SWEPT OUT TO SEA — V — ROBINSON SEES A FOOTPRINT ON THE SAND, FINDS A CAVE, AND RESCUES FRIDAY — VI — ROBINSON TRAINS FRIDAY, AND THEY BUILD A LARGE BOAT; THEY RESCUE TWO PRISONERS FROM THE CANNIBALS — VII — ARRIVAL OF AN ENGLISH SHIP; ROBINSON SAILS FOR HOME — CANTERBURY TALES — By GEOFFREY CHAUCER — ADAPTED BY JANET HARVEY KELMAN — I — DORIGEN — II — EMELIA — III — GRISELDA — THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS — By JOHN BUNYAN — ADAPTED BY MARY MACGREGOR — TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE — By CHARLES AND MARY LAMB — I — THE TEMPEST — II — A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
9. 9.OLD-FASHIONED STORIES — SIMPLE SUSAN — By MARIA EDGEWORTH — ADAPTED BY LOUEY CHISHOLM — I — QUEEN OF THE MAY — II — BAD NEWS — III — SUSAN'S GUINEA-FOWL — IV — SUSAN VISITS THE ABBEY — V — SUSAN'S PET LAMB — VI — THE BLIND HARPER — VII — GOOD NEWS — VIII — BARBARA VISITS THE ABBEY — IX — A SURPRISE FOR SUSAN — X — BARBARA'S ACCIDENT — XI — THE PRIZE-GIVING — XII — ATTORNEY CASE IN TROUBLE — XIII — SUSAN'S BIRTHDAY — LIMBY LUMPY — I — II — THE SORE TONGUE — By JANE TAYLOR — EYES AND NO EYES, OR THE ART OF SEEING — By JOHN AIKIN and MRS. BARBAULD — PRINCE LIFE — By G.P.R. JAMES — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — THE FRUITS OF DISOBEDIENCE — OR THE KIDNAPPED CHILD — DICKY RANDOM — OR GOOD NATURE IS NOTHING WITHOUT GOOD CONDUCT — EMBELLISHMENT — By JACOB ABBOTT — THE OYSTER PATTIES — TWO LITTLE BOYS — By THOMAS DAY — I — THE GOOD-NATURED LITTLE BOY — II — THE ILL-NATURED LITTLE BOY — THE PURPLE JAR — By MARIA EDGEWORTH — THE THREE CAKES — By ARMAND BERQUIN — AMENDMENT — TRIAL — By JOHN AIKIN AND MRS. BARBAULD — A PLOT OF GUNPOWDER: — AN OLD LADY SEIZED FOR A GUY — Ascribed to WILLIAM MARTIN ("PETER PARLEY") — UNCLE DAVID'S NONSENSICAL STORY ABOUT GIANTS AND FAIRIES — By KATHERINE SINCLAIR — THE INQUISITIVE GIRL — BUSY IDLENESS — By JANE TAYLOR — THE RENOWNED HISTORY OF LITTLE GOODY TWO-SHOES — Ascribed to OLIVER GOLDSMITH — INTRODUCTION — I — HOW AND ABOUT LITTLE MARGERY AND HER BROTHER — II — HOW AND ABOUT MR. SMITH — III — HOW LITTLE MARGERY OBTAINED THE NAME OF GOODY TWO-SHOES, AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PARISH — IV — HOW LITTLE MARGERY LEARNED TO READ, AND BY DEGREES TAUGHT OTHERS — V — HOW LITTLE TWO-SHOES BECAME A TROTTING TUTORESS, AND HOW SHE TAUGHT HER YOUNG PUPILS — LESSON FOR THE CONDUCT OF LIFE — VI — HOW THE WHOLE PARISH WAS FRIGHTENED — VII — CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE SPIRITS OR THINGS SHE SAW IN THE CHURCH — HER TALE — REFLECTION — VIII — 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. — IX — HOW LITTLE MARGERY WAS MADE PRINCIPAL OF A COUNTRY COLLEGE — THE RENOWNED HISTORY OF MRS. MARGERY TWO-SHOES — PART TWO — I — OF HER SCHOOL, HER USHERS, OR ASSISTANTS, AND HER MANNER OF TEACHING — II — A SCENE OF DISTRESS IN A SCHOOL — III — OF THE AMAZING SAGACITY AND INSTINCT OF A LITTLE DOG — IV — WHAT HAPPENED AT FARMER GROVE'S, AND HOW SHE GRATIFIED HIM FOR THE USE OF HIS ROOM — V — THE CASE OF MRS. MARGERY — VI — THE TRUE USE OF RICHES — LIST OF BEST BOOKS OF CLASSIC TALES AND OLD-FASHIONED STORIES

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