The Project Gutenberg eBook, Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12), by Various, Edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie

Title: Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12)

Classic Tales And Old-Fashioned Stories

Author: Various

Editor: Hamilton Wright Mabie

Release Date: April 6, 2005 [eBook #15560]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

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YOUNG FOLKS' TREASURY

In 12 Volumes

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE

Editor

EDWARD EVERETT HALE

Associate Editor

Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE

Editor

DANIEL EDWIN WHEELER

Assistant Editor

VOLUME III

New York

THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.

Publishers

the horse flew through the air

PARTIAL LIST OF EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE

Editor

EDWARD EVERETT HALE

Associate Editor

DANIEL EDWIN WHEELER

Managing Editor

Partial List of Contributors, Assistant Editors and Advisers:

• NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President Columbia University.
• WILLIAM R. HARPER, Late President Chicago University.
• Hon. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Ex-President of the United States.
• Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND, Late President of the United States.
• JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS, American Roman Catholic prelate.
• LAWRENCE J. BURPEE, Librarian Ottawa Public Library; author of "Canadian Life in Town and Country," etc.
• BLISS CARMAN, poet, essayist, and editor.
• THOMAS B. FLINT, Clerk House of Commons, Canada; editor "Parliamentary Practice and Procedure."
• AGNES C. LAUT, author "Lords of the North," "Hudson's Bay Company," etc.
• BECKLES WILLSON, author of "The Romance of Canada," "Life and Letters of James Wolfe," etc.
• EDWARD W. BOK, editor "Ladies' Home Journal."
• HENRY VAN DYKE, author, poet, and Professor of English Literature, Princeton University.
• LYMAN ABBOTT, author, editor of "The Outlook."
• JACOB A. RIIS, author and journalist.
• EDWARD EVERETT HALE, JR., Professor at Union College.
• CHARLES G.D. ROBERTS, writer of animal stories.
• JANET H. KELMAN, author "Stories from the Crusades," "A Book of Butterflies," etc.
• VAUTIER GOLDING, author "Life of Henry M. Stanley," etc.
• LENA DALKEITH, author "A Book of Beasts," "Stories from French History," etc.
• H.E. MARSHALL, author "A Child's History of England." "History of English Literature," etc.
• JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, creator of "Uncle Remus."
• GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON, novelist and journalist.
• WILLIAM BLAIKIE, author of "How to Get Strong and How to Stay So."
• JOSEPH JACOBS, folklore writer and editor of the "Jewish Encyclopedia."
• Mrs. VIRGINIA TERHUNE ("Marlon Harland"), author of "Common Sense in the Household," etc.
• A.D. INNES, author "England Under the Tudors," "England's Industrial Development," etc.
• EDMUND F. SELLAR, author "Life of Nelson," etc.
• MARY MACGREGOR, author "King Arthur's Knights," etc.
• JEANIE LANG, author "Life of General Gordon," etc.
• Rev. THEODORE WOOD, F.E.S., writer on natural history.
• MARGARET E. SANGSTER, author of "The Art of Home-Making," etc.
• HERBERT T. WADE, editor and writer on physics.
• JOHN H. CLIFFORD, editor and writer.
• ERNEST INGERSOLL, naturalist and author.
• IDA PRENTICE WHITCOMB, author of "Young People's Story of Music," "Heroes of History," etc.
• MARK HAMBOURG, pianist and composer.
• Mme. BLANCHE MARCHESI, opera singer and teacher.
• ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS, author "Historic Boys," etc.
• PAULINE C. BOUVÉ, author "Stories of American Heroes for Boys and Girls," etc.

CONTENTS

• Introduction xv

CLASSIC TALES

• Don Quixote1-35
• By Miguel Cervantes. Adapted by John Lang

1. how don quixote was knighted1
2. how don quixote rescued andres; and how he returned home 6
3. how don quixote and sancho panza started on their search for adventures; and how don quixote fought with the windmills 10
4. how don quixote won a helmet; how he fought with two armies; and how sancho's ass was stolen 14
5. how don quixote saw dulcinea 18
6. how don quixote fought with a lion; and how he defeated the moors 21
7. the battle with the bulls; the fight with the knight of the white moon; and how don quixote died 29

• Gulliver's Travels: Voyage to Lilliput36-58
• By Jonathan Swift. Adapted by John Lang

1. gulliver's birth and early voyages36
2. gulliver is wrecked on the coast of lilliput37
3. gulliver is taken as a prisoner to the capital of lilliputpublic@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@15560@[email protected]#page42"