Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
BY CHARLES H. SYLVESTER Author of English and American Literature
1922
THE FALCON AND THE PARTRIDGE (From the Arabian Nights)
THE SPARROW AND THE EAGLE (From the Arabian Nights)
INFANT JOY …….. William Blake
THE BABY …….. George MacDonald
THE DISCONTENTED STONECUTTER (From the Japanese)
DISCREET HANS …….. Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm
THE POPPYLAND EXPRESS …….. St. Louis Star Sayings
RUMPELSTILTZKIN …….. Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
Charles Herbert Sylvester
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JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND
CONTENTS
AESOP
MINERVA AND THE OWL
BLUEBEARD
LULLABY
A CONTRAST
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE STORY OF PHAETHON
THE STORY OF ESTHER
ORIGIN OF THE OPAL
ILLUSTRATIONS
AESOP
THE FALCON AND THE PARTRIDGE
MINERVA AND THE OWL
THE SPARROW AND THE EAGLE
INFANT JOY
THE BABY
THE DISCONTENTED STONECUTTER
DISCREET HANS
THE POPPYLAND EXPRESS
BLUEBEARD
LULLABY
RUMPELSTILTZKIN
THE MIRROR OF MATSUYANA
A CONTRAST
THE GOLDEN TOUCH
THE CHILD'S WORLD
THE FIR TREE
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
PICTURE-BOOKS IN WINTER
HOW THE WOLF WAS BOUND
THE DEATH OF BALDER
THE PUNISHMENT OF LOKI
SEVEN TIMES ONE
WINDY NIGHTS
THE SNOW QUEEN
THE FIRST STORY
THE SECOND STORY
THE THIRD STORY
THE FOURTH STORY
THE FIFTH STORY
THE SIXTH STORY
THE SEVENTH STORY
HOW TO REMEMBER THE STORY
A GOOD LESSON TO LEARN
THE CHIMERA
A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS
THE STORY OF PHAETHON
THE ENGLISH ROBIN
TOM, THE WATER BABY
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII AND LAST
MORAL
THE MILKMAID
HOLGER DANSKE
WHAT THE OLD MAN DOES IS ALWAYS RIGHT
THE FAIRIES OF THE CALDON-LOW
WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S NEST?
THE FIRST SNOWFALL
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER
I
II
III
IV
V
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER
THE STORY OF ESTHER
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
THE DARNING-NEEDLE
THE POTATO
THE QUEEN OF THE UNDER-WORLD
ORIGIN OF THE OPAL
IN TIME'S SWING
WHY THE SEA IS SALT