The Junior Classics — Volume 6 - Old-Fashioned Tales

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
EBOOK JUNIOR CLASSICS, V6 ***
Produced by Wendy Crockett, Charles Franks and
the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.THE JUNIOR CLASSICS
A LIBRARY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
[Illustration: EVERYTHING'S GOT A MORAL IF
ONLY YOU CAN FIND IT From the painting by
Beatrice Stevens]
THE JUNIOR CLASSICS
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY
WILLIAM PATTEN—MANAGING EDITOR OF
THE HARVARD CLASSICS
INTRODUCTION BY
CHARLES W. ELIOT, L L. D.—PRESIDENT
EMERITUS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
WITH A READING GUIDE BY
WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph.D.—PROFESSOR
OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON,
MASS., SINCE 1917VOLUME SIX
OLD-FASHIONED TALESCONTENTS
The Race for the Silver Skates Mary Mapes Dodge
Nelly's Hospital Louisa M. Alcott
A Fox and a Raven Rebecca H. Davis
The Private Theatricals Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
A Case of Coincidence Rose Terry Cooke
The Flight of the Dolls Lucretia P. Hale
Solomon John Goes for Apples Lucretia P. Hale
Wild Robin Sophie May
Deacon Thomas Wales' Will Mary E. W. Freeman
Dill Mary E. W. Freeman
Brownie and the Cook Mrs. Dinah M. Craik
Brownie and the Cherry Tree Mrs. Dinah M. Craik
The Ouphe of the Wood Jean Ingelow
The Prince's Dream Jean Ingelow
A Lost Wand Jean Ingelow
Snap-Dragons—A Tale of Christmas Eve Juliana
H. EwingUncle Jack's Story Mrs. E. M. Field
Bryda's Dreadful Scrape Mrs. E. M. Field
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner Charles Dickens
Embellishment Jacob Abbott
The Great Stone Face Nathaniel Hawthorne
The King of the Golden River John Ruskin
The Two Gifts Lillian M. Gask
The Bar of Gold Lillian M. Gask
Uncle David's Nonsensical Story Catherine Sinclair
The Grand Feast Catherine Sinclair
The Story of Fairyfoot Frances Browne
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Down the Rabbit-Hole Lewis Carroll
The Pool of Tears Lewis Carroll
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale Lewis Carroll
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill Lewis Carroll
Advice from a Caterpillar Lewis CarrollPig and Pepper Lewis Carroll
A Mad Tea-Party Lewis Carroll
The Queen's Croquet Ground Lewis Carroll
The Mock Turtle's Story Lewis Carroll
The Lobster-Quadrille Lewis Carroll
Who Stole the Tarts? Lewis Carroll
Alice's Evidence Lewis CarrollILLUSTRATIONS
"EVERYTHING'S GOT A MORAL, IF ONLY YOU
CAN FIND IT"
Alice in Wonderland
Frontispiece illustration in color from the painting by
Beatrice Stevens
"IS THERE A PECULIAR FLAVOR IN WHAT YOU
SPRINKLE FROM YOUR TORCH?"
ASKED SCROOGE
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner
From the drawing by T. Leech
GLUCK PUT HIS HEAD OUT TO SEE WHO IT
WAS
The King of the Golden River
From the drawing by Richard Doyle
THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS WERE
SEATED ON THEIR THRONE
Alice in Wonderland
From the drawing by Sir John Tenniel