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The Junior Classics Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Junior Classics novel. A total of 310 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Junior Cla.s.sics.by Willam Patten.VOLUME ONE Fairy and Wonder Tales INTRODUCTION Th
The Junior Cla.s.sics.by Willam Patten.VOLUME ONE Fairy and Wonder Tales INTRODUCTION The purpose of The Junior Cla.s.sics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a cla.s.sified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both anc
- 201 I said 'What for?'""She boxed the Queen's ears--" the Rabbit began. Alice gave a little scream of laughter. "Oh, hus.h.!.+" the Rabbit whispered in a frightened tone. "The Queen will hear you! You see she came rather late, and the Queen said--"
- 202 "I dare say you're wondering why I don't put my arm round your waist,"the d.u.c.h.ess said, after a pause: "the reason is, that I'm doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. Shall I try the experiment?""He might bite," Alice cautiously replied,
- 203 These words were followed by a very long silence, broken only by an occasional exclamation of "Hjckrrh!" from the Gryphon, and the constant heavy sobbing of the Mock Turtle. Alice was very nearly getting up and saying, "Thank you, Sir, for your interes
- 204 "_That_ generally takes some time," interrupted the Gryphon."--you advance twice--""Each with a lobster as a partner!" cried the Gryphon."Of course," the Mock Turtle said: "advance twice, set to partners--""--change lobsters, and retire in same
- 205 "Don't you mean 'purpose'?" said Alice."I mean what I say," the Mock Turtle replied, in an offended tone.And the Gryphon added, "Come, let's hear some of _your_ adventures.""I could tell you my adventures--beginning from this morning," said Al
- 206 "And that's the jury-box," thought Alice; "and those twelve creatures"(she was obliged to say "creatures," you see, because some of them were animals, and some were birds), "I suppose they are the jurors."She said this last word two or three time
- 207 "That I can't remember," said the Hatter."You _must_ remember," remarked the King, "or I'll have you executed."The miserable Hatter dropped his teacup and bread-and-b.u.t.ter, and went down on one knee. "I'm a poor man, your Majesty," he began.
- 208 "Well, I shan't go, at any rate," said Alice: "besides, that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.""It's the oldest rule in the book," said the King."Then it ought to be Number One," said Alice.The King turned pale, and shut his note-
- 209 "Oh, I've had such a curious dream!" said Alice. And she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and, when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, "It
- 210 The Junior Cla.s.sics.by Various.VOLUME SEVEN Stories of Courage and Heroism PREFACE The stories in this volume are true stories, and have been arranged in chronological order, an arrangement that will aid the reader to remember the times to which the sto
- 211 The first dispute between Rome and Carthage was about their possession in the island of Sicily; and the war thus begun had lasted eight years, when it was resolved to send an army to fight the Carthaginians on their own sh.o.r.es. The army and fleet were
- 212 "You did not mean to be unkind, dear little mistress," she said, as she kissed the hand which had been caressing her own golden hair."I am sure you did not mean to be unkind; but I am in great trouble, and I have just said 'Good-bye�
- 213 It was shown abundantly, on many occasions in the course of Caesar's life, that he had no faith in omens. There are equally numerous instances to show that he was always ready to avail himself of the popular belief in them, to awaken his soldiers
- 214 A fierce and warlike song, boys and girls, to raise in honor of so young a lad. But those were fierce and warlike days when men were stirred by the recital of bold and daring deeds--those old, old days, eight hundred years ago, when Olaf, the boy viking,
- 215 "London Bridge is broken down-- Gold is won and bright renown.s.h.i.+elds resounding, War-horns sounding, Hildar shouting in the din!Arrows singing, Mail-coats ringing, Odin makes our Olaf win!"And perhaps, who knows, this wrecking of London Bri
- 216 So King Canute conquered Norway; but after his death, Olaf's son, Magnus the Good, regained his father's throne. The people, sorrowful at their rebellion against King Olaf, forgot his stern and cruel ways, and magnified all his good deeds so mig
- 217 Nowhere does the continent of Europe approach Great Britain so closely as at the Straits of Dover, and when the English sovereigns were full of the vain hope of obtaining the crown of France, or at least of regaining the great possessions that their foref
- 218 She went to her cousin's house at Burey, and there she stayed for six weeks, hearing bad news of the siege of Orleans by the English.A squire named Jean de Nouillompont met Joan one day."Well, my la.s.s," said he, "is our king to be dr
- 219 When the rite was done, Joan asked: "Do they face us, or have they turned their backs?"It was the English backs that the French saw, that day: Talbot's men were in full retreat on Meun.From that hour, May 8 is kept a holiday at Orleans in h
- 220 From there the Maid rode to attack La Charite. But, though the towns helped her as well as they might with money and food, her force was too small and was too ill provided with everything, for the king did not send supplies. She abandoned the siege and de
- 221 Of all the possessions of the old kingdom of Hungary, none was more valued than what was called the Crown of St. Stephen, so called from one which had, in the year 1000, been presented by Pope Sylvester II to Stephen, the second Christian Duke, and first
- 222 Early one summer morning, even before the sun had risen, Columbus bade farewell to the few friends who had gathered at the little seaport of Palos to say good-bye to him. The s.h.i.+ps spread their sails and started on the great untried voyage. There were
- 223 And Yeo went about his gunnery, as one who knew how to do it, and had the most terrible mind to do it thoroughly, and the most terrible faith that it was G.o.d's work.So all fell to; and though there was comparatively little to be done, the s.h.i.+p
- 224 The Englishman's helm went up, his yards creaked round, and gathering way he plunged upon the larboard galley."A dozen gold n.o.bles to him who brings down the steersman!" shouted Carey, who had his cue.And a flight of arrows from the forec
- 225 "Forward, and cut away the wreck!" said Amyas, unmoved. "Small-arm men, be ready. He will be aboard of us in five minutes!"It was too true. The _Rose_, unmanageable from the loss of her head-sail, lay at the mercy of the Spaniard; and
- 226 So saying he made his young master dismount, and carried away all his horseman's gear and his arms, which he hid in a heap of field-manure behind the house. Then he took Earlstoun to his own house, and put upon him a long dress of his wife's. Ha
- 227 She bent and kissed him."I am a Cochrane, my father."Early next morning, before the world was up, Grizel Cochrane was mounted on horseback and riding towards the border. She had dressed herself--this girl of eighteen--as a young serving-woman, a
- 228 On gaining the wood to which she had pointed, Grizel tied the postman's horse to a tree, at a safe distance from the road, and set about unfastening the straps of the mail-bags. With a sharp penknife she ripped them open, and searched for the governm
- 229 In such state of mind, La Salle sailed back to France in the autumn of 1674. He was well received and the next year returned, enn.o.bled, and more than ever determined to push his grand scheme for the acquisition of the great West. His was no plan to indu
- 230 "Not if one is fearless," called back the floating boy."How; fearless?" exclaimed the lad on the yacht, hastily. "Do you perhaps think that I am afraid?""I said not so," replied young Arvid, coolly sending a full ch
- 231 By August 3, 1700, King Charles had grown tired of waiting for his reserves and new recruits, and so, with scarce six thousand men, he sailed away from Malmo--clear down at the most southerly point of Sweden--across the Sound, and steered for the Danish c
- 232 At Alamingo I was kept nearly two months, till the snow was off the ground--a long time to be among such creatures! I was too far from any plantations or white people to try to escape; besides, the bitter cold made my limbs quite benumbed. But I contrived
- 233 It was necessary for him to bore under the subterranean gallery of the princ.i.p.al rampart, which was a distance of thirty-seven feet, and to get outside the foundation of the rampart. Beyond that was a door leading to the second rampart. Trenck was forc
- 234 He paused to take the pipe which Evangeline was handing him, and lighted it with a coal from the embers."For four days the English s.h.i.+ps have ridden at their anchors in the Gaspereau's mouth, and their cannon are pointed against us.What they
- 235 JABEZ ROCKWELL'S POWDER-HORN By Ralph D. Paine "Pooh, you are not tall enough to carry a musket! Go with the drums, and tootle on that fife you blew at the Battle of Saratoga.Away with you, little Jabez, crying for a powder-horn, when grown men
- 236 The soldiers pressed back to make way for General Was.h.i.+ngton as he went out of the hut, stooping low that his head might escape the roof-beams. Before the party mounted, the boyish Lafayette swung his hat round his head and shouted: "A huzza for
- 237 "The powder-horn? I remember. _You_ are the lad who led the powder-horn rebellion at Valley Forge. And I wrote down 'Seventeen seventy-six.' You have used it well, my boy. I will not forget."When Jabez Rockwell was able to rejoin his c
- 238 General Lee was very angry at the charges which Was.h.i.+ngton had made against him, and demanded that he should be tried by court-martial.His wish was granted. He was tried, and found guilty of every charge made against him, and in consequence was suspen
- 239 The colonel looked at the volunteer admiringly, and spoke some words in praise of his courage."No," said the man; "I have an idea, that is all. What I promise you is that I will not be taken alive. I shall give you a deal of trouble; becaus
- 240 After a time, Mrs. Morris found an opportunity of showing, that, although in principle she might be a Tory, she was at heart a good, kind Quaker lady ready to give help to suffering people, no matter whether they belonged to the side she favored or to tha
- 241 Presently they began knocking stones together, by which the men knew they intended to make an attack upon them. They made haste to get all the things into the boat, and all but one, named John Norton, succeeded in reaching it. The natives rushed upon this
- 242 Great indeed would be the issue of the contest between the two hostile armies. Should the British and their allies be defeated there was nothing before them but a disastrous retreat over hundreds of miles of country already laid waste by sword and fire; w
- 243 "Quite," replied the man. "You see it is burned through, and it is only a question of minutes before the roof must tumble in. The firemen do not dare to make any further attempt. It is a dreadful business.""What?""Why, d
- 244 It is usual in war for the guns and the sentinels always to face toward the enemy, however far off he may be. A battery placed in advance of the camp was therefore turned toward the river, and sentries were walking on the top of the bank. The trees preven
- 245 Those were sad days, those old war-times in 1812. The sight of a British wars.h.i.+p in Boston Bay was not pleasant. We were poor then, and had no monitors to go out and sink the enemy or drive him off.Our navy was small, and, though we afterwards had the
- 246 "Oh, yes; and they'll think it's soldiers going down to the Point to head 'em off.""Just so. Come, begin! One, two,--one, two!"Drum! drum!! drum!!!Squeak! squeak!! squeak!!!"For'ard--march!""Ha! ha!&q
- 247 "True. Now listen. You will set out at once with this." He handed the lad a small packet wrapped in oil silk, which Marcel thrust into his bosom. "You will make all speed to the city," he continued."There you will find Monsieur Pi
- 248 A steady tread came echoing down the corridor, and the Great Chief stepped into the court-yard."M'sieu' Jean!" cried Piff-Paff, running to meet him.Lafitte pressed the old man's hands in his, and turned to Marcel."Aha, my lit
- 249 Few boys have ever led a happier, busier, or more varied existence than did Humphry Davy. He was the son of a poor wood-carver, who lived in the pretty seaside town of Penzance, in England, where Humphry was born in 1778. Lowly, however, as was his birth,
- 250 Samuel Parker made no reply, and found no way to move forward, even had he been sure that friends awaited him in the village. The giant went on: "Now, what's your business, man? Ye look like no trapper nor good mountain man. As for more Yankee t
- 251 "I know it, and I knew I had need to be. I fired at his hand, and knew I must be a shade the first. I knew if I held true, his aim would be thrown out."As he spoke, he dismounted at the door of his own lodge. There Samuel Parker met him, and cri
- 252 "You must not go on so; you cannot live in this way," said the other."I am going to do better," replied Goodyear cheerily.It was by accident at last that he hit upon the secret of how to make India-rubber durable. He was talking one da
- 253 Next morning the sky was overcast, and the short day was as dark as our twilight. But it was not quite so cold, and I travelled onward as fast as possible. There was a long tract of wild and thinly-settled country before me, and I wished to get through it
- 254 Now, this morning, Creline had whispered mysteriously to June, as she went up the street to sell some eggs for Madame Joilet, that Ma.s.sa Link.u.m was coming that very day. June knew nothing about Ma.s.sa Link.u.m, and nothing about those grand, immortal
- 255 "It's jes' ober here little ways, Hungry," trying to laugh. "We'll fine him purty soon. I's terrible tired an'--sleepy, Hungry."She sat down there on a heap of leaves to rest, and laid her head down upon her ar
- 256 In a few moments the explosion came. Will heard the beams in the gorge tumbling as the dam gave way, and the water behind was freed. Away it went, was.h.i.+ng and pounding down the narrow ravine, toward the low bottom. The fire-fighters heard the explosio
- 257 The Junior Cla.s.sics.Volume 8.Selected and arranged by William Patten.VOLUME EIGHT Animal and Nature Stories LITTLE CYCLONE: THE STORY OF A GRIZZLY CUB By W. T. Hornaday Little Cyclone is a grizzly cub from Alaska, who earned his name by the vigor of his
- 258 My rifle I left where it was; it was useless and heavy. I cast many a glance behind me as, almost at a trot, I made my way down the long hillside.I strode on rapidly, for I had certainly a mile to cover before I could strike Alaric's trail, much more
- 259 "I know, but we'll be snug in bed, and won't feel it. You Canadians wouldn't have so much consumption if you breathed purer air when you slept."_"Oui!"_ was the polite reply; and nothing more was said.Long before dawn Ra
- 260 They had ventured to drag out one of the seines and unroll it on the floor of the loft, when the cow below them broke into distressful bawling. Peering down a square aperture, through which hay was lifted by machine forks in the season of storing, they sa
- 261 Heroes, it is said, are born of great crises. This dilemma of ours developed Tom's genius."I'll have that fox," he said, when the traps failed; and when the hound proved of no avail he still said: "I'll have him yet."&qu
- 262 By Anna Sewell One day when Ginger and I were standing alone in the shade, we had a great deal of talk; she wanted to know all about my bringing up and breaking in, and I told her."Well," said she, "if I had had your bringing up, I might ha
- 263 To little Mary it was all new and delightful. The big wagons squeaked and groaned and swayed from side to side till the hams hanging from the frame overhead would swing back and forth like the pendulum of a clock. There were the shouts of the men to the h
- 264 "As a rule you are right," replied his master, "because they are generally chained up as watch-dogs, and have not the intimate a.s.sociation with human beings which is so great an advantage to house-dogs; but Turk has been my constant compa
- 265 And then upon my word, I don't know what I did next, only I think, as I looked at my darling's poor crushed limbs, with the blood oozing from them, and heard his choking gasps for breath--I--I forgot for a moment or two that I was a man at all,
- 266 "Have that dog removed--no, let him alone--no, adjutant, bring him here!"So the adjutant, biting his lip, motioned Muldoon to fall out.Tough old Muldoon tucked Sc.r.a.p, struggling, squirming, glittering like a hardware shop, under his arm, and
- 267 "In the Alaska tail boa, ma'am," responded Ann, timidly.Slowly my mother's wrath evaporated, and her features settled down to their ordinary aspect of composure."Well," she said, "it might have been worse. She might have
- 268 As these memoirs cover a period of seven or eight years, and as s.p.a.ce is limited, my readers will kindly consent to take a seat on the convenient carpet of the magician, and be wafted gently to the next station on the road without further question. Thi
- 269 The Fourth of July, 1862, was a gala day at Roanoke Island. The camps of the island and the vessels in the harbor were in holiday attire. Colors were flying, bands playing, drums beating, patriotic steam was up to high pressure. The good old day, so dear
- 270 "He didn't get away, did he?""Are you sure he is in there?""Quib! Quib!" shouted Abe. "Woodchucks! Quib, woodchucks! Right in here. Find 'em!"Quib was dancing around in a quiver of noisy excitement, for he
- 271 "Where's the woodchuck?" asked Bob Hicks."Woodchuck? Why, boys, this is a regular cave," replied Abe."Quib's in there, somewhere," said Mart Penniman. "Just hear him yelp!""Hold on," said Cole Th
- 272 After this our little friend with half a tail became a greater favorite than ever, because we recognized that he was protector as well as friend.TOBY THE WISE By General Rush C. Hawkins The chief subject of this truthful history is a jet-black, middle-age
- 273 A dirty stick of candy.Five small silver coins.An harmonica.An odd sort of flute.The bonnet of an Italian baby.Four soiled red bandannas.A black wallet containing about a dollar in silver.Two tin cups.Two pictures of peasants.Two plugs of tobacco.These ar
- 274 Her apparently desperate and hopeless condition grew so comical when I reflected that it was only affectation, that I could not help laughing, loud and long. "Dear gossip," I called to her, "pray don't give yourself so much unnecessary
- 275 Captain Coffin at once ordered the men to get into our boat with their implements, and taking the smashed boat in tow, we returned to our own whale, which appeared to be fast dying.The captain, after securing the end of the severed whale-line, attached it
- 276 The main feeding-ground of the band of seals from which we take our animals is just off Moss Beach, and I was almost certain that I could get a sight of Nab there. Whether I should be able to tell him, floating among the other seals, with only a little, s
- 277 When I observed, however, that it was nearly high tide, and that I should have to swim against the tide if I waited much longer, I climbed down without more fooling, and struck back for sh.o.r.e.Although a side current s.h.i.+fted me from my direct course
- 278 The season was now growing late. College was to begin September 23d. On Tuesday, September 9th, Carl and Lee set out at daybreak on their quest. They fished long and carefully, but got no strike.They left the cove for half an hour, then tried again. This
- 279 Both boys recognized their aunt; they had been too busy with each other before to look about. They stood silently by, Oscar grinning and Edmund frowning, while she apologized for their conduct. Then she turned to them and led them to an impromptu court of
- 280 "She always does," was the placid answer. "See!"Lady Margaret had made a bracelet of a snake and was holding out her arm. One by one she added the others while Mrs. Morris, having interposed her friend between her and the spectacle, co
- 281 "Whew!" whistled Oscar. "You're bright to guess all that; probably 'tis hers. And you didn't tell Aunt Nora or Aunt Nellie?""They'll know fast enough now," replied Edmund gloomily, "after all this rac
- 282 "Ow-w-w-ch!" he continued to wail.The snake stopped, confused, craning its head upward at the new complication, then downward at its known adversary. Its hesitation would make Willie's escape practicable, if he could conquer his crazy fear.
- 283 "_Caterpillars!_" sang the Lark; "and you'll find it out in time;" and the Lark flew away, for he did not want to stay and contest the point with his friend."I thought the Lark had been wise and kind," observed the mild
- 284 "Good-day," said the Dragon-Fly. "Where shall I lay my eggs?""Oh, you are sure to find some place," answered the flower. "Sit down for a bit, and tell me if you are any happier now than when you were crawling up and down
- 285 "It seems to me we ought to come to that little hollow where the muck-holes are," John said."So I think," replied Willis, stopping to look about."I think we're heading off too far toward Stoss Pond," said I."Oh no,
- 286 The discovery excited us so that we forgot our miseries. The bear's skin and the state bounty would be worth sixteen dollars. As Willis's gun was useless, we concluded that the thing for us to do was to run home--if we could find the way--and ge
- 287 She began once more knocking at the door, and the head Bee Nurse came running up, but this time she was fearfully angry. "You must mind what you are doing, my good Grub," she said. "You are the youngest of them all, and you are the worst fo
- 288 "I had almost finished the hole, when my ears caught a humming, gradually growing louder. I looked down. Several yards below hung a black ma.s.s about as big as a nail-keg. It was a nest of wild bees swarming."At first I felt curious, interested
- 289 I took fifty specimens, twenty-five from one nest and twenty-five from another, made them dead drunk, marked each with a spot of paint, and put them on a table close to where the other ants from one of the nests were feeding. The table was surrounded as u
- 290 "I thought they were nice, respectable people.""O, perfectly nice and respectable,--very good people, in fact, so far as that goes. But then you must see the difficulty.""My dear cousin, I am afraid you must explain.""Wh
- 291 And when the spring came the gra.s.s stood green, and the birds began singing where they left off last. The flowers came up in mult.i.tudes from the earth, and everything looked fresh and gay. The Oak Trees alone stood with leafless boughs."It is the mos
- 292 Now there may be plenty of animals to be found with more brilliant abilities and livelier imagination than the Snail, but for gravity of demeanour and calmness of nerve who is his equal? And if a sound judgment be not behind such outward signs, there is n
- 293 I found, too, in that afternoon walk, some curiously shaped splinters of jasper, which at first did not seem very well adapted to any purpose; and yet, although mere fragments, they had every appearance of having been purposely shaped, and not of accident
- 294 Then the Sun laughed and said, "You are quite right _there_!"THE ANEMONES By Carl Ewald "Peeweet! peeweet!" cried the Plover, as he flew over the bog in the wood. "My Lady Spring is coming! I can tell it from the feeling in my legs and wings."When t
- 295 Not till morning came did the Storm grow weary and lie down to rest. "Now you shall have peace for a time," he said. "I will take a rest till we have the spring cleaning. Then we can have another turn together--that is, if there are any of you left by
- 296 "Certainly," said the Breeze.And us.h.!.+ it went over the Thistle and the Dandelion and carried all the seeds with it into the cornfield.The Burdock still stood and pondered. Its head was rather thick, and that was why it waited so long. But in the eve
- 297 "Oh, don't call it red!" exclaimed a golden Beet, who was of a gentle turn of mind; "it is but a pale tint after all, and surely rather amber than red; and perhaps that was what the long-tailed orange gentleman meant.""Perhaps it was; for perhaps he
- 298 _Phil, the little seven year old boy who makes the acquaintance of different animals in these stories, had an attack of brain fever at the orphanage, where he had been taken after the death of his father and mother. It was while he was ill, and the matron
- 299 "Of course, if you prefer honey to fresh bark," she said disappointedly. To please her Phil nibbled one end of the bough, and found it very bitter. He was thankful when her thoughts were distracted to her young ones, whose coats had to be nicely smoothe
- 300 "All right," he said resentfully. "I know what that means, of course. The Beavers have been setting you against me, just as I thought. They had better look out, for I have only been waiting until they grew a bit fatter. That 'Father Beaver' of yours