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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
- 101 Don Quixote, left to himself, climbed to the top of a high mountain, and spent his days making poems about the beautiful Dulcinea, which he recited to the rocks and trees around him. In this, and in calling upon the nymphs of the streams, and the satyrs o
- 102 "Such were the words of her letter, and they caused me at once to set out on my journey without waiting for the despatch of Don Fernando's business, for now I knew that it was not a matter of buying horses, but the pursuit of his own wretched pl
- 103 Quickly dismounting, she threw herself on her knees before Don Quixote, and refusing his efforts to raise her, spoke as follows: "Never will I rise from this position, most valiant and invincible knight, until you grant me a boon which will not only
- 104 "Sir," said the curate, "the princess would say that she landed at Malaga, and that Osuna was the first place wherein she heard tidings of your wors.h.i.+p.""That is so," said Dorothea; "and now nothing remains but to gu
- 105 "Sir," said the hostess, "if you would pay us better than the last time, we would give you one fit for a prince."Don Quixote answered that he would, and they prepared a reasonable good bed for him in the same room where he lay before.
- 106 To this the unhappy lady made no reply; and though Dorothea again spoke kindly to her, yet she sat silent and spoke not a word.At length the masked gentleman came across and said to Dorothea: "Lady, do not trouble yourself to offer anything to that w
- 107 It was now time for supper, and they all sat down at a long table, for there was not a square or round one in the whole house. And they gave the princ.i.p.al end to Don Quixote, though he did all he could to refuse it; but when he had taken it, he command
- 108 The Junior Cla.s.sics.by Edited by William Patten.VOLUME FIVE Stories That Never Grow Old PREFACE Consciously or unconsciously we are influenced by the characters we admire. A book that exerts a deep as well as a wide influence must produce changes in the
- 109 When Morgiana saw him depart, she went to bed, satisfied and pleased to have succeeded so well in saving her master and family.Ali Baba rose before day, and, followed by his slave, went to the baths, entirely ignorant of the important event which had happ
- 110 Aladdin ran to his mother, overjoyed at the money his uncle had given him. "Mother," said he, "have I an uncle?" "No, child,"replied his mother, "you have no uncle by your father's side or mine." "I am jus
- 111 As soon as Aladdin found that their provisions were again expended, he took one of the dishes, and went to look for his Jew chapman; but pa.s.sing by a goldsmith's shop, the goldsmith perceiving him called to him and said, "My lad, I imagine that you ha
- 112 As soon as this magnificent procession, with Aladdin's mother at its head, had begun to march from Aladdin's house, the whole city was filled with the crowds of people desirous to see so grand a sight. The graceful bearing, elegant form, and wonderful l
- 113 Aladdin went out of the sultan's palace in a condition of exceeding humiliation. The lords who had courted him in the days of his splendor now declined to have any communication with him.For three days he wandered about the city, exciting the wonder and
- 114 In the reign of the same caliph, Haroun-al-Raschid, of whom we have already heard, there lived at Bagdad a poor porter called Hindbad. One day, when the weather was excessively hot, he was employed to carry a heavy burden from one end of the town to the o
- 115 I soon again grew weary of living a life of idleness, and hardening myself against the thought of any danger, I embarked with some merchants on another long voyage. We touched at several ports, where we traded. One day we were overtaken by a dreadful temp
- 116 After we had finished our traffic in that island we put to sea again, and touched at several other ports; at last I arrived happily at Bagdad. Out of grat.i.tude to G.o.d for His mercies, I contributed liberally toward the support of several mosques and t
- 117 "Though the present we send you be inconsiderable, receive it, however, as a brother and a friend, in consideration of the hearty friends.h.i.+p which we bear for you, and of which we are willing to give you proof. We desire the same part in your friends
- 118 But I was hurried on, and obeyed blindly the dictates of my fancy rather than my reason; and, accordingly, the s.h.i.+p being fitted out, and the cargo furnished, and all things done as by agreement, by my partners in the voyage, I went on board in an evi
- 119 But that which comforted me more still was that last of all, after I had made five or six such voyages as these, and thought I had nothing more to expect from the s.h.i.+p that was worth my meddling with--I say, after all this, I found a great hogshead of
- 120 It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the sh.o.r.e, which was very plain to be seen on the sand. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as if I had seen an apparition. I li
- 121 "What is that?" says he."Why," said I, "it is that, as you say, there are three or four honest fellows among them which should be spared; had they been all of the wicked part of the crew I should have thought G.o.d's providence had singled them out
- 122 When the captain was gone, I sent for the men up to me to my apartment, and entered seriously into discourse with them on their circ.u.mstances. I told them I thought they had made a right choice; that if the captain had carried them away they would certa
- 123 7th. That the said Man-Mountain shall, at his times of leisure, be aiding and a.s.sisting to our workmen, in helping to raise certain great stones, towards covering the wall of the princ.i.p.al park, and other our royal buildings.8th. That the said Man-Mo
- 124 In the midst of dinner, my mistress's favorite cat leaped into her lap, I heard a noise behind me like that of a dozen stocking- weavers at work; and turning my head, I found it proceeded from the purring of that animal, who seemed to be three times larg
- 125 In a little time I and my family and friends came to a right understanding: but my wife protested I should never go to sea any more; although my evil destiny so ordered, that she had not power to hinder me, as the reader may know hereafter. In the meantim
- 126 "I should like some good dry oats," said the clown-for his donkey's head made him desire donkey's food--"and some hay to follow.""Shall some of my fairies fetch you new nuts from the squirrel's house?" asked the queen."I'd rather have a handful
- 127 "Where the bee sucks, there suck I: In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer, merrily: Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough."AS YOU LIKE IT Retold by E.
- 128 So when Ba.s.sanio came to him to ask for a loan of three thousand ducats to Antonio for three months, Shylock hid his hatred, and turning to Antonio, said--"Harshly as you have treated me, I would be friends with you and have your love. So I will lend y
- 129 The Neighbors also came out to see him run; and as he ran, some mocked, others threatened, and some cried after him to return; and among those that did so, there were two that resolved to fetch him back by force. The name of the one was _Obstinate_, and t
- 130 INTER. You say truth: _For the things which are seen are_ Temporal; _but the things that are not seen are_ Eternal. But though this be so, yet since things present and our fleshly appet.i.te are such near neighbors one to another; and, again, because thin
- 131 APOL. There is no Prince that will thus lightly lose his Subjects, neither will I as yet lose thee: but since thou complainest of thy service and wages, be content to go back; what our country will afford, I do here promise to give thee.CHR. But I have le
- 132 So when the morning was come, the Giant goes to them again, and takes them into the Castle-yard and shews them as his Wife had bidden him. These, said he, were Pilgrims as you are, once, and they trespa.s.sed in my grounds, as you have done; and when I th
- 133 A pilgrim, at length, who sat by the chimney, took compa.s.sion upon him, and resigned his seat, saying briefly, "Old man, my garments are dried, my hunger is appeased, thou art both wet and fasting."And, so saying, he placed some food before the Jew on
- 134 The trumpets had no sooner given the signal than the combatants vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the centre of the lists with the shock of a thunderbolt. The lances burst into s.h.i.+vers, both the knights being almost
- 135 "Holy Abraham!" returned the Jew, "heard man ever such a demand?Not within the walls of York, ransack my house and that of all my tribe, wilt thou find the t.i.the of that huge sum of silver.""Prepare, then," said the Norman, "for a long and linger
- 136 When at length the attack upon the castle was commenced all was at once bustle and clamour within its gloomy walls. The heavy step of men-at-arms traversed the battlements, or resounded on the narrow and winding pa.s.sages and the stairs which led to the
- 137 Orders were at once given by the Grand Master to prepare the great hall of the preceptory for the trial of Rebecca as a sorceress; and even the president of the establishment did not hesitate to aid in procuring false evidence against the unfortunate Jewe
- 138 "I will," said the spectre, "when I have collected breath. Alive, saidst thou? I am as much alive as he can be who has fed on bread and water for three days. I went down under the Templar's sword, stunned, indeed, but unwounded, for the blade struck m
- 139 He was about to speak to the gipsy, when he heard a hoa.r.s.e voice calling to her in angry tones from outside, and in a moment after, a man, who was apparently a sea-captain, came in to where Meg Merrilies was seated.He was short in height, but prodigiou
- 140 There was another person, however, in the inn on whom Brown could not avoid repeatedly fixing his eyes--a tall, witch-like woman. It was Meg Merrilies the gipsy; but time had grizzled her raven locks, and added many wrinkles to her wild features. As he lo
- 141 After a rough and dangerous voyage by night, he found himself in the morning off the Scottish coast. The weather had now cleared. A woody cape, that stretched into the sea, lay some little distance from the vessel; and, in answer to Brown's inquiries, th
- 142 "Are you here in G.o.d's name?" said the guide to the driver."Ay, troth I am," said he."Open the carriage, then. You, gentlemen, get into it; in a short time you'll be in a place of safety, and remember your promise to the gipsy wife."Bertram and
- 143 As the prison clock tolled ten, Glossin slipped off his shoes, and silently followed Mac-Guffog to the smuggler's room. As he entered, the door was locked on the outside; and he found himself alone with the former partner of his guilt. The cell was so da
- 144 THE BARONS WONDERFUL DOG By R. E. Raspe I had married a lady of great beauty, who, having heard of my sporting exploits, desired, a short time after our marriage, to go out with me on a shooting expedition. I went on in front to start something, and I soo
- 145 Junior Cla.s.sics.by Various.Edited by William Patten.VOLUME SIX.OLD-FAs.h.i.+ONED TALES.THE RACE FOR THE SILVER SKATES By Mary Mapes Dodge The 20th of December came at last, bringing with it the perfection of winter weather. All over the level landscape
- 146 "Come, Peter!" cried Lambert from the line: "we are waiting for you.""For madame's sake," pleaded Hans, "be quick! She is motioning to you to join the racers. There, the skate is almost on: quick, mynheer, fasten it. I could not possibly win. The
- 147 Tony could hardly help shouting at the idea; but, rather than trouble his little mistress, he said Very soberly: "I'm afraid they wouldn't lay easy, not being used to it. Tucking up a b.u.t.terfly would about kill him; the worms would be apt to get los
- 148 All that morning they were very busy settling the new-comer, for both people and books had to be consulted before they could decide what diet and treatment was best for each. The winged contraband had taken Nelly at her word, and flown away on the journey
- 149 One day in the next week she went down to the river far in the woods, and took a bath, combing her long straight black hair down her shoulders. Then she put on her new dress, and went down to the miller's house. It was all very quiet, for the children we
- 150 "Amused! If you could only see your own face!""I see Sir Charles's, and that makes mine."The new performer, you perceive, was an actor with a t.i.tle.That night's coach, driving up while the dress-rehearsal of the other tableaux was going on at the
- 151 "This won't do," said Frank Scherman. "Speak to them, Brookhouse.Dakie Thayne, run over to Green's, and say,--The ladies' compliments to General Ingleside and friends, and beg the honor of their presence at the concluding tableaux."Dakie was off wi
- 152 The Josselyns had not quite consented at once, though their faces were bright with a most thankful appreciation of the kindness that offered them such a pleasure; nay, that entreated their companions.h.i.+p as a thing so genuinely coveted to make its own
- 153 "Yes; at least I s'pose so: I certainly took it out of my drawer, for I noticed how heavy 'twas; that new cas.h.i.+er gave me gold for most of it, you see.""You'd have known then if you dropped it on the way, mother.""I should think so: any way, I
- 154 "It is no use," said the Large Doll, "we must try something else," and the rest all came out of the pen. They went to the dovecote. The Spanish Doll quickly climbed the ladder; so could the Large Doll. But when she turned to help the little ones, her
- 155 So he flung out another apple; that fell among a party of ducks, and they began to make such a quacking and a waddling, that it frightened the horse into a quick trot.So the only way Solomon John could make his horse go was by flinging his apples, now on
- 156 Robin found her gaze oppressive; for her eyes were hard and cold and gray, as if they had been little orbs of granite."Get ye to work, Wild Robin!""What to do?" meekly asked the boy, hungrily glancing at a few kernels of rye which had rolled out of on
- 157 Grandma sent Ann out into the kitchen to put the loaves in the oven and lo and behold! the oven was full. Ann stood staring for a minute, with a loaf of election cake in her hands; that and the bread would be ruined if they were not baked immediately, as
- 158 Dame Clementina was in her dairy, churning, and her little daughter Nan was out in the flower-garden. The flower-garden was a little plot back of the cottage, full of all the sweet, old-fas.h.i.+oned herbs. There were sweet marjoram, sage, summer savory,
- 159 So Dame Clementina ran out quickly, and pulled down the sprig of dill and the verse.Then the way the people hurried out of the yard! They fairly danced and flourished their heels, old folks and all. They were so delighted to be able to move, and they want
- 160 At length, quite tired with walking about, p.u.s.s.y turned round on her tail six times, curled down in a corner, and fell fast asleep.Immediately Brownie changed himself into the smallest mouse possible; and, taking care not to make the least noise, gnaw
- 161 They laughed and did as they were told; whereupon they were drowned in a shower of cherries--cherries falling like hailstones, hitting them on their heads, their cheeks, their noses--filling their caps and pinafores and then rolling and tumbling on to the
- 162 The husband said nothing, but secretly laughed to himself."What are you laughing at, Will?" said his wife, as she put out the candle."Why, you soft little thing," answered the woodman, "didn't you see that bunch of green ash-keys in his cap; and don
- 163 Just then she heard her husband's good-tempered voice whistling as he went down the ladder."Kitty, Kitty," said he, "come, get up, my little woman; it's later than usual, and our good visitor will want his breakfast.""Oh, Will, Will, do come here,
- 164 Then he told the prince of ancient rivers running through terrible deserts, whose sands glitter with golden grains and are yellow in the fierce heat of the sun, and of dreary mines where the Indian slaves work in gangs tied together, never seeing the ligh
- 165 "I wish for a white kitten with blue eyes," said a little girl whose name was Therese."I shall wish to find an amber necklace that does not belong to any one," said another little girl."I wish to be a king," said a boy whose name was Karl. "No, I t
- 166 Now this pedlar was the fairy's enemy. He had long suspected that the wand must be concealed somewhere in that region, and near the sea, and he had disguised himself, and gone out wandering among the farmhouses and huts and castles to try if he could hea
- 167 "In that temple there was no sound but the rustling of the bat's wings as they flew in before dawn, or sometimes the chirping of a swallow which had lost its way, and was frightened to see all the grim marble faces gazing at it. But the quietness did me
- 168 They had not gone far before they found themselves in a crowd of people, all going toward the castle ruin, for there, they told Hulda, the pedlar, the famous pedlar from the north, who sold such fine wares, was going to perform some feats of jugglery of m
- 169 "I didn't read it," said Mr. Skratdj."Well, you burnt it," said Mrs. Skratdj; "and, as I always say, there's nothing more foolish than burning a letter of invitation before the day, for one is certain to forget.""I've no doubt you always do say
- 170 "Ah! that shows it wasn't.""No, it doesn't.""Yes, it does." Etc., etc., etc.The direction of their daily walks was a fruitful subject of difference of opinion."Let's go on the Common to-day, nurse?""Oh, don't let's go there; we're always go
- 171 "Then I'll go to papa and ask.""Go by all means.""I won't if you'll tell me truly.""I sha'n't tell you anything. Go and ask, if you dare," said Harry, only too glad to have the tables turned.Polly's expedition met with the same fate, and she
- 172 "Your music must be very sticky, for you're always stuck fast.""Hold your tongue!" said the hot-tempered gentleman.With what he imagined to be a very waggish air, Harry put out his tongue, and held it with his finger and thumb. It was unfortunate tha
- 173 Harry stood aghast."What fun!" said a voice close by him; and he saw that one of the Dragons was lying near, and not joining in the game. He had lost one of the forks of his tongue by accident, and could not bark for a while."I'm glad you think it fun
- 174 By Mrs. E. M. Field "Once upon a time," began Uncle Jack, "since we know no fairy stories are worth hearing unless they begin with 'once upon a time.'"Once upon a time there was a country ruled over by a king and queen who had no children. Having no
- 175 "Well several had tried to make puddings; but somehow, though they ought to have been quite right, _something_ was wrong, and no one would eat them. One girl had bravely made some apple-dumplings, and baked them quite brown; but then she could not find o
- 176 "'Dear friends,' she said, 'at your age, is this decorous? Is it proper? Is it even ladylike?'"'There it is! Catch it! Catch it!' cried one of the old ladies."'Come and play with us!' cried another."None of the rest paid any attention to the s
- 177 Bryda did not need a second invitation. A very short time indeed pa.s.sed before she was by Maurice's side.His father had brought him over, he said; his father wanted to see grandfather about some business, so he had started off very early.Maurice was dr
- 178 How this was to be managed did not seem to strike Bryda as puzzling.She and Maurice had so often acted the execution of Mary of Scotland, with an armchair for the block, and an umbrella for an ax, that they were quite used to the queen having her head cut
- 179 "And how did little Tim behave?" asked Mrs. Cratchit, when she had rallied Bob on his credulity, and Bob had hugged his daughter to his heart's content."As good as gold," said Bob, "and better. Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much,
- 180 "When we got to Havre, all our baggage was examined at the custom-house, and the officers allowed it all to pa.s.s. When they came to the clock, my father showed them the little door and the bird inside, and they said it was very curious. They did not pa
- 181 "Well, in point of fact," replied Beechnut, "I never was s.h.i.+pwrecked.""Never was!" exclaimed Phonny. "Why, what is all this story that you have been telling us, then?""Embellishment," said Beechnut quietly."Embellishment!" repeated Phonny,
- 182 It so happened that a native-born son of the valley, many years before, had enlisted as a soldier, and, after a great deal of hard fighting, had now become an ill.u.s.trious commander. Whatever he may be called in history, he was known in camps and on the
- 183 He and the poet, arm in arm, still talking together as they went along, proceeded to the spot. It was a small nook among the hills, with a gray precipice behind, the stern front of which was relieved by the pleasant foliage of many creeping plants, that m
- 184 "What did you keep us waiting in the rain for?" said Schwartz, as he walked in, throwing his umbrella in Gluck's face. "Ay! what for, indeed, you little vagabond?" said Hans, administering an educational box on the ear, as he followed his brother int
- 185 "Lala-lira-la." All at once it struck Gluck that it sounded louder near the furnace. He ran to the opening and looked in; yes, he saw right, it seemed to be coming, not only out of the furnace, but out of the pot. He uncovered it, and ran back in a grea
- 186 And he strode over the figure; yet, as he pa.s.sed, he thought he saw a strange expression of mockery about its lips. And, when he had gone a few yards farther, he looked back; but the figure was not there.And a sudden horror came over Schwartz, he knew n
- 187 THE BAR OF GOLD By Lillian M. Gask Long years ago there lived a poor labouring man who never knew what it was to sleep in peace. Whether the times were good or bad, he was haunted by fears for the morrow, and this constant worrying caused him to look so t
- 188 The enormous cook now seized hold of Master No-book, brandis.h.i.+ng her knife with an aspect of horrible determination, intending to kill him, while he took the trouble of screaming and kicking in the most desperate manner, when the giant turned gravely
- 189 Meantime a sad riot had arisen in the dining-room, where the boys called loudly for their tea; and the young ladies drew their chairs all round the table, to wait till it was ready. Still nothing appeared; so everybody wondered more and more how long they
- 190 Wine was not very common among the shepherds of Stumpinghame, and the boy had never tasted such drink as that before; for scarcely had it gone down, when he forgot all his troubles--how Blackthorn and Brownberry wore his clothes, how Rough Ruddy sent him
- 191 (Dinah was the cat.) "I hope they'll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah, my dear! I wish you were down here with me! There are no mice in the air, I'm afraid, but you might catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you know. But do cats e
- 192 So she began again: "Ou est ma chatte?" which was the first sentence in her French lesson-book.The Mouse gave a sudden leap out of the water, and seemed to quiver all over with fright. "Oh, I beg your pardon!" cried Alice hastily, afraid that she had
- 193 "It _is_ a long tail, certainly," said Alice, looking down with wonder at the Mouse's tail; "but why do you call it sad?" And she kept on puzzling about it while the Mouse was speaking, so that her idea of the tale was something like this: "Fury sai
- 194 She drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and waited till she heard a little animal (she couldn't guess of what sort it was) scratching and scrambling about in the chimney close above her: then, saying to herself, "This is Bill," she gave
- 195 "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.""You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonl
- 196 "Well, be off, then!" said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its nest. Alice crouched down among the trees as well as she could, for her neck kept getting entangled among the branches, and every now and then she had to stop and u
- 197 "Wow! wow! wow!""Here! You may nurse it a bit, if you like!" the d.u.c.h.ess said to Alice, flinging the baby at her as she spoke. "I must go and get ready to play croquet with the Queen," and she hurried out of the room. The cook threw a frying-pan
- 198 "I don't see any wine," she remarked."There isn't any," said the March Hare."Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer it," said Alice, angrily."It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being invited," said the March Hare."I didn't kn
- 199 'Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.Twinkle, twinkle--'"Here the Dormouse shook itself, and began singing in its sleep, "_Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle--_" and went on so long that they had to pinch it to make it stop."Well,
- 200 "Really, now you ask me," said Alice, very much confused, "I don't think--""Then you shouldn't talk," said the Hatter.This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off: the Dormouse fell asleep inst