Journeys Through Bookland Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Journeys Through Bookland novel. A total of 424 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Journeys Through Bookland.by Charles H. Sylvester.VOL 2.AESOP Many centuries ago, more t
Journeys Through Bookland.by Charles H. Sylvester.VOL 2.AESOP Many centuries ago, more than six hundred years before Christ was born, there lived in Greece a man by the name of Aesop. We do not know very much about him, and no one can tell exactly what he
- 124 No time was lost in useless greeting; but the severed bar of the window was at once made use of as a lever to remove the heavy stones, and in less than ten minutes an aperture was made sufficiently large for an exit.Paul now fastened the rope that had bee
- 123 "I know an Englishman who wears a French girl's picture in his heart,"said d.i.c.k, who, with a sly wink at Paul as a preface, thus made his first bold advance. "A what?" inquired Leontine."A poor devil," replied d.i.c.k
- 122 In an hour after the arrival of the "Polly" in the deceitful port, Paul and his entire crew were marched through the streets of a French village, and were drawn up opposite the prison entrance.Upon their arrival at the gate they were met by the
- 121 The publication in 1852 of Alice's _Clovernook Papers_ brought to her increasing recognition and new friends. These simple, original little sketches of rural scenery and rural life were just the things which Alice Cary knew best how to write, and the
- 120 There came also as the day grew apace a painter who had fame in the world and who was liberal of hand and of spirit."I seek one who should have had the prize yesterday had worth won," he said to the people, "a boy of rare promise and genius
- 119 Patrasche had lain quiet countless hours watching its gradual creation after the labor of each day was done, and he knew that Nello had a hope--vain and wild perhaps, but strongly cherished--of sending this great drawing to compete for a prize of 200 fran
- 118 A dog of Flanders--yellow of hide, large of limb, with wolflike ears that stood erect, and legs bowed and feet widened in the muscular development wrought in his breed by the many generations of hard service. Patrasche came of a race which had toiled hard
- 117 It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise!He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.Toiling--rejoicing--sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; E
- 116 The strongest claim to the high regard in which Longfellow's poems are held is based on the very qualities that endear him to his child- readers. All his life, even in the midst of affliction and sorrow, he was governed by true, deep kindness for all
- 115 Among the most distinguished and interesting buildings in the town of Portland, Maine, is the rather severe-looking house built in the latter part of the eighteenth century by General Peleg Wadsworth. From the very date of its erection, this structure bec
- 114 Now Don Garcia Tellez, the abbot, and the trusty Gil Diaz, were wont every year to make a great festival on the day of the Cid's departure, and on that anniversary they gave food and clothing to the poor, who came from all parts round about. And it c
- 113 And Don Ramon answered, "Eat you, Don Rodrigo, for your fortune is fair and you deserve it; take you your pleasure, but leave me to die." And in this mood he continued for three days, refusing all food.But then my Cid said to him, "Take foo
- 112 Journeys Through Bookland.Volume Four.by Charles H. Sylvester.BETTER THAN GOLD Better than grandeur, better than gold, Than rank and t.i.tles a thousand fold, Is a healthy body, a mind at ease, And simple pleasures' that always please. A heart that c
- 111 Though two hundred thousand of the pagans lay dead, many thousand Christians mingled with them. Of the Twelve but two remained, when the hosts of Marsilius began to flee and he looked with dismay upon the slain. Then would Roland have won his battle in sp
- 110 Charlemagne put forth his hand and touched the kneeling Ganelon."Since the Franks have chosen thee," he said, "enter upon thy journey with a brave heart. Put aside all fear and take my glove and baton."Still trembling, half with rage a
- 109 "I have no money," then quoth the young man, "No ready gold or fee, But I will swear upon a book Thy true servant for to be."[Ill.u.s.tration: IN THE GREENWOOD]"How many miles is it to thy true love?Come tell me without guile,&quo
- 108 There are twelve months in all the year, As I hear many say, But the merriest month in all the year Is the merry month of May.[Ill.u.s.tration: ROBIN HOOD AND THE WIDOW]Now Robin is to Nottingham gone, With a link, a down, and a day, And there he met a si
- 107 "I'll serve you with all my whole heart; My name is John Little, a man of good mettle; Ne'er doubt it, for I'll play my part.""His name shall be alter'd," quoth William Stutely, "And I will his G.o.dfather be;
- 106 There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran; There was racing and chasing on Cann.o.bie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see.So daring in love, and so dauntle
- 105 It was not long before Siegfried with his bride returned to his home in Netherland, and was made king of that realm by his father Siegmund.No less brave and generous was he as a ruler than as a knight, and the years sped on in high prosperity for all the
- 104 At this time there dwelt in Burgundy, on the Rhine, a young princess of such rare virtue and beauty that n.o.ble youths had come from every land to win her as a bride. As yet, however, she had bestowed her favor upon no one. What, then, were the surprise
- 103 In deep dejection Frithiof then set sail in Ellida, Ingeborg watching him from the sh.o.r.e with a heavy and foreboding heart. Hardly had the s.h.i.+p got under way when there arose a terrible storm, caused by two witches whom Helge had paid to use their
- 102 Once more he stept into the street; And to his lips again Laid his long pipe of smooth straight cane; And ere he blew three notes (such sweet Soft notes as yet musician's cunning Never gave the enraptured air) There was a rustling that seemed like a
- 101 Gladly did Psyche leave this gloomy abode and set out on her homeward journey. The black path seemed not so long nor so frightful when she knew she was moving toward the light of day; and O, how happy she was when she saw the sunlight glimmering ahead of
- 100 "Is it not unendurable that this girl, who was left unsought in our father's house for years, should be living in such splendor? I shall hate the sight of my own palace when I return.""Yes," sighed the other, "all the polishe
- 99 [Ill.u.s.tration: GRENDEL COULD NOT BREAK THAT GRIP OF STEEL.]Then spying the sleeping Beowulf he dropped his mangled prey and laid his rough hands on his watchful enemy. Suddenly Beowulf raised himself upon one elbow and fastened his strong grip on the a
- 98 Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead.Under his slouched hat, left and right He glanced: the old flag met his sight."Halt!"--the dust-brown ranks stood fast."Fire!"--out blazed the rifle-blast.It s.h.i.+ver
- 97 "Genie," said Aladdin, "I command that in the name of this lamp you bring me a roc's egg to be hung up in the middle of the dome of the hall of the palace." Aladdin had no sooner p.r.o.nounced these words than the hall shook as if
- 96 "I have sent to have the private chamber opened for you," she said; "enter and come up."A few moments later, the happy couple were united in the princess's chamber. It is impossible to describe the joy they felt at seeing each oth
- 95 The princess, dazzled by such brilliancy, said to Aladdin, "I thought, prince, that nothing in the world was so beautiful as my father's palace; but the sight of this hall shows me how much I was deceived."The next morning Aladdin's at
- 94 In the meantime the festivities in honor of the princess's marriage were conducted at the sultan's palace with great magnificence. When the ceremonies were concluded, the princess and her husband retired to the chamber prepared for them. But no
- 93 "Child," said the mother, as she looked upon the silver dishes and smelled the savory odor from the food, "who has given us these wonderful things? Has the sultan remembered us?""Never mind that," said Aladdin. "Let us s
- 92 The youth hung down his head and could make no answer, but his mother began to complain. "Aladdin is an idle fellow. When his father was alive, he tried to teach the boy his trade, but without success. Now I can do nothing with the boy, who forgets t
- 91 What can be more delightful than to find harmony of opinion in those we love, when a great and momentous decision has to be taken?My dear wife a.s.sured me that she desired nothing more earnestly than to spend the rest of her days in a place to which she
- 90 Not a corner would they have left unnoticed, had not the mother, fearing they would tire the poor girl out, come to the rescue, and led her back to the house.On the following day, after an early breakfast, we started, while it was yet cool, for Falconhurs
- 89 The young men then ran down to the yacht to bring up what was necessary for supper, as well as to make preparations for a camp in which we might spend the night. This done, the mother hastened to set before us a substantial meal, while the boys, anxious t
- 88 Wearied and sorrowful, but full of thankfulness for our personal safety, we at length lay down to sleep, having brought all the dogs on board.Next morning, before quitting Pearl Bay, we once more landed, that we might possess ourselves of the magnificent
- 87 The wonderfully architectural appearance of the pillars, arches, and pinnacles surrounding and surmounting this n.o.ble entrance struck me with admiration, resembling parts of a fine Gothic cathedral, and inducing me to propose for it the name, Cape Minst
- 86 Anxious to see him return before nightfall, I went off to Shark Island with Ernest and Jack, in order to look out for him from the watch tower there, at the same time hoisting our signal flag, and loading the gun.Long we gazed across the expanse of ocean
- 85 "From the hills echoed the mournful howl of jackals, answered by Fangs in the yard, who was backed up by the barking and yelping of his friends Floss and Bruno. Far away beyond the rocky fastnesses of the Gap, sounded unearthly, hollow snortings and
- 84 I wished Fritz to keep close to us, that we might all arrive together; but I yielded to his earnest wish to return alone as he came; he longed to act as our avant-courrier, and announce our approach to his mother; so he was soon skimming away over the sur
- 83 The mother determined to attempt an experiment. She prepared b.a.l.l.s of maize flour, mixed with b.u.t.ter. One of these she placed within the bird's beak. He swallowed it, and stretched out his long neck, looking inquiringly for a second mouthful.
- 82 The princ.i.p.al dish in this meal consisted of bears' paws--most savory smelling delicacies, so tempting that their close resemblance to human hands, and even the roguish "Fee-fo-fum" from Jack, did not prevent a single member of the famil
- 81 "No, dear child," said I, "only fearfully strong and ferocious. And it has no need to tear the flesh from the bones. It swallows them, skin, hair, and all, and digests everything in its stomach.""It seems utterly impossible that t
- 80 While I was still puzzling my brains as to how I should set to work, he returned with his fis.h.i.+ng apparatus in hand; a bow and arrow, and a ball of twine.At the arrowhead he had fastened a barbed spike, and had secured the arrow to the end of the stri
- 79 As we were employed in making beds for the flax and placing it in them, we observed several nests of the flamingo. These are most curiously and skilfully made of glutinous clay, so strong that they can neither be overturned nor washed away. They are forme
- 78 By skillful management we brought the pinnace near a projection of the bank, and Fritz a.s.sisted his mother to come on board, where, breathless with haste and excitement, she exclaimed, "You dear, horrid, wonderful people, shall I scold you or prais
- 77 "Ah, you must not expect real loaves," said I. "But on these flat iron plates I can bake flat cakes or scones, which will be excellent bread; I mean to try at once what I can do with Ernest's roots. And first of all, I want you to make
- 76 Early in the afternoon both our crafts were heavily laden, and we were ready to make for the sh.o.r.e. The voyage was begun with considerable anxiety, as, with the raft in tow, there was some danger of an accident.But the sea being calm and the wind favor
- 75 "Return to the wreck by all means," replied my wife, cheerfully."Patience, order, and perseverance will help us through all our work, and I agree with you that a visit to the wreck is without doubt our first duty. Come, let us wake the chil
- 74 "Hullo," cried Fritz, "I always thought a cocoanut was full of delicious sweet liquid, like almond milk.""So it is," I replied, "when young and fresh; but as it ripens the milk becomes congealed, and in the course of tim
- 73 I was anxious to land the two casks which were floating alongside our boat, but on attempting to do so, I found that I could not get them up the bank on which we had landed, and was therefore obliged to look for a more convenient spot. As I did so, I was
- 72 I aroused the boys, and we a.s.sembled on the remaining portion of the deck, when they, to their surprise, discovered that no one else was on board."h.e.l.lo, papa! what has become of everybody? Are the sailors gone? Have they taken away the boats? O
- 71 But could not, though he tried; His head was turned,--and so he chewed His pigtail till he died.His death, which happened in his berth, At forty-odd befell; They went and told the s.e.xton, and The s.e.xton tolled the bell.THE MARINER'S DREAM By WILL
- 70 We waited a great while, though very impatient for their removing; and were very uneasy, when, after a long consultation, we saw them all start up, and march down toward the sea; it seems they had such dreadful apprehensions of the danger of the place, th
- 69 Master.--Well, Friday, and what does your nation do with the men they take; do they carry them away and eat them, as these did?Friday.--Yes, my nation eat mans too, eat all up.Master.--Where do they carry them?Friday.--Go to other place, where they think.
- 68 INTRODUCTORY NOTE The author of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, lived in England from 1661 to 1731. He was a brave, liberty-loving man who was always in opposition to the tyranny of the government, and was many times punished for his independent speech and
- 67 The sea was wet as wet could be, The sands were dry as dry.You could not see a cloud, because No cloud was in the sky; No birds were flying overhead-- There were no birds to fly.[Ill.u.s.tration: THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER]The Walrus and the Carpenter W
- 66 The Red Queen said, "That's a poor thin way of doing things. Now HERE, we mostly have days and nights two or three at a time, and sometimes in the winter we take as many as five nights together--for warmth, you know.""Are five nights w
- 65 "That's just what I complain of. You SHOULD have meant! What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning--and a child's more important than a joke, I hope.You couldn't deny that, even
- 64 "Oh, a song, please, if the Mock Turtle would be so kind," Alice replied, so eagerly that the Gryphon said, in a rather offended tone, "Hm! No accounting for tastes! Sing her 'Turtle Soup,' will you, old fellow?"The Mock Turt
- 63 Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?'""Thank you, it's a very interesting dance to watch," said Alice, feeling very glad that it was over at last; "and I do so like that curious s
- 62 Journeys Through Bookland.by Charles H. Sylvester.VOL 3.JOHN'S PUMPKIN By MRS ARCHIBALD Last spring I found a pumpkin seed, And thought that I would go And plant it in a secret place, That no one else would know, And watch all summer long to see It
- 61 He had scarcely got out to sea before he determined to set the mill to work. "Now, mill, grind salt," said he; "grind salt with all your might!--Salt, salt, and nothing but salt!" The mill began to grind, and the sailors to fill the sa
- 60 IN TIME'S SWING By Lucy Larcom Father Time, your footsteps go Lightly as the falling snow.In your swing I'm sitting, see!Push me softly; one, two, three, Twelve times only. Like a sheet, Spread the snow beneath my feet. Singing merrily, let me s
- 59 Proserpina's only reply was "My mother! O, my poor mother!" And truly Ceres deserved pity. She had hastened at evening back to her home in Sicily, happy in the thought of seeing her daughter, only to find that daughter gone. The nymphs had
- 58 "That's vulgar work," said the Darning-Needle. "I shall never get through. I'm breaking! I'm breaking!" And she really broke. "Did I not say so?" said the Darning-Needle; "I'm too fine." "No
- 57 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.And it was found written therein that Mordecai had told of the two keepers of the door who had sought to lay hand o
- 56 III After these things did King Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman; fo
- 55 II. Second Appearance (spinning on the globe of foam).1. Cap and all as before.III. Third Appearance.1. The drinking-mug.a. The handle of two wreaths of golden hair descending and mixing with the beard and whiskers. b. Face,--small, fierce, reddish-gold.c
- 54 Then Schwartz climbed for another hour, and again his thirst returned; and as he lifted his flask to his lips, he thought he saw his brother Hans lying exhausted on the path before him, and, as he gazed, the figure stretched its arms to him, and cried for
- 53 But Gluck was too much astonished to do anything of the kind."Pour me out, I say," said the voice rather gruffly, Still Gluck couldn't move."WILL you pour me out?" said the voice pa.s.sionately, "I'm too hot."By a v
- 52 "Who are you, sir?" demanded Schwartz, turning upon him."What's your business?" snarled Hans."I'm a poor old man, sir," the little gentleman began very modestly, "and I saw your fire through the window, and beg
- 51 By John Ruskin I In a secluded and mountainous part of Styria there was, in old time, a valley of the most surprising and luxuriant fertility. It was surrounded on all sides by steep and rocky mountains, rising into peaks, which were always covered with s
- 50 "Not I," said the dog; "Bow-wow!I wouldn't be so mean, anyhow!I gave hairs the nest to make, But the nest I did not take.Not I," said the dog; "Bow-wow!I'm not so mean, anyhow." [Ill.u.s.tration]"To-whit I to-w
- 49 "What!--I must positively kiss you for that," exclaimed the wife, "My dear, good husband! Now I'll tell you something. Do you know, you had hardly left me this morning, before I began thinking how I could give you something very nice t
- 48 And she fastened his neckerchief for him, for she could do that better than he could; and she tied it in a double bow, for she could do that very prettily. Then she brushed his hat round and round with the palm of her hand, and gave him a kiss. So he rode
- 47 If she could get twenty pounds for her chickens, could she buy a cow, thirty geese, two turkeys and a sow with a litter of eight pigs for the money?HOLGER DANSKE By Hans Christian Andersen NOTE.--The first paragraphs of this story contain an old Danish le
- 46 "We have been looking at you all this while," they said. And so they thought they had been."Then look at me once more," she said.They looked--and both of them cried out at once, "Oh, who are you, after all?""You are our
- 45 "No," answered a solemn voice behind. "No more did Tom, when you behaved to him in the very same way."It was Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid. And when the truncheon saw her, it started bolt upright--Attention!--and made such a low bow, that if i
- 44 Tom thought he was crying; but it was only his poor brains running away, from being worked so hard; and as Tom talked, the unhappy turnip streamed down all over with juice, and split and shrank till nothing was left of him but rind and water; whereat Tom
- 43 Now, was not that strange?"Thank you, ma'am," said Tom. "Then I won't trouble your ladys.h.i.+p any more; I hear you are very busy.""And now, my pretty little man," said Mother Carey, "you are sure you know the
- 42 But there came by a flock of petrels, who are Mother Carey's own chickens; and Tom thought them much prettier than Lady Gairfowl, and so perhaps they were; for Mother Carey had had a great deal of fresh experience between the time that she invented t
- 41 "But what great, hulking, broad-shouldered chaps they are," said Tom; "they are a rough lot as ever I saw.""Yes, they are getting very strong now; for the ladies will not marry any but the very strongest and fiercest gentlemen, wh
- 40 "And perhaps," said the fairy, "you will learn to like going where you don't like, and helping some one that you don't like, as Ellie has."But Tom put his finger in his mouth, and hung his head down; for he did not see that a
- 39 Some people may say, "But why did she not keep her cupboard locked?"Well, I know. It may seem a very strange thing, but she never does keep her cupboard locked; every one may go and taste for himself, and fare accordingly. It is very odd, but so
- 38 "Well, you are a little hard on a poor lad," said Tom."Not at all; I am the best friend you ever had in all your life. But I will tell you; I cannot help punis.h.i.+ng people when they do wrong. I like it no more than they do; I am often ve
- 37 Lobster caught her by the nose and held on.And there they were all three in the pot, rolling over and over, and very tight packing it was. And the lobster tore at the otter, and the otter tore at the lobster, and both squeezed and thumped poor Tom till he
- 36 I hope that you have not forgotten the little white lady all this while.At least, here she comes, looking like a clean, white, good little darling, as she always was and always will be. For it befell in the pleasant short December days, when the wind alwa
- 35 "There was a fish rose."He did not know what the words meant; but he seemed to know the sound of them, and to know the voice which spoke them; and he saw on the bank three great two-legged creatures, one of whom held the light, flaring and sputt
- 34 And then the thunder roared, and the lightning flashed, and leaped across Vendale and back again, from cloud to cloud, and cliff to cliff, till the very rocks in the stream seemed to shake; and Tom looked up at it through the water, and thought it the fin
- 33 Tom thought him a very cool sort of personage; and still more so, when in five minutes he came back, and said, "Ah, you were tired waiting?Well, your other leg will do as well."And he popped himself down on Tom's knee, and began chatting aw
- 32 "When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad, And every la.s.s a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round the world away; Young blood must have its course, lad, And every dog his day."When
- 31 Then all the fairies laughed for joy at the thought that they had a little brother coming."But mind, maidens, he must not see you, or know that you are here. He is but a savage now, and like the beasts which perish; and from the beasts which perish h
- 30 Then, when he had found a dark, narrow crack, full of green stalked fern, such as hangs in the basket in the drawing-room, and had crawled down through it, with knees and elbows, as he would down a chimney, there was another gra.s.s slope, and another ste
- 29 And looking round, he suddenly saw, standing close to him, a little, ugly, black, ragged figure, with bleared eyes and grinning white teeth.He turned on it angrily. What did such a little black ape want in that sweet young lady's room? And behold, it
- 28 "Thou come along," said Grimes; "what dost want with was.h.i.+ng thyself?Thou did not drink half a gallon of beer last night, like me.""I don't care for you," said naughty Tom, and ran down to the stream, and began was.h
- 27 It must not be supposed that some one just sat down one day and said, "I will tell a story which shall explain drought and the ending of drought." This story, like all the others, grew up gradually. Perhaps, one day, in time of drought, some one
- 26 His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry; His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow.The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.He had
- 25 "The Chimera must have done this mischief," thought Bellerophon. "But where can the monster be?"As I have already said, there was nothing remarkable to be detected at first sight in any of the valleys and dells that lay among the preci