CHAPTER I SOME OF DICKENS' NOVELS AND CHARACTERS

II CHARLES DICKENS: BOY AND MAN

III WHAT DICKENS DID FOR HUMANITY

IV THE WAVERLEY NOVELS

V SCOTT'S OWN STORY

VI THE TEMPEST AND OTHER OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS

VII SHAKESPEARE: THE GREAT WORLD ITSELF

VIII STORIES FROM THE BIBLE

IX LIVING WATERS

PART II

ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE

X DUMAS. HUGO. STEVENSON

XI ROBINSON CRUSOE. LORNA DOONE. HEREWARD. WESTWARD HO! ROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. MIDSHIPMAN EASY. PETER SIMPLE. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. THE GOLDEN DOG

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XII LAVENGRO. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. TOM SAWYER. HUCKLEBERRY FINN. KIM. SARD HARKER. THE LIVING FOREST

PART III

SONGS OF HEROES, MYTHS, FAIRY TALES AND MARVELS

XIII THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY. GREEK HEROES. TANGLEWOOD TALES. THE WONDER BOOK

XIV ÆSOP'S FABLES. GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES. HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. MALORY'S MORTE D'ARTHUR

XV ALICE IN WONDERLAND. THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. THE GOLDEN AGE. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. FOUR BOOKS BY A. A. MILNE. RIP VAN WINKLE

XVI THE JUNGLE BOOKS. JUST SO STORIES. PUCK OF POOK'S HILL. REWARDS AND FAIRIES. THE BLUE BIRD. PETER PAN. KILMENY

PART IV

BALLADS, LAYS, AND STORIES IN VERSE

XVII PERCY'S RELIQUES. CHEVY CHASE AND THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE. SIR PATRICK SPENS. THE NORTHERN MUSE

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XVIII THE LADY OF THE LAKE. MARMION. JOHN GILPIN. EDINBURGH AFTER FLODDEN. HORATIUS. THE ARMADA

XIX HIAWATHA. FRENCH CHANSONS IN QUEBEC. A CHRISTMAS SONG

PART V

SOME GREAT IMAGINATIVE WRITERS

XX DANTE. CERVANTES. SPENSER

XXI JOHN BUNYAN AND THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

XXII THACKERAY. MEREDITH. HARDY

XXIII JANE AUSTEN. GEORGE ELIOT. THE BRONTES

PART VI

HISTORY, POLITICS, BIOGRAPHY, TRAVEL

XXIV WHAT IS HISTORY?

XXV THE MEANING OF POLITICS

XXVI HISTORIES

XXVII BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON

XXVIII READING FOR WHAT YOU WANT To BE

XXIX TRAVEL AND DISCOVERY

PART VII

ESSAYS, CRITICISM, LETTERS, DIARIES

XXX CHARLES LAMB AND HAZLITT: ESSAYISTS AND CRITICS

XXXI LETTERS AND LETTER WRITERS. PEPYS AND OTHER DIARISTS

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PART VIII

POETRY

XXXII POETRY AND BEAUTY

XXXIII POETRY AND TIME

XXXIV READING FOR YOUR OWN COUNTRY. ENGLISH LITERATURE AND ITS BRANCHES

AFTERWORD

INDEX

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PART I

DICKENS, SCOTT, SHAKESPEARE, THE BIBLE

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