Classics of Children's Literature

by Griffith, John W.; Frey, Charles H.

• ISBN13: 9780131891838
• ISBN10: 0131891839
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-17
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

This anthology provides¿in a convenient, readable and economical format¿the most celebrated and enduring children's literary works. Unlike other surveys of children's literature that present a large number of samples, excerpts and synopses of many kinds and genres in the field,Classic of Children's Literatureprovides novels, stories, and fairy tales in their entirety.Featured selections include: E. B. White's modern masterpiece,Charlotte's Web; Margery William Bianco's classic fantasy,The Velveteen Rabbit; the Mowgli stories from Rudyard Kipling'sThe Jungle Books; and an array of children's verses: John Newbery'sMother Goose's Melody, Heinrich Hoffman'sStruwwelpeter, nonsense verse by Edward Lear, and sixteen poems from Robert Louis Stevenson'sA Child's Garden of Verses.For literature enthusiasts.

Table of Contents

Preface	xix
Introduction	1	(2)
Charles Perrault (1628--1703)	3	(18)
The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods	5	(5)
Little Red Riding-hood	10	(1)
Blue Beard	11	(3)
The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots	14	(3)
Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper	17	(4)
Mme Le Prince De Beaumont (1711--1780)	21	(9)
Beauty and the Beast	22	(8)
John Newbery (1713--1767)	30	(6)
I won't be my father's Jack	31	(1)
Three wise men of Gotham	31	(1)
There was an old woman	31	(1)
Ding dong bell	31	(1)
Little Tom Tucker	31	(1)
Se saw, Margery Daw	32	(1)
Great A, little a	32	(1)
High diddle diddle	32	(1)
Ride a cock horse	32	(1)
Cock a doodle doo	32	(1)
Jack and Gill	32	(1)
Hush-a-by baby	33	(1)
Little Jack Horner	33	(1)
Pease-porridge hot	33	(1)
Jack Sprat	33	(1)
Tell tale tit	33	(1)
Patty cake, patty cake	34	(1)
When I was a little boy	34	(1)
This pig went to market	34	(1)
There was a man of Thessaly	34	(1)
Bah, bah, black sheep	35	(1)
There were two blackbirds	35	(1)
Boys and girls come out to play	35	(1)
Dickery, dickery, dock	35	(1)
The Brothers Grimm (Jacob, 1785--1863; Wilhelm, 1786--1859)	36	(50)
Snow-white	38	(5)
The Frog Prince	43	(3)
Hansel and Grethel	46	(4)
Rumpelstiltskin	50	(2)
Mother Hulda	52	(2)
The Bremen Town Musicians	54	(2)
Aschenputtel	56	(5)
The Fisherman and His Wife	61	(5)
The Brave Little Tailor	66	(5)
The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids	71	(2)
Rapunzel	73	(2)
The Robber Bridegroom	75	(2)
The Almond Tree	77	(6)
The Sleeping Beauty	83	(3)
Hans Christian Andersen (1805--1875)	86	(52)
The Snow Queen: A Tale in Seven Stories	88	(17)
First Story Deals with a Mirror and Its Fragments	88	(1)
Second Story About a Little Boy and a Little Girl	88	(3)
Third Story The Garden of the Woman Learned in Magic	91	(4)
Fourth Story The Prince and the Princess	95	(4)
Fifth Story The Little Robber Girl	99	(2)
Sixth Story The Lapp Woman and the Finn Woman	101	(2)
Seventh Story What Happened in the Snow Queen's Palace and Afterwards	103	(2)
The Little Mermaid	105	(12)
The Princess and the Pea	117	(1)
The Tinder Box	118	(4)
The Little Match Girl	122	(1)
The Swineherd	123	(3)
The Emperor's New Clothes	126	(3)
The Steadfast Tin Soldier	129	(2)
The Ugly Duckling	131	(7)
Heinrich Hoffmann (1809--1894)	138	(25)
Struwwelpeter	139	(24)
Merry Stories and Funny Pictures	139	(1)
Shock-headed Peter	140	(1)
Cruel Frederick	141	(3)
The Dreadful Story of Harriet and the Matches	144	(2)
The Story of the Inky Boys	146	(4)
The Story of the Man that went out Shooting	150	(3)
The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb	153	(2)
The Story of Augustus who would not have any Soup	155	(1)
The Story of Fidgety Philip	156	(3)
The Story of Johnny Head-in-Air	159	(3)
The Story of Flying Robert	162	(1)
Peter Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe (1812-1885; 1813--1882)	163	(8)
East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon	164	(6)
The Three Billy-Goats Gruff	170	(1)
Edward Lear (1812--1888)	171	(10)
There was an Old Man in a tree	173	(1)
There was an Old Man in a boat	173	(1)
There was an Old Person of Philoe	173	(1)
There was an Old Man of the Dee	174	(1)
There was an Old Man who said, ``How''	174	(1)
There was an Old Man who said, ``Hush!''	174	(1)
There was an Old Person of Bangor	175	(1)
There was an Old Man with a beard	175	(1)
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat	176	(2)
The Dong with a Luminous Nose	178	(3)
Louisa May Alcott (1832--1888)	181	(141)
Little Women	183	(139)
Preface	183	(1)
Playing Pilgrims	183	(7)
A Merry Christmas	190	(6)
The Laurence Boy	196	(6)
Burdens	202	(7)
Being Neighborly	209	(7)
Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful	216	(4)
Amy's Valley of Humiliation	220	(4)
Jo Meets Apollyon	224	(7)
Meg Goes to Vanity Fair	231	(9)
The P. C. and P. O.	240	(6)
Experiments	246	(7)
Camp Laurence	253	(11)
Castles in the Air	264	(6)
Secrets	270	(5)
A Telegram	275	(5)
Letters	280	(6)
Little Faithful	286	(4)
Dark Days	290	(4)
Amy's Will	294	(5)
Confidential	299	(4)
Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace	303	(7)
Pleasant Meadows	310	(5)
Aunt March Settles the Question	315	(7)
Lewis Carroll (1832--1898)	322	(53)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	323	(52)
Down the Rabbit-Hole	325	(3)
The Pool of Tears	328	(3)
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale	331	(3)
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill	334	(5)
Advice from a Caterpillar	339	(5)
Pig and Pepper	344	(4)
A Mad Tea-Party	348	(5)
The Queen's Croquet-Ground	353	(4)
The Mock Turtle's Story	357	(5)
The Lobster-Quadrille	362	(4)
Who Stole the Tarts?	366	(4)
Alice's Evidence	370	(5)
Mark Twain (1835--1910)	375	(119)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	377	(117)
Preface	377	(1)
Y-o-u-u Tom---Aunt Polly Decides upon Her Duty---Tom Practices Music---The Challenge---A Private Entrance	377	(5)
Strange Temptations---Strategic Movements---The Innocents Beguiled	382	(3)
Tom as General---Triumph and Reward---Dismal Felicity---Commission and Omission	385	(3)
Mental Acrobatics---Attending Sunday School---the Superintendent---``Showing Off''---Tom Lionized	388	(6)
A Useful Minister---In Church---The Climax	394	(3)
Self-Examination---Dentistry---The Midnight Charm---Witches and Devils---Cautious Approaches---Happy Hours	397	(6)
A Treaty Entered Into---Early Lessons---A Mistake Made	403	(3)
Tom Decides on His Course---Old Scenes Re-enacted	406	(3)
A Solemn Situation---Grave Subjects Introduced---Injun Joe Explains	409	(4)
The Solemn Oath---Terror Brings Repentance---Mental Punishment	413	(3)
Muff Potter Comes Himself---Tom's Conscience at Work	416	(3)
Tom Shows His Generosity---Aunt Polly Weakens	419	(2)
The Young Pirates---Going to the Rendezvous---The Campfire Talk	421	(4)
Camp Life---A Sensation---Tom Steals away from Camp	425	(4)
Tom Reconnoiters---Learns the Situation---Reports at Camp	429	(2)
A Day's Amusements---Tom Reveals a Secret---The Pirates Take a Lesson---A Night Surprise---An Indian War	431	(5)
Memories of the Lost Heroes---The Point in Tom's Secret	436	(2)
Tom's Feelings Investigated---Wonderful Dream---Becky Thatcher Overshadowed---Tom Becomes Jealous---Black Revenge	438	(5)
Tom Tells the Truth	443	(1)
Becky in a Dilemma---Tom's Nobility Asserts Itself	444	(3)
Youthful Eloquence---Compositions by the Young Ladies---A Lengthy Vision---The Boys' Vengeance Satisfied	447	(4)
Tom's Confidence Betrayed---Expects Signal Punishment	451	(1)
Old Muff's Friends---Muff Potter in Court---Muff Potter Saved	452	(4)
Tom as the Village Hero---Days of Splendor and Nights of Horror---Pursuit of Injun Joe	456	(1)
About Kings and Diamonds---Search for the Treasure---Dead People and Ghosts	457	(4)
The Haunted House---Sleepy Ghosts---A Box of Gold---Bitter Luck	461	(4)
Doubts to Be Settled---The Young Detectives	465	(2)
An Attempt at Number Two---Huck Mounts Guard	467	(2)
The Picnic---Huck on Injun Joe's Track---The ``Revenge'' Job---Aid for the Widow	469	(4)
The Welshman Reports---Huck Under Fire---The Story Circulated---A New Sensation---Hope Giving Way to Despair	473	(4)
An Exploring Expedition---Trouble Commences---Lost in the Cave---Total Darkness---Found but Not Saved	477	(5)
Tom Tells the Story of Their Escape---Tom's Enemy in Safe Quarters	482	(2)
The Fate of Injun Joe---Huck and Tom Compare Notes---An Expedition to the Cave---Protection Against Ghosts---``An Awful Snug Place''---A Reception at the Widow Douglas'	484	(5)
Springing a Secret---Mr. Jones' Surprise a Failure	489	(2)
A New Order of Things---Poor Huck---New Adventures Planned	491	(2)
Conclusion	493	(1)
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850--1894)	494	(122)
Treasure Island	496	(111)
To the Hesitating Purchaser	496	(1)
Part One The Old Buccaneer
The Old Sea-Dog at the Admiral Benbow	497	(3)
Black Dog Appears and Disappears	500	(3)
The Black Spot	503	(3)
The Sea-Chest	506	(3)
The Last of the Blind Man	509	(3)
The Captain's Papers	512	(4)
Part Two The Sea-Cook
I Go to Bristol	516	(4)
At the Sign of the Spy-glass	520	(3)
Powder and Arms	523	(3)
The Voyage	526	(3)
What I Heard in the Apple Barrel	529	(3)
Council of War	532	(3)
Part Three My Shore Adventure
How My Shore Adventure Began	535	(3)
The First Blow	538	(3)
The Man of the Island	541	(4)
Part Four The Stockade
Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned	545	(3)
Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-Boat's Last Trip	548	(2)
Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day's Fighting	550	(3)
Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade	553	(3)
Silver's Embassy	556	(3)
The Attack	559	(3)
Part Five My Sea Adventure
How My Sea Adventure Began	562	(3)
The Ebb-Tide Runs	565	(3)
The Cruise of the Coracle	568	(3)
I Strike the Jolly Roger	571	(3)
Israel Hands	574	(4)
``Pieces of Eight''	578	(3)
Part Six Captain Silver
In the Enemy's Camp	581	(5)
The Black Spot Again	586	(4)
On Parole	590	(3)
The Treasure-Hunt---Flint's Pointer	593	(4)
The Treasure-Hunt---The Voice Among the Trees	597	(3)
The Fall of a Chieftain	600	(3)
And Last	603	(4)
From A Child's Garden of Verses	607	(9)
Whole Duty of Children	607	(1)
Rain	607	(1)
Windy Nights	607	(1)
Travel	607	(2)
The Land of Counterpane	609	(1)
The Land of Nod	609	(1)
My Shadow	610	(1)
Marching Song	610	(1)
The Cow	611	(1)
Happy Thought	611	(1)
The Wind	611	(1)
The Swing	612	(1)
North-West Passage	612	(2)
Summer Sun	614	(1)
Autumn Fires	614	(1)
To Any Reader	615	(1)
Joseph Jacobs (1854--1916)	616	(19)
Tom Tit Tot	617	(3)
Jack and the Beanstalk	620	(4)
The Story of the Three Little Pigs	624	(2)
The Story of the Three Bears	626	(2)
Henny-Penny	628	(1)
Molly Whuppie	629	(2)
Lazy Jack	631	(1)
Johnny-Cake	632	(2)
Master of All Masters	634	(1)
Kenneth Grahame (1859--1932)	635	(90)
The Wind in the Willows	637	(88)
The River Bank	637	(6)
The Open Road	643	(7)
The Wild Wood	650	(7)
Mr. Badger	657	(6)
Dulce Domum	663	(9)
Mr. Toad	672	(6)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn	678	(6)
Toad's Adventures	684	(7)
Wayfarers All	691	(8)
The Further Adventures of Toad	699	(9)
``Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears''	708	(9)
The Return of Ulysses	717	(8)
James M. Barrie (1860--1937)	725	(81)
Peter Pan	727	(79)
Peter Breaks Through	727	(4)
The Shadow	731	(5)
Come Away, Come Away!	736	(7)
The Flight	743	(5)
The Island Come True	748	(6)
The Little House	754	(5)
The Home Under the Ground	759	(3)
The Mermaids' Lagoon	762	(7)
The Never Bird	769	(2)
The Happy Home	771	(3)
Wendy's Story	774	(5)
The Children Are Carried Off	779	(2)
Do You Believe in Fairies?	781	(5)
The Pirate Ship	786	(3)
``Hook or Me This Time''	789	(6)
The Return Home	795	(4)
When Wendy Grew Up	799	(7)
Rudyard Kipling (1865--1936)	806	(77)
Mowgli's Brothers	808	(12)
Hunting Song of the Seeonee Pack	819	(1)
Kaa's Hunting	820	(14)
Road-Song of the Bandar-Log	833	(1)
How Fear Came	834	(10)
The Law of the Jungle	843	(1)
``Tiger-Tiger!''	844	(11)
Mowgli's Song	853	(2)
Red Dog	855	(14)
Chil's Song	868	(1)
The Spring Running	869	(14)
The Outsong	880	(3)
Beatrix Potter (1866--1943)	883	(29)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit	886	(26)
L. M. Montgomery (1874--1942)	912	(161)
Anne of Green Gables	915	(158)
Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised	915	(4)
Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised	919	(8)
Marilla Cuthbert Is Surprised	927	(3)
Morning at Green Gables	930	(4)
Anne's History	934	(3)
Marilla Makes Up Her Mind	937	(3)
Anne Says Her Prayers	940	(2)
Anne's Bringing-Up Is Begun	942	(5)
Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified	947	(4)
Anne's Apology	951	(4)
Anne's Impressions of Sunday-School	955	(3)
A Solemn Vow and Promise	958	(3)
The Delights of Anticipation	961	(3)
Anne's Confession	964	(4)
A Tempest in the School Teapot	968	(8)
Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results	976	(6)
A New Interest in Life	982	(4)
Anne to the Rescue	986	(5)
A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confession	991	(6)
A Good Imagination Gone Wrong	997	(4)
A New Departure in Flavourings	1001	(5)
Anne Is Invited Out to Tea	1006	(3)
Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honour	1009	(3)
Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert	1012	(2)
Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves	1014	(6)
The Story Club Is Formed	1020	(4)
Vanity and Vexation of Spirit	1024	(3)
An Unfortunate Lily Maid	1027	(5)
An Epoch in Anne's Life	1032	(4)
The Queen's Class Is Organized	1036	(7)
Where the Brook and River Meet	1043	(3)
The Pass List Is Out	1046	(4)
The Hotel Concert	1050	(5)
A Queen's Girl	1055	(4)
The Winter at Queen's	1059	(2)
The Glory and the Dream	1061	(3)
The Reaper Whose Name Is Death	1064	(4)
The Bend in the Road	1068	(5)
Margery Williams Bianco (1880--1944)	1073	(20)
The Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Become Real	1075	(18)
E. B. White (1899--1985)	1093	(79)
Charlotte's Web	1095	(77)
Before Breakfast	1095	(3)
Wilbur	1098	(2)
Escape	1100	(5)
Loneliness	1105	(3)
Charlotte	1108	(4)
Summer Days	1112	(3)
Bad News	1115	(1)
A Talk at Home	1116	(1)
Wilbur's Boast	1117	(5)
An Explosion	1122	(5)
The Miracle	1127	(4)
A Meeting	1131	(2)
Good Progress	1133	(6)
Dr. Dorian	1139	(3)
The Crickets	1142	(2)
Off to the Fair	1144	(5)
Uncle	1149	(3)
The Cool of the Evening	1152	(3)
The Egg Sac	1155	(4)
The Hour of Triumph	1159	(3)
Last Day	1162	(4)
A Warm Wind	1166	(6)
Index of Authors, Titles, and First Lines	1172

Excerpts

Classics of Children's Literaturenow enters its sixth edition, devoted, as it has been from the start, to providing, in a readable, convenient, and economical format, the most celebrated and enduring works of children's literature in the English-speaking tradition. Since our anthology first appeared in 1981, it has contained, in their entirety, a core of immortal works:Alice in Wonderland, Treasure Island, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Wind in the Willows, The Tale of Peter Rabbit,and fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, Joseph Jacobs, and Hans Christian Andersen. In subsequent editions we have added works of comparable stature: Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, James Barrie'sPeter Pan,and L. M. Montgomery'sAnne of Green Gables.Now, in this new edition, we add E. B. White's modern masterpiece,Charlotte's Web;Margery William Bianco's classic fantasy,The Velveteen Rabbit;the Mowgli stories from Rudyard Kipling'sThe Jungle Books;and an array of children's verses: John Newbery'sMother Goose's Melody,Heinrich Hoffmann'sStruwwelpeter,nonsense verse by Edward Lear, and sixteen poems from Robert Louis Stevenson'sA Child's Garden of Verses.Our aim has been to preserve and enhance the virtues of our original anthology: to make readily available the full texts of genuine literary milestones, works demonstrating the dignity, vitality, and durability of children's classics in the Western tradition.In making these choices, we have been helped and guided by the comments of fellow educators, to whom we express our gratitude: Annette Wannamaker, Eastern Michigan University; Edna D. Butterfield, Freed-Hardeman University; Frederic Giacobazzi, Kirtland Community College; Joyce Schenk, El Camino College; Sandra Feldman, Senoma State University; Kathyrn V Graham, Virginia State University; Patricia A. Leek, University of Texas-Dallas.Considerations of space and the economics of book publishing have not allowed us to follow every intelligent suggestion we received, and we trust that many instructors will supplement our text with other literary works, especially from the modern period. John W. Griffith Charles H. Frey