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Introduction

YOUNG FOLKS' LIBRARY SELECTIONS FROM THE CHOICEST LITERATURE OF ALL LANDS : FOLK-LORE, FAIRY TALES, FABLES, LEGENDS, NATURAL HISTORY, WONDERS OF EARTH, SEA AND SKY, ANIMAL STORIES, SEA TALES, BRAVE DEEDS, EXPLORATIONS, STORIES OF SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LIFE, BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, PATRI- OTIC ELOQUENCE, POETRY THIRD EDITION REVISED IN CONFERENCE BY THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER, HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, HENRY VAN DYKE, NATHAN HASKELL DOLE TWENTY VOLUMES TWENTY VOLUMES RICHLY ILLUSTRATED BOSTON HALL AND LOCKE COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY HALL & LOCKE COMPANY.

BOSTON, U.S. A.

Stanhope Press F. H. GILSON COMPANY BOSTON, U.S.A.

EDITORIAL BOARD THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-inchief, Author, poet, former editor Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Mass. The HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR, United States Senator, Worcester, Mass.

The HON. JOHN D. LONG, Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston.

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D., Author, literarian, associate editor The Outlook, New York.

ERNEST THOMPSON-SETON, Artist, author, New York.

JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE, Author, poet, and editor, Arlington, Mass.

The REVEREND CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY, Archdeacon, author, Philadelphia.

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, Humorous writer, Atlanta, Ga.

MARY HARTWELL CATHERWOOD, Historical novelist, Chicago.

LAURA E. RICHARDS, Author, Gardiner, Me.

ROSWELL FIELD, Author, editor The Evening Post, Chicago.

TUDOR JENKS, Author, associate editor Saint Nicholas, New York.

GEORGE A. HENTY, Traveller, author, London, England.

KIRK MUNROE, Writer of stories for boys, Cocoanut Grove, Fla.

EDITH M. THOMAS, Poet, West New Brighton, N.Y.

CAROLINE TICKNOR, Author, editor, Boston.

WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER, D.D., LL.D., President Chicago University.

DAVID STARR JORDAN, M.D., LL.D., President Leland Stanford Junior University, naturalist, writer, Stanford University, Cal. CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, A.M., LL.D., etc., Scholar, author, Emeritus Professor of Art at Harvard University. HENRY VAN DYKE, D.D., LL.D., Clergyman, author, Professor Princeton University.

The REVEREND THOMAS J. SHAHAN, Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, Professor of Early Ecclesiastical History, Catholic University, Washington, D.C.

WILLIAM P. TRENT, Author, editor, Professor of English Literature, Columbia University, New York City. EDWARD SINGLETON HOLDEN, A.M., LL.D., Ex-president University of California, astronomer, author, U.S. Military Academy, West Point.

EDWIN ERLE SPARKS, Professor of American History, Chicago University.

The VERY REV. GEORGE M. GRANT, D.D., LL.D., Educator, author, vice-principal Queen's College, Kingston, Ont.

NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, Author, translator, literary editor Current History, Boston.

ABBIE FARWELL BROWN, Author, Boston.

CHARLES WELSH, Managing Editor, Author, lecturer, editor, Winthrop Highlands, Mass.

LIST OF VOLUMES VOLUME I.

VOLUME XI.

WONDERS OF EARTH, SEA, AND SKY Edited by EDWARD SINGLETON HOLDEN THE STORY TELLER Edited by CHARLES ELIOT NORTON VOLUME II.

FAMOUS TRAVELS THE MERRY MAKER.

Edited by JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS VOLUME XII.

Edited by GEORGE A. HENTY VOLUME XIII.

SEA STORIES Edited by CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY VOLUME III.

FAMOUS FAIRY TALES Edited by RoSWELL FIELD VOLUME IV.

TALES OF FANTASY Edited by TUDOR JENKS VOLUME V.

MYTHS AND LEGENDS Edited by THOMAS J. SHAHAN VOLUME VI.

THE ANIMAL STORY BOOK VOLUME VII.

VOLUME XIV.

A BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY Edited by DAVID STARR JORDAN VOLUME XV.

HISTORIC SCENES IN FICTION Edited by HENRY VAN DYKE VOLUME XVI.

FAMOUS BATTLES BY LAND AND SEA Edited by JOHN D. LONG VOLUME XVII.

Edited by HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE Edited by ERNEST THOMPSON- SETON MEN WHO HAVE RISEN SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DAYS Edited by KIRK MUNROE and MARY HARTWELL CATHER- VOLUME XVIII.

WOOD BOOK OF PATRIOTISM VOLUME VIII.

BOOK OF ADVENTURE Edited by GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR Edited by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE VOLUME IX.

FAMOUS EXPLORERS Edited by EDWIN ERLE SPARKS VOLUME XIX.

LEADERS OF MEN, OR HISTORY TOLD IN BIOGRAPHY Edited by WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER VOLUME XX.

VOLUME X.

FAMOUS POEMS BRAVE DEEDS Edited by JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE Selected by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, with Poetical Foreword by EDITH M. THOMAS.

WALTER L. MYERS EUGENE, OREGON