Golden treasury of famous booksFront matterReading editionChapter navigation36 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterGOLDEN TREASURY of FAMOUS BOOKSChapter I · SOME OF DICKENS' NOVELS AND CHARACTERSChapter II · CHARLES DICKENS—BOY AND MANChapter III · WHAT DICKENS DID FOR HUMANITYChapter IV · THE WAVERLEY NOVELSChapter V · SCOTT'S OWN STORYChapter VI · THE TEMPEST AND OTHER OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYSChapter VII · SHAKESPEARE—THE GREAT WORLD ITSELFChapter VIII · STORIES FROM THE BIBLEChapter IX · LIVING WATERSChapter X · DUMAS—HUGO—STEVENSONChapter 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 DOGChapter XII · LAVENGRO—THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS—TOM SAWYER—HUCKLEBERRY FINN—KIM—SARD HARKER—THE LIVING FORESTChapter XIII · THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY—GREEK HEROES—TANGLEWOOD TALES—THE WONDER BOOKChapter XIV · ÆSOP'S FABLES—GRIMM's FAIRY TALES—HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES—THE ARABIAN NIGHTS—MALORY'S MORTE D'ARTHURChapter XV · ALICE IN WONDERLAND—THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS—THE GOLDEN AGE—WIND IN THE WILLOWS—FOUR BOOKS BY A. A. MILNE—RIP VAN WINKLEChapter XVI · THE JUNGLE BOOKS—JUST SO STORIES—PUCK OF POOK'S HILL—REWARDS AND FAIRIES—THE BLUE BIRD—PETER PAN—KILMENYChapter XVII · PERCY'S RELIQUES—CHEVY CHASE AND THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE—SIR PATRICK SPENS—THE NORTHERN MUSEChapter XVIII · THE LADY OF THE LAKE—MARMION—JOHN GILPIN—EDINBURGH AFTER FLODDEN—HORATIUS—THE ARMADAChapter XIX · HIAWATHA—FRENCH CHANSONS IN QUEBEC—A CHRISTMAS SONGChapter XX · DANTE—CERVANTES—SPENSERChapter XXI · JOHN BUNYAN AND THE PILGRIM's PROGRESSChapter XXII · THACKERAY—MEREDITH—HARDYChapter XXIII · JANE AUSTEN—GEORGE ELIOT—THE BRONTESChapter XXIV · WHAT IS HISTORY!Chapter XXV · THE MEANING OF POLITICSChapter XXVI · HISTORIESChapter XXVII · BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSONChapter XXVIII · READING FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO BEChapter XXIX · TRAVEL AND DISCOVERYChapter XXX · CHARLES LAMB AND HAZLITT: ESSAYISTS AND CRITICSChapter XXXI · LETTERS AND LETTER WRITERS: PEPYS AND OTHER DIARISTSChapter XXXII · POETRY AND BEAUTYChapter XXXIII · POETRY AND TIMEChapter XXXIV · READING FOR YOUR OWN COUNTRYBeginning of this editionNext chapter →GOLDEN TREASURY of FAMOUS BOOKSAll chapters and sections (36)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsGOLDEN TREASURY of FAMOUS BOOKSPart 1 · Chapters123456789Part 2 · Chapters101112Part 3 · Chapters13141516Part 4 · Chapters171819Part 5 · Chapters20212223Part 6 · Chapters242526272829Part 7 · Chapters3031Part 8 · Chapters323334Title pageGOLDEN TREASURY of FAMOUS BOOKS →