Transcriber's Note Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of changes is found at the end of the book. Oe ligatures have been expanded. The original text used both number and symbol footnotes. This usage has been maintained in this version. [Illustration: PROSPERO AND MIRANDA _The Tempest_] Journeys Through Bookland A NEW AND ORIGINAL PLAN FOR READING APPLIED TO THE WORLD'S BEST LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN _BY_ CHARLES H. SYLVESTER _Author of English and American Literature_ VOLUME EIGHT _New Edition_ [Illustration] Chicago BELLOWS-REEVE COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1922 BELLOWS-REEVE COMPANY CONTENTS PAGE RINGROSE AND HIS BUCCANEERS 1 DAVID CROCKETT 29 DAVID CROCKETT IN THE CREEK WAR 37 AMERICA _Samuel Francis Smith_ 60 THE RETREAT OF CORTÉS _William H. Prescott_ 63 BATTLE OF IVRY _Thomas Babington Macaulay_ 76 THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE 81 MARCO BOZZARIS _Fitz-Greene Halleck_ 90 A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM _Edgar Allan Poe_ 95 PÈRE MARQUETTE _Jared Sparks_ 121 THE FALL OF THE ALAMO 141 THE ALHAMBRA _Washington Irving_ 153 HERVÉ RIEL _Robert Browning_ 168 THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO _Lord Byron_ 176 HOW THEY TOOK THE GOLD-TRAIN _Charles Kingsley_ 180 A BED OF NETTLES _Grant Allen_ 209 WASHINGTON IRVING 216 THE KNICKERBOCKER HISTORY OF NEW YORK _Washington Irving_ 224 THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR _Robert Southey_ 284 CASABIANCA _Felicia Hemans_ 313 THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAN'S NEST _Elizabeth Barrett Browning_ 315 THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT _Robert Burns_ 319 CHARLES AND MARY LAMB 328 DREAM CHILDREN: A REVERY _Charles Lamb_ 335 READING SHAKESPEARE 346 THE TEMPEST, A TALE FROM SHAKESPEARE _Charles and Mary Lamb_ 348 THE TEMPEST _William Shakespeare_ 364 STUDIES FOR _The Tempest_ 468