THE CHILDREN'S HOUR IN TEN VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED VOLUME V [Illustration: _Ferdinand and Ariel_] The Children's Hour STORIES FROM SEVEN OLD FAVORITES Selected & Arranged by Eva March Tappan Houghton Mifflin Company Between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the days occupations, that is known as the Children's Hour. CONTENTS TO THE CHILDREN THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS CHRISTIAN PASSES THROUGH THE WICKET GATE _John Bunyan_ A VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF THE INTERPRETER _John Bunyan_ AT THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL _John Bunyan_ CHRISTIAN'S FIGHT WITH APOLLYON _John Bunyan_ THE CASTLE OF GIANT DESPAIR _John Bunyan_ THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS _John Bunyan_ THE PILGRIMS WANDER FROM THE WAY _John Bunyan_ THE CELESTIAL CITY _John Bunyan_ ROBINSON CRUSOE ROBINSON CRUSOE IS SHIPWRECKED _Daniel Defoe_ UNLOADING A WRECK _Daniel Defoe_ ROBINSON CRUSOE'S FIRST HOME ON THE ISLAND _Daniel Defoe_ ROBINSON CRUSOE BUILDS A BOAT _Daniel Defoe_ THE MYSTERIOUS FOOTPRINT _Daniel Defoe_ THE COMING OF FRIDAY _Daniel Defoe_ HOMEWARD BOUND _Daniel Defoe_ GULLIVER'S TRAVELS GULLIVER IS SHIPWRECKED ON THE COAST OF LILLIPUT _Jonathan Swift_ GULLIVER SEIZES THE ENEMY'S FLEET _Jonathan Swift_ A LILLIPUTIAN ODE TO THE MAN-MOUNTAIN _Jonathan Swift_ AMONG THE BROBDINGNAGIAN GIANTS _Jonathan Swift_ ADVENTURES IN BROBDINGNAG _Jonathan Swift_ GULLIVER'S ESCAPE _Jonathan Swift_ DON QUIXOTE DON QUIXOTE DETERMINES TO BECOME A KNIGHT _Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra_ THE FIGHT WITH THE WINDMILLS _Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra_ THE INNKEEPER'S BILL _Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra_ THE BATTLE OF THE SHEEP _Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra_ THE CONQUEST OF MAMBRINO'S HELMET _Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra_