DON QUIXOTE'S BATTLE WITH THE GIANTS _Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra_ DON QUIXOTE MEETS THE LIONS _Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra_ THE RIDE ON THE WOODEN HORSE _Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra_ THE THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND ODD LASHES _Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra_ THE RETURN AND DEATH OF DON QUIXOTE _Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra_ THE ARABIAN NIGHTS THE STORY OF ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES SINDBAD THE SAILOR THE TRAVELS OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN THE BARON'S FIRST WANDERINGS _Rodolph Eric Raspe_ THE BARON'S JOURNEY TO ST. PETERSBURG _Rodolph Eric Raspe_ THE BARON'S WONDERFUL HORSE _Rodolph Eric Raspe_ THE BARON'S COLD DAY _Rodolph Eric Raspe_ TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE THE COMEDY OF ERRORS _Charles and Mary Lamb_ THE MERCHANT OF VENICE _Charles and Mary Lamb_ THE TEMPEST _Charles and Mary Lamb_ ILLUSTRATIONS FERDINAND AND ARIEL _Sir John Everett Millais_ CHRISTIAN IS HARNESSED FOR THE PILGRIMAGE _David Scott, R.S.A._ CAUGHT CHRISTIAN AND HOPEFUL ASLEEP _David Scott, R.S.A._ THE SECOND RAFT _J. Finnemore_ THE PRINT OF A MAN'S NAKED FOOT ON THE SHORE _J. Finnemore_ PRODUCING HIS CREDENTIALS _T. Morten_ THE HUGE CREATURE TROD SHORT _T. Morten_ HURLED AWAY BOTH KNIGHT AND HORSE _Gustave Doré_ A HIDEOUS GENIE OF GIGANTIC SIZE APPEARED _Robert Smirke, R.A._ THE GREAT HEAPS OF GOLD DAZZLED HER EYES _Robert Smirke, R.A._ PURSUED BY THE ROCS _J.D. Batten_ THE LION JUMPED FORWARD INTO THE CROCODILE'S MOUTH _Gustave Doré_ THE VESSEL WILL BE DASHED TO PIECES _G. Romney_ TO THE CHILDREN This volume is made up of stories from seven famous books. These books are as different as they can possibly be; and yet there are not many boys and girls who do not like every one of them. The chief reason for this is because they seem so true, so much more "real" than most other stories. When you read about Tom Thumb, for instance, you do not really believe that there ever was a little boy no bigger than his mother's thumb; at least, you do not believe it in the same way that you believe the sun shines or the wind blows; but when you read "Robinson Crusoe," you feel as if every word of it must be true.