Produced by Wendy Crockett, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE JUNIOR CLASSICS A LIBRARY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS [Illustration: EVERYTHING'S GOT A MORAL IF ONLY YOU CAN FIND IT _From the painting by Beatrice Stevens_] THE JUNIOR CLASSICS SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM PATTEN--MANAGING EDITOR OF THE HARVARD CLASSICS INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, L L. D.--PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY WITH A READING GUIDE BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph.D.--PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SINCE 1917 VOLUME SIX OLD-FASHIONED TALES CONTENTS The Race for the Silver Skates _Mary Mapes Dodge_ Nelly's Hospital _Louisa M. Alcott_ A Fox and a Raven _Rebecca H. Davis_ The Private Theatricals _Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney_ A Case of Coincidence _Rose Terry Cooke_ The Flight of the Dolls _Lucretia P. Hale_ Solomon John Goes for Apples _Lucretia P. Hale_ Wild Robin _Sophie May_ Deacon Thomas Wales' Will _Mary E. W. Freeman_ Dill _Mary E. W. Freeman_ Brownie and the Cook _Mrs. Dinah M. Craik_ Brownie and the Cherry Tree _Mrs. Dinah M. Craik_ The Ouphe of the Wood _Jean Ingelow_ The Prince's Dream _Jean Ingelow_ A Lost Wand _Jean Ingelow_ Snap-Dragons--A Tale of Christmas Eve _Juliana H. Ewing_ Uncle Jack's Story _Mrs. E. M. Field_ Bryda's Dreadful Scrape _Mrs. E. M. Field_ The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner _Charles Dickens_ Embellishment _Jacob Abbott_ The Great Stone Face _Nathaniel Hawthorne_ The King of the Golden River _John Ruskin_ The Two Gifts _Lillian M. Gask_ The Bar of Gold _Lillian M. Gask_ Uncle David's Nonsensical Story _Catherine Sinclair_ The Grand Feast _Catherine Sinclair_ The Story of Fairyfoot _Frances Browne_ ALICE IN WONDERLAND Down the Rabbit-Hole _Lewis Carroll_ The Pool of Tears _Lewis Carroll_ A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale _Lewis Carroll_ The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill _Lewis Carroll_ Advice from a Caterpillar _Lewis Carroll_ Pig and Pepper _Lewis Carroll_ A Mad Tea-Party _Lewis Carroll_ The Queen's Croquet Ground _Lewis Carroll_ The Mock Turtle's Story _Lewis Carroll_ The Lobster-Quadrille _Lewis Carroll_ Who Stole the Tarts? _Lewis Carroll_ Alice's Evidence _Lewis Carroll_ ILLUSTRATIONS "EVERYTHING'S GOT A MORAL, IF ONLY YOU CAN FIND IT" Alice in Wonderland _Frontispiece illustration in color from the painting by Beatrice Stevens_ "IS THERE A PECULIAR FLAVOR IN WHAT YOU SPRINKLE FROM YOUR TORCH?" ASKED SCROOGE The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner _From the drawing by T. Leech_ GLUCK PUT HIS HEAD OUT TO SEE WHO IT WAS The King of the Golden River _From the drawing by Richard Doyle_ THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS WERE SEATED ON THEIR THRONE Alice in Wonderland _From the drawing by Sir John Tenniel_ THE RACE FOR THE SILVER SKATES By Mary Mapes Dodge