Stories That Never Grow Old

The New Junior Classics: The Young Folks Shelf of Books #5

by Mabel Williams (Editor), Marcia Dalphin (Editor)

Contains:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
The King of the Golden River (John Ruskin)
Jackanapes (Juliana Horatia Ewing)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Charles & Mary Lamb)
The Gold Bug (Edgar Allan Poe)
excerpts: Tales from the Travels of Baron Munchausen (Rudolph Eric Raspe)
excerpts: Gulliver's Voyage to lilliput (Jonathan Swift)
excerpts: Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes)
Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving)
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

Genres: Childrens, Classics, Anthologies

493 pages, Leather Bound

First published January 1, 1938

Reviews

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a very good selection of classic stories, but i absolutely abhor the adventures of Baron von Munchausen. Too much bs. I swear I've met that asshole.

[Glenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

A few of the selections here are excerpts from longer works. In particular, we have Gulliver's Voyage to Lilliput, but not the rest of Gulliver's Travels, and we have a retelling of part of Don Quixote. But we have A Christmas Carol in full! We have "The Gold Bug." We have "Rip Van Winkle." These are wonderful stories, carefully selected, and presented (mostly) in their complete form. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is given in full! The only one I found unfamiliar was "Jackanapes," a touching tribute to courage and sacrifice.

All of these stories are worth reading, and reading again.

After reading the many fairy tales and fables and such in previous volumes, I really valued the John Ruskin story "The King of the Golden River." Those familiar with the Harry Potter books will find something very reminiscent of "The Deathly Hallows."

A wonderful ten days' worth of reading.