Description
Gifts from the Past is Volume 10 of the 1962 Collier’s Junior Classics collection, edited by Margaret E. Martignoni. This classic anthology contains 18 excerpted stories, abridged classics and colourful illustrations designed to introduce children to timeless literary works.
The volume is meant to encourage kids to read the complete, original books. It includes famous introductory scenes, character introductions, and follow-up recommendations.
Highlighted stories and authors in this volume include:
- The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
- Gulliver’s Voyages by Jonathan Swift
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
- The Laurence Boy (from Little Women) by Louisa May Alcott
- The Trial of Rebecca (from Ivanhoe) by Sir Walter Scott
- Excerpts from Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Edgar Allan Poe
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