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Day 42 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day Challenge
Jun 17: Eliot's BRIEF NARRATIVERisked His Scalp in PrayerJohn Eliot put his life at the mercy of the redmen to get them to listen to his preachings. He wrote vividly about his settlements of Christian Indians. Now villages and Indians have disappeared. Only his story remains. Read: Eliot's BRIEF NARRATIVE ................ Vol. 43, pp. 138-146 Jun 18: GRIMM'S TALESCinderella Lives To-day Cinderella inspires all alike—the artist's brush, the author's pen, the child's fancy. To-day she is a living, vital character to be seen on stage and screen. No one ever forgets her lightning change. Read from GRIMM'S TALES ....................... Vol. 17, pp. 98-104 Jun 19: Holinshed's OUR ENGLISH DOGSFreaks of the Dog Fad in EnglandA writer of Elizabethan times said that no other country had as many dogs as England. Once Henry VII ordered all mastiffs to be hung because they "durst presume to fight against the lion," England's regal beast. Read: Holinshed's OUR ENGLISH DOGS ....... Vol. 35, pp. 350-356 Jun 20: Darwin's VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLENo Salt for These BirdsGalapagos Islands are the home of fearless birds, to which horses, cows, and men are only roosting places. Darwin saw the South Pacific when few travelers knew that wonderland. Read from Darwin's VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE .... Vol. 29, pp. 403-413 |