Gulliver's Travels

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                          THE WINDERMERE SERIES

                               GULLIVER’S
                                 TRAVELS

                            By JONATHAN SWIFT

                          with illustrations by
                               MILO WINTER

                         RAND McNALLY & COMPANY
                   New York   Chicago   San Francisco

                          _Copyright, 1912, by_
                         RAND McNALLY & COMPANY

                           All rights reserved
                             Edition of 1936

                            Made in U. S. A.




THE CONTENTS


                                                                      PAGE

    _The List of Illustrations_                                         xi

    _A Biographical Note_                                                1

                          A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT

                                CHAPTER I

    The Author gives some Account of Himself and Family—His first
    Inducements to Travel—He is shipwrecked, and swims for his
    Life—Gets safe on Shore in the Country of Lilliput—Is made a
    Prisoner, and carried up the Country                                 5

                               CHAPTER II

    The Emperor of Lilliput, attended by several of the Nobility,
    comes to see the Author in his Confinement—The Emperor’s Person
    and Habits described—Learned Men appointed to teach the Author
    their Language—He gains Favor by his Mild Disposition—His
    Pockets are searched, and his Sword and Pistols taken from him      18

                               CHAPTER III

    The Author diverts the Emperor, and his Nobility of both Sexes,
    in a very Uncommon Manner—The Diversions of the Court of
    Lilliput described—The Author has his Liberty granted him, upon
    Certain Conditions                                                  30

                               CHAPTER IV

    Mildendo, the Metropolis of Lilliput, described, together with
    the Emperor’s Palace—A Conversation between the Author and a
    Principal Secretary, concerning the Affairs of that Empire—The
    Author’s Offers to serve the Emperor in his Wars                    40

                                CHAPTER V

    The Author, by an Extraordinary Stratagem, prevents an
    Invasion—A high Title of Honor is conferred upon him—Ambassadors
    arrive from the Emperor of Blefuscu, and sue for Peace              47

                               CHAPTER VI

    Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput; their Learning, Laws, and
    Customs; the Manner of educating their Children—The Author’s
    Way of Living in that Country—His Vindication of a Great Lady       54

                               CHAPTER VII

    The Author being informed of a Design to accuse him of High
    Treason, makes his Escape to Blefuscu—His Reception there           67

                              CHAPTER VIII

    The Author, by a lucky Accident, finds Means to leave Blefuscu;
    and, after some Difficulties, returns safe to his Native
    Country                                                             77

                         A VOYAGE TO BROBDINGNAG

                                CHAPTER I

    A great Storm described; the Longboat sent to fetch Water;
    the Author goes with it to discover the Country—He is left
    on Shore, is seized by one of the Natives, and carried to a
    Farmer’s House—His Reception there, with several Accidents that
    happened to him—A Description of the Inhabitants                    85

                               CHAPTER II

    A Description of the Farmer’s Daughter—The Author carried to a
    Market Town, and then to the Metropolis—The Particulars of his
    Journey                                                            100

                               CHAPTER III

    The Author sent for to Court—The Queen buys him of his Master,
    the Farmer, and presents him to the King—He disputes with His
    Majesty’s great Scholars—An Apartment at Court provided for the
    Author—He is in high Favor with the Queen—He stands up for the
    Honor of his own Country—His Quarrels with the Queen’s Dwarf       107

                               CHAPTER IV

    The Country described—A Proposal for correcting Modern Maps—The
    King’s Palace, and some Account of the Metropolis—The Author’s
    Way of Traveling—The Chief Temple described                        120

                                CHAPTER V

    Several Adventures that happened to the Author—The Execution of
    a Criminal—The Author shows his Skill in Navigation                126

                               CHAPTER VI

    Several Contrivances of the Author to plea