A herdsman loses a calf. He bargains with the deities. He will sacrifice a lamb if they will help him find the calf. Next he discovers a lion eating his calf and adds a full-grow bull to the sacrifice just to escape the lion with his own life.
The author describes the first inhabitants of Florida and the gruesome battles.
Signor Pastrini tells Franz and Albert the tales of Luigi Vampa.
Stubb and Flask discuss the present situation.
A something in a summer's day
An anecdote about the young princess. She floats out of the open window as she sleeps and causes a panic among the inhabitants of the castle.
"A hush is over all the teeming lists,"
Ishmael recounts the collecting of the spermaceti and the dangers of the blubber room.
With Zeus absent from the field of battle, Poseidon gives some much needed assistance to the Greeks.
History is within everyone, so living life is the best way to know history/people/life. History books should be written from this more open, organic perspective. Someone experiencing life is closer to true knowledge than someone who reads about it.
Oh, summer has clothed the earth
The narrator describes the processing of the whale carcass.
The author tells the story of James Webster Smith.
Jane closes her school for Christmas and spends a happy time with her newfound cousins at Moor House. Diana and Mary are delighted with the improvements Jane has made at the school, but St. John seems colder and more distant than ever. He tells Jane that Rosamond is engaged to a rich man named Mr. Granby. One day, he asks Jane to give up her study of German and instead to learn “Hindustani” with him—the language he is learning to prepare for missionary work in India. As time goes by, St. John exerts a greater and greater influence on Jane; his power over her is almost uncanny. This leaves Jane feeling empty, cold, and sad, but she follows his wishes. At last, he asks her to go to India with him to be a missionary—and to be his wife. She agrees to go to India as a missionary but says that she will not be his wife because they are not in love. St. John harshly insists that she marry him, declaring that to refuse his proposal is the same as to deny the Christian faith. He abruptly leaves the room.
"The air is dark, the sky is gray,"
After returning to the Shelby home, Master George sets his slaves free.
Starbuck once again doubts the judgement of Ahab.
A man of low degree was sore oppressed,
The poet describes slave death ships.
This is a narrative of William Wells Brown's life and how he came out of slavery.
When the island is spotted ahead, Capt. Smollett consults his map, which Jim recognizes. Jim confides in Trelawney and Smollett Silver’s plans and Trelawney regrets his hiring of the crew. Smollett urges everyone to stay alert.
A short story with a protagonist and antagonist that mirror the good things that happen when one obeys directions and the bad things that occur when one doesn’t. Through magic “good” conquers “evil.”
Queequeg impresses the ship owners.
A biography of Sir Isaac Newton.
Mulford swims for the boat. The group is reunited with Captain Spike, who tries to rid himself of Mulford.