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Various. Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools
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INTRODUCTION
EMILIE K. BAKER. SHORT STORIES AND SELECTIONS. A LEAF IN THE STORM
CATS
—MAURICE HEWLETT
AN ADVENTURE
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE MUSIC
OUT OF DOORS
THE TABOO
—HERMAN MELVILLE
SCHOOL DAYS AT THE CONVENT
IN BRITTANY
—LOUISA ALCOTT
THE ADIRONDACKS
—JOHN BURROUGHS
AN ASCENT OF KILAUEA
—LADY BRASSEY
THE FETISH
—GEORGE ELIOT
SALMON FISHING IN IRELAND
ACROSS RUNNING WATER
—FIONA MACLEOD
THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS
—NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
THE WHITE TRAIL
—STEWART EDWARD WHITE
A DISSERTATION ON ROAST PIG
—CHARLES LAMB
THE LAST CLASS
—ALPHONSE DAUDET
AN ARAB FISHERMAN
—ALBERT EDWARDS
THE ARCHERY CONTEST
—WALTER SCOTT
BABY SYLVESTER
ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG
—ABRAHAM LINCOLN
SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
—ABRAHAM LINCOLN. AN APPRECIATION OF LINCOLN
—JOHN HAY
THE ELEPHANTS THAT STRUCK
—SAMUEL WHITE BAKER
THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP
THE STORY OF MUHANNAD DIN
—RUDYARD KIPLING
A CHILD
—JOHN GALSWORTHY
TOO DEAR FOR THE WHISTLE
—BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT
A BAD FIVE MINUTES IN THE ALPS
THE GOLD TRAIL
—STEWART EDWARD WHITE
TWENTY YEARS OF ARCTIC STRUGGLE
HENRY WARD BEECHER'S ACCOUNT OF HIS SPEECH IN MANCHESTER
—HENRY WARD BEECHER
A GREEN DONKEY DRIVER
A NIGHT IN THE PINES
—ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
LIFE IN OLD NEW YORK
—WASHINGTON IRVING
THE BAZAAR IN MOROCCO
—PIERRE LOTI
A BATTLE OF THE ANTS
—HENRY THOREAU
AN AFRICAN PET
—PAUL B. DU CHAILLU
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE
BUCK'S TRIAL OF STRENGTH
—JACK LONDON
ON THE SOLANDER WHALING GROUND
—FRANK BULLEN
AN EPISODE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
—CHARLES DICKENS
THE COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL
WALT WHITMAN
HEROISM IN HOUSEKEEPING
—JANE WELSH CARLYLE
A YOUTHFUL ACTOR
—T. B. ALDRICH
WAR
—CARLYLE
COON-HUNTING
SIGHT IN SAVAGES
—W.H. HUDSON
THE VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER
—WASHINGTON IRVING
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Published by Good Press, 2022
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So considering himself as already dead, he waited bravely, but with anxious curiosity, the awakening of his enemy.
When the sun appeared the panther suddenly opened her eyes; then she stretched out her paws with energy, as if to get rid of cramp. Presently she yawned and showed the frightful armament of her teeth, and the pointed tongue rough as a rasp.
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