PREFACE.
TO THE LEARNER.
SCHOOL READING. FIFTH YEAR.
SOMETHING ABOUT BOOKS.
OLD CHIRON’S SCHOOL.
THE DOG OF MONTARGIS.
I
II
THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
THE CHOICE OF HERCULES.
CHRISTMAS AT THE CRATCHITS’.
ON THE MOUNTAIN.
BETSEY HULL’S WEDDING.
ULYSSES AND THE CYCLOPS.
THE BROOK.
THE LADY OF SHALOTT.
LESSONS FROM NATURE’S BOOK.
THE GOODMAN OF BALLENGIECH.
BUGLE SONG.
SOME EXPERIENCES AT SEA.
THE FIRST DAYS OUT.
THE KING AND THE REBEL.
DANIEL BOONE.
I.
FULTON’S FIRST STEAMBOAT.
THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE TREE.
THE CORN SONG.
HUNTING THE WALRUS.
THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII.
I. HISTORY.
II. ROMANCE.
THE STRANGER ON THE SILL.
OUR COUNTRY.
I. WHAT IS OUR COUNTRY.
II. LIBERTY AND UNION.
III. THE POLICY OF PEACE.
A LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW.
I. THE SCHOOLMASTER.
II. THE INVITATION.
III. THE “QUILTING FROLIC.”
IV. THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN.
THE MARINER’S DREAM.
THE SANDS O’ DEE.
THE INVENTION OF PRINTING.
I. BLOCK BOOKS.
II. LAURENCE COSTER
III. JOHN GUTENBERG.
IV. THE TWO VOICES.
V. JOHN FUST.
THE WANDERER.
LEAD THOU ME ON.
THE AMERICAN INDIAN.
THE PASSING OF KING ARTHUR.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.
WORD LIST.
PROPER NAMES PRONOUNCED.
