The Illustrated London Reading Book
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Various. The Illustrated London Reading Book
INTRODUCTION
THE SCHOOLBOY'S PILGRIMAGE
PEKIN
THE GOLIAH ARATOO
THE PARROT
THE STARLING
THE CAR OF JUGGERNAUT
CYPRUS
THE RATTLESNAKE
ORIGIN OF "JACK THE GIANT-KILLER."
VALUE OF THE BIBLE
NATURE AND ITS LORD
THE STEPPING-STONES
HUMANITY
THE SPANIELS OF THE MONKS OF ST. BERNARD
JOPPA
THE AMERICAN TAPIR
THE FIELD OF WATERLOO
THE TWO OWLS AND THE SPARROW
THE BEETLE
THE FOUNDING OF THE BELL
NAPOLEON
ROME
THE ROOKERY
PALMS
THE PALM-TREE
A CHAPTER ON DOGS
TERRIER
THE GREYHOUND
OLD ENGLISH HOUND
SHEPHERD'S DOG
BULL-DOG
LORD BACON
THE LILIES OF THE FIELD
POMPEII
THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOWWORM
THE INVISIBLE WORLD REVEALED BY THE MICROSCOPE
THE CANARY
INDUSTRY AND APPLICATION
THE RIVER JORDAN
ON JORDAN'S BANKS
FORTITUDE
THE IVY IN THE DUNGEON
THE NESTS OF BIRDS
THE BUSHMEN
CHARACTER OF ALFRED, KING OF ENGLAND
THE FIRST GRIEF
ON CRUELTY TO INFERIOR ANIMALS
PETER THE HERMIT, AND THE FIRST CRUSADE
FAITH'S GUIDING STAR
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ADDRESS TO HER ARMY AT TILBURY FORT, IN 1588
JALAPA
CONDORS
OMNISCIENCE AND OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY
THE MILL STREAM
ENVY
THE OLIVE
ACCORDANCE BETWEEN THE SONGS OF BIRDS AND THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE DAY
CHARACTER OF EDWARD VI
THE HUNTED STAG
JOHN BUNYAN AND HIS WIFE
THE LONG-EARED AFRICAN FOX
MOUNT TABOR
UNA AND THE LION
DANISH ENCAMPMENT
THE NAMELESS STREAM
STAFFA
ON CHEERFULNESS
STONY CROSS
GELERT
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
THE TOMBS OF PAUL AND VIRGINIA
THE MANGOUSTE
CULLODEN
ATHENS
THE ISLES OF GREECE
THE SIEGE OF ANTIOCH
ANGLING
MARIANA
RISE OF POETRY AMONG THE ROMANS
CHARACTER OF JULIUS CAESAR
SIEGE OF TYRE
THE FALLS OF NIAGARA
THE SLOTH
SIERRA NEVADA, OR SNOWY RANGE OF CALIFORNIA
THE GROUSE
PATMOS
SHAKSPEARE
THE RETURN OF THE DOVE
COBRA DI CAPELLO—HOODED SNAKE
THE PYRAMID LAKE
ADAM AND EVE IN PARADISE
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
HAGAR AND ISHMAEL
THE HOLLY BOUGH
THE UNIVERSE
ODE TO ST. CECILIA
SATIN BOWER-BIRDS
THE POOL OF SILOAM
WINTER THOUGHTS
BRITISH TROOPS IN CANADA
BALLOONS
SIR THOMAS GRESHAM
ON THE ATTAINMENT OF KNOWLEDGE
THIBETAN SHEEP
NAVAL TACTICS
THE CHOICE OF HERCULES
STRATA FLORIDA ABBEY
KAFFIR CHIEFS
RAILWAY TUNNELS
SUN FISH
BATTLE OF THE BALTIC
ARTILLERY TACTICS
THE TREE KANGAROO AND BLACK LEOPARD
CHARITY
SARDIS
MARTELLO TOWERS
TURKISH CUSTOMS
ON STUDY
THE SHORES OF GREECE
THE FORT OF ATTOCK
THE ORDER OF NATURE
LORD CLARENDON
OWLS
CHATTERTON
SMYRNA
GENTLENESS
THE IGUANA
HENRY IV.'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP
ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
THE RAINBOW
HOPE
LIGHTHOUSES
INTEGRITY
RAFT OF GAMBIER ISLANDERS
CHRISTIAN FREEDOM
THE POLAR REGIONS
THE CROWN JEWELS
WHAT IS TIME?
SIMPLICITY IN WRITING
JOHN HAMPDEN
OTHELLO'S HISTORY
FILIAL LOVE
QUEEN MARY'S BOWER, CHATSWORTH
TUBULAR RAILWAY BRIDGES
THE MARINERS OF ENGLAND
KAFFIR LETTER-CARRIER
THE SEASONS
ON MUSIC
THE AFFLICTED POOR
MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS
FAREWELL
VOCABULARY OF WORDS USED IN THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK
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To deprive Instruction of the terrors with which the young but too often regard it, and strew flowers upon the pathways that lead to Knowledge, is to confer a benefit upon all who are interested in the cause of Education, either as Teachers or Pupils. The design of the following pages is not merely to present to the youthful reader some of the masterpieces of English literature in prose and verse, arranged and selected in such a manner as to please as well as instruct, but to render them more agreeable to the eye and the imagination by Pictorial Representations, in illustration of the subjects. It is hoped that this design has not been altogether unsuccessful, and that the ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK will recommend itself both to old and young by the appropriateness of the selections, their progressive arrangement, the fidelity of their Illustrations, and the very moderate price at which it is offered to the public.
It has not been thought necessary to prefix to the present Volume any instructions in the art of Elocution, or to direct the accent or intonation of the student by the abundant use of italics or of large capitals. The principal, if not the only secrets of good reading are, to speak slowly, to articulate distinctly, to pause judiciously, and to feel the subject so as, if possible, "to make all that passed in the mind of the Author to be felt by the Auditor," Good oral example upon these points is far better for the young Student than the most elaborate written system.
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Mr. S. Each pair, after they have coupled, builds its own nest; and, instead of helping, they are very apt to steal the materials from one another. If both birds go out at once in search of sticks, they often find at their return the work all destroyed, and the materials carried off. However, I have met with a story which shows that they are not without some sense of the criminality of thieving. There was in a rookery a lazy pair of rooks, who never went out to get sticks for themselves, but made a practice of watching when their neighbours were abroad, and helping themselves from their nests. They had served most of the community in this manner, and by these means had just finished their own nest; when all the other rooks, in a rage, fell upon them at once, pulled their nest in pieces, beat them soundly, and drove them from their society.
F. But why do they live together, if they do not help one another?
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