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85

XXXVI. The Birds' Petition...

72

XXXVII. Things to be Remembered.

74

XXXVIII. Labor*.......

75

XXXIX. The Contrast, or Mary and Jane

. Moore 76

XL. Peter begins to Study Botany.

78

XLI. How Leo became a Pauper....Our Dumb Animals 83

XLII. A Deed and a Word*.... Charles Mackay 84

XLIII. Rice.

XLIV. Success in Life.

87

XLV. Work*.....

.Alice Cary 91

XLVI. The Boy who was not ashamed of Ridicule........ 93

XLVII. The Boy who was not ashamed of Ridicule (concluded) 94

XLVIII. Cork ....

97

XLIX. The Sparrows' Christmas Feast*.....Celia Thaxter 98

L. My First Fishing ....

.John G. Whittier 100

LI. The Cost of a Pocket Knife...

102

LII. Macaulay's Mother...

Lord Macaulay 104

LIII. The Orphan's Prayer*.. .. Rhode Island Patriot 105

LIV. How Nails are Made..

.Harper's Bazar 108

LV. Read that Again, Jack... Mrs. M. J. Mallary 110

LVI. Smile whene'er you Can*.

112

LVII. The Little Match-seller..

.Hans Andersen 114

LVIII. Fulton's First Steamboat..

Robert Fulton 117

LIX. The Two Travelers and the Oyster*..

119

LX. The Faithful Indian... The American Planter 120

LXI. Bears..

123

LXII. The Fox in the Well*. .John T. Trowbridge 124

LXIII. What to Read, and How...

.Joseph Alden 126

LXIV. Value of Birds...

...J. W. Mell 128

LXV. The Skater's Song*.

Luella Clark 130

LXVI. Captain Hardy and Nathan..

130

LXVII. Gall-Nuts......

134

LXVIII. The Prairie on Fire*.

Phoebe Cary 135

LXIX. Daniel Webster on Woodchucks...

137

LXX. The Stinging Tree...... Cassell's Illustrated Travels 139

LXXI. Whittling – A Yankee Portrait*....John Pierpont 141

LXXII. Coal Mines and the Safety Lamp..

142

LXXIII. Whittier's Boyhood Home. Butterworth in St.Nicholas 144

LXXIV. Our State*.....

....John G. Whittier 147

LXXV. The Baobab Tree..

Wonders of Vegetation 148

LXXVI. The Two Foxes..

..German Translation 149

LXXVII. Story of John Jobson and his Rat*.... 8. H. Browne 150

LXXVIII. A Singular Adventure .. .Juvenile Miscellany 152

LXXIX. Same Subject (concluded)..

164

LXXX. The Compass, the Lighthouse, and the Life-Boat.. 156

LXXXI. Nobody's Child*..

Picture Magazine 158

LXXXII. The Discontented Pendulum.... .Jane Taylor 159

LXXXIII. Eider-Down..

.Manual of Commerce 162

LXXXIV. Farmer John*.

.J. T. Trovbridge 164

LXXXV. Rail Roads....

166

LXXXVI. The Bright Side*.

170

LXXXVII. How a Fly Walks on the Ceiling..

171

LXXXVIII. The Sparrow's Nest on the Rafter Beam.J. Holmes 175

LXXXIX. Do the Duty that Lieth Nearest thy Hand*....... 177

XC. Turning the Grindstone.. Benjamin Franklin 178

XCI. The Atlantic Cable.

179

XCII. Saint Jonathan*..

.J. G. Saxe 182

XCIII. She has Outlived her Usefulness

184

XCIV. The Money. Panic....

188

XCV. The Life-Boat*.

191

XCVI. History of a School Desk as told by Itself.. 192

XCVII. The Happy Family

... Elihu Burritt 195

XCVIII. Evening Song of the Tyrolese Peasant* F.D.Hemans 196

XCIX. The Humming. Bird... ... Oliver Goldsmith 198

C. Buds, Flowers and Fruits. .Home and Abroad 200

CI. Giving*.

204

CII. The Town Pump..

.Nathaniel Hawthorne 204

CIII. Excel....

206

CIV. Twenty Years Ago*.

207

CV. Bunker Hill Monument.

Edward Everett 209

CVI. The Stomach.....

London Horse Book 211

CVII. The Captain's Daughter*. James T. Fields 214

CVIII. The Two Brothers..

215

CIX. The Beef Lawsuit...

216

CX. The Beggar's Petition*.

217

CXI. Washington and the Poor Widow.

219

CXII. A Good Life*.

224

PART SECOND.

I. Reading...

.Lindley Murray 225

II. Emphasis in Reading.

226

III. Position in Reading..

227

IV. Extracts to Illustrate Variety of Expression.. 228

V. The Nature of True Eloquence... Daniel Webster 230

VI. The Village Blacksmith*.......H. W. Longfellow 231

VII. I must do the Churning.

233
VIII. How to Read.....

.Noah Porter 235

IX. Washington Asks Pardon....

236

X. The Frost*.

..Miss Hannah F. Gould 236

XI. Sir Isaac Newton....

...Bulfinch 238

XII. Life Compared to a River.

Robert Hall 239

XIII. The Ship on Fire*.

. Charles Mackay 240

XIV. Old Things...

242

XV. The Rain..

243

XVI. The Old Oaken Bucket*.. Samuel Woodworth 244

XVII. The Iron Age...

..Journal of Mines 245

XVIII. Pleasant Homes.

.J. G. Holland 246

XIX. The Home of my Childhood*... Graham's Magazine 248

XX. Words Fitly Spoken.......

Extracts 249

XXI. The History of Postage Stamps. . St. Nicholas 251

XXII. The Daisy*....

.James Montgomery 252

XXIII. The Structure of Birds....

254

XXIV. A Touching Plea for Birds.. . Henry Bergh (adapted) 257

XXV. Sowing*

258

XXVI. The World we Live in. T. De Witt Talmadge 259

XXVII. Scene from the Little Merchant... Maria Edgeworth 261

XXVIII. Clear the Way*.

263

XXIX. Iceland...

. Picture Gallery of Nations 265

XXX. Life in Russia..

Marshall Jewell 267

XXXI. Beautiful Hands*.

268

XXXII. Androcles and the Lion....

T. Day 269

XXXIII. How to Move an Audience.

.Herries 271

XXXIV. The Old Barn*...

Alfred B. Street 272

XXXV. The Shell on the Shore.. English Magazine 275

XXXVI. Fidelity Rewarded....

276

XXXVII. The Three Bells*.

.John G. Whittier 279

XXXVIII. Decisive Integrity....

William Wirt 281

XXXIX. The Petrified Forests of California.

283

XL. The King's Picture*...

285

XLI. An End of all Perfection...... Lydia H. Sigourney 286

XLI. Ossian's Address to the Sun

289

XLIII. Auction Extraordinary*......... Lucretia Davidson 290

XLIV. The Mocking Bird of America .J. J. Audubon 291

XLV. The Mocking Bird's Song*.

.J. R. Drake 293

XLVI. The American Indian.... Charles Sprague 295

XLVII. Nicholas Nickleby Seeking for a Situation. . Dickens 296

XLVIII. Tell me, ye Winged Winds*..... . Charles Mackay 301

XLIX. The Bobolink....

Washington Irving 302

L. The Two Sisters*.

..Felicia D. Hemans 304

LI. Branches or Types of Animals...

308

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LII. Precepts.

.. Sir Matthew Hale 310

LIII. The Solitary Reaper*

Wm. Wordsworth 311

LIV. A Fable....

Theodore Parker 312

LV. Cheerfulness

313

LVI. Better than Gold*.

Alexander Smart 315

LVII. Home A Mother's Love

. Albert Barnes 316

LVIII. Gil Blas and the Old Archbishop...A. R. LeSage 318

LIX. Charcoal's Story*.

.Happy Hours 322

LX. Sponge.

Manual of Commerce 323

LXI. Small Beginnings not to be Despised.... 326

LXII. An April Day*..

.. Geoffrey Chaucer 329

LXIII. Death of Alexander Hamilton . .Pres. Nott 330

LXIV. The Grave of Aaron Burr...

332

LXV. Ring Out, Wild Bells * - Alfred Tennyson 334

LXVI. An Army of Monkeys...

Lieut. Reid 335

LXVII. Enthusiasm Necessary to Success.Prof. W. Mathews 338

LXVIII. Spring*.

Mary Howitt 339

LXIX. God only can Satisfy our Affections. W. E. Channing 340

LXX. Paper..

341

LXXI. The Winds*

Hannah F. Gould 344

LXXII. A Curtain Lecture of Mrs. Caudle. Douglas Jerrold 346

LXXIII. Educated Observers

. Hearth and Home 349

LXXIV. Longing*.

.James Russell Lowell 351

LXXV. Appetite...

Horace Mann 352

LXXVI. Water-Spouts

354

LXXVII. Solitude*.

William Cowper 355

LXXVIII. Nothing Lives for Itself Alone.. .John Todd 357

LXXIX. The Stranger on the Sill*....

T. B. Read 360

LXXX. The Sensitive Author...

.R. B. Sheridan 361

LXXXI. Sorrow for the Dead .... Washington Irving 365

LXXXII. Hymn of the Churchyard*. ..H. W. Longfellow 368

LXXXIII. Soliloquy of King Richard III. . Wm. Shakespeare 369

LXXXIV. Origin of Yankee Doodle..

370

LXXXV. How the United States came to be called Uncle Sam. 372

LXXXVI. Niagara Falls*.

.J. S. Buckingham 373

LXXXVII. Death of Absalom..

...Bible — Willis 376

LXXXVIII. Macaroni and Vermicelli. Samuel Woodworth 379

LXXXIX. Oratory as an Art.

Sheridan Knowles 381

XC. Passing Away*.

.John Pierpont 383

XCI. Choice Extracts..

Pope, Blair and others 385

XCII. The Bell of Justice.. ..poetry by Longfellow 387

XCIII. The Speech of Brutus.

.. Shakespeare 389

XCIV. Antony's Oration over Cæsar's Body*. Shakespeare 390

XCV. Selling Old Things......

. Century 393

*

XCVI. Tell's Address to the Mountains* Sheridan Knowles 395

XCVII. The Authors of our Liberty ...Geo. H. Curtis 396

XCVIII. Give me Liberty or give me Death. Patrick Henry 398

XCIX. Imagined Speech of John Adams..Daniel Webster 402

C. Independence Bell, 1776......

405

CI. Declaration of Independence. ....Thomas Jefferson 407

CII. The First Declaration of Independence ....

413

CIII. The American Flag*

...Joseph R. Drake 414

CIV. The National Flag.

. Charles Summer 416

CV. The Star Spangled Banner*.

.F. S. Key 417

CVI. Emigration for our Interest.. .Patrick Henry 419

CVII. Love of Country a Cardinal Virtue*... Sir W. Scott 421

CVIII. Progress of Mind*

. Sidney Dyer 422

CIX. Self-Culture.....

E. H. Chapin (adapted) 423

CX. Transition*....

425

CXI. Our Wondrous Atmosphere

426

CXII. Typography - Origin and Progress ..J. W. Russell 428

CXIII. Song of the Railroad*

Chas. T. Wolfe 432

CXIV. The Evils of War .....

.Henry Clay 433

CXV. The Ship and the Sea-Gull*....British Workman 435

CXVI. A Storm on the Ocean...... .. Archbishop Hughes 437

CXVII. An Incident of the Sea.. Washington Irving 440

CXVIII. The Ship “ City of Boston "* Will Carleton 441

CXIX. The Time to Work...

Henry T. Miller 443

CXX. Battle of Waterloo*

.Lord Byron 445

CXXI. Death of Little Paul.

.Charles Dickens 447

CXXII. There are no Dead*.

.Sir Edward Bulwer 450

CXXIII. My Mother's Bible*.

..George P. Morris 451

CXXIV. Phillips on America.....

452

CXXV. Rienzi's Address to the Romans* ... Miss Mitford 453

CXXVI. The Church Bell......

Cardinal Wiseman 455

CXXVII. Grattan's Reply to Corry.

456

CXXVIII. T'hree Grains of Corn*.

Miss Edwards 458

CXXIX. Room at the Top.

.J. G. Holland 460

CXXX. Religious Liberty.

. Daniel O'Connell 463

CXXXI. Song of Steam*.

..George W. Cutler 464

CXXXII. Address at Gettysburgh. . Abraham Lincoln 466

CXXXIII. Cover Them Over*

Will Carleton 467

CXXXIV. The Future of the Republic.... .Judge Story 470

CXXXV. Curfew shall not Toll To-night* .. Rosa Hartwick 472

CXXXVI. Universal Education

.Horace Greeley 475

CXXXVII. God's First Temples*. William Cullen Bryant 478

CXXXVIII. A Summer Night*... .... Philip James Bailey 482

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