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LIBRARY
BUREAU OF EDUCATION
Preface
This volume is designed for advanced classes in reading.
It is adapted to this purpose by the following characteristics :
1. There is great variety in style and subjects.
2. The exercises are of a highly elevated character.
3. There is an exclusion of all collateral matter , such as Rhetorical Rules and Notation, Exercises in Articu¬ lation, Definition, &c., &c., which have been so ex¬ tensively treated of in the other volumes of this series as to render further instruction unnecessary.
This book is thus adapted to general practice in read-, ing, and with the preceding volumes of this series or any other of similar character, will furnish an abun¬ dant amount of matter for a thorough course in this department.
It is presented to the public with the hope, that it may receive that favor which has been so libe¬ rally awarded to the other volumes of the Eclectic Series.
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EXERCISES IN PROSE.
EXERCISE. PAGE.
1. The Contrast . 15
3. The Slide of Alpnach . 23
6. A Flower for the Window .... From Leigh Ifunt. . . 30
9. Our Old Grandmother . 36
11. Ferdinand and Isabella . From Irving . ... 42
12. Queen Isabella’s Resolve .... From Vinet . 44
13. The Return of Columbus . 47
14. Columbus in Spain . From Irving. ... 49
18. Anecdote of William Wirt . 56
19. Intemperance . From Wirt . 58
21. Highland Snow Storm . From Wilson. ... 62
22. Highland Snow Storm. — Continued . 67
24. The Moral Law . 76
25. And what then ? . 78
26. The Prodigal Son . From the Bible. . . . 7S
29. The Schwein-general . From Sir F. B. Head. 88
31. Siege of Calais . From Brooke. ... 95
33. Peter the Great. — Scene 1 . 101
34. Peter the Great. — Scene II . 104
35. Chase on the Ice . 107
37. The First and Last Dinner . 113
39. The Youth of Washington .... From Everett. . . .118
40. Appointment of Washington . 120
41. Washington in the Camp .... From Weems. . . . 123
44. Shakspeare . From Hazlitt. . . .127
45. Shakspeare’s Home and Tomb . . . From Irving. . . .130
47. Hamlet. — Scene II . From Shakspeare. . .136
48. Book-Making . From Irving. . . . 140
49. Selections, Prose and Poetic . 144
51. Dwight and Dennie . 149
EXERCISE.
PAGE.
52. Money makes the Mare go ... .
From Berquin. .
54. Fulton’s First Steamboat . . . .
From Story. . .
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56. Grace Darling .
59. Self-killing .
60. The Stomach .
62. Selections in Prose .
64. The Resurrection .
From the Bible. .
66. The Gipsies .
From Scott. . .
67. The Last of the Mamelukes . . .
From Dumas.
71. Rural Life in England .
From Irving.
73. God’s Mercy .
From Taylor.
77. Alexander and the Robber . . . .
From Aiken. . .
78. Selections .
80. The Bittern .
82. The Spider .
From Goldsmith.
84. The Hero of Haarlem .
90. The Head-stone .
From Wilson. .
92. Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon . .
From Fenelon. .
93. Harvey Birch and Captain Wharton
From Cooper.
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96. The Ariel among the Shoals . . .
From Cooper. .
97. The Ariel. — Continued .
98. The Ariel. — Continued .
103. Raleigh’s Last Letter .
105. Major Andre .
From Hamilton.
106. Arnold and Talleyrand .
From Woodworth.
. .
109. The Poetry of the Bible .
From Dr. Spring.
112. The Duelist .
, Dialogues of the Dead.
114. The Windmill .
From Cervantes.
115. Sancho Panza .
From Cervantes.
117. Gil Bias .
From Le Sage. .
118. Loss of the Arctic .
122. Vanity of Riches .
, From Johnson. .
124. A Herd of Bisons .
From Cooper.
125. The Bee Hunt .
From Irving.
130. Death will come .
132. Immortality of the Soul .
, From Addison. .
133. The Golden City .
, From Bunyan. .
137. Waverly and Mac -Ivor .
From Scott. . .
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