Front matter
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Class
Part I
The Pig Brother Laura E. Richards .
A Mother's Story Selected
The Story of Ruth Henry Hallam Tweedy
A Boy Who Wanted to Learn . . Henry Hallam Tweedy
David and Jonathan Henry Hallam Tweedy
National Hymn Samuel F. Smith . .
A Great Painter of Animals . . Frances Elizabeth Chutter
The Prodigal Son George Hodges ....
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3 7
10 16
22 25
27 33
PART II Cleanliness Charles and Mary Lamb . . 43
How the Birds Build Their Nests Selected 44
The Childhood of Mozart . . . Selected ....... 47
How Miller was Cured .... Selected 53
The Story of Moses George Hodges 58
I. The Prince and Shepherd.
II. Moses Leading the People Out of Egypt.
III. A Glad Song.
IV. Gifts for the House of God.
V. The Story of the Manna.
All Things Beautiful . . . . . Cecil Frances Alexander . 73 A Boy and His Alphabet . . . L.M.Dalton ..... 76 The Lord's Prayer The Bible . . .... 77
Part III
Billy's Best Friends Punish Him . Warren Douglas .... 81 The Courage Country .... Selected * . 99 xviii CONTENTS
The Legend of the Dipper . . . Carolyn S. Bailey .... 103
Dan's Dream Henry Hallam Tweedy . . 107
King David's Cup of Water . . Henry Hallam Tweedy . . 117 How One Man Loved His City . Henry Hallam Tweedy . .121
Two Prayers 128
Father in Heaven, We Thank Thee Selected 129
Martin Luther's Letter to His Son L. Maria Child .... 130
We are Seven William Wordsworth . . . 133
A Song Unto the Lord .... The Bible ...... 136
Part IV
The Man at the Helm .... Selected 141
The Story of Daniel Selected 145
I. The Meaning of the King's
Dream.
II. The Fiery Furnace.
III. The Writing on the Wall.
IV. The Lions' Den.
Little Jack Francois Coppee . . . . 163
The Last Lesson in French . . . Alphonse Daudet . . . . 169
The William Henry Letters . . Abby Morton Diaz . 174
I. Gapper Skyblue's Basket.
II. The Two Betseys' Garden.
III. Paying the Cost.
Maria Millis Selected .... . ' . 181
Lord Cornwallis' Knee Buckles . Williams H. Elson , . . 183
David and Saul ...... Henry Hallam Tweedy . . 187
A Thought ........ Robert Louis Stevenson . . 192
A Grace at Table Anonymous 192
God is Good Anonymous 193
The Earth is the Lord's .... The Bible 193
CONTENTS xix
PART V A Song from the Suds
A Shepherd Boy and a Giant The Boy Who Works .
How the King Was Cured
The Jack-o'-Lantem . .
The Leak in the Dike The Broken Flowerpot .
Holmes's School Days How the Children were Fed The Blue Boy ....
The Year One ....
Christmas Everywhere .
Shepherds and Singing Angels The Visit of the Wise Men .
A Prayer
Louisa M. Alcott .... 197
Eliza Cook 202
C. Bender 202
Jacob Abbott 203
Phoebe Cary 207
Edward Bulwer-Lytton . . 213
Ellen M. Cyr 220
John de Lief de 223
Frances Elizabeth Chutter . 226
Phillips Brooks . . .• . 235
PART VI An Ambitious Youth
True Friends
Home, Sweet Home
The Union of the Trees ....
If You Were Toiling Up a Weary Hill
Words of Wisdom
Truth and Falsehood
Love for All
The Good Samaritan
Jennie Ellis Keysor . . . 255
John T. Faris 265
Francis Bacon . . . . . 274
John Howard Payne . . . 275
From u The J ataka' . . . 277
Susan Coolid^c .... 279
The Bible 280
George Eliot 281
Frederick Schiller . . . . 292
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CONTENTS
The Hero of Khartum .
To Do and Die . . '. .
Four Pioneers . . . . • Great Effects ....
The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England Men Who Loved Nature A Christmas Carol . .
The Story of the Christ .
Founding Empires . . .
Our Master
Selected ....
Alfred Tennyson .
Orison Swett Marden Francis Bacon .
Josiah Gilbert Holland George Hodges .
302 302 310
3 2 4 345 346
PART VII Cyrus and His Grandfather
Love of Truth
The Love of Home
" Ladders to Heaven " ....
How to Look
The Red Cross Evangel of Mercy "The Greatest Thing in the World"
A Working Monk
Doing One's Best
An Architect of Fortune ....
Toiling Upward
Maxims of Economy
Be Strong!
Ode for Washington's Birthday
L. M. Dalton . . .
Sarah K. Bolton . .
Theodore Parker . .
Daniel Webster . .
Juliana Horatia Ewing Edward Everett Hale .
John C. Lambert . .
Charles Morris . . .
The Bible ....
George Hodges . . .
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Benjamin Franklin.
Samuel Johnson ....
Edmund Burke.
The Bible.
Maltbie Davenport Babcock .
Oliver Wendell Holmes . .
394 395
CONTENTS xxi
A Great Man
George Washington ....
The First Place
A Patriot's Words . . . . .
Talleyrand and Arnold . . .
A Host in the Sunshine . . .
The Story of a Great Artist A Gift of God
From Cowardice to Courage .
To Die for Truth
" The Christians to the Lions!" .
Our Service
Youth's Prayer in Verse ....
James Russell Lowell Hamilton W. Mabie Henry Lee ■. . .
George Washington Selected ....
Bliss Carman . .
Colonna Murray Dallin Henry Wadsworth Longfellow R. C. Gillie George Hodges Jean Paul Richter George A . Henty .
The Bible . . .
Washington Gladden
43 2 433 439 440
PART VIII A Fight with a Demon
Truth
Joys of Home
A Friend of the Indians ....
The Real Good
St. Francis and the Soldan . . .
Words of Wisdom
John Little John
Prudent and Self-Reliant Young
Americans
Prudence
The Story of Patrick Henry . .
Lovers and Defenders of Liberty Dear Land of All My Love . . .
Nathan Hale
John B. Gough .
George Hodges .
Martin Luther .
John Bowring .
The Bible . .
Robert E. Speer John Boyle O'Rielly C. R. Peers . .
The Bible . .
Charles Mackay
James Parton .
Marcus Tullius Cicero Elbridge S. Brooks Daniel Webster . .
Sidney Lanier . . .
Pauline Carrington Bouve
443 45 2 464 464
465 468
475 476
485 485
487 496
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CONTEXTS
For Country's Sake . . Thomas Moore . .
Oliver Cromwell . . Xathaniel Hawthorne
True Liberty ...... Lord Mansfield
London, 1802 . William Wordsworth
Prayer for Beaut}- ...... Socrates ....
What is Prayer? James Montgomery
The Pharisee and the Publican . The Bible . . .
The Song of the Minster . . William Canton
Oh Come, Let Us Sing! ... The Bible . . .
Worship the King! . . . Robert Grant . .
A Prayer .... . .
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"He Leadeth Me Beside the Still Waters" Frontispiece
PAGE
"Hello, Brother!" 5
"But Ruth Clung to Naomi" 12
"No One Else Could Paint Dogs with Such Loving, Trustful Faces" 31
"Then the Prodigal Thought of Home" 36
"He Had Compassion, and Greeted Him" 38
" Every Look Was Fixed on His Nimble Little Fingers" 50
"She Saw a Box Floating, and in the Box Was a Baby" 59
"And They Two Went in to See the King" 62
"They Made a Calf Out of Gold" 67
"In the Morning There Was Food Upon the Ground" 71
"All Things Bright and Beautiful, The Lord Made Them All " . . 74 "The Doctor Felt His Pulse and Asked to See His Tongue" .... 88 "He Reached Out His Hand for the Dipper, and Begged for a
Drink of Clear, Cold Water" 104
"So He Held It Up in His Hands and Prayed" 120
Walls and Towers of Jerusalem 125
Martin Luther's Home 131
"Still the Brave Fellow at the Helm Kept to His Post" 143
"Then Daniel Told the King What the Dream Had Been, and
What It Meant" 149
"Lo, I See Four Men Loose Walking in the Midst of the Fire,
and They Have No Hurt" 154
"Daniel Told the King that He . . . Would Explain the Awful
Words" 157
"Then Daniel was Put Into the Lions' Den" 160
"In the Goodness of His Heart He Took Off the Wooden Shoe" 166
"And Wrote in Large Letters, 'VIVE LA FRANCE!' " 173
xxiii xxiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"Keep Them to Remember Me By" 185
"David Called to Him, and Told Him of His Escape" 189
"It Struck the Giant Straight in the Middle of His Forehead". . 201 "He Forces Back the Weight of the Sea With the Strength of His
Single Arm ! " 210
"The Boy Showed His Domino Box" 218
"Why is Your Door Open so Late as This?" 225
"'The Blue Boy' is One of the Most Beautiful of Mr. Gainsborough's Paintings" 230
"Everywhere, Everywhere, Christmas To-night" 236
Shepherds in the Fields at Bethlehem 241
"On They Came, Then, Over the Hard, Wild Ways" 244
"Their Soul Shall Be as a Watered Garden" 254
Poe's Cottage at Fordham 263
Bayard Taylor 267
Hawthorne's "Old Manse," Concord, Mass 276
"Water! Get Me Water!" 287
The First Sewing Machine 303
Watt Discovering the Power of Steam 305
The Clermont 309
The Landing of the Pilgrims 312
The Angelus 315
Morning, or the Dance of the Nymphs 317
The Cornfield 320
The Worship of the Magi 323
The Flight into Egypt 326
Christ in the Temple 328
Christ Healing the Sick . . 332
Entry into Jerusalem 336
Casting Out the Money Changers ^8
Christ before Pilate 340
The Crucifixion 342
Easter Morning .. . . 344
Michael Faraday 356
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xxv
Jacob's Dream 365
The Statue of Peter Cooper and Cooper Institute 392
Michelangelo in His Study 416
Church of St. Peter in Rome 421
Judas Accepting the Silver 425
St. Peter Delivered from Prison 431
Luther Preaching at the Wartburg 460
"They Shall All Be Yours if You Will Confess that You Are a Spy " 481
Patrick Henry Delivering His Famous Speech 503
Statue of Nathan Hale 503
The Pharisee and the Publican 524
Rheims Cathedral 529 xxiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"Keep Them to Remember Me By" 185
"David Called to Him, and Told Him of His Escape" 189
"It Struck the Giant Straight in the Middle of His Forehead". . 201 "He Forces Back the Weight of the Sea With the Strength of His
Single Arm ! " 2 10
"The Boy Showed His Domino Box" 218
"Why is Your Door Open so Late as This?" 225
"'The Blue Boy' is One of the Most Beautiful of Mr. Gainsborough's Paintings" 230
"Everywhere, Everywhere, Christmas To-night" 236
Shepherds in the Fields at Bethlehem 241
"On They Came, Then, Over the Hard, Wild Ways" 244
"Their Soul Shall Be as a Watered Garden" 254
Poe's Cottage at Fordham 263
Bayard Taylor 267
Hawthorne's "Old Manse," Concord, Mass 276
"Water! Get Me Water!" 287
The First Sewing Machine 303
Watt Discovering the Power of Steam 305
The Clermont 309
The Landing of the Pilgrims 312
The Angelus 315
Morning, or the Dance of the Nymphs 317
The Cornfield 320
The Worship of the Magi 323
The Flight into Egypt . 326
Christ in the Temple 328
Christ Healing the Sick 332
Entry into Jerusalem 336
Casting Out the Money Changers 338
Christ before Pilate 340
The Crucifixion 342
Easter Morning .344
Michael Faraday 356
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xxv
Jacob's Dream 365
The Statue of Peter Cooper and Cooper Institute 392
Michelangelo in His Study 416
Church of St. Peter in Rome 42 1
Judas Accepting the Silver 425
St. Peter Delivered from Prison 431
Luther Preaching at the Wartburg 460
"They Shall All Be Yours if You Will Confess that You Are a Spy " 481
Patrick Henry Delivering His Famous Speech 503
Statue of Nathan Hale 503
The Pharisee and the Publican 524
Rheims Cathedral 529
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