TO THE TEACHER

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

BROTHER AND SISTER [1] I. The Home Coming

MY LAST DAY AT SALEM HOUSE [2]

THE DEPARTURE FROM MISS PINKERTON'S [3] I

TWO GEMS FROM BROWNING I. Incident of the French Camp

THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA [6]

THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS [7]

ST. FRANCIS, THE GENTLE [8]

THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS [9]

IN THE WOODS [10]

BEES AND FLOWERS [11]

SONG OF THE RIVER [12]

SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE [13]

WAR AND PEACE I. War as the Mother of Valor and Civilization [14]

EARLY TIMES IN NEW YORK. [19]

A WINTER EVENING IN OLD NEW ENGLAND

THE OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING [20]

A THANKSGIVING [21]

FIRST DAYS AT WAKEFIELD [22]

DOUBTING CASTLE [23] I. The Pilgrims lose their Way

SHOOTING WITH THE LONGBOW [24]

A CHRISTMAS HYMN [25]

CHRISTMAS EVE AT FEZZIWIG'S [26]

THE CHRISTMAS HOLLY [27]

THE NEW YEAR'S DINNER PARTY [28]

THE TOWN PUMP [29]

COME UP FROM THE FIELDS, FATHER [30]

THE ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG [31]

ODE TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD [32]

THE CHARIOT RACE [33]

THE COLISEUM AT MIDNIGHT [34]

THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE [35]

DOGS AND CATS [36]

THE OWL CRITIC [37]

MRS. CAUDLE'S UMBRELLA LECTURE [38]

THE DARK DAY IN CONNECTICUT [39]

TWO INTERESTING LETTERS I. Columbus to the Lord Treasurer of Spain

POEMS OF HOME AND COUNTRY I. " This is My Own, My Native Land "

THE AGE OF COAL [45]

SOMETHING ABOUT THE MOON [46]

THE COMING OF THE BIRDS [47]

THE RETURN OF THE BIRDS [48]

THE POET AND THE BIRD I. The Song of the Lark

HARK, HARK! THE LARK [49]

ECHOES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION I. Patrick Henry's Famous Speech [50]

THREE GREAT AMERICAN POEMS I

THE INDIAN [53]

NATIONAL RETRIBUTION [54]

WHO ARE BLESSED [55]

LITTLE GEMS FROM THE OLDER POETS I. The Noble Nature [56] It is

HOW KING ARTHUR GOT HIS NAME [61]

ANTONY'S ORATION OVER CAESAR'S DEAD BODY [63]

SELECTIONS TO BE MEMORIZED I. The Prayer Perfect [64] Dear

PROPER NAMES

LIST OF AUTHORS

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