A NIGHT IN A NORWEGIAN FOREST. THE QUARREL BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL. PRINCE WILLFUL'S THREE LESSONS. MISS EDITH HELPS THINGS ALONG! EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON. Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. GOLDEN GRAINGARNERED FROM THE WORLD'S GREAT HARVEST-FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE COMPRISING Selections from the ablest Modern Writers. OF Prose, Poetry, and Legendary Lore Some Books with heaps of chaff are stored And some do Golden Grain afford; Leave then the chaff and spend thy pains In gathering up the Golden Grains. Elegantly Illustrated. J.C. CHILTON & COMPANY, DETROIT. MICH., 1884. Presentation Page Meadow COPYRIGHTED PRESS OF AUTHORS Henry W. Longfellow. James Russell Lowell. Alfred Tennyson. John G. Whittier. William Cullen Bryant. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Hans Christian Andersen. Peter Christian Asbjornsen. William Shakespeare. Sir Isaac Newton. Rev. Laurence Sterne. Hon. John D. Long. John G. Saxe. Paul H. Hayne. Charles Dickens. Sir Walter Scott. Thomas Moore. Thomas Gray. Lord Lytton. J. C. F. Schiller. George William Curtis. Martin van Buren. George Washington. James A. Garfield. Rev. Charles Kingsley. Barry Cornwall. Phoebe Cary. Sidney Dayre. Lucie Cobb. Phila H. Case. Lucy Larcom. Rose Hartwick Thorpe. Mary D. Brine. Elizabeth Akers. Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt. George Mcdonald. Emma Alice Brown. Samuel Rogres. Bret Harte. George L. Catlin. J. T. Choate. George D. Prentice. Nathaniel P. Willis. Edwin P. Whipple. Phillip James Bailey. D. Bethune Duffield. William L. Smith. Friederich Grimm. PUBLISHERS' NOTE. I It has been the constant endeavor of the publishers of GOLDEN GRAIN, to produce a book in every respect worthy to be classed among the very best works offered to an intelligent public. Many of the selections are protected by copyright and for the use of such, special thanks are due to the following publishers, for the courtesies extended. To Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., for selections from Longfellow, Whittier, and Miss Cary; Messrs. D. Lothrop & Co., for use of selections from Mrs. Piatt, Paul Hayne, and Mary D. Brine; and to those authors who have furnished special contributions, we are under many obligations. The volume is sent forth with the belief that such a work will meet with appreciative readers all over the land. INTRODUCTION. Decoration. T The best introduction to a book is a glance at its pages, an examination of its illustrations and the names of its authors. In all the essentials which go to make up a work which shall meet with popular favor and a wide range of readers, the Editor and Publishers confidently believe that GOLDEN GRAIN presents a high standard of excellence. That all tastes might be suited, the literature of all modern nations has been searched and selections of the highest standard made therefrom. Golden Grain only has been garnered. The great fields of knowledge have been visited, and none but the choicest and ripest kernels have been chosen. Young Folks must, and will, have something to read—something to feed the mind as well as the body. It therefore becomes a very important duty of parents to make choice of such books as are pure in tone and elevating in sentiment; and it follows also, as night follows day, that if parents fail or neglect this duty the young folks themselves will find something to read, nor will they be so careful in their selections. In GOLDEN GRAIN will be found a work in every respect worthy of a place in the Family Circle. Its pages lend inspiration to fight life's battles nobly. Those who go out from a home with noble impulses, pure motives, and true hearts will bear the burden of Earth's cares, duties and disappointments with patience and resignation, having "A heart to resolve, a head to contrive and a hand to execute." CONTENTS.
Heron Summer |