Mary E. Doyle

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

LITTLE WOLFF AND HIS WOODEN SHOE I

THE EAGLE AND THE SWAN

LUCY'S ROSARY

THE TAXGATHERER

THE WISDOM OF ALEXANDER

THANKSGIVING

THE ENCHANTED BARK

A LEGEND OF ST. NICHOLAS

RAPHAEL OF URBINO I physical admiration torrent Urbino brilliancy inferior fresco Apennines

LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT

PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN

CONNOR MAC-NESSA AN IRISH LEGEND

THE MARTYRDOM OF BLESSED JOHN FISHER

THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOWWORM

IF THOU COULDST BE A BIRD

THE FIRST CRUSADE I. Causes of the Crusades Mecca inhabitants

HOW THE ROBIN CAME

HOW ST. FRANCIS PREACHED TO THE BIRDS

THE PETRIFIED FERN

BIRD ENEMIES I recognize honor innocent complimentary assassin

ST. JOSEPH'S MONTH

A SONG OF SPRING

ROBERT BRUCE I. Chased by a Bloodhound entertaining revenge

"WHEN EVENING SHADES ARE FALLING"

THE REINDEER

A STORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND

SAN GABRIEL

IMITATION OF MARY

A SCENE FROM "WILLIAM TELL"

THE SCHOOLMASTER OF SLEEPY HOLLOW I. His School and His Friends

THE BLUEBIRD

THE BROOK

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MAY CAROL

THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS

THE SPANISH COOK

THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE TREE

THE CONVERSION OF KING RATBODO

THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

COME TO JESUS

FATHER MARQUETTE

THE SHEPHERD OF KING ADMETUS

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT I consent reckoning solemnly honors

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

HOW AMERICA WAS DISCOVERED I THE ITALIAN SAILOR Italian belief

THE POWER OF GOD

OUR COUNTRY AND OUR HOME

NOTES ABOUT AUTHORS

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EIGHT BOOK SERIES

STANDARD
CATHOLIC READERS
BY GRADES

FIFTH YEAR

BY
MARY E. DOYLE

FORMERLY PRINCIPAL OF HOLY NAMES NORMAL SCHOOL,
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND SUPERVISOR OF TEACHING,
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN

NEW YORK ⁘ CINCINNATI ⁘ CHICAGO
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

Copyright, 1909, 1913, by
MARY E. DOYLE.

Stand. Cath. Readers by Grades.
5th Year.

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