| Number. | Title. | Author. | Page. |
| I. | The White Ship (Illustrated) | Dickens | 11 |
| II. | Casabianca | Hemans, Mrs. | 16 |
| III. | The Giraffe or Camelopard (Illus.) | Barnes’ IV. | 18 |
| IV. | The Mountain and the Squirrel | Emerson | 20 |
| V. | The Pet Lamb (Illustrated) | Wordsworth | 21 |
| VI. | The Camel (Illustrated) | | 24 |
| VII. | Lucy Gray (Illustrated) | Wordsworth | 27 |
| VIII. | The Emperor and the Major (Illus.) | Butler’s IV. | 30 |
| IX. | Farmer John | Trowbridge | 33 |
| X. | The Poor Little Match Girl | Andersen | 36 |
| XI. | The Sands O’ Dee (Illustrated) | Kingsley | 38 |
| XII. | The Rhinoceros (Illustrated) | Barnes’ IV. | 40 |
| XIII. | The Old Arm-Chair (Illustrated) | Cook, Eliza | 44 |
| XIV. | Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel | Hunt | 45 |
| XV. | Prince Arthur | Dickens | 46 |
| XVI. | A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea | Cunningham | 51 |
| XVII. | We are Seven (Illustrated) | Wordsworth | 52 |
| XVIII. | The Hippopotamus (Illustrated) | Battersea III. | 55 |
| XIX. | A Bright Boy | Blackie | 58 |
| XX. | After Blenheim (Illustrated) | Southey | 60 |
| XXI. | The Black Douglas (Illustrated) | Battersea IV. | 63 |
| XXII. | Bruce and the Spider (Illustrated) | Cook, Eliza | 68 |
| XXIII. | The Farmer and the Fox | Froude | 71 |
| XXIV. | A Canadian Boat Song | Moore | 73 |
| XXV. | The Wreck of the Hesperus | Longfellow | 74 |
| XXVI. | Holland (Illustrated) | Dodge, Mrs. | 78 |
| XXVII. | Evening Hymn | Keble | 81 |
| XXVIII. | Psalm XXIII. | | 82 |
| XXIX. | The Heroic Serf (Illustrated) | Champneys | 82 |
| XXX. | There’s a Good Time Coming | Mackay | 86 |
| XXXI. | John Brown | Mackay | 88 |
| XXXII. | The Otter (Illustrated) | Butler’s IV. | 90 |
| XXXIII. | The Ivy Green (Illustrated) | Dickens | 93 |
| XXXIV. | The Sea | Procter | 94 |
| XXXV. | Ho! Breakers on the Weather Bow | Swain | 96 |
| XXXVI. | A Child’s Dream of a Star | Dickens | 97 |
| XXXVII. | Hannah Binding Shoes (Illustrated) | Larcom, Lucy | 101 |
| XXXVIII. | Jack in the Pulpit (Illustrated) | Whittier | 103 |
| XXXIX. | The Beaver (Illustrated) | Barnes’ III. | 106 |
| XL. | The Angel’s Whisper | Lover | 109 |
| XLI. | The Rapid | Sangster | 110 |
| XLII. | A Narrow Escape (Illustrated) | Ill. English IV. | 111 |
| XLIII. | The Fairies of Caldon-Low (Illus.) | Howitt, Mrs. | 115 |
| XLIV. | Volcanoes (Illustrated) | Barnes’ IV. | 119 |
| XLV. | A Small Catechism | McGee | 122 |
| XLVI. | Curious Birds’ Nests (Illustrated) | Butler’s IV. | 123 |
| XLVII. | Lord Ullin’s Daughter (Illustrated) | Campbell | 127 |
| XLVIII. | To An Early Primrose | White | 129 |
| XLIX. | The Whistle | Franklin | 130 |
| L. | Bugle Song (Illustrated) | Tennyson | 132 |
| LI. | The Inchcape Rock (Illustrated) | Southey | 133 |
| LII. | The Flax | Andersen | 136 |
| LIII. | The French at Ratisbon (Illustrated) | Browning | 141 |
| LIV. | Egypt and Its Ruins (Illustrated) | | 143 |
| LV. | To My Mother | White | 148 |
| LVI. | Zlobane | Gustafson, Mrs. | 149 |
| LVII. | The Ruby-Throated Humming-Bird | Audubon | 152 |
| LVIII. | Trust in God and Do the Right | Macleod | 155 |
| LIX. | Somebody’s Darling | Lacoste, Marie | 156 |
| LX. | Song from “The Princess” | Tennyson | 157 |
| LXI. | Ants and Their Slaves | Michelet | 158 |
| LXII. | The Gray Swan (Illustrated) | Cary, Alice | 162 |
| LXIII. | The Capture of a Whale | Cooper | 165 |
| LXIV. | The Village Blacksmith (Illustrated) | Longfellow | 171 |
| LXV. | The Monster of the Nile | Baker | 173 |
| LXVI. | Prayer | Montgomery | 177 |
| LXVII. | The Thermometer | Ill. English IV. | 179 |
| LXVIII. | Golden Deeds | | 182 |
| LXIX. | By Cool Siloam’s Shady Rill | Heber | 187 |
| LXX. | Age of Trees (Illustrated) | Butler’s IV. | 188 |
| LXXI. | Rock Me to Sleep | Allen, Mrs. | 192 |
| LXXII. | Heat:—Conduction and Radiation | Ill. English IV. | 194 |
| LXXIII. | When All Thy Mercies, O my God | Addison | 200 |
| LXXIV. | Canadian Trees (First Reading—Illustrated) | Brown | 202 |
| LXXV. | Bingen on the Rhine | Norton, Hon. Mrs. | 207 |
| LXXVI. | Canadian Trees (Second Reading) | Brown | 210 |
| LXXVII. | Burial of Sir John Moore | Wolfe | 214 |
| LXXVIII. | The Golden Touch (First Reading—Illustrated) | Hawthorne | 216 |
| LXXIX. | The Road to the Trenches (Illustrated) | Lushington | 221 |
| LXXX. | The Root | Figuier | 223 |
| LXXXI. | The Waterfowl (Illustrated) | Bryant | 227 |
| LXXXII. | Shapes of Leaves (First Reading—Illustrated) | Frankenstein | 229 |
| LXXXIII. | The Brook (Illustrated) | Tennyson | 233 |
| LXXXIV. | Shapes of Leaves (Second Reading—Illustrated) | Frankenstein | 235 |
| LXXXV. | The Burial of Moses | Alexander, Mrs. | 240 |
| LXXXVI. | The Golden Touch (Second Reading) | Hawthorne | 243 |
| LXXXVII. | The May Queen (First Reading—Illustrated) | Tennyson | 250 |
| LXXXVIII. | The Flower | | 252 |
| LXXXIX. | The May Queen (Second Reading) | Tennyson | 255 |
| XC. | The Fruit (Illustrated) | Frankenstein | 257 |
| XCI. | The May Queen (Third Reading—Illustrated) | Tennyson | 261 |
| XCII. | The Golden Touch (Third Reading—Illustrated) | Hawthorne | 264 |
| XCIII. | John Gilpin (Illustrated) | Cowper | 272 |
