SECTION XI.

37. The Wind in a Frolic..

38. The September Gale..

SECTION XII....

41. Jaffar

44. Charity.

SECTION XIII.....

PAGE

146

William Howitt, 146

Oliver Wendell Holmes. 148

45. Cobbler Keezar's Vision-Part First..

46. Cobbler Keezar's Vision-Part Second.

47. The Days of Old.....

SECTION XIV......

50. War not all a Blessing.

52. The Two Armies....

SECTION XV....

54. My Child...

57. The Dying Child.

SECTION XVI........

58. The Merry Summer Months..

60. Thank God for Summer...

SECTION XVII......

63. Solomon and the Bees..

SECTION XVIII.......

65. The Destiny of America...

67. The Young American..

SECTION XIX........

69. The Emigrant's Song.

70. Life in the West..

71. The Bison Track.

SECTION XX..

73. The Swan's Nest.

76.

Dora-Part First.

77. Dora-Part Second.

SECTION XXI......

79. Song of the Sower.

SECTION XXII......

81. The Wolves.

82. Hunger and Cold..

83. Nothing to Wear.

84. Unseen Spirits.

SECTION XXIII..............

85. The Boy of Ratisbon...

86. The Boy of the Arctic

87. The Polish Boy..

Joseph Xavier Boniface. 175

..O. W. Holmes. 178

179

John Pierpont. 183

.Hans Christian Andersen. 191

..George Berkeley. 206

Alexander H. Everett. 207

210

Thomas Buchanan Reed. 210

...Geo. P. Morris. 210

Bayard Taylor. 211

Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 216

7. T. Trowbridge. 240

James Russell Lowell. 242

William Allen Butler. 244

Nathaniel Parker Willis. 245

246

.Robert Browning. 246

......Osborne. 248

.Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. 249

SECTION XXIV...

89. Paul Revere's Ride.

90. The Battle of Eutaw.

SECTION XXV......

91. Whittling

92. The Fountain of Youth

94. The Pied Piper-Part First.

95. The Pied Piper-Part Second

SECTION XXVI....... ....

97. Hotspur to King Henry IV..

SECTION XXVII...........

ΙΟΙ. The Sculptor Boy.

103. The Builders

SECTION XXVIII..........

104. The Child of Earth..

106. Over the River...

SECTION XXIX ....

107. The Kindly Winter.

109. Snow-bound..

SECTION XXX...........

IIO. The Village Blacksmith..

The Song of the Forge...

III.

PAGE

253

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 257
William Gilmore Simms. 261

116. I Give My Soldier-boy a Blade...

117. Cato's Speech over his Dead Son

SECTION XXXII..........

119. A Day of Sunshine.

121. The Winds....

SECTION XXXIII........

122. The Poet's Song.

123. Centennial Song.

124. Centennial Hymn.

125. The Golden Year.

SECTION XXXIV.......

126. Under the Holly-bough.

128. End of the Play.....

SECTION XXVI

.Mackay. 327

William Makepeace Thackeray. 330

III. DIALOGUES.

96. Sir Lucius and Bob Acres.
98. Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius..

280

.Richard Brinsley Sheridan. 280

.Shakspeare. 284

PHONETIC KEY.

I. TONICS.

1. ā, or e; aş, āle, veil: 2. ă; aş, făt: 3. ä; aş, ärt: 4. a, or ô; as, all, eôrn: 5. â, or ê; aş, eâre, there: 6. ȧ; as, ask 7. e, or ï; as, we, pïque: 8. ě; aş, ĕll: 9. ẽ, ĩ, or û ; aş, hẽr, sĩr, bûr: 10. i, aş, içe: 11. Ĭ; aş, ill: 12. ō; aş, ōld: 13. Ŏ, or a; as, on, whạt: 14. 0, oo, or ụ; aş, do, fool, rule: 15. ū; aş, müle: 16. ŭ, or o; aş, up, són: 17. u, o, or oo; as, bull, wolf, wool: 18. Ou, ou, or ow; aş, Out, lout, owl.

II. SUBTONICS.

1. b; aş, bib: 2. d; aş, did: 3. ğ; aş, gig: 4. j, or g; as, jig, ġem: 5. 1; aş, luïl: 6. m; aş, mum: 7. n; aş, nun: 8. n, or ng; aş, link, sing: 9. r; aş, rare : 10. Th, or th; aş, That, thith'er: 11. v; aş, valve: 12. w; as, wig: 13. y; as, yet: 14. z, or §; as, zine, iş: 15. z, or zh, aş, ăzure.

III. ATONICS.

1. f; as, fife: 2. h; as, hit: 3. k, or e; aş, kink, eat: 4. p; as, pop: 5. s, or ç; aş, siss, çity: 6. t; as, tart: 7. Th, or th; aş, Thin, pith: 8. Ch, or ch; aş, Chin, rich 9. Sh, sh, or ch; as, Shot, ash, chaise: 10. Wh, or wh; aş, White, whip.-Italics, silent; aş, often (ŏf'n): x for gs; as, ex ǎet'.