CONTENTS

 

_2_ PREFACE

 _3_ INTRODUCTION

 _4_ SUGGESTIONS

 _5_ GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION

 _6_ DEFINITIONS

 _7_ HYMN TO ST. LA SALLE. Mercedes

 _8_ COLUMBUS AT THE CONVENT. J.T. Trowbridge

 _9_ THE LITTLE FERN. Mara L. Pratt

 _10_ HELPING MOTHER.

 _11_ A CONTENTED WORKMAN.

 _12_ TWO LABORERS. Thomas Carlyle

 _13_ THE GRUMBLING PUSS.

 _14_ THE BROOK SONG. James Whitcomb Riley

 _15_ THE STORY OF THE SEED-DOWN. Rydingsvard

 _16_ THE USE OF FLOWERS. Mary Howitt

 _17_ PIERRE'S LITTLE SONG.

 _18_ SEPTEMBER. Helen Hunt Jackson

 _19_ "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME." Mrs. T.A. Sherrard

 _20_ THE FIRST MIRACLE OF JESUS.

 _21_ MY BEADS. Father Ryan

 _22_ THE HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS. Thomas Moore

 _23_ A LITTLE LADY. Louisa M. Alcott

 _24_ WHAT HOUSE TO LIKE. Anon.

 _25_ A SONG OF DUTY. Denis A. McCarthy

 _26_ AN EVENING WITH THE ANGELS.

 _27_ MY GUARDIAN ANGEL. Cardinal Newman

 _28_ LITTLE BELL. Thomas Westwood

 _28_ A MODEST WIT. Selleck Osborne

 _30_ WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE. George P. Morris

 _31_ THE BOSTON TEA PARTY.

 _32_ THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. Samuel Woodworth

 _33_ THE BOY AND THE CRICKETS. Pierre J. Hetzel

 _34_ OUR HEROES. Phoebe Cary

 _35_ THE MINNOWS WITH SILVER TAILS. Jean Ingelow

 _36_ THE BROOK. Tennyson

 _37_ LEARNING TO THINK.

 _38_ ONE BY ONE. Adelaide A. Procter

 _39_ THE BIRCH CANOE. Longfellow

 _40_ PETER OF CORTONA.

 _41_ To MY DOG BLANCO. J.G. Holland

 _42_ A STORY OF A MONK.

 _43_ THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS. Longfellow

 _44_ GLORIA IN EXCELSIS. Father Ryan

 _45_ THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE. Eugene Field

 _46_ THE HOLY CITY.

 _47_ THE FEAST OF TONGUES. Aesop

 _48_ THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOWWORM. William Cowper

 _49_ JACK FROST. Hannah F. Gould

 _50_ "GOING! GOING! GONE!" Helen Hunt Jackson

 _51_ SEVEN TIMES TWO. Jean Ingelow

 _52_ MY MOTHER'S GRAVE.

 _53_ THE OLD ARM-CHAIR. Eliza Cook

 _54_ BREAK, BREAK, BREAK! Tennyson

 _55_ GOD IS OUR FATHER.

 _56_ HAPPY OLD AGE. Robert Southey

 _57_ KIND WORDS. Father Faber

 _58_ KINDNESS IS THE WORD. John Boyle O'Reilly

 _59_ DAFFODILS. William Wordsworth

 _60_ THE STORY OF TARCISIUS. Cardinal Wiseman

 _61_ LEGEND OF THE WAXEN CIBORIUM. Eleanor C. Donnelly

 _62_ LITTLE DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY. Nathaniel Hawthorne

 _63_ IN SCHOOL DAYS Whittier

 _64_ THE SUN'S FAMILY

 _65_ WILL AND I Paul H. Hayne

 _66_ CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE CRATCHITS'. Charles Dickens

 _67_ WHICH SHALL IT BE? Anon

 _68_ ST. DOROTHY, MARTYR.

 _69_ TO A BUTTERFLY. William Wordsworth

 _70_ THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND. Hans Christian Andersen

 _71_ THE WIND AND THE MOON. George MacDonald

 _72_ ST. PHILIP NERI AND THE YOUTH.

 _73_ THE WATER LILY. Jean Ingelow

 _74_ A BUILDER'S LESSON. John Boyle O'Reilly

 _75_ WASHINGTON AND HIS MOTHER.

 _76_ WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. Margaret E. Sangster

 _77_ THE SWORD OF BUNKER HILL. William R. Wallace

 _78_ THE MARTYR'S BOY. Cardinal Wiseman

 _79_ THE ANGEL'S STORY. Adelaide A. Procter

 _80_ GLUCK'S VISITOR. John Ruskin

 _81_ A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. Clement C. Moore

 _82_ COMMODORE JOHN BARRY.

 _83_ THE BOY OF THE HOUSE. Jean Blewett

 _84_ BIOGRAPHIES