Eighth Reader

Ida C. (Ida Catherine) Bender, James Baldwin

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• Publié par: unsu
• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 36
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Project Gutenberg's Eighth Reader, by James Baldwin and Ida C. Bender This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Eighth Reader Author: James Baldwin Ida C. Bender Release Date: November 28, 2009 [EBook #30559] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EIGHTH READER *** Produced by Carla Foust and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) Transcriber's note Minor changes have been made to correct typesetter errors; otherwise, every effort has been made to remain true to the authors' words and intent. This e-text uses a number of special characters, including: letters with macrons: ā ē ī ō ȳ ̆ letters with breves: ă ĕ ĭ ŏ y letters with umlauts: ä ï ö ü letter s with tack up below: s ̝ If these do not display correctly, make sure that your browser's file encoding is set to UTF-8. You may also need to change your default font. David Copperfield at Salem House (See page 23). READING WITH EXPRESSION EIGHTH READER BY JAMES BALDWIN AUTHOR OF "SCHOOL READING BY GRADES—BALDWIN'S READERS," "HARPER'S READERS," ETC. AND IDA C. BENDER SUPERVISOR OF PRIMARY GRADES, BUFFALO, NEW YORK EIGHT-BOOK SERIES NEW YORK ·:· CINCINNATI ·:· CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL, LONDON. B. & B. EIGHTH READER. W. P. 2 TO THE TEACHER The paramount design of this series of School Readers is to help young people to acquire the art and the habit of reading well—that is, of interpreting the printed page in such manner as to give pleasure and instruction to themselves and to those who listen to them. In his eighth year at school the pupil is supposed to be able to read, with ease and with some degree of fluency, anything in the English language that may come to his hand; but, that he may read always with the understanding and in a manner pleasing to his hearers and satisfactory to himself, he must still have daily systematic practice in the rendering of selections not too difficult for comprehension and yet embracing various styles of literary workmanship and illustrating the different forms of English composition. The contents of this volume have been chosen and arranged to supply —or, where not supplying, to suggest—the materials for this kind of practice. Particular attention is called both to the high quality and to the wide variety of the selections herein presented. They include specimens of many styles of literary workmanship—the products of the best thought of modern times. It is believed that their study will not only prove interesting to pupils, but will inspire them with a desire to read still more upon the same subjects or from the works of the same authors; for it is only by loving books and learning to know them that any one can become a really good reader. The pupils should be encouraged to seek for and point out the particular passages in each selection that are distinguished for their beauty, their truth, or their peculiar adaptability to the purpose in view. The habit should be cultivated of looking for and enjoying the admirable qualities of any worthy literary production; and special attention should be given to the style of writing which characterizes and gives value to the works of various authors. These points should be the subjects of daily discussions between teacher and pupils. The notes under the head of "Expression," which follow many of the lessons, are intended, not only to aid in securing correctness of expression, but also to afford suggestions for the appreciative reading of the selections and an intelligent comparison of their literary peculiarities. In the study of new, difficult, or unusual words, the pupils should invariably refer to the dictionary. CONTENTS Brother and Sister My Last Day at Salem House The Departure from Miss Pinkerton's Two Gems from Browning: I. Incident of the French Camp II. Dog Tray The Discovery of America The Glove and the Lions St. Francis, the Gentle The Sermon of St. Francis In the Woods Bees and Flowers Song of the River Song of the Chattahoochee War and Peace: I. War as the Mother of Valor and Civilization II. Friendship among Nations III. Soldier, Rest IV. The Soldier's Dream V. How Sleep the Brave? Early Times in New York A Winter Evening in Old New England The Old-fashioned Thanksgiving A Thanksgiving First Days at Wakefield George Eliot Charles Dickens W. M. Thackeray Robert Browning Robert Browning Washington Irving Leigh Hunt William Canton Henry W. Longfellow John Burroughs John Burroughs Abram J. Ryan Sidney Lanier Andrew Carnegie Victor Hugo Sir Walter Scott Thomas Campbell William Collins Washington Irving J. G. Whittier Donald G. Mitchell Robert Herrick Oliver Goldsmith PAGE 11 22 27 36 41 43 48 51 54 56 59 64 66 68 71 74 75 76 77 82 84 92 94 Doubting Castle Shooting with the Longbow A Christmas Hymn Christmas Eve at Fezziwig's The Christmas Holly The New Year's Dinner Party The Town Pump Come up from the Fields, Father The Address at Gettysburg Ode to the Confederate Dead The Chariot Race The Coliseum at Midnight The Deacon's Masterpiece Dogs and Cats The Owl Critic Mrs. Caudle's Umbrella Lecture The Dark Day in Connecticut Two Interesting Letters: I. Columbus to the Lord Treasurer of Spain II. Governor Winslow to a Friend in England Poems of Home and Country: I. "This is My Own, My Native Land" II. The Green Little Shamrock of Ireland III. My Heart's in the Highlands IV. The Fatherland V. Home The Age of Coal Something about the Moon The Coming of the Birds The Return of the Birds The Poet and the Bird: I. The Song of the Lark II. To a Skylark Hark, Hark! the Lark Echoes of the American Revolution: I. Patrick Henry's Famous Speech II. Marion's Men III. In Memory of George Washington Three Great American Poems: I. Thanatopsis II. The Bells III. Marco Bozzaris The Indian National Retribution Who are Blessed Little Gems from the Older Poets: I. The Noble Nature II. A Contented Mind III. A Happy Life IV. Solitude V. A Wish How King Arthur got his Name Antony's Oration over Cæsar's Dead Body Selections to be Memorized: I. The Prayer Perfect II. Be Just and Fear No John Bunyan Sir Walter Scott Alfred Domett Charles Dickens Eliza Cook Charles Lamb Nathaniel Hawthorne Walt Whitman Abraham Lincoln Henry Timrod From Sophocles