d that their study will not only prove interesting to pupils inspire them with a desire to read still same subjects or from the works of the 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 to the purpose in view the habit should be cultivated of looking for and enjoying the admirable qualities of any worthy production and special attention should be given to the style of writing which and gives value to the works of various authors these points should be the subjects of daily 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 of expression but also to afford suggestions for the reading of the 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 house the departure from miss s two gems from i incident of the french camp n 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 war and peace l war as the mother of and civilization n friendship among nations m 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 a first days at george charles w m robert robert washington hunt william henry w john b a j � victor sir walter scott thomas william washington j g g robert doubting castle shooting with the a christmas hymn christmas eve at s the christmas the new year s dinner party the town pump come up from the fields father the address at to the dead the chariot race � the at midnight the s � dogs and cats � � the owl critic mrs s umbrella lecture the dark day in � john sir walter scott alfred charles cook charles lamb henry from henry w james t fields william j g two interesting letters l to the lord of spain � � � ii governor to a friend in england � � poems of home and country l this is my own my native land sir walter n the green little of ireland a cherry in my heart s in the iv the 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 il to a robert � james r richard a john � � � � � b hark hark i the lark � � � � shakespeare echoes of the american i henry s famous speech n s men w in in memory of george washington henry lee three great american poems i � � � william ii the bells in � � � the indian edward national who are blessed the bible little gems from the older poets i the noble nature n a contented mind iii a happy life iv solitude v a wish � how king arthur got his name s over s dead body william shakespeare to be i the prayer perfect � � james ii be just and fear not iii if i can live iv the song v the vi � ben sir henry alexander pope samuel proper names list of authors william shakespeare author unknown alfred book of acknowledgment and thanks are proffered to for permission to in this volume his tract on war as the mother of civilization and to the company for their courtesy in allowing us to use the prayer perfect from james s of childhood to david for the poem by entitled come up from the fields father to charles s sons for the song of the from the poems of and also to the same for the selection the old fashioned from bound together by g the from john james t fields henry w and john g are used by permission of and special arrangement with company the of the works of those authors eighth reader brother and sisters i the home coming tom was to arrive in the afternoon and there was another fluttering heart besides s when it was late enough for the sound of the wheels to be expected for if mrs had a strong feeling it was fondness for her boy at last the sound came � that quick light of the wheels there he is my sweet lad mrs stood with her arms open jumped first on one leg and then on the other while tom descended from the and said with masculine as to the tender emotions � what are you there nevertheless he submitted to be kissed willingly enough though hung on his neck in rather a fashion while his blue eyes wandered toward the and the and the river where he promised himself h would begin to fish the first thing tomorrow morning he was one of those lads that grow everywhere in england and at twelve or thirteen years of age look as much alike as � a lad with from the mill on the by george a in which it seems impossible to discern anything but the character of boyhood said tom taking her into a comer as soon as his mother was gone out to examine his box and the warm parlor had taken off the chill he had felt from the long drive you don t know what got in my pockets nodding his head up and down as a means of rousing 