The New Fourth Reader
Publisher: Benziger Brothers
Published: 1886
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Lessons in Verse are indicated by a *; title: Introduction 5; title: Suggestions to the Teacher 14; title: 1. — A Guard of Honor ... Adapted from Maurice Francis Egan 15; title: 2. — A Little Heroine 20; title: 3. — " " " Concluded 23; title: 4. — The Open Door* 25; title: 5. — The Locusts ... Adapted from Mayne Reid 28; title: 6. — Little by Little* 32; title: 7. — The Barber of Bagdad 33; title: 8. — A Noble Woman ... Adapted from the "Catholic Home Almanac." 38; title: 9. — No! ... Adapted from Chauncey Giles 40; title: 10. — " Concluded 43; title: 11. — The One-eyed Servant 46; title: 12. — " " " Concluded 48; title: 13. — Whittling* ... John Pierpont. 52; title: 14. — The First Telescope 54; title: 15. — The Care of God 57; title: 16. — The Dangerous Kittens ... Adapted from Mayne Reid 59; title: 17. — " " " Concluded 62; title: 18. — Bruce and the Spider* ... Eliza Cook 67; title: 19. — Wonders of the Yellowstone Park 70; title: 20. — " " " " Concluded 74; title: 21. — Giovanni 77; title: 22. — " Concluded 80; title: 23. — The Fire Doctor 82; title: 24. — Farmer John* ... J. T. Trowbridge 87; title: 25. — Old Nancy's Lesson ... Adapted from Anna T. Sadlier 90; title: 26. — Not Good for Anything 94; title: 27. — Tom Carey's Reward 98; title: 28. — The Queen of May* ... 101; title: 29. — A Mighty Giant 103; title: 30. — The Last Words 106; title: 31. — Earthquakes 108; title: 32. — Home, Sweet Home* ... John Howard Payne 111; title: 33. — Arabs and their Horses 112; title: 34. — The East River Bridge 116; title: 35. — A Brave Girl 119; title: 36. — Honesty Rewarded 122; title: 37. — " " Concluded 125; title: 38. — The Gray Swan* ... Alice Cary 128; title: 39. — The Diver ... 131; title: 40. — Sortie Wonderful Trees ... 134; title: 41. — Woodman, Spare tnai Tree* ... Geo. P. Morris. 137; title: 42. — The Lamp of the Sanctuary ... Adapted from Cardinal Wiseman. 139; title: 43. — " " " " Concluded 142; title: 44. — Making a Book 148; title: 45. — Using the Eyes 151; title: 46. — Abou Ben Adhem* ... Leigh Bunt. 155; title: 47. — The Bravest in the Regiment 156; title: 48. — The Martyr's Boy ... Cardinal Wiseman. 160; title: 49. — " " Concluded 165; title: 50.— The Talking Chip 168; title: 51. — The Caliph's Magnanimity* ... Henry Abbey 171; title: 52. — The Miser 173; title: 53. — Noble Revenge ... Adapted from De Quincey. 176; title: 54. — The Blacksmith of Ragenbach 179; title: 55. — Petroleum 183; title: 56. — The Patriot Spy 186; title: 57. — Work and Worship* ... Wm. A. Butler. 192; title: 58. — The Prisoner's Flower ... E. Souvestre 195; title: 59. — Wood 199; title: 60. — Calumny Defeated 203; title: 61. — Which Shall It Be?* 208; title: 62. — Greenland 211; title: 63. — " Concluded 214; title: 64. — True Heroism 219; title: 65. — The Obelisk 225; title: 66. — A Journey in a Stage Coach ... Adapted from Washington Irving. 228; title: 67. — Mother Seton, Founder of the Sisters of Charity in the United States 233; title: 68. — The First Grenadier of France 237; title: 69. — " " " " " Concluded 240; title: 70. — A Legend 244; title: 71. — Coral-Builders 245; title: 72. — I Remember, I Remember ... Thomas Hood. 248; title: 73. — Can and Could 250; title: 74. — " " " Concluded 253; title: 75. — The Legend of the Holy Shadow* ... Golden Sands 256; title: 76. — Some Curious Nests 258; title: 77. — St. Agnes ... Cardinal Wiseman. 262; title: 78. — The Owl Critic ... James T. Fields. 266; title: 79. — Pope Leo XIII. 270; title: 80. — Father Isaac Jogues. 275