Osgood's American fourth reader
Subtitle: for schools and families
By: by Lucius Osgood
Contributors: A.H. English & Co; Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan; B. Singerly & Co
Series: Progressive series; Progressive series
Publisher: A.H. English & Co.
Published: 1872
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Readers (Elementary); Recitations; Children's stories; Children's poetry
Work titles: American fourth reader
Description: A selection of prose and verse from the author and famed writers, including Oliver Optic, Lewis Carroll, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Howitt, and Alfred Tennyson.
Notes: "Electrotyped by Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan, Philadelphia." --t.p. verso

Publisher's catalog on rear cover.
Table of contents: title: Stick to your bush; title: Make your mark; title: Right from heaven; title: The liberated bird; title: How the hunters caught the monkeys; title: Onward!; title: The little drop that fell from the black cloud; title: Each mother's love the best; title: Better than gold or silver or precious stones; title: The cows are coming; title: The tree that tried to grow; title: Learn a little every day; title: The swallow party; title: The gray swan; title: Whining; title: Two fortunes; title: The glorious revenge; title: Stranger and child; title: A bear story; title: Old Santa Claus; title: Fire! Fire! Fire! - Little bell; title: The song of the grass; title: The game of the proverbs; title: Our country's call; title: A horse! A horse!; title: Outwitted; title: The two sleepers; title: Go ahead!; title: The greedy mouse; title: Gape-seed; title: The idle girl; title: The power of goodness; title: The old man and the carrion-crow; title: Laughing; title: The old cottage clock; title: The instruction of a father; title: Exposed; title: The lark and the rook; title: - Hot coals; title: Hot coals-continued; title: All must die; title: The Quaker's gift; title: The heroic boy; title: The young witness; title: The orphan boy; title: A beautiful allegory; title: The sky-lark; title: Little Margery; title: The last leaf; title: The Mock Turtle's story; title: The three bugs; title: The history of Tip-Top; title: History of Tip-Top-continued; title: The retort; title: Bless God for his mercy; title: The spider and the fly; title: Mr. Allyn's rule; title: The boy and the baker; title: The joker; title: War song; title: The Byfield choir; title: The eagle's captive; title: Joseph makes himself known to his brethren; title: The humming bird; title: The glass of water; title: New year's eve.