Advanced Reader
Subtitle: Specially Prepared To Elicit Thought And To Facilitate Literary Composition
Publisher: De La Salle Institute
Published: 1893
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Lessons in Poetry are indicated by an *.; title: Page; title: Introduction . . . vii; title: Methodology . . . ix; title: Reading . . . xi; title: The Model Man . . . Rev. I. T. Heeler. 1; title: Veni Creator* . . . John Dryden. 6; title: Growth and Repair of the Body . . . 9; title: Delays* . . . Robert Southwell, S. J. 12; title: The Eagle . . . 14; title: The Geyser . . . Earl Dufferin. 17; title: Ring Out, Wild Bells* . . . Lord Tennyson. 20; title: Buttered on Both Sides . . . 22; title: Erin’s Flag* . . . Rev. Abram J. Ryan. 25; title: George Stephenson . . . 27; title: My Father’s Growing Old* . . . Miss Elizabeth G. Barber. 31; title: The Shepherd and the Prince . . . 33; title: Lines written in Richmond Churchyard* . . . Herbert Knowles. 39; title: Using the Eyes . . . 41; title: The Picket of the Potomac* . . . 44; title: The Unknown Painter . . . 46; title: The Knight’s Toast* . . . 48; title: The Rising Tide . . . 50; title: An April Day* . . . Geoffrey Chaucer. 56; title: Noble Revenge . . . Thomas De Quincy. 58; title: The Fountain* . . . James Russell Lowell. 61; title: The Midnight Sun . . . Earl Dufferin. 63; title: Antony Canova, the Sculptor . . . 66; title: Old Times* . . . Gerald Griffin. 69; title: St. Elizabeth of Hungary . . . C. F. R. Montalembert. 71; title: Love of Country* . . . Sir Walter Scott. 75; title: The Intrepid Youth . . . 76; title: Paul Revere’s Ride* . . . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 81; title: The Revolutionary Alarm . . . George Bancroft. 86; title: The Dying Christian to his Soul* . . . Alexander Pope. 88; title: Insufficiency of Natural Religion . . . 90; title: Lines on a Skeleton* . . . 94; title: A Terrible Fifty Minutes . . . 95; title: The Inquiry* Charles Mackay . . . 100; title: Rules of Behavior . . . George Washington. 102; title: European Civilization . . . Rev. J. Balmes. 106; title: Tact and Talent . . . Sidney Smith. 110; title: The Ship* . . . Wilson. 112; title: On the Symbolism of Christianity . . . Cardinal Wiseman. 115; title: Speech of Lord Chatham, on the American War . . . 117; title: The Meeting of the Waters* . . . Thomas Moore. 120; title: Joan of Arc . . . Thomas De Quincey. 121; title: There’s nothing true but Heaven* . . . Thomas Moore. 126; title: The Lion . . . 127; title: What is Time* . . . Marsden. 131; title: Death of Mary, Queen of Scots . . . John Lingard, D.D. 132; title: A Name in the Sand* . . . Miss H. F. Gould. 137; title: Funeral Oration of the Prince of Conde . . . Bossuet. 138; title: Small Beginnings* . . . Charles Mackay. 140; title: The Church Progressive . . . 142; title: Death’s Final Conquest* . . . Shirley. 144; title: Wages . . . 145; title: The Brave Man* . . . Burger. 150; title: Education . . . 155; title: The Messiah* . . . Alexander Pope 159; title: Letter to the Marquis Wellesley . . . Dr. Doyle. 161; title: The Inchcape Bell* . . . Robert Southey. 164; title: The Reaper . . . William Wordsworth 167; title: The Idea of a Saint . . . John Henry, Cardinal Newman. 168; title: The Virgin* . . . William Wadsworth. 170; title: Talk with Young Folks . . . Helen Jackson. 171; title: A Scene from Tell* . . . James Sheridan Knowles. 173; title: Heroism of St. Martina . . . Adapted from Dr. O'Reilly. 177; title: Home Sweet Home* . . . John Howard Payne. 180; title: In the Laboratory with Agassiz . . . A Pupil. 180; title: The Announcement to the Shepherds . . . Lew Wallace. 183; title: Storm on the Atlantic . . . Archbishop John Hughes, D.D. 186; title: Now* . . . Adelaide A. Proctor. 188; title: Trust in God . . . Canon Schmid. 189; title: A Visit to the Shrine of St. Alphonsus . . . 191; title: Night in the Desert* . . . Robert Southey. 193; title: Past and Present* . . . Thomas Hood. 194; title: Peter of Cortona . . . 195; title: Death* . . . 198; title: A Story of Tours . . . 200; title: The National Banner . . . Edward Everett. 204; title: A Wasted Life . . . 204; title: True Heroism* . . . 207; title: Charity . . . St. Paul. 208; title: The Vision of the Monk Gabriel* . . . Miss E. C. Donnelly. 209; title: Catholic Missions in the Northwest . . . Adapted from George Bancroft 212; title: To the Evening Wind* . . . William Cullen Bryant. 220; title: The Affection and Reverence due a Mother . . . 222; title: Love Due to the Creator* . . . Gerald Griffin. 224; title: Majesty and Supremacy of the Scriptures . . . 225; title: Polonius’s Advice to his Son* . . . William Shakespeare. 228; title: Familiar Quotations* . . . (1) Tennyson ; (2) Coleridge. 229; title: Wit and Wisdom 230; title: Curiosity of Words 332; title: Waterloo* . . . George Gordon, Lord Byron. 235; title: Love for the Dead . . . Washington Irving. 238; title: The Carrier-Pigeon . . . 242; title: An Unknown Sister of Charity* . . . Harriet M. Skidmore. 245; title: True and False Success . . . 247; title: The Bells of Shandon* . . . Father Prout. 250; title: St. Francis Xavier . . . Adapted from Sir James Stephens. 251; title: Coeur De Lion at the Bier of his Father* . . . Mrs. Felicia Hemans. 256; title: Novel Reading . . . A Sister of Mercy. 259; title: To a Canary Bird* . . . Gerald Griffin. 262; title: The Cradle of Religious Liberty . . . George Bancroft. 264; title: Elegy in a Country Church-Yard* . . . Thomas Gray. 267; title: The Conversation of an Educated Man . . . Samuel T. Coleridge. 272; title: Mother Seton* . . . Harriet M. Skidmore.273; title: The Sky . . . John Ruskin. 270; title: The Old Songs* . . . 281; title: Influence of the Crusades* . . . 283; title: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God* . . . John Addison. 284; title: A Pen Picture from Father Dalgairns . . . John Bernard Dalgairns. 285; title: The Star Spangled Banner* . . . Francis Scott Key. 287; title: Charge of the Light Brigade* . . . Lord Tennyson. 289; title: On Studies . . . Francis, Lord Bacon. 291; title: Song of the Mystic* . . . Rev. Abram J. Ryan. 298; title: Margaret of New Orleans . . . Adapted from Rhoda E. White. 296; title: Hope* . . . Thomas Campbell. 299; title: Hope* . . . Oliver Goldsmith. 300; title: The Religious Mission of the Irish People . . . John L. Spalding, D.D. 301; title: King Robert of Sicily* . . . Henry W. Longfellow. 306; title: Little Wilfrid . . . Frederick W. Faber, D.D. 313; title: Words of Strength* . . . F. von Schiller. 316; title: To A Water Fowl* . . . William Cullen Bryant. 317; title: Necessity Of Religion . . . Victor Hugo. 318; title: The Blind Men and the Elephant* . . . John G. Saxe. 326; title: Intellectual Education . . . Adapted from Card. Newman. 322; title: The Feast of SS. Peter and Paul in Rome . . . Miss E. A. Starr 324; title: Audubon at Niagara . . . John J. Audubon. 327; title: Character of Washington . . . Charles Philips. 329; title: The River* . . . 331; title: Sebastian; or the Roman Martyr* . . . Adapted from Card. Wiseman. 333; title: Boys Wanted* . . . 335; title: Passing Clouds . . . Adelaide A. Proctor. 336; title: Counsels for the Conduct of Life . . . Samuel Smiles. 338; title: No More* . . . Mrs. Felicia Hemans. 342; title: Study . . . Orville Dewey. 343; title: Spiritual Advantages of Catholic Cities . . . Kenelm Digby. 346; title: Bringing the Good News from Ghent to Aix* . . . Robert Browning. 349; title: Economy of Time . . . 351; title: Honesty the Best Policy . . . 355; title: Hamlet’s Soliloquy* . . . William Shakespeare. 366; title: The Countenance and Character . . . Card. Manning. 367; title: The Hidden Gem* . . . Card. Wiseman. 370; title: Gone . . . 373; title: The Mother of the Machabees* . . . Callanan. 374; title: Washington’s Answer to the Catholics . . . George Washington. 375; title: Bells of St. Mary’s . . . Grace Greenwood. 377; title: Ascension Hymn* . . . J. D. Aylward. 370; title: Self-Reliance . . . Samud Smiles. 370; title: The Blue and the Gray* . . . F. M. Finch. 382; title: Death of the Venerable De La Salle . . . F. C. N. 384; title: Mark Anthony’s Oration* . . . William Shakespeare. 386; title: St. Gregory and the English Slaves . . . Adapted. 290; title: Morning Hymn of Adam and Eve* . . . John Milton. 392; title: Love of Home* . . . 393; title: Walter Mason . . . Father Potter. 394; title: Wisdom and Knowledge* . . . William Cowper. 397; title: The Idols of the Age . . . Card. Newman. 397; title: Three Days in the Life of Columbus* . . . De La Vigne. 401; title: Philanthropy and Charity . . . Orestes A. Brownson. 403; title: Father Matthew* . . . Harriet M. Skidmore. 407; title: Sound and Sense . . . Robert Chambers. 410; title: Ancient and Modern Writers . . . Charles Sumner. 413; title: Humility* . . . James Montgomery. 415; title: The Fellowship of Catholicity . . . Rev. I. T. Decker. 410; title: Death . . . Jean Baptiste Lacordaire. 418; title: Purification* . . . John Keble. 421; title: The Flight into Egypt . . . Frederick W. Faber, D.D. 424; title: Affliction* . . . Aubrey De Vere. 428