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Eighth Reader

by James Baldwin

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Editor
Bender, Ida C. (Ida Catherine), 1857-1916
Credits
Produced by Carla Foust and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PE: Language and Literatures: English
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eBook-No.
30559
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30559
Release Date
November 28, 2009
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Transcriber's note — EIGHTH READER
  2. 2.TO THE TEACHER
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  5. 5.BROTHER AND SISTER [1] — I. The Home Coming — II. The Falling Out — III. The Making Up — FOOTNOTE:
  6. 6.MY LAST DAY AT SALEM HOUSE [2] — FOOTNOTE:
  7. 7.THE DEPARTURE FROM MISS PINKERTON'S [3] — I — II — III — FOOTNOTES:
  8. 8.TWO GEMS FROM BROWNING — I. Incident of the French Camp — Browning's Poem — II. Dog Tray [5] — FOOTNOTE:
  9. 9.THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA [6] — FOOTNOTE:
  10. 10.THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS [7] — FOOTNOTE:
  11. 11.ST. FRANCIS, THE GENTLE [8] — FOOTNOTE:
  12. 12.THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS [9] — FOOTNOTE:
  13. 13.IN THE WOODS [10] — FOOTNOTE:
  14. 14.BEES AND FLOWERS [11] — FOOTNOTE:
  15. 15.SONG OF THE RIVER [12] — FOOTNOTE:
  16. 16.SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE [13] — FOOTNOTE:
  17. 17.WAR AND PEACE — I. War as the Mother of Valor and Civilization [14] — II. Friendship Among Nations [15] — III. Soldier, Rest [16] — IV. The Soldier's Dream [17] — V. How Sleep the Brave [18] — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.EARLY TIMES IN NEW YORK. [19] — FOOTNOTE:
  19. 19.A WINTER EVENING IN OLD NEW ENGLAND
  20. 20.THE OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING [20] — FOOTNOTE:
  21. 21.A THANKSGIVING [21] — FOOTNOTE:
  22. 22.FIRST DAYS AT WAKEFIELD [22] — FOOTNOTE:
  23. 23.DOUBTING CASTLE [23] — I. The Pilgrims lose their Way — II. In the Giant's Dungeon — FOOTNOTE:
  24. 24.SHOOTING WITH THE LONGBOW [24] — FOOTNOTE:
  25. 25.A CHRISTMAS HYMN [25] — FOOTNOTE:
  26. 26.CHRISTMAS EVE AT FEZZIWIG'S [26] — FOOTNOTE:
  27. 27.THE CHRISTMAS HOLLY [27] — FOOTNOTE:
  28. 28.THE NEW YEAR'S DINNER PARTY [28] — FOOTNOTE:
  29. 29.THE TOWN PUMP [29] — FOOTNOTE:
  30. 30.COME UP FROM THE FIELDS, FATHER [30] — FOOTNOTE:
  31. 31.THE ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG [31] — FOOTNOTE:
  32. 32.ODE TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD [32] — FOOTNOTE:
  33. 33.THE CHARIOT RACE [33] — FOOTNOTE:
  34. 34.THE COLISEUM AT MIDNIGHT [34] — FOOTNOTE:
  35. 35.THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE [35] — FOOTNOTE:
  36. 36.DOGS AND CATS [36] — FOOTNOTE:
  37. 37.THE OWL CRITIC [37] — FOOTNOTE:
  38. 38.MRS. CAUDLE'S UMBRELLA LECTURE [38] — FOOTNOTE:
  39. 39.THE DARK DAY IN CONNECTICUT [39] — FOOTNOTE:
  40. 40.TWO INTERESTING LETTERS — I. Columbus to the Lord Treasurer of Spain — II. Governor Winslow to a Friend in England
  41. 41.POEMS OF HOME AND COUNTRY — I. " This is My Own, My Native Land " [40] — II. The Green Little Shamrock of Ireland [41] — III. My Heart's in the Highlands [42] — IV. The Fatherland [43] — V. Home [44] — FOOTNOTES:
  42. 42.THE AGE OF COAL [45] — FOOTNOTE:
  43. 43.SOMETHING ABOUT THE MOON [46] — FOOTNOTE:
  44. 44.THE COMING OF THE BIRDS [47] — FOOTNOTE:
  45. 45.THE RETURN OF THE BIRDS [48] — FOOTNOTE:
  46. 46.THE POET AND THE BIRD — I. The Song of the Lark — II. To a Skylark
  47. 47.HARK, HARK! THE LARK [49] — FOOTNOTE:
  48. 48.ECHOES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — I. Patrick Henry's Famous Speech [50] — II. Marion's Men [51] — III. In Memory of George Washington [52] — FOOTNOTES:
  49. 49.THREE GREAT AMERICAN POEMS — I — II — III
  50. 50.THE INDIAN [53] — FOOTNOTE:
  51. 51.NATIONAL RETRIBUTION [54] — FOOTNOTE:
  52. 52.WHO ARE BLESSED [55] — FOOTNOTE:
  53. 53.LITTLE GEMS FROM THE OLDER POETS — I. The Noble Nature [56] — II. A Contented Mind [57] — III. A Happy Life [58] — IV. Solitude [59] — V. A Wish [60] — FOOTNOTES:
  54. 54.HOW KING ARTHUR GOT HIS NAME [61] — FOOTNOTES:
  55. 55.ANTONY'S ORATION OVER CÆSAR'S DEAD BODY [63] — FOOTNOTE:
  56. 56.SELECTIONS TO BE MEMORIZED — I. The Prayer Perfect [64] — II. Be Just and Fear Not [65] — III. If I Can Live [66] — IV. The Bugle Song [67] — V. The Ninetieth Psalm — VI. Recessional [68] — FOOTNOTES:
  57. 57.PROPER NAMES
  58. 58.LIST OF AUTHORS

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