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The Illustrated London Reading Book

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Various
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Produced by PG Distributed Proofreaders. Produced from images provided by the Internet Archive Children's Library and University of Florida.
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English
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11921
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Contents

  1. 1.THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK — LONDON: — PRINTED AND PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE — OF — THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, — 198, STRAND. — 1851. — THIRD EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
  3. 3.CONTENTS. — THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK
  4. 4.THE SCHOOLBOY'S PILGRIMAGE.
  5. 5.PEKIN.
  6. 6.THE GOLIAH ARATOO.
  7. 7.THE PARROT. — A DOMESTIC ANECDOTE.
  8. 8.THE STARLING.
  9. 9.THE CAR OF JUGGERNAUT.
  10. 10.CYPRUS.
  11. 11.THE RATTLESNAKE.
  12. 12.ORIGIN OF "JACK THE GIANT-KILLER."
  13. 13.VALUE OF THE BIBLE.
  14. 14.NATURE AND ITS LORD.
  15. 15.THE STEPPING-STONES.
  16. 16.HUMANITY.
  17. 17.THE SPANIELS OF THE MONKS OF ST. BERNARD.
  18. 18.JOPPA.
  19. 19.THE AMERICAN TAPIR.
  20. 20.THE FIELD OF WATERLOO.
  21. 21.THE TWO OWLS AND THE SPARROW.
  22. 22.THE BEETLE.
  23. 23.THE FOUNDING OF THE BELL.
  24. 24.NAPOLEON.
  25. 25.ROME.
  26. 26.THE ROOKERY
  27. 27.PALMS.
  28. 28.THE PALM-TREE.
  29. 29.A CHAPTER ON DOGS. — DALMATIAN DOG.
  30. 30.TERRIER.
  31. 31.THE GREYHOUND.
  32. 32.OLD ENGLISH HOUND.
  33. 33.SHEPHERD'S DOG.
  34. 34.BULL-DOG.
  35. 35.LORD BACON.
  36. 36.THE LILIES OF THE FIELD.
  37. 37.POMPEII.
  38. 38.THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOWWORM.
  39. 39.THE INVISIBLE WORLD REVEALED BY THE MICROSCOPE. — Larva of the Common Gnat. — Hair, Greatly Magnified.
  40. 40.THE CANARY.
  41. 41.INDUSTRY AND APPLICATION.
  42. 42.THE RIVER JORDAN.
  43. 43.ON JORDAN'S BANKS.
  44. 44.FORTITUDE.
  45. 45.THE IVY IN THE DUNGEON.
  46. 46.THE NESTS OF BIRDS.
  47. 47.THE BUSHMEN.
  48. 48.CHARACTER OF ALFRED, KING OF ENGLAND.
  49. 49.THE FIRST GRIEF.
  50. 50.ON CRUELTY TO INFERIOR ANIMALS
  51. 51.PETER THE HERMIT, AND THE FIRST CRUSADE.
  52. 52.FAITH'S GUIDING STAR.
  53. 53.QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ADDRESS TO HER ARMY AT TILBURY FORT, IN 1588.
  54. 54.JALAPA.
  55. 55.CONDORS.
  56. 56.OMNISCIENCE AND OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY.
  57. 57.THE MILL STREAM.
  58. 58.ENVY.
  59. 59.THE OLIVE.
  60. 60.ACCORDANCE BETWEEN THE SONGS OF BIRDS AND THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE DAY.
  61. 61.CHARACTER OF EDWARD VI.
  62. 62.THE HUNTED STAG.
  63. 63.JOHN BUNYAN AND HIS WIFE.
  64. 64.THE LONG-EARED AFRICAN FOX.
  65. 65.MOUNT TABOR.
  66. 66.UNA AND THE LION.
  67. 67.DANISH ENCAMPMENT.
  68. 68.THE NAMELESS STREAM
  69. 69.STAFFA.
  70. 70.ON CHEERFULNESS.
  71. 71.STONY CROSS.
  72. 72.GELERT.
  73. 73.THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
  74. 74.THE TOMBS OF PAUL AND VIRGINIA.
  75. 75.THE MANGOUSTE.
  76. 76.CULLODEN.
  77. 77.ATHENS.
  78. 78.THE ISLES OF GREECE.
  79. 79.THE SIEGE OF ANTIOCH.
  80. 80.ANGLING.
  81. 81.MARIANA. — Mariana in the moated grange.— Measure for Measure .
  82. 82.RISE OF POETRY AMONG THE ROMANS.
  83. 83.CHARACTER OF JULIUS CAESAR.
  84. 84.SIEGE OF TYRE.
  85. 85.THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.
  86. 86.THE SLOTH.
  87. 87.SIERRA NEVADA, OR SNOWY RANGE OF CALIFORNIA.
  88. 88.THE GROUSE.
  89. 89.PATMOS.
  90. 90.SHAKSPEARE.
  91. 91.THE RETURN OF THE DOVE.
  92. 92.COBRA DI CAPELLO—HOODED SNAKE.
  93. 93.THE PYRAMID LAKE.
  94. 94.ADAM AND EVE IN PARADISE.
  95. 95.OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
  96. 96.HAGAR AND ISHMAEL.
  97. 97.THE HOLLY BOUGH.
  98. 98.THE UNIVERSE.
  99. 99.ODE TO ST. CECILIA.
  100. 100.SATIN BOWER-BIRDS.
  101. 101.THE POOL OF SILOAM.
  102. 102.WINTER THOUGHTS.
  103. 103.BRITISH TROOPS IN CANADA.
  104. 104.BALLOONS.
  105. 105.SIR THOMAS GRESHAM.
  106. 106.ON THE ATTAINMENT OF KNOWLEDGE.
  107. 107.THIBETAN SHEEP.
  108. 108.NAVAL TACTICS.
  109. 109.THE CHOICE OF HERCULES.
  110. 110.STRATA FLORIDA ABBEY.
  111. 111.KAFFIR CHIEFS.
  112. 112.RAILWAY TUNNELS.
  113. 113.SUN FISH.
  114. 114.BATTLE OF THE BALTIC.
  115. 115.ARTILLERY TACTICS.
  116. 116.THE TREE KANGAROO AND BLACK LEOPARD.
  117. 117.CHARITY.
  118. 118.SARDIS.
  119. 119.MARTELLO TOWERS.
  120. 120.TURKISH CUSTOMS.
  121. 121.ON STUDY.
  122. 122.THE SHORES OF GREECE.
  123. 123.THE FORT OF ATTOCK.
  124. 124.THE ORDER OF NATURE.
  125. 125.LORD CLARENDON.
  126. 126.OWLS.
  127. 127.CHATTERTON.
  128. 128.SMYRNA.
  129. 129.GENTLENESS.
  130. 130.THE IGUANA.
  131. 131.HENRY IV.'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP.
  132. 132.ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD.
  133. 133.THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
  134. 134.THE RAINBOW.
  135. 135.HOPE
  136. 136.LIGHTHOUSES.
  137. 137.INTEGRITY.
  138. 138.RAFT OF GAMBIER ISLANDERS
  139. 139.CHRISTIAN FREEDOM.
  140. 140.THE POLAR REGIONS.
  141. 141.THE CROWN JEWELS.
  142. 142.WHAT IS TIME?
  143. 143.SIMPLICITY IN WRITING.
  144. 144.JOHN HAMPDEN.
  145. 145.OTHELLO'S HISTORY.
  146. 146.FILIAL LOVE.
  147. 147.QUEEN MARY'S BOWER, CHATSWORTH.
  148. 148.TUBULAR RAILWAY BRIDGES.
  149. 149.THE MARINERS OF ENGLAND.
  150. 150.KAFFIR LETTER-CARRIER.
  151. 151.THE SEASONS. — SPRING. — SUMMER. — AUTUMN. — WINTER.
  152. 152.ON MUSIC.
  153. 153.THE AFFLICTED POOR.
  154. 154.MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS.
  155. 155.FAREWELL.
  156. 156.VOCABULARY OF WORDS USED IN THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK.
  157. 157.THE END.

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