Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics Part 22

Also other essays.

The Red Cross Story Book (Lang). Longmans & Co.

Montcalm and Wolfe (Parkman). Little, Brown, & Co.

Was.h.i.+ngton Irving (Warner). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.

Of the American Men of Letters Series.

Conspiracy of Pontiac (Parkman). Little, Brown, & Co.

The Fortune of the Republic (Emerson). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.

Nature Pictures by American Poets (Marble). The Macmillan Co.

A choice collection of nature poems.

Poetic Interpretation of Nature (Shairp). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.

An interesting treatise on the sources of poetry in nature.

Westward Ho! (Kingsley). The Macmillan Co.; The University Publis.h.i.+ng Co.

A story of the time of Elizabeth.

The Schoolmaster in Literature. American Book Co.

Also its companion book, The Schoolmaster in Comedy and Satire.

American Book Co.

Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne).

Last of the Mohicans (Cooper). D. C. Heath & Co.; Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; Macmillan Co.; University Pub. Co.

Henry Esmond (Thackeray). Houghton, Mifflin; Macmillan.

Nicholas Nickleby (Charles d.i.c.kens).

SEVENTH GRADE

1. BOOKS FOR REGULAR READING LESSONS

Evangeline (Longfellow). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; The Macmillan Co.; The University Publis.h.i.+ng Co.

This has been much used in seventh and eighth grades.

Sella, Thanatopsis, and Other Poems (Bryant). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; Maynard, Merrill, & Co.

Some of Bryant's best poetic productions. Or eighth grade.

Sohrab and Rustum (Arnold). American Book Co.; Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; Maynard & Merrill; Werner School Book Co.; Educational Publis.h.i.+ng Co.

Style simple but highly poetic. Used also in eighth grade.

Cricket on the Hearth (d.i.c.kens). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; Maynard, Merrill, & Co.

Enoch Arden and the Lotus Eaters (Tennyson). Maynard, Merrill, & Co.; Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; The Macmillan Co.; University Publis.h.i.+ng Co.

Used in seventh and eighth grades and high schools.

Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare). American Book Co.; Ginn & Co.; The Macmillan Co.; D. C. Heath & Co.; Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; Maynard & Merrill; Educational Publis.h.i.+ng Co.; University Publis.h.i.+ng Co.

The best of Shakespeare's for this grade. Parts of it are often dramatized and presented. Much liked by the children.

Tales of a Grandfather (Scott). Ginn & Co.; Educational Publis.h.i.+ng Co.; University Publis.h.i.+ng Co.

Stories of Wallace, Bruce, Douglas, and other Scotch heroes.

Should be read only in parts in cla.s.s. Library book.

Poems of Emerson. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.

Historical and nature poems, with a good introduction. A small but important collection of poems for older children.

The Cotter's Sat.u.r.day Night (Burns). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; Maynard, Merrill, & Co.

Contains also Tam O'Shanter and other poems of Burns's best.

Bunker Hill, Adams, and Jefferson (Webster). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; American Book Co.; Maynard, Merrill, & Co.

Historical, patriotic, and simple in style. The best of Webster's speeches for seventh and eighth grades.

Poor Richard's Almanac (Franklin). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.

This contains also interesting papers and letters by Franklin.

The proverbs of Franklin are well deserving the study of children.

Scudder's Life of Was.h.i.+ngton. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.

Best life of Was.h.i.+ngton for grammar grades.

Source Book of American History (Hart). The Macmillan Co.

Excellent reading selections for sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.

Grandmother's Story and Other Poems (Holmes). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.

Some of Holmes's best patriotic and humorous poems.