Chapter I: Front Matter

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BROOKS'S READERS
THIRD YEAR

BY
STRATTON D. BROOKS

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

NEW YORK ❖ CINCINNATI ❖ CHICAGO

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.
COPYRIGHT, 1907, TOKYO.

BROOKS'S READERS. THIRD YEAR.

CONTENTS

PAGE

The Magic Windows 11

The Land of Story Books _Robert Louis Stevenson_ 16

O Big, Round World _Alice C. D. Riley_ 18

A Wonderful Ball _Adapted_ 19

The Great, Wide World _William Brighty Rands_ 21

Flowers that Tell Time _Kate L. Brown_ 22

Dandelion _George Cooper_ 24

The Farmer's Wheat Field _W. E. Baldwin_ 25

The Song of the Wheat _Selected_ 27

The Song of the Mill Wheel _Selected_ 29

The Sky Bridge _Christina G. Rossetti_ 30

The Apple-tree Mother _Selected_ 31

The Diamond Dipper _An Old Legend_ 39

Beautiful Things _David Swing_ 43

My Country _Marie Zetterberg_ 44

My Own Land Forever _John G. Whittier_ 44

Home, Sweet Home _John Howard Payne_ 45

Verses for September, October, November 46
_Emily Dickinson, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Dora Read Goodale_

An Autumn Riddle _Selected_ 48

Leaves at Play _Frank D. Sherman_ 48

Where Go the Boats _Robert Louis Stevenson_ 49

The Corn Song _John G. Whittier_ 50

Shapes of Leaves _Adapted_ 52

Dogs that almost Talk _Edith Carrington_ 56

A Little Girl's Fancies _Selected_ 60

A Boy's Wishes _William Allingham_ 61

Rollo and George _Jacob Abbott_ 62

The Farmer's Story _Jacob Abbott_ 64

The Dog and his Image _Æsop_ 68

Belling the Cat _Æsop_ 69

The Dog in the Manger _Æsop_ 70

A Wise Indian _Adapted_ 70

Clovernook 73

The Poet Sisters 76

Our Homestead _Phœbe Cary_ 78

Suppose _Phœbe Cary_ 79

November _Alice Cary_ 81

Columbus in the New World 82

Columbus returns to Spain 85

Columbus at the Court of Spain 87

The First Thanksgiving _Marian M. George_ 90

Thanksgiving Day _Lydia Maria Child_ 94

The Snow Baby _Josephine D. Peary_ 96

A Snow House _Adapted_ 101

The Northern Seas _William Howitt_ 104

Verses for December, January,
February _Mary Mapes Dodge_ 106

Christmas Everywhere _Phillips Brooks_ 107

The Christmas Song _Selected_ 108

The New Year _Marie Zetterberg_ 110

How Plants Grow _Adapted_ 111

Talking in their Sleep _Edith M. Thomas_ 115

A Riddle _George Macdonald_ 116

Snowflakes _Frank Dempster Sherman_ 117

Fannie's Menagerie _"Rainbows for Children"_ 118

How Lambkin White was Saved 122

The Lamb _William Blake_ 129

The Necklace of Truth _Old Fairy Tales_ 130

Speak the Truth _Selected_ 135

Saint Valentine _Adapted_ 135

A Famous Old House 138

Hiawatha's Hunting _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_ 140

Longfellow with his Children _Adapted_ 143

Letter to a Little Girl _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_ 147

The Open Window _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_ 150

The Village Blacksmith _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_ 151

George Washington, the Young Surveyor 154
Surveying in the Wilderness 156

Abraham Lincoln _James Baldwin_
His New Home 158
His First Great Sorrow 163

Hana and Tora
Their Home 167
Their Festival Days 173

Verses for March, April, May 178
_Dora R. Goodale, Thomas Bailey Aldrich_

An Easter Song _Mary A. Lathbury_ 179

The Song of the Poppy Seed _E. Nesbit_ 180

Clovers _Helena L. Jelliffe_ 181

Who Told the News? _Selected_ 182

Air _Worthington Hooker_ 183

The Unseen Giant 185

What Robin Told _George Cooper_ 190

A Bird's Education _Olive Thorne Miller_ 191

How Birds Learn to Sing _Mary Mapes Dodge_ 196

The Greatest of Beasts 197

The Story of Giant Sun _Mary Proctor_ 202

Summer Sun _Robert Louis Stevenson_ 205

The Story of Phaethon _Greek Myths_ 206

A Sunflower Story _Greek Myths_ 210

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod _Eugene Field_ 212

Rosa Bonheur _Adapted_
A Little Girl who Loved Animals 214
A Little Girl who Painted Animals 217
A Great Artist 220

When Benjamin Franklin was a
Boy _Adapted_ 225

A Weaving Story _Adapted_ 229

America _Samuel Francis Smith_ 234

A Song for Flag Day _Lydia Coonley Ward_ 235

Verses for June, July, August 236

The Seasons. The Months 237

For the Girls _Charles Kingsley_ 238

For the Boys _Selected_ 238

What would I Do? _Selected_ 239

PRONOUNCING KEY AND WORD LIST 241

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The selections from the writings of Henry W. Longfellow, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, John G. Whittier, Frank Dempster Sherman, Olive Thorne Miller, Dora Read Goodale, Lucy Larcom, Alice and Phœbe Cary, are used by permission of and by special arrangements with Houghton, Mifflin & Co., the authorized publishers of the writings of these authors.

Special arrangements have also been made with the following publishers for permission to use selections from their publications: Little, Brown & Co. for a stanza from Emily Dickinson's poems; The Macmillan Company for "Clovers," copyright, 1902; Charles Scribner's Sons for "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod," by Eugene Field, and for a stanza from "Rhymes and Jingles," by Mary Mapes Dodge.

Acknowledgments are also due to Silver, Burdett & Company for "Flowers that tell Time" and "Maple Leaves," from _The Plant Baby and its Friends_, by Kate Louise Brown, copyright, 1897, and also for a selection from _Stories of Starland_; to the Century Company for "How Birds learn to Sing," by Mary Mapes Dodge, from _When Life is Young_; to F. A. Stokes Company for a selection from _The Snow Baby_, by Josephine D. Peary, copyright, 1901; to the Biglow & Main Company for "The Easter Song," from _Little Pilgrim Songs_; to A. Flanagan Company for "The First Thanksgiving," from _The Plan Book_; to James Baldwin for "Abraham Lincoln," from _Four Great Americans_; to Alice C. D. Riley and to Lydia A. C. Ward for selections from their writings.

Acknowledgments are due to Miss Frances Lilian Taylor of Galesburg, Illinois, and to Mr. W. J. Button of Chicago for valuable assistance rendered in choosing the selections comprised in this volume.

THE MAGIC WINDOWS