Chapter II: Part III: Patriotic Selections

REGULUS BEFORE THE ROMAN SENATE, Epes Sargent THE RETURN OF REGULUS, Elijah Kellogg SPARTACUS TO THE GLADIATORS, Elijah Kellogg MERIT BEFORE BIRTH, Sallust RIENZI'S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS, Mary Russell Mitford EMMET'S VINDICATION Robert Emmet KING PHILLIP TO THE WHITE SETTLER, Edward Everett THE CAPTURE OF QUEBEC, Francis Parkman ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES, Edmund Burke THE WAY TO WEALTH, Benjamin Franklin SPEECH ON A RESOLUTION TO PUT VIRGINIA INTO A STATE OF DEFENCE, Patrick Henry THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY, Edward Everett Hale LOVE OF COUNTRY, Sir Walter Scott NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, Charles Phillips THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS, Charles Sumner THE EVILS OF WAR, Henry Clay PEACE, THE POLICY OF A NATION, John C. Calhoun THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF NEW ENGLAND, Daniel Webster SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS, Daniel Webster SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE UNION, Robert Hayne REPLY TO HAYNE, Daniel Webster DEDICATION SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG, Abraham Lincoln LINCOLN, THE GREAT COMMONER, Edwin Markham O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN, Walt Whitman FAREWELL ADDRESS, George Washington THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS, Henry Ward Beecher THE AMERICAN FLAG, J. R. Drake WARREN'S ADDRESS AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, John Pierpont COLUMBUS, Joaquin Miller RECESSIONAL--A VICTORIAN, Rudyard Kipling A DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN, Cardinal Newman

COURSE OF READING

In the ELSON READERS selections are grouped according to theme or authorship. This arrangement, however, is not intended to fix an order for reading in class; its purpose is to emphasise classification, facilitate comparison, and enable pupils to appreciate similarities and contrasts in the treatment of like themes by different authors.

To give variety, to meet the interests at different seasons and festivals, and to go from prose to poetry and from long to short selections, a carefully planned order of reading should be followed. Such an order of reading calls for a full consideration of all the factors mentioned above. The Course here offered meets these ends but may easily be varied to fit local conditions.

FIRST HALF-YEAR

BIOGRAPHY OF HAWTHORNE THE GREAT STONE FACE MY VISIT TO NIAGARA THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP HERVÉ RIEL COLUMBUS (COLUMBUS'S BIRTHDAY, OCT. 12) SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS SPEECH OF RESOLUTION TO PUT VIRGINIA INTO A STATE OF DEFENCE THE EVE BEFORE WATERLOO THE BUGLE SONG BIOGRAPHY OF HOLMES THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE OLD IRONSIDES THE BOYS THE LAST LEAF MERIT BEFORE BIRTH WEBSTER-HAYNE DEBATE THE BROOK THE SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE THE CATARACT OF LODORE BIOGRAPHY OF POE A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM THE RAVEN ANNABEL LEE THE BELLS BIOGRAPHY OF WHITTIER (WHITTIER'S BIRTHDAY, DEC. 17) SNOW-BOUND (WHITTIER'S BIRTHDAY, DEC. 17) THE SHIP-BUILDERS (WHITTIER'S BIRTHDAY, DEC. 17) REGULUS BEFORE THE ROMAN SENATE THE RETURN OF REGULUS SPARTACUS TO THE GLADIATORS THE WAY TO WEALTH (FRANKLIN'S BIRTHDAY, JAN, 17) EMMET'S VINDICATION MARCO BOZZARIS RIENZI'S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS BIOGRAPHY OF LANIER (LANIER'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 3) THE MARSHES OF GLYNN (LANIER'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 3)

SECOND HALF-YEAR

LOVE OF COUNTRY WARREN'S ADDRESS PEACE, THE POLICY OF A NATION THE AMERICAN FLAG (LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 12) LINCOLN, THE GREAT COMMONER (LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 12) DEDICATION SPEECH (LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 12) O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN (WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 22) FAREWELL ADDRESS (WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 22) BIOGRAPHY OF LOWELL (LOWELL'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 22) THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL (LOWELL'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 22) YUSSOUF (LOWELL'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 22) BIOGRAPHY OF LONGFELLOW (LONGFELLOW'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 27) EVANGELINE (LONGFELLOW'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 27) THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP (LONGFELLOW'S BIRTHDAY, FEB. 27) NAPOLEON BONAPARTE THE EVILS OF WAR BIOGRAPHY OF IRVING (IRVING'S BIRTHDAY, APRIL 3) RIP VAN WINKLE (IRVING'S BIRTHDAY, APRIL 3) THE VOYAGE (IRVING'S BIRTHDAY, APRIL 3) PAUL REVERE'S RIDE (APRIL 19) THE LEAP OF ROUSHAN BEG THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE SELECTIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE (SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY, APRIL 23) TO A WATER FOWL THE SKYLARK TO A SKYLARK (SPRING AND ARBOR DAY) THE CLOUD APOSTROPHE TO THE OCEAN ABSALOM LOCHINVAR PARTING OF MARMION AND DOUGLAS FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT KING PHILIP TO THE WHITE SETTLER THE CAPTURE OF QUEBEC ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY OPPORTUNITY THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB SONG OF THE GREEK BARD THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS THE RECESSIONAL