our indebtedness to a number of them and their publishers who have very kindly given us permission to use materials, notably to G. P. Putnam's Sons, for all selections from Irving, to J. G. Whittier, Esq., for lesson 8, to Prof. J. Russel Webb and Messrs. Sherwood & Co. for lessons 3, 9, 14, 19, 26, 27 and 61 of this book, which they generously placed at our disposal, God bless these Readers in our schools. FORT WAYNE, IND. THE COMMITTEE. ONTENTS 1. Luther's Reformation Hymn... 2. The Matches..... 3. Peter Begins to Study Botany... 4. John Adams and His Latin.. 5. How Nails Are Made..... 6. The Gulf Stream..... 7. March 8. The Fish I Didn't Catch........ 9. The Cost of a Pocket-Knife... 10. Acres of Turtle-Eggs. 11. The Plymouth Colony. Part I. 12. The Plymouth Colony. Part II. 13. India-Rubber 14. History of a School Desk Told by Itself. 15. Early Rising... 16. The Bremen Town Musicians.. 17. The Attack on Charleston..... 18. Paper-Making...................... 19. Cork 20. Signs of the Weather. 21. The Wonderful Chip...... 22. The Great Plague of London...... 23. A Curious Colony.. 24. America.-National Hymn 25. Origin of Yankee Doodle.. 26. How the United States Came to Be Called "Uncle Sam" 55 31. The Massacre of Saint Bartholomew... 32. Children's Prattle........ 37. What Animals Use for Hands... 38. Two Scenes in the Life of a Great Man. 39. Two Scenes in the Life of a Great Man. PAGE |