De La Salle Fifth Reader

NOTE.-Many trees in our country are landmarks, and are valued highly. The early settlers were accustomed to plant trees and dedicate them to liberty. One of these was planted at Cambridge, Mass., and it was under the shade of this venerable Elm that George Washington took command of the Continental army, July 3rd, 1775. There are other trees around whose trunks and under whose boughs whole families of children passed much of their childhood. When one of these falls or is destroyed, it is like the death of some honored citizen. Judge Harris of Georgia, a scholar, and a gentleman of extensive literary culture, regarded Woodman, Spare that Tree as one of the truest lyrics of the age. He never heard it sung or recited without being deeply moved.
Copyright, 1879, 1881, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Copyright, 1889, by Eugene Field.