Short stories and selections for use in the secondary schools
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A LEAF IN THE STORM, by Louise de la Ramee, from A Leaf in the Storm and Other Stories
CATS, by Maurice Hewlett, from Earthwork out of Tuscany
AN ADVENTURE, by Honore de Balzac, from A Passion in the Desert
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE MUSIC, by Axel Munthe, from Vagaries
OUT OF DOORS, by Richard Jefferies, from Saint Guido
THE TABOO, by Herman Melville, from Typee
SCHOOL DAYS AT THE CONVENT, by George Sand, from The Story of My Life (adapted)
IN BRITTANY, by Louisa Alcott, from Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag
THE ADIRONDACKS, by John Burroughs, from Wake Robin
AN ASCENT OF KILAUEA, by Lady Brassey, from Around the World in the Yacht Sunbeam
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SHORT STORIES AND SELECTIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
SHORT STORIES AND SELECTIONS
CATS
AN ADVENTURE
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE MUSIC
OUT OF DOORS
THE TABOO
SCHOOL DAYS AT THE CONVENT
IN BRITTANY
THE ADIRONDACKS
AN ASCENT OF KILAUEA
THE FETISH
SALMON FISHING IN IRELAND
ACROSS RUNNING WATER
THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS
THE WHITE TRAIL
A DISSERTATION ON ROAST PIG
THE LAST CLASS
AN ARAB FISHERMAN
THE ARCHERY CONTEST
BABY SYLVESTER
ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG
SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
AN APPRECIATION OF LINCOLN
THE ELEPHANTS THAT STRUCK
THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP
THE STORY OF MUHANNAD DIN
A CHILD
TOO DEAR FOR THE WHISTLE
A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT
A BAD FIVE MINUTES IN THE ALPS
THE GOLD TRAIL
TWENTY YEARS OF ARCTIC STRUGGLE
HENRY WARD BEECHER'S ACCOUNT OF HIS SPEECH IN MANCHESTER
A GREEN DONKEY DRIVER
A NIGHT IN THE PINES
LIFE IN OLD NEW YORK
THE BAZAAR IN MOROCCO
A BATTLE OF THE ANTS
AN AFRICAN PET
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE
BUCK'S TRIAL OF STRENGTH
ON THE SOLANDER WHALING GROUND
AN EPISODE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
THE COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL
WALT WHITMAN
HEROISM IN HOUSEKEEPING
A YOUTHFUL ACTOR
WAR
COON-HUNTING
SIGHT IN SAVAGES
THE VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER