The Illustrated London Reading Book
To deprive Instruction of the terrors with which the young but too often regard it, and strew flowers upon the pathways that lead to Knowledge, is to confer a benefit upon all who are interested in the cause of Education, either as Teachers or Pupils. The design of the following pages is not merely to present to the youthful reader some of the masterpieces of English literature in prose and verse, arranged and selected in such a manner as to please as well as instruct, but to render them more agreeable to the eye and the imagination by Pictorial Representations, in illustration of the subjects. It is hoped that this design has not been altogether unsuccessful, and that the ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK will recommend itself both to old and young by the appropriateness of the selections, their progressive arrangement, the fidelity of their Illustrations, and the very moderate price at which it is offered to the public.
It has not been thought necessary to prefix to the present Volume any instructions in the art of Elocution, or to direct the accent or intonation of the student by the abundant use of italics or of large capitals. The principal, if not the only secrets of good reading are, to speak slowly, to articulate distinctly, to pause judiciously, and to feel the subject so as, if possible, to make all that passed in the mind of the Author to be felt by the Auditor, Good oral example upon these points is far better for the young Student than the most elaborate written system.
A series of Educational Works, in other departments of study, similarly illustrated, and at a price equally small, is in preparation. Among the earliest to be issued, may be enumerated a Sequel and Companion to the ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK, designed for a more advanced class of Students, and consisting of extracts from English Classical Authors, from the earliest periods of English Literature to the present day, with a copious Introductory Chapter upon the arts of Elocution and Composition. The latter will include examples of Style chosen from the beauties of the best Authors, and will also point out by similar examples the Faults to be avoided by all who desire to become, not simply good Readers and Speakers, but elegant Writers of their native language.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK
INTRODUCTION.
CONTENTS.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK
THE SCHOOLBOY'S PILGRIMAGE.
PEKIN.
THE GOLIAH ARATOO.
THE PARROT.
THE STARLING.
THE CAR OF JUGGERNAUT.
CYPRUS.
THE RATTLESNAKE.
ORIGIN OF "JACK THE GIANT-KILLER."
VALUE OF THE BIBLE.
NATURE AND ITS LORD.
THE STEPPING-STONES.
HUMANITY.
THE SPANIELS OF THE MONKS OF ST. BERNARD.
JOPPA.
THE AMERICAN TAPIR.
THE FIELD OF WATERLOO.
THE TWO OWLS AND THE SPARROW.
THE BEETLE.
THE FOUNDING OF THE BELL.
NAPOLEON.
ROME.
THE ROOKERY
PALMS.
THE PALM-TREE.
A CHAPTER ON DOGS.
TERRIER.
THE GREYHOUND.
OLD ENGLISH HOUND.
SHEPHERD'S DOG.
BULL-DOG.
LORD BACON.
THE LILIES OF THE FIELD.
POMPEII.
THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOWWORM.
THE INVISIBLE WORLD REVEALED BY THE MICROSCOPE.
THE CANARY.
INDUSTRY AND APPLICATION.
THE RIVER JORDAN.
ON JORDAN'S BANKS.
FORTITUDE.
THE IVY IN THE DUNGEON.
THE NESTS OF BIRDS.
THE BUSHMEN.
CHARACTER OF ALFRED, KING OF ENGLAND.
THE FIRST GRIEF.
ON CRUELTY TO INFERIOR ANIMALS
PETER THE HERMIT, AND THE FIRST CRUSADE.
FAITH'S GUIDING STAR.
JALAPA.
CONDORS.
OMNISCIENCE AND OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY.
THE MILL STREAM.
ENVY.
THE OLIVE.
CHARACTER OF EDWARD VI.
THE HUNTED STAG.
JOHN BUNYAN AND HIS WIFE.
THE LONG-EARED AFRICAN FOX.
MOUNT TABOR.
UNA AND THE LION.
DANISH ENCAMPMENT.
THE NAMELESS STREAM
STAFFA.
ON CHEERFULNESS.
STONY CROSS.
GELERT.
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
THE TOMBS OF PAUL AND VIRGINIA.
THE MANGOUSTE.
CULLODEN.
ATHENS.
THE ISLES OF GREECE.
THE SIEGE OF ANTIOCH.
ANGLING.
MARIANA.
RISE OF POETRY AMONG THE ROMANS.
CHARACTER OF JULIUS CAESAR.
SIEGE OF TYRE.
THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.
THE SLOTH.
SIERRA NEVADA, OR SNOWY RANGE OF CALIFORNIA.
THE GROUSE.
PATMOS.
SHAKSPEARE.
THE RETURN OF THE DOVE.
COBRA DI CAPELLO—HOODED SNAKE.
THE PYRAMID LAKE.
ADAM AND EVE IN PARADISE.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
HAGAR AND ISHMAEL.
THE HOLLY BOUGH.
THE UNIVERSE.
ODE TO ST. CECILIA.
SATIN BOWER-BIRDS.
THE POOL OF SILOAM.
WINTER THOUGHTS.
BRITISH TROOPS IN CANADA.
BALLOONS.
SIR THOMAS GRESHAM.
ON THE ATTAINMENT OF KNOWLEDGE.
THIBETAN SHEEP.
NAVAL TACTICS.
THE CHOICE OF HERCULES.
STRATA FLORIDA ABBEY.
KAFFIR CHIEFS.
RAILWAY TUNNELS.
SUN FISH.
BATTLE OF THE BALTIC.
ARTILLERY TACTICS.
THE TREE KANGAROO AND BLACK LEOPARD.
CHARITY.
SARDIS.
MARTELLO TOWERS.
TURKISH CUSTOMS.
ON STUDY.
THE SHORES OF GREECE.
THE FORT OF ATTOCK.
THE ORDER OF NATURE.
LORD CLARENDON.
OWLS.
CHATTERTON.
SMYRNA.
GENTLENESS.
THE IGUANA.
HENRY IV.'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP.
ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
THE RAINBOW.
HOPE
LIGHTHOUSES.
INTEGRITY.
RAFT OF GAMBIER ISLANDERS
CHRISTIAN FREEDOM.
THE POLAR REGIONS.
THE CROWN JEWELS.
WHAT IS TIME?
SIMPLICITY IN WRITING.
JOHN HAMPDEN.
OTHELLO'S HISTORY.
FILIAL LOVE.
QUEEN MARY'S BOWER, CHATSWORTH.
TUBULAR RAILWAY BRIDGES.
THE MARINERS OF ENGLAND.
KAFFIR LETTER-CARRIER.
THE SEASONS.
ON MUSIC.
THE AFFLICTED POOR.
MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS.
FAREWELL.
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