| INTRODUCTION. | PAGE. |
| Pronunciation | [15] |
| Articulation | [16] |
| Accent | [19] |
| Time | [20] |
| Emphasis | [22] |
| Inflection | [34] |
| Circumflex Inflection—Monotone | [39] |
| Parenthesis and Parenthetical Clauses | [40] |
| Tone—Expression and Energy | [42] |
| On Reading of Verse | [45] |
| Rests in Verse | [48] |
| READING LESSONS. |
| PROSE. |
| LESSON. | | | |
| 1. | Teaching and Character of Jesus Christ | Chateaubriand, | [52] |
| 3. | The Devoted Son and the Generous Stranger | Brother Philippe, | [55] |
| 4. | The Christian Mother | Mary I. Hoffman, | [60] |
| 6. | The Two Roads | | [66] |
| 9. | The Young Shepherd | Fenelon, | [72] |
| 10. | The Same.—Continued | | [75] |
| 12. | The Broken Heart | Irving, | [79] |
| 13. | Little Victories | | [84] |
| 14. | The Same.—Continued | | [86] |
| 16. | The Widow of the Pine Cottage | | [91] |
| 19. | The Bobolink | Irving, | [97] |
| 20. | The Same.—Continued | | [99] |
| 22. | Portrait of a Virtuous and Accomplished Woman | Fenelon, | [102] |
| 24. | The Avaricious Miller | Goldsmith, | [105] |
| 25. | The Death of the Little Scholar | Dickens, | [108] |
| 28. | The Monk of St. Francis | Sterne, | [115] |
| 29. | My Mother’s Grave | Brownson, | [118] |
| 30. | Good Counsel | | [120] |
| 32. | Reproof to an Affected Speaker | La Bruyere, | [125] |
| 35. | Our Miseries Often Our Fault | Blair, | [129] |
| 37. | Influence of Religion on the Tyrolese | Alison, | [133] |
| 40. | Behind Time | Freeman Hunt, | [138] |
| 43. | A Storm at Sea | Archbishop Hughes, | [145] |
| 44. | The Atmosphere | | [150] |
| 46. | Discretion | Addison, | [154] |
| 47. | Stability of Character | Alison, | [156] |
| 52. | Death of Little Nell | Dickens, | [167] |
| 53. | Sorrow for the Dead | Irving, | [171] |
| 54. | Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain | Prescott, | [174] |
| 59. | The Charmed Serpent | Chateaubriand, | [183] |
| 60. | My Rosary | Sir Humphrey Davy, | [185] |
| 61. | The Indians | Story, | [187] |
| 63. | The Friars and the Knight | Digby, | [191] |
| 66. | Patriotism and Christianity | Chateaubriand, | [196] |
| 67. | Best Kind of Revenge | Chambers, | [199] |
| 68. | Queen Elizabeth of Hungary | Montalembert, | [201] |
| 70. | The Presumption of Youth | Rollin, | [210] |
| 73. | A Picture of Human Life | Johnson, | [216] |
| 75. | On the Waste of Time | Franklin, | [223] |
| 77. | Dialogue with the Gout | Franklin, | [227] |
| 79. | Edward the Confessor | Lingard, | [232] |
| 82. | Washington and Bonaparte Compared | Chateaubriand, | [238] |
| 83. | Character of Franklin | Brougham, | [242] |
| 87. | The Roman Pontiffs | Archbishop Spalding, | [249] |
| 88. | Labor and Genius | Sydney Smith, | [251] |
| 91. | A Curtain Lecture of Mrs. Caudle | Jerrold, | [259] |
| 94. | God Gave to His Church Charity | Lacordaire, | [270] |
| 96. | George Washington | Dwight, | [273] |
| 97. | Conduct of La Fayette in the American Revolution | J. Q. Adams, | [276] |
| 99. | Sir Thomas Moore | Henry Giles, | [282] |
| 101. | The Religion of Catholics | Dr. Doyle, | [287] |
| 103. | Speech of Logan, Chief of the Mingoes | Jefferson, | [293] |
| 105. | Character of the Irish Peasantry | Barrington, | [296] |
| 109. | Voluntary Confession of Sin | Lacordaire, | [310] |
| POETRY. |
| LESSON. | | | |
| 2. | Little at First, but Great at Last | | [53] |
| 5. | Woodman, Spare that Tree | Morris, | [64] |
| 7. | The Laborers | | [68] |
| 8. | The Boy | Willis, | [70] |
| 11. | Old Times | Gerald Griffin, | [78] |
| 15. | Our Titles | | [90] |
| 17. | A Psalm of Life | Longfellow, | [95] |
| 18. | Let Virtue be Your Aim | | [96] |
| 21. | Who is My Neighbor? | | [101] |
| 23. | The work of To-day | Charles Mackay, | [104] |
| 26. | God, the True Source of Consolation | Thomas Moore, | [112] |
| 27. | The Martyrdom of St. Agnes | De Vere, | [113] |
| 31. | The Sister of Charity | Gerald Griffin, | [122] |
| 33. | My Birthday | Thomas Moore, | [126] |
| 34. | Labor | Frances Osgood, | [127] |
| 36. | True Patriotism | Sir William Jones, | [132] |
| 38. | Hymn of the Mountaineers | Mrs. Hemans, | [135] |
| 39. | Exhortation to Prayer | | [136] |
| 41. | Evil Influence of Skepticism | Campbell, | [141] |
| 42. | David’s Lament for Absalom | Willis, | [143] |
| 45. | The Cherwell Water Lily | Faber, | [152] |
| THE YEAR OF SORROW—IRELAND—1849. |
| 48. | Spring | Aubrey De Vere, | [160] |
| 49. | Summer | | [162] |
| 50. | Autumn | | [164] |
| 51. | Winter | | [165] |
| 55. | Palestine. (Altered from Whittier.) | | [178] |
| 56. | Love of Country and of Home | Montgomery, | [180] |
| 57. | The Heavenly Rest | | [181] |
| 58. | Love of Country | Scott, | [182] |
| 62. | Indian Names | Sigourney, | [190] |
| 64. | Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way | Eliza Cook, | [193] |
| 65. | Now, To-day | Adelaide A. Proctor, | [195] |
| 69. | William Tell | Knowles, | [203] |
| 71. | Mary Magdalen | Callanan, | [214] |
| 72. | The Wexford Massacre | | [215] |
| 74. | The Doubting Heart | Adelaide A. Proctor, | [222] |
| 76. | The Reaper Death | Longfellow, | [226] |
| 78. | The Death of the Flowers | William Cullen Bryant, | [230] |
| 80. | The Coming of Winter | T. B. Read, | [235] |
| 81. | The Sister of Charity | Williams, | [236] |
| 84. | The Last Minstrel | Scott, | [246] |
| 85. | The Minstrel Boy | Thomas Moore, | [247] |
| 86. | Army Hymn | O. W. Holmes, | [248] |
| 89. | The Dying Girl | Williams, | [255] |
| 90. | The Angelus Bell | Campion, | [257] |
| 92. | The Song of the Shirt | Hood, | [263] |
| 93. | Bernardo del Carpio | Mrs. Hemans, | [266] |
| 95. | Union and Liberty | O. W. Holmes, | [272] |
| 98. | Paul Revere’s Ride | Longfellow, | [278] |
| 100. | The Battle Field | Bryant, | [285] |
| 102. | A Birthday Offering | Dr. Newman, | [290] |
| 104. | God is Everywhere | | [294] |
| 106. | Advice to a Young Critic | Pope, | [300] |
| 108. | Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard | Gray, | [305] |