HISTORY.
American Historical Tales. Charles Morris.
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
Book of American Explorers. Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
Boyhood of Lincoln, The. Hezekiah Butterworth.
Boys of ’61. Charles Carleton Coffin.
Boys of ’76. Charles Carleton Coffin.
Boys Who Became Famous. Sarah K. Bolton.
Building of the Nation. Charles Carleton Coffin.
Colonial Massachusetts: Stories of the Old Bay State. Mrs. S. E. Dawes.
Drumbeats of the Nation. Charles Carleton Coffin.
England, Young Folks’ History of. Charlotte M. Yonge.
English Historical Tales. Charles Morris.
First Steps in the History of our Country. W. A. and A. M. Mowry.
France, Young Folks’ History of. Charlotte M. Yonge.
George Washington. Horace Scudder.
German Historical Tales. Charles Morris.
Girls Who Became Famous. Sarah K. Bolton.
Greece, Young Folks’ History of. Charlotte M. Yonge.
Greek Home Life. Mary E. Burt.
Heroes of History. George Makepeace Towle.
Heroic Deeds. James Johonnot.
Historic Boys. Elbridge S. Brooks.
Historic Girls. Elbridge S. Brooks.
Historic Pilgrimages in New England. Edwin M. Bacon.
Historical Readers. Longmans’ Ship.
Historical Tales: American, German, Greek, Roman. Charles Morris.
History Readers. Mrs. W. W. Wilson.
History of the United States. Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
Joan of Arc. Mary E. Burt.
Legends of Charlemagne. Mary E. Burt.
Madam Roland. Mary E. Burt.
Making of New England, The. Samuel Adams Drake.
Man Without a Country, A. Edward Everett Hale.
Old Times in the Colonies. Charles Carleton Coffin.
Plutarch for Boys and Girls.
Prince and Pauper. Thomas Clemens (Mark Twain).
Rescue of Cuba, The. Andrew S. Draper.
Standish of Standish. Jane Austin.
Stories from Herodotus. Alfred J. Church.
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. Edward Eggleston.
Stories of our Country. James Johonnot.
Stories of the Red Children. Dorothy Brooks.
Stories from English History. Grace Aguilar.
Story of Liberty. Charles Carleton Coffin.
Ten Boys on the Road from Long Ago to Now. Jane Andrews.
War for Independence. John Fiske.
Watchfires of ’76. Samuel R. Drake.
Winning His Way. Charles Carleton Coffin.
Young Folks’ Histories: Greece, Rome, France, England. Charlotte M. Yonge.
Vasco da Gama. George Makepeace Towle.
There is another view of reading, which, though it is obvious enough, is seldom taken, I imagine, or at least acted upon; and that is, that in the course of our reading we should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts in well-wrought words, which should be a living treasure of knowledge always with us, and from which, at various times and amidst all the shifting of circumstances, we might be sure of drawing some comfort, guidance, and sympathy. … A man whose mind is enriched with the best sayings of his own country is a more independent man, walks the streets in a town, or the lanes in the country, with far more delight than he would otherwise, and is taught by wise observers of man and nature to observe for himself. Sancho Panza, with his proverbs, is a great deal better than he would have been without them; and I contend that a man has something in himself to meet troubles and difficulties, small or great, who has stored in his mind some of the best things that have been said about troubles and difficulties.
—Sir Arthur Helps.
CHAPTER XIII.
A LIST OF POEMS
Suitable for Use in the School-room.
The list is intended to be suggestive merely. Nearly all the poems are well known, and need only to be recalled to the mind of the teacher. They can readily be found at any good library. Most of them are suitable for memorizing. All may be read with advantage to the children in most grades.