1. Horatius, Macaulay’s Lays. Old English Ballads. Sohrab and Rustum, Matthew Arnold, or Lady of the Lake, Scott.
2. Prose Literature for Secondary Schools. Ashmun.
3. One of the following novels:
- Treasure Island. Stevenson.
- Kidnapped. Stevenson.
- Ivanhoe. Scott.
- Quentin Durward. Scott
- The Talisman. Scott.
Collateral Reading.
(Selected)
- Lady of the Lake. Scott.
- Lay of the Last Minstrel. Scott.
- Marmion. Scott.
- Lays of Ancient Rome. Macaulay.
- The Boys’ King Arthur. Lanier.
- Tales of a Grandfather. Scott.
- Kenilworth. Scott.
- Woodstock. Scott.
- Rob Roy. Scott.
- David Copperfield. Dickens.
- Old Curiosity Shop. Dickens.
Method.
First Group.
1. Read for interest in story and character. Never lose sight of this.