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| “Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night.” | [ 13] |
| The Glove and the Lions.—Leigh Hunt | [ 18] |
| A Young Hero. | [ 21] |
| The Beggar Maid.—Tennyson | [ 26] |
| Bunker Hill.—G. H. Calvert | [ 29] |
| Fastening the Buckle.—Samuel Burnham | [ 34] |
| Hervé Riel.—Robert Browning | [ 37] |
| The Battle of Lexington.—Geo. W. Bungay | [ 46] |
| The Brave at Home.—T. Buchanan Read | [ 50] |
| Kane.—Fitz James O’Brien | [ 53] |
| The Life-Boat.—Alice M. Adams | [ 58] |
| The Red Jacket.—George M. Baker | [ 61] |
| Othello’s Story of His Life.—Shakspeare | [ 66] |
| The Blacksmith of Ragenbach.—Frank Marry | [ 70] |
| Marmion and Douglas.—Scott | [ 75] |
| The Loss of the Hornet. | [ 80] |
| Man the Life-Boat.—Anon. | [ 84] |
| Sir Galahad.—Tennyson | [ 87] |
| King Canute and His Nobles.—Dr. Walcott | [ 92] |
| Outward Bound.—Anon. | [ 96] |
| The Brides of Venice.—Samuel Rogers | [ 99] |
| The Landing of the Pilgrims.—Mrs. Hemans | [108] |
| The Days of Chivalry.—Anon. | [112] |
| The Song of the Camp.—Anon. | [116] |
| The Recantation of Galileo.—F. E. Raleigh | [120] |
| Belshazzar.--Trans. from Heine | [124] |
| Liberty.—From William Tell. By J. Sheridan Knowles | [128] |
| The Fishermen.—Whittier | [131] |
| Excelsior.—Longfellow | [136] |
| The Soldier.—Robert Burns | [140] |
| John Maynard. | [143] |
| Excalibur.—Tennyson | [148] |
| The Death of Arthur.—Tennyson | [152] |
| A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea.—Allan Cunningham | [156] |
| The Leap of Curtius.—Geo. Aspinall | [159] |
| The Ride from Ghent to Aix. | [164] |
| A Yarn.—Mary Howitt. | [169] |
