I. THE WHITE SHIP (_Illustrated_) Dickens 11
II. _Casabianca_ Hemans, Mrs. 16
III. THE GIRAFFE OR CAMELOPARD (_Illus._) _Barnes’ IV._ 18
IV. _The Mountain and the Squirrel_ Emerson 20
V. _The Pet Lamb_ (_Illustrated_) Wordsworth 21
VI. THE CAMEL (_Illustrated_) 24
VII. _Lucy Gray_ (_Illustrated_) Wordsworth 27
VIII. THE EMPEROR AND THE MAJOR (_Illus._) _Butler’s IV._ 30
IX. _Farmer John_ Trowbridge 33
X. THE POOR LITTLE MATCH GIRL Andersen 36
XI. _The Sands O’ Dee_ (_Illustrated_) Kingsley 38
XII. THE RHINOCEROS (_Illustrated_) _Barnes’ IV._ 40
XIII. _The Old Arm-Chair_ (_Illustrated_) Cook, Eliza 44
XIV. _Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel_ Hunt 45
XV. PRINCE ARTHUR Dickens 46
XVI. _A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea_ Cunningham 51
XVII. _We are Seven_ (_Illustrated_) Wordsworth 52
XVIII. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS (_Illustrated_) _Battersea III._ 55
XIX. _A Bright Boy_ Blackie 58
XX. _After Blenheim_ (_Illustrated_) Southey 60
XXI. THE BLACK DOUGLAS (_Illustrated_) _Battersea IV._ 63
XXII. _Bruce and the Spider_ (_Illustrated_) Cook, Eliza 68
XXIII. THE FARMER AND THE FOX Froude 71
XXIV. _A Canadian Boat Song_ Moore 73
XXV. _The Wreck of the Hesperus_ Longfellow 74
XXVI. HOLLAND (_Illustrated_) Dodge, Mrs. 78
XXVII. _Evening Hymn_ Keble 81
XXVIII. _Psalm XXIII._ 82
XXIX. THE HEROIC SERF (_Illustrated_) Champneys 82
XXX. _There’s a Good Time Coming_ Mackay 86
XXXI. _John Brown_ Mackay 88
XXXII. THE OTTER (_Illustrated_) _Butler’s IV._ 90
XXXIII. _The Ivy Green_ (_Illustrated_) Dickens 93
XXXIV. _The Sea_ Procter 94
XXXV. _Ho! Breakers on the Weather Bow_ Swain 96
XXXVI. A CHILD’S DREAM OF A STAR Dickens 97
XXXVII. _Hannah Binding Shoes_ (_Illustrated_) Larcom, Lucy 101
XXXVIII. _Jack in the Pulpit_ (_Illustrated_) Whittier 103
XXXIX. THE BEAVER (_Illustrated_) _Barnes’ III._ 106
XL. _The Angel’s Whisper_ Lover 109
XLI. _The Rapid_ Sangster 110
XLII. A NARROW ESCAPE (_Illustrated_) _Ill. English IV._ 111
XLIII. _The Fairies of Caldon-Low_ (_Illus._) Howitt, Mrs. 115
XLIV. VOLCANOES (_Illustrated_) _Barnes’ IV._ 119
XLV. _A Small Catechism_ McGee 122
XLVI. CURIOUS BIRDS’ NESTS (_Illustrated_) _Butler’s IV._ 123
XLVII. _Lord Ullin’s Daughter_ (_Illustrated_) Campbell 127
XLVIII. _To An Early Primrose_ White 129
XLIX. THE WHISTLE Franklin 130
L. _Bugle Song_ (_Illustrated_) Tennyson 132
LI. _The Inchcape Rock_ (_Illustrated_) Southey 133
LII. THE FLAX Andersen 136
LIII. _The French at Ratisbon_ (_Illustrated_) Browning 141
LIV. EGYPT AND ITS RUINS (_Illustrated_) 143
LV. _To My Mother_ White 148
LVI. _Zlobane_ Gustafson, Mrs. 149
LVII. THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD Audubon 152
LVIII. _Trust in God and Do the Right_ Macleod 155
LIX. _Somebody’s Darling_ Lacoste, Marie 156
LX. _Song from “The Princess”_ Tennyson 157
LXI. ANTS AND THEIR SLAVES Michelet 158
LXII. _The Gray Swan_ (_Illustrated_) Cary, Alice 162
LXIII. THE CAPTURE OF A WHALE Cooper 165
LXIV. _The Village Blacksmith_ (_Illustrated_) Longfellow 171
LXV. THE MONSTER OF THE NILE Baker 173
LXVI. _Prayer_ Montgomery 177
LXVII. THE THERMOMETER _Ill. English IV._ 179
LXVIII. GOLDEN DEEDS 182
LXIX. _By Cool Siloam’s Shady Rill_ Heber 187
LXX. AGE OF TREES (_Illustrated_) _Butler’s IV._ 188
LXXI. _Rock Me to Sleep_ Allen, Mrs. 192
LXXII. HEAT:--CONDUCTION AND RADIATION _Ill. English IV._ 194
LXXIII. _When All Thy Mercies, O my God_ Addison 200
LXXIV. CANADIAN TREES
(_First Reading--Illustrated_) Brown 202
LXXV. _Bingen on the Rhine_ Norton, Hon. Mrs. 207
LXXVI. CANADIAN TREES (_Second Reading_) Brown 210
LXXVII. _Burial of Sir John Moore_ Wolfe 214
LXXVIII. THE GOLDEN TOUCH
(_First Reading--Illustrated_) Hawthorne 216
LXXIX. _The Road to the Trenches_
(_Illustrated_) Lushington 221
LXXX. THE ROOT Figuier 223
LXXXI. _The Waterfowl_ (_Illustrated_) Bryant 227
LXXXII. SHAPES OF LEAVES
(_First Reading--Illustrated_) Frankenstein 229
LXXXIII. _The Brook_ (_Illustrated_) Tennyson 233
LXXXIV. SHAPES OF LEAVES
(_Second Reading--Illustrated_) Frankenstein 235
LXXXV. _The Burial of Moses_ Alexander, Mrs. 240
LXXXVI. THE GOLDEN TOUCH (_Second Reading_) Hawthorne 243
LXXXVII. _The May Queen_
(_First Reading--Illustrated_) Tennyson 250
LXXXVIII. THE FLOWER 252
LXXXIX. _The May Queen_ (_Second Reading_) Tennyson 255
XC. THE FRUIT (_Illustrated_) Frankenstein 257
XCI. _The May Queen_
(_Third Reading--Illustrated_) Tennyson 261
XCII. THE GOLDEN TOUCH
(_Third Reading--Illustrated_) Hawthorne 264
XCIII. _John Gilpin_ (_Illustrated_) Cowper 272