The character of the selections, aside from their elocutionary value, has also been duly considered. It will be found, upon examination, that they present the same instructive merit and healthful moral tone which gave the preceding edition its high reputation. Two new features of the REVISED Sixth deserve especial attention—the explanatory notes, and the biographical notices of authors. The first, in the absence of a large number of books of reference, are absolutely necessary, in some cases, for the intelligent reading of the piece; and it is believed that in all cases they will add largely to the interest and usefulness of the lessons. The biographical notices, if properly used, are hardly of less value than the lessons themselves. They have been carefully prepared, and are intended not only to add to the interest of the pieces, but to supply information usually obtained only by the separate study of English and American literature. The illustrations of the REVISED Sixth READER are presented as specimens of fine art. They are the work of the best artists and engravers that could be secured for the purpose in this country. The names of these gentlemen may be found on page ten. The publishers would here repeat their acknowledgments to the numerous friends and critics who have kindly assisted in the work of revision, and would mention particularly President EDWIN C. HEWETT, of the State Normal University, Normal, Illinois, and the Hon. T'HOMAS W. HARVEY, of Painesville, Ohio, who have had the revision of the Sixth READER under their direct advice. Especial acknowledgment is due to Messrs. Houghton, Osgood & Co., for their permission to make liberal selections from their copyright editions of many of the foremost American authors whose works they publish. January, 1880. TITLE. AUTHOR. PAGE. 1. Anecdote of the Duke of Newcastle. Blackwood's Magazine. 63 2. The Needle Samuel Woodworth. 67 3. Dawn Edward Everett. 68 4. Description of a Storm Benjamin Disraeli. 70 5. After the Thunderstorm James Thomson. 72 6. House Cleaning Francis Hopkinson. 73 7. Schemes of Life often Illusory Samuel Johnson. 78 8. The Brave Old Oak Henry Fothergill Chorley. 81 9. The Artist Surprised 82 10. Pictures of Memory Alice Cary. 88 11. The Morning Oratorio Wilson Flagg. 90 12. Short Selections in Poetry: I. The Cloud John Wilson. 94 II. My Mind William Byrd. 94 III. A Good Name William Shakespeare. 95 IV. Sunrise . James Thomson. 95 V. Old Age and Death Edmund Waller, 95 VI. Milton. John Dryden. 96 Johann Gottfried von Herder. 100 16. My Experience in Elocution - 17. Elegy in a Country Churchyard - 19. Speech before the Virginia Convention Patrick Henry. 115 24. Short Selections in Prose: II. Las Casas Dissuading from Battle R. B. Sheridan. 130 26. The Teacher and Sick Scholar . 28. Character of Napoleon Bonaparte Charles Phillips. 143 31. Speech of Walpole in Reproof of Mr. Pitt. Sir R. Walpole. 151 32. Pitt's Reply to Sir Robert Walpole . . William Pitt. 152 36. Speech of Paul on Mars' Hill 38. Lafayette and Pobert Raikes 46. God's Goodness to Such as Fear Him 48. “He Giveth His Beloved Sleep.” Elizabeth B. Browning. 195 . . 51. Song of the Greek Bard Lord George Gordon Byron. 205 56. Rienzi's Address to the Romans Mary Russell Mitford. 221 57. The Puritan Fathers of New England F.W. P. Greenwood. 223 58. Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers . Felicia Dorothea Hemans. 226 60. Riding on a Snowplow Benjamin Franklin Taylor. 231 61. The Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius. William Shakespeare. 234 68. What Constitutes a State ? 71. Massachusetts and South Carolina -72. The Church Scene from Evangeline. H. W. Longfellow. 262 74. Dianond cut Diamond. Édouard René Lefebvre-Laboulaye. 269 --77. Antony over Cæsar's Dead Body William Shakespeare. 281 William Hickling Prescott. 286 79. The Song of the Potter. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 290 81. Discontent. -An Allegory . 83. Scene from “The Poor Gentleman' George Colman. 303 88. The Glove and the Lions James Henry Leigh Hunt. 321 89. The Folly of Intoxication . 91. Prince Henry and Falstaff. 93. Surrender of Granada . Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton. 334 . . . TITLE. AUTHOR. PAGE. 96. Inventions and Discoveries -97. Enoch Arden at the Window . 99. Speech on the Trial of a Murderer Daniel Webster. 352 103. The Influences of the Sun 104. Colloquial Powers of Franklin 107. Impeachment of Warren Hastings 108. Destruction of the Carnatic - 110. A View of the Colosseum 112. Objects and Limits of Science Robert Charles Winthrop. 394 115. The Last Days of Herculaneum Edwin Atherstone. 401 124. The Falls of the Yosemite 125. A Psalm of Life . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 429 126. Franklin's Entry into Philadeiphia. Benjamin Franklin. 431 128. Goldsmith and Addison William Makepeace Thackeray. 435 130. Character of Washington . . |
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