Swinton's First [-sixth] Reader, Book 5

William Swinton

American book Company, 1881 - Readers

Contents

• The Three Lives of Insects T W Harris: 156
• The Builders Longfellow: 161
• A Tragedy of the Sea Hugo 103: 163
• New England Weather Mark Twain 116: 170
• A Brilliant Geographical Contrast Ruskin: 173
• The Professor in Shafts Kellogg 17i: 176
• Deathbed of Washington Irving: 181
• Marvels of Ancient Life Arthur Nicol: 186
• S3 The Planting of the Apple Tree Bryant: 191
• BKi shazzars Feast Old Testament: 195
• Vision of Bklshazzar Byron: 199
• The Wisdom of Solomon Old Testament: 203
• The Blue and the Gray Finch: 206
• An Economical Project Franklin: 210
• Sunbeams and their Work Buckley: 214
• The River Path Whittier: 218
• The Country School Lowell: 220
• Abram and Zimri Clarence Cook: 223
• Going up in a Balloon Household Words W 50 Mr Winkle on Skates Dickens: 232
• Progress The Quiver: 238
• The Gulf Stream Maury: 240
• Passing Away Pierpont: 244
• A Dutch Governor Parti Irving: 247
• A Dutch Governor Part II: 251
• Contentment Holmes: 255
• The Stagecoach Dickens: 258
• Thf Stranger on the Sill T B Read: 263
• My First Geological Excursion Geikie 205: 265
• The Round of Life Chamberss Journal: 270
• The Footrall Match H C Adams: 272
• The Mean Side of Napoleons Char acter Emerson: 278
• Golden Thoughts: 281
• The Winds Kingsley: 283
• 35 The Bells of Shandon Mahony: 288
• The Quicksand Hugo: 290
• My Oratorical Experience Haiclhorne: 294
• A Discourse of Flowers lieecher: 297
• About Electricity Buckley: 304
• PROSE SELECTIONS 70 Shakespeare on Good Elocution Hamlet: 315
• Washingtons Sword and Franklins Staff J Q Adams: 317
• Patriotism Curtis: 320
• Veterans of the Battle of Bunker Hill Webster: 321
• A Picture of Dawn Everett: 324
• Story of John Maynard Gough: 327
• Address of Sergeant Buzfuz Dickens: 329
• The Crossing of the Ruricon Knowles: 333
• Supposed Speech of John Adams Webster: 335
• Pitt in Reply to Horatio Walpole: 339
• Thf Fruits of Lirerty Macaulay: 342
• The Spirit of Lirerty in the American Colonies Burke: 343
• Character of Lord Chatham Grattan: 347
• Ossians Address to the Sun Macpherson: 349
• Soliloquy of a Young Lady Taylor: 350
• Spartacus to the Gladiators Kellogg: 352
• The Loss of the Arctic Beecher: 356
• True Eloquence Webster 300: 360
• Mrs Caudles Views on Masonry jervold 301: 361
• Speech against the American War Chatham 303: 363
• An Appeal to Arms Part I Henry: 365
• An Appeal to Arms Part II: 368
• Christian Citizenship W Phillips 309: 371
• Emmets Last Speech Part I: 373
• Emmets Last Speech Part II: 376
• The Blind Preacher Wirt: 378
• Lirerty and Union Webster: 381
• Americas Orligations to England Barre: 382
• n POETICAL SELECTIONS 99 Kino Canute Thackeray: 385
• The Height of the Ridiculous Holmes: 389
• The Old Continentals McMaster: 390
• Binoen on the Rhine Norton: 393
• Love of Country Scott: 396
• The German Fatherland Arndt: 397
• The Eve before Waterloo Byron: 398
• The Blind Men and the Elephant Saxe: 401
• Ring Out Wild Bells Tennyson: 403
• The Wine Cup Stoddard: 404
• Douglas and Marmion Scott: 409
• Saint Jonathan Saxe: 411
• The Raven Poe: 414
• Apostrophe to the Ocean Byron: 419
• Tell Me Ye Winged Winds Mackay: 422
• Helps to Read Byrom: 424
• Mark Antonys Address Shakespeare: 425
• William Tell to his Native Mountains Knowles: 430
• The Graves of a Household Hemans: 432
• The Burial of Moses Alexander: 434
• False Deference to Wealth Khemnitzer: 437
• The Sono of the Shirt Hood: 439
• The Barons Last Banquet Greene: 443
• The Comet Holmes: 446
• A Visit from St Nicholas C C Moore: 449
• The Razor Seller Wolcott: 451
• Piano Music: 452
• The Countryman and the Lawyer Horace Smith: 454
• Rienzi to the Romans Mitford: 456
• Home Montgomery: 458
• St Philip Neri and the Youth Byrom: 459
• Analysis of Latin Derivatives: 461
• Phonic Chart: 479

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Swinton's First [-sixth] Reader, Book 5; Swinton's First [-sixth] Reader, William Swinton
• Author: William Swinton
• Publisher: American book Company, 1881