Elson Grammer School Literature, book 4

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ELSON
GRAMMAR SCHOOL LITERATURE
BOOK FOUR
BY
WILLIAM H. ELSON
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, CLEVELAND, OHIO
AND
CHRISTINE KECK
PRINCIPAL OF SIGSBEE SCHOOL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
1912

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I--Famous Rides, Selections from Shakespeare and other Poets, and
Studies in Rhythm.
FAMOUS RIDES:
PAUL REVERE'S RIDE, Henry W. Longfellow THE LEAP OF ROUSHAN BEG, Henry W. Longfellow THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE AT BALAKLAVA, Alfred, Lord Tennyson THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN, William Cowper HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX, Robert Browning INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP, Robert Browning HERV�� RIEL, Robert Browning
STUDIES IN RHYTHM:
THE BUGLE SONG, Alfred, Lord Tennyson THE BROOK, Alfred, Lord Tennyson SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE, Sidney Lanier THE CATARACT OF LODORE, Robert Southey THE BELLS, Edgar Allan Poe ANNABEL LEE, Edgar Allan Poe OPPORTUNITY, Edward Rowland Sill
NATURE:
TO A WATERFOWL, William Cullen Bryant THE SKYLARK, James Hogg TO A SKYLARK, Percy Bysshe Shelley THE CLOUD, Percy Bysshe Shelley APOSTROPHE TO THE OCEAN, Lord Byron
STORIES:
THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB, Lord Byron THE EVE BEFORE WATERLOO, Lord Byron SONG OF THE GREEK BARD, Lord Byron MARCO BOZZARIS, Fitz-Greene Halleck THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, Charles Wolfe ABSALOM, Nathaniel Parker Wills LOCHINVAR, Sir Walter Scott PARTING OF MARMION AND DOUGLAS, Sir Walter Scott FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT, Robert Burns
SELECTIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE:
MERCY, The Merchant of Venice THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN, As You Like It POLONIUS'S ADVICE, Hamlet MAN, Hamlet HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY, Hamlet REPUTATION, Othello WOLSEY AND CROMWELL, King Henry VIII CASSIO AND IAGO, Othello

PART II--Great American Authors
WASHINGTON IRVING RIP VAN WINKLE THE VOYAGE
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE THE GREAT STONE FACE MY VISIT TO NIAGARA
EDGAR ALLAN POE A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTR?M THE RAVEN
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW EVANGELINE: A TALE OF ACADIE THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER SNOW-BOUND THE SHIP BUILDERS
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE; OR THE WONDERFUL "ONE-HOSS SHAY" OLD IRONSIDES THE BOYS THE LAST LEAF
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL YUSSOUF
SIDNEY LANIER THE MARSHES OF GLYNN

PART III--Patriotic Selections
REGULUS BEFORE THE ROMAN SENATE, Epes Sargent THE RETURN OF REGULUS, Elijah Kellogg SPARTACUS TO THE GLADIATORS, Elijah Kellogg MERIT BEFORE BIRTH, Sallust RIENZI'S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS, Mary Russell Mitford EMMET'S VINDICATION Robert Emmet KING PHILLIP TO THE WHITE SETTLER, Edward Everett THE CAPTURE OF QUEBEC, Francis Parkman ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES, Edmund Burke THE WAY TO WEALTH, Benjamin Franklin SPEECH ON A RESOLUTION TO PUT VIRGINIA INTO A STATE OF DEFENCE, Patrick Henry THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY, Edward Everett Hale LOVE OF COUNTRY, Sir Walter Scott NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, Charles Phillips THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS, Charles Sumner THE EVILS OF WAR, Henry Clay PEACE, THE POLICY OF A NATION, John C. Calhoun THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF NEW ENGLAND, Daniel Webster SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS, Daniel Webster SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE UNION, Robert Hayne REPLY TO HAYNE, Daniel Webster DEDICATION SPEECH AT GETTYSBURG, Abraham Lincoln LINCOLN, THE GREAT COMMONER, Edwin Markham O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN, Walt Whitman FAREWELL ADDRESS, George Washington THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS, Henry Ward Beecher THE AMERICAN FLAG, J. R. Drake WARREN'S ADDRESS AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, John Pierpont COLUMBUS, Joaquin Miller RECESSIONAL--A VICTORIAN, Rudyard Kipling A DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN, Cardinal Newman

COURSE OF READING
In the ELSON READERS selections are grouped according to theme or authorship. This arrangement, however, is not intended to fix an order for reading in class; its purpose is to emphasise classification, facilitate comparison, and enable pupils to appreciate similarities and contrasts in the treatment of like themes by different authors.
To give variety,