Punctuation marks 7
articulation 9
accent and inflection 23

Selections in prose and poetry.

Title.                        Author.                 Page
1.  Perseverance                 Charlotte Elizabeth     25
2.  Try, Try Again               T. H. Palmer            28
3.  Why the Sea Is Salt          Mary Howitt             29
4.  Why the Sea Is Salt          Mary Howitt             32
5.  Popping Corn                                         34
6.  Smiles                                               35
7.  Lazy Ned                                             38
8.  The Monkey                                           39
9.  Meddlesome Matty                                     42
10.  The Good Son                                         44
11.  To-morrow                    Mrs. M. B. Johnson.     45
12.  Where there is a Will there is a Way                 47
13.  Piccola                      Celia Thaxter           48
14.  True Manliness               Mrs. M. Q. Johnson      50
15.  True Manliness               Mrs. M. O. Johnson      52
16.  The Brown Thrush             Lucy Larcom             54
17.  A Ship in a Storm                                    55
18.  The Sailor’s Consolation     Charles Dibdin          58
19.  Two Ways of Telling a Story  Henry K. Oliver         60
20.  Freaks of the Frost          Hannah Flagg Gould      63
21.  Waste not, Want not                                  64
22.  Jeannette and Jo             Mary Mapes Dodge        67
23.  The Lion                                             69
24.  Strawberries                 J. T. Trowbridge        71
25.  Harry’s Riches                                       74
26.  In Time’s Swing              Lucy Larcom             77
27.  Harry and his Dog            Mary Russell Mitford    79
28.  The Voice of the Grass       Sarah Roberts           83
29.  The Eagle                                            84
30.  The Old Eagle Tree           Dr. John Todd           86
31.  Alpine Song                  W. W. Story             88
32.  Circumstances alter Cases                            89
33.  The Noblest Revenge                                  94
34.  Evening Hymn                                         97
35.  How Margery Wondered         Lucy Larcom             99
36.  The Child’s World                                   103
37.  Susie’s Composition                                 104
38.  The Summer Shower            T. B. Read             109
39.  Consequences of Idleness     Abbott                 110
40.  Advantages of Industry       Abbott                 113
41.  The Fountain                 Lowell                 116
42.  Coffee                                              117
43.  The Winter King              Hannah Flagg Gould     120
44.  The Nettle                   Dr. Walsh              121
45.  The Tempest                  James T. Fields        125