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 HERVÉ 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 MAELSTRÖM 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