>>> YOU ARE VIEWING A 200 LINE SAMPLE OF EBOOK# E06909 <<< TITLE: SHORT STORIES AND SELECTIONS FOR USE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS AUTHOR: EMILIE KIP BAKER EBOOK: E06909 (O'Briens Book Cellar) LANGUAGE: ENGLISH SHORT STORIES AND SELECTIONS FOR USE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS COMPILED AND ANNOTATED, WITH QUESTIONS FOR STUDY BY EMILIE KIP BAKER [Illustration: Walter Scott's Library at Abbotsford] TABLE OF CONTENTS A LEAF IN THE STORM, _by_ Louise de la Ramee, _from_ A Leaf in the Storm and Other Stories CATS, _by_ Maurice Hewlett, _from_ Earthwork out of Tuscany AN ADVENTURE, _by_ Honore de Balzac, _from_ A Passion in the Desert FOR THOSE WHO LOVE MUSIC, _by_ Axel Munthe, _from_ Vagaries OUT OF DOORS, _by_ Richard Jefferies, _from_ Saint Guido THE TABOO, _by_ Herman Melville, _from_ Typee SCHOOL DAYS AT THE CONVENT, _by_ George Sand, _from_ The Story of My Life (adapted) IN BRITTANY, _by_ Louisa Alcott, _from_ Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag THE ADIRONDACKS, _by_ John Burroughs, _from_ Wake Robin AN ASCENT OF KILAUEA, _by_ Lady Brassey, _from_ Around the World in the Yacht Sunbeam THE FETISH, _by_ George Eliot, _from_ The Mill on the Floss SALMON FISHING IN IRELAND, _by_ James A. Froude, _from_ A Fortnight in Kerry ACROSS RUNNING WATER, _by_ Fiona Macleod, _from_ Sea Magic and Running Water THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS, _by_ Nathaniel Hawthorne, _from_ Grandfather's Chair THE WHITE TRAIL, _by_ Stewart Edward White, _from_ The Silent Places A DISSERTATION ON ROAST PIG, _by_ Charles Lamb, _from_ Essays of Elia THE LAST CLASS, _by_ Alphonse Daudet, _from_ Monday Tales AN ARAB FISHERMAN, _by_ Albert Edwards, _from_ The Barbary Coast THE ARCHERY CONTEST, _by_ Walter Scott, _from_ Ivanhoe BABY SYLVESTER, _by_ Bret Harte, _from_ Bret Harte's Writings THE ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG, _by_ Abraham Lincoln, _from_ Lincoln's Speeches THE SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS, _by_ Abraham Lincoln, _from_ Lincoln's Speeches AN APPRECIATION OF LINCOLN, _by_ John Hay, _from_ Life of Lincoln THE ELEPHANTS THAT STRUCK, _by_ Samuel White Baker, _from_ Eight Years in Ceylon THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP, _by_ Bret Harte THE STORY OF MUHAMMAD DIN, _by_ Rudyard Kipling, _from_ Plain Tales from the Hills A CHILD, _by_ John Galsworthy, _from_ Commentary TOO DEAR FOR THE WHISTLE, _by_ Benjamin Franklin, _from_ The Autobiography A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT, _by_ Robert Louis Stevenson, _from_ The New Arabian Nights A BAD FIVE MINUTES IN THE ALPS, _by_ Leslie Stephen, _from_ Freethinking and Plainspeaking (adapted) THE GOLD TRAIL, _by_ Stewart Edward White, _from_ Gold TWENTY YEARS OF ARCTIC STRUGGLE, _by_ J. Kennedy McLean, _from_ Heroes of the Farthest North and South (adapted) THE SPEECH IN MANCHESTER, _by_ Henry Ward Beecher, _from_ Addresses and Sermons A GREEN DONKEY DRIVER, _by_ Robert Louis Stevenson, _from_ Travels with a Donkey A NIGHT IN THE PINES, _by_ Robert Louis Stevenson, _from_ Travels with a Donkey LIFE IN OLD NEW YORK, _by_ Washington Irving, _from_ Knickerbocker's History of New York THE BAZAAR IN MOROCCO, _by_ Pierre Loti, _from_ Into Morocco A BATTLE OF THE ANTS, _by_ Henry D. Thoreau, _from_ Walden (adapted) AN AFRICAN PET, _by_ Paul B. du Chaillu, _from_ The African Forest and Jungle ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE, _by_ Lloyd Morgan, _from_ Animal Sketches (adapted) BUCK'S TRIAL OF STRENGTH, _by_ Jack London, _from_ The Call of the Wild ON THE SOLANDER WHALING GROUND, _by_ Frank Bullen, _from_ Idylls of the Sea AN EPISODE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, _by_ Charles Dickens, _from_ A Tale of Two Cities THE COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL, _by_ Pierre Loti, _from_ Into Morocco (adapted) WALT WHITMAN, _by_ John Burroughs, _from_ Whitman--A Study (adapted) HEROISM IN HOUSEKEEPING, _by_ Jane Welsh Carlyle, _from_ Letters A YOUTHFUL ACTOR, _by_ Thomas Bailey Aldrich, _from_ The Story of a Bad Boy WAR, _by_ Thomas Carlyle, _from_ Sartor Resartus COON-HUNTING, _by_ Ernest Ingersoll, _from_ Wild Neighbors (adapted) SIGHT IN SAVAGES, _by_ W. H. Hudson, _from_ Idle Days in Patagonia THE VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER, _by_ Washington Irving, _from_ The Sketch Book INTRODUCTION The testimony of librarians as to the kind of books people are reading nowadays is somewhat discouraging to the book-lover who has been brought up in the old traditions. We are told that Scott and Thackeray and George Eliot cannot compete with the year's "best sellers," and that the old classics are read only by the few who have a cultivated taste and a trained intelligence. The interest of novelty, the dislike of mental effort, the temptation to read merely for a mild sensation,--all these undoubtedly tend to keep down the level of literary taste. To many readers of good average ability, neither the esthetic nor the purely intellectual makes a strong appeal. Even minds of fine quality often find a welcome diversion in trivial reading. In fact, to expect every one and at all times to have his mind keyed up to the higher levels is neither sincere nor reasonable. And yet, making due allowance for intellectual limitations, for the busy and distracting conditions of modern life, and for the real need of light reading at times when recreation is of more value than instruction, it would seem that a fair proportion of our reading could and should be on a higher plane. To put it on this high plane is one of the fixed objects of the school. For this end the schools have given English an important place, have broadened the list of recommended books year by year, and have sought to improve the method of teaching literature. Especially have they hoped to create in the pupil the habit of reading good books and of discovering new material on his own initiative. Thus far their success has fallen much below their hopes, as the testimony of librarians, adduced above, plainly indicates. There is one significant fact which both librarians and teachers have observed. The average reader, child or adult, seldom knows how or where <<< END OF SAMPLE... 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