WHAT THE SUNBEAMS DO.
What work do the sunbeams do for us? They do two things,—they give us light…
TWO WAYS OF TELLING A STORY.
I. Who is this? A careless little midshipman, idling about in a great city,…
THE STORY OF THOMAS BECKET.
I. HIS LIFE. Henry II. began his reign over England in the year 1154, and…
THE STORY OF TEMPE WICK.
There are so many curious and unexpected things which may happen in time of war,…
THE SOLDIER’S DREAM.
Our bugles sang truce; for the night cloud had lowered,And the sentinel stars set their…
THE SKYLARK.
Bird of the wilderness, Blithesome and cumberless, Sweet be thy matin o’er moorland and lea!…
THE SHIPWRECK.
I. Having made up my mind to go down to Yarmouth, I went round to…
THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAN’S NEST.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. “So the dreams depart, So the fading phantoms flee, And the sharp…
THE ROBIN.
The robin is perhaps the best known of all our birds. The name is so…
THE PILGRIMS. (1620.)
Edward Everett. Methinks I see one solitary, adventurous vessel, the “Mayflower,” of a forlorn hope,…