STORY HOUR READINGS

SEVENTH YEAR

E. C. HARTWELL, M.A., M.Pd.

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

A SHEAF OF LEGENDS

ALI HAFED'S QUEST

HOW KILHUGH RODE TO ARTHUR'S HALL

THE GIFT OF THE WHITE BEAR

THE STORY OF IRON

THE WONDERFUL ARTISAN

CHARLEMAGNE AND ROLAND

KEEPING THE BRIDGE

PIONEER DAYS

THE STORY OF MOLLY PITCHER

KING PHILIP TO THE WHITE SETTLERS

PIONEER LIFE IN OHIO

WITCHCRAFT

TEA PARTIES IN OLD NEW YORK

A SCHOOL OF LONG AGO

FRENCH LIFE IN THE NORTHWEST

A BEAR STORY

A PATRIOT OF GEORGIA

SONG OF THE PIONEERS

SPECIAL DAYS

COLUMBUS AND THE ECLIPSE

FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY PROCLAMATION

THANKSGIVING DAY PROCLAMATION, 1905

HARVEST SONG

THE CRATCHITS' CHRISTMAS

THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT

CHRISTMAS IN THE PINES

THE NEW YEAR'S DINNER PARTY

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN

WASHINGTON'S GREATEST BATTLE

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON

MEMORIAL DAY, 1917

ADVENTURE

A GRANDSTAND SEAT IN THE SKY

PRAYER FOR THE PILOT

A BATTLE WITH A WHALE

THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS

HOW BUCK WON THE BET

THE LOSS OF THE DRAKE

THE WALRUS HUNT

THE RESCUE

DESCENDING THE GRAND CAÑON

NIGHT FISHING IN THE SOUTH SEAS

A BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST

UNDER THE OPEN SKY

A NIGHT AMONG THE PINES

AUTUMN ON THE FARM

GOLDENROD

THE PALISADES

ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET

TO A WATERFOWL

A NIGHT IN THE TROPICS

A WINTER RIDE

THE SNOWSTORM

SNOW-BOUND

TOM PINCH'S RIDE

ODE TO A BUTTERFLY

IN THE DESERT

MAY IS BUILDING HER HOUSE

THE DAFFODILS

THE FALLS OF LODORE

STORIES THAT TEACH

AN ADVENTURE IN BROTHERHOOD

THE PRAYER PERFECT

GET OUT OR GET IN LINE

JOHN MARSHALL OF VIRGINIA

OPPORTUNITY

BOY WANTED

JOHN LITTLEJOHN

THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM

TWO SIDES TO EVERY QUESTION

IF I WERE A BOY

THE LESSON OF THE WATER MILL

A MOTTO OF OXFORD

SAILING AND FAILING

USE AND ABUSE OF TIME

HIDDEN TREASURE

THE SOLITARY REAPER

IN GOOD HUMOR

THE STAGECOACH

THE CHAMELEON

THE PICKWICK CLUB ON ICE

DARIUS GREEN AND HIS FLYING MACHINE

AUNT DOLEFUL'S VISIT

GRADGRIND'S IDEA OF EDUCATION

THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE, OR THE WONDERFUL "ONE-HOSS SHAY"

THE SCHOOLMASTER'S RIDE

SIGNING PETITIONS

IN TIME OF WAR

GREAT LITTLE RIVERS

THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE

LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

HERVÉ RIEL

THE SONG OF THE CAMP

CABIN BOY AND ADMIRAL

LITTLE GIFFEN

MARCO BOZZARIS

SAN JUAN HILL

BURIAL OF A SOLDIER IN FRANCE

OUR COUNTRY

AMERICA FOR ME

WARREN'S ADDRESS AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?

THE RISING OF '76

OUR OWN COUNTRY

PATRICK HENRY'S SPEECH

ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO MRS. BIXBY

THE FLOWER OF LIBERTY

TRUE PATRIOTISM

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

O BEAUTIFUL! MY COUNTRY!

THE PROBLEMS OF THE REPUBLIC

THE MEANING OF AMERICANISM

WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE?

A PATRIOTIC CREED

FROM GREAT BOOKS

THE LISTS AT ASHBY

THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM

DOUBTING CASTLE

CHRISTMAS EVE AT FEZZIWIG'S

JEAN VALJEAN MEETS THE BISHOP

A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT

THE STRUGGLE IN THE ARENA

POLONIUS'S ADVICE TO HIS SON

MERCY

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