GOLDEN GRAIN

GARNERED FROM THE WORLD'S GREAT HARVEST-FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE COMPRISING Selections from the ablest Modern Writers. OF Prose, Poetry, and Legendary Lore Some Books with heaps of chaff are stored And some do Golden Grain afford; Leave then the chaff and spend thy pains In gathering up the Golden Grains. Elegantly Illustrated. J.C. CHILTON & COMPANY, DETROIT. MICH., 1884.

COPYRIGHTED 1884. J.C. CHILTON & CO.

PRESS OF RAYNOR & TAYLOR, 75 BATES STREET. DETROIT.

Henry W. Longfellow. James Russell Lowell. Alfred Tennyson. John G. Whittier. William Cullen Bryant. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Hans Christian Andersen. Peter Christian Asbjornsen. William Shakespeare. Sir Isaac Newton. Rev. Laurence Sterne. Hon. John D. Long. John G. Saxe. Paul H. Hayne. Charles Dickens. Sir Walter Scott. Thomas Moore. Thomas Gray. Lord Lytton. J. C. F. Schiller. George William Curtis. Martin van Buren. George Washington. James A. Garfield. Rev. Charles Kingsley. Barry Cornwall. Phœbe Cary. Sidney Dayre. Lucie Cobb. Phila H. Case. Lucy Larcom. Rose Hartwick Thorpe. Mary D. Brine. Elizabeth Akers. Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt. George Mcdonald. Emma Alice Brown. Samuel Rogres. Bret Harte. George L. Catlin. J. T. Choate. George D. Prentice. Nathaniel P. Willis. Edwin P. Whipple. Phillip James Bailey. D. Bethune Duffield. William L. Smith. Friederich Grimm.

It has been the constant endeavor of the publishers of GOLDEN GRAIN, to produce a book in every respect worthy to be classed among the very best works offered to an intelligent public.

Many of the selections are protected by copyright and for the use of such, special thanks are due to the following publishers, for the courtesies extended.

To Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., for selections from Longfellow, Whittier, and Miss Cary; Messrs. D. Lothrop & Co., for use of selections from Mrs. Piatt, Paul Hayne, and Mary D. Brine; and to those authors who have furnished special contributions, we are under many obligations.

The volume is sent forth with the belief that such a work will meet with appreciative readers all over the land.

The best introduction to a book is a glance at its pages, an examination of its illustrations and the names of its authors.

In all the essentials which go to make up a work which shall meet with popular favor and a wide range of readers, the Editor and Publishers confidently believe that GOLDEN GRAIN presents a high standard of excellence.

That all tastes might be suited, the literature of all modern nations has been searched and selections of the highest standard made therefrom.

Golden Grain only has been garnered. The great fields of knowledge have been visited, and none but the choicest and ripest kernels have been chosen.

Young Folks must, and will, have something to read—something to feed the mind as well as the body. It therefore becomes a very important duty of parents to make choice of such books as are pure in tone and elevating in sentiment; and it follows also, as night follows day, that if parents fail or neglect this duty the young folks themselves will find something to read, nor will they be so careful in their selections.

In GOLDEN GRAIN will be found a work in every respect worthy of a place in the Family Circle. Its pages lend inspiration to fight life's battles nobly. Those who go out from a home with noble impulses, pure motives, and true hearts will bear the burden of Earth's cares, duties and disappointments with patience and resignation, having

"A heart to resolve, a head to contrive and a hand to execute."

Harvest Song John G. Whittier 13

Minute Men of Liberty George William Curtis 14

Kind Hearts 16

The Children's Hour Henry W. Longfellow 17

The Brook Alfred Tennyson 21

Eulogy on Garfield James G. Blaine 23

Gems from James A. Garfield 24

At the Fireside John D. Long 25

The Frost Spirit John G. Whittier 26

The Arrow and the Song Henry W. Longfellow 29

The Bridge Henry W. Longfellow 31

The Responsive Chord J. William Jones 34

Grandma's Angel Sidney Dayre 35

Cold, Bitter Cold Hans Christian Andersen 37

Nobody's Child Phila H. Case 42

Snow-White and Rosy-Red Friederich Grimm 45

The Song of the Thrush Lucy Larcom 58

The Fox and the Geese 60

Count That Day Lost 61

The Children in the Moon 62

A Night in a Norwegian Forest P. Chr. Asbjornsen 65

Two Little Kittens 88

Labor of Authorship 90

She Was Somebody's Mother 92

Dot Lambs What Mary Haf Got 94

The Mills of God Henry W. Longfellow 95

Bob Cratchit's Christmas Charles Dickens 96

Full Many a Gem Thomas Gray 103

A Snug Little Island 104

Don't Crowd Charles Dickens 111

The Boys Oliver Wendell Holmes 112

Quarrel Between

Mountain and Squirrel Ralph Waldo Emerson 114

For Fathers Sake 116

Backbone 130

A Dog Sheep-Stealer 132

The Best Answer to Calumny George Washington 133

If We Knew Phœbe Cary 134

Holiday Song D. Bethune Duffield 137

A Queer Duckling Hans Christian Andersen 138

Truth James Russell Lowell 156

The Clearin' 157

Prince Willful's Three Lessons J. T. Choate 161

Miss Edith Helps Things Along F. Bret Harte 170

The Giant Who Had No Heart P. Chr. Asbjornsen 173

Beauty Everywhere W. L. Smith 185

Bread on the Waters George L. Catlin 186

The Use of Books 189

The Spring 190

Gem from "Lalla Rookh" Thomas Moore 190

How Bayard Shot the Bear J. T. Choate 191

How We Live Phillip James Bailey 195

New Year's Eve Alfred Tennyson 197

East of the Sun and

West of the Moon P. Chr. Asbjornsen 199

Do; Not Dream Charles Kingsley 216

The Baby in the Home George MacDonald 217

Saturday Afternoon N. P. Willis 220

The King of the Night Barry Cornwall 222

A 'Rithmetic Lesson Phillip James Bailey 225

Press on 227

Fairies or Fireflies Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt 228

Speak No Ill 229

The Ambitious Twig Lucie Cobbe 230

Universal Law Samuel Rogers 233

The Turk and the Fiddler Friederich Grimm 234

Sober Second Thought Martin Van Buren 241

Little Lottie's Grievance Paul H. Hayne 242

There is no Death Lord Lytton 245

The Siege of Troy J. C. Chilton 248

Think for Thyself Wilson 251

George Nidiver F. Brete Hart 252

March and the Boys Mary D. Brine 255

The Crusades J. C. Chilton 259

Pride of Native Land Sir Walter Scott 262

The Children's Crusade J. C. Chilton 263

The Soldier's Reprieve Rose Hartwick Thorpe 265

The Maid of Orleans J. C. Chilton 269

'Tis Only Noble to be Good Alfred Tennyson 272

A Bird's Story M. E. B. 274

The Wolf and the

Seven Kids Freiderich Grimm 276

There is a Day of Sunny Rest William Cullen Bryant 280

Birdie and Baby Alfred Tennyson 281

The Influence of Books Edwin P. Whipple 282

Rock Me to Sleep Elizabeth Akers 283

Heroism Ralph Waldo Emerson 285

Politeness 285

Measuring the Baby Emma Alice Brown 286

Pearl of Thought Johann Chr. F. Schiller 288

The Noble Roman John G. Saxe 288

The Engineer's Story 289

As He Saw Himself Sir Isaac Newton 293

The Random Shaft Sir Walter Scott 293

Two Brave Boys Pritt's "Border Life" 294

Undoubted Evidence Rev. Laurence Stern 298

The Flight of Years George D. Prentice 299

Airy Nothings William Shakespeare 304

"SUMMER."