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Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools

MODERN BOOKS FOR HOME READING

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BOOKS OF FICTION

Two Gentlemen of KentuckyJames Lane Allen

Standish of StandishJane G. Austin

D'ri and IIrving Bacheller

Eben Holden " "

The HalfbackR.H. Barbour

For King or CountryJames Barnes

A Loyal Traitor " "

A Bow of Orange RibbonAmelia E. Barr

Jan Vedder's Wife " "

Remember the Alamo " "

The Little MinisterJ.M. Barrie

The Little White Bird " "

Sentimental Tommy " "

Wee MacGregorJ.J. Bell.

Looking BackwardEdward Bellamy

Master SkylarkJohn Bennett

A Princess of ThuleWilliam Black

Lorne DooneR.D. Blackmore

Mary CaryK.L. Bosher

Miss Gibbie Gault " "

Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë

Villette " "

Meadow GrassAlice Brown

Tiverton Tales " "

The Story of a PloughboyJames Bryce

My RobinF.H. Burnett

The Secret Garden " "

T. Tembarom " "

The Jackknife ManEllis Parker Butler

The Begum's DaughterE.L. Bynner

BonaventureG.W. Cable

Dr. Sevier " "

The Golden Rule DolliversMargaret Cameron

The Lady of Fort St. JohnMary Hartwell Catherwood

Lazarre " "

Old Kaskaskia " "

The Romance of Dollard " "

The Story of Tonty " "

The White Islander " "

Richard CarvelWinston Churchill

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtSamuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)

Pudd'nhead Wilson " "

The Prince and the Pauper " "

Tom Sawyer " "

John Halifax, GentlemanD.M. Craik (Miss Mulock)

The Red Badge of CourageStephen Crane

Whilomville Stories " "

A Roman SingerF.M. Crawford

Saracinesca " "

Zoroaster " "

The Lilac SunbonnetS.R. Crockett

The Stickit Minister " "

Smith College StoriesJ.D. Daskam [Bacon]

GallegherR.H. Davis

The Princess Aline " "

Soldiers of Fortune " "

Old Chester TalesMargaret Deland

The Story of a Child " "

Hugh GwyethB.M. Dix

Soldier Rigdale " "

Rebecca MaryAnnie Hamilton Donnell

The Very Small Person " "

The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesA. Conan Doyle

Micah Clarke " "

The Refugees " "

Uncle Bernac " "

The Black TulipAlexander Dumas

The Three Musketeers " "

Doctor Luke of the LabradorNorman Duncan

The Story of Sonny SahibSara J. Duncan

The Hoosier SchoolboyEdward Eggleston

The Hoosier Schoolmaster " "

The Honorable Peter StirlingP.L. Ford

Janice Meredith " "

In the ValleyHarold Frederic

A New England NunM.E. Wilkins Freeman

The Portion of Labor " "

Six Trees " "

Friendship VillageZona Gale

Boy Life on the PrairieHamlin Garland

Prairie Folks " "

Toby: The Story of a DogElizabeth Goldsmith

College GirlsAbby Carter Goodloe

Glengarry School DaysCharles W. Gordon (Ralph Connor)

The Man from Glengarry " "

The Prospector " "

The Sky Pilot " "

The Man Without a CountryE.E. Hale

Nights with Uncle RemusJ.C. Harris

The Log of a Sea AnglerC.F. Holder

PhrosoAnthony Hope [Hawkins]

The Prisoner of Zenda " "

Rupert of Hentzau " "

One SummerB.W. Howard

The Flight of Pony BakerW.D. Howells

Tom Brown at OxfordThomas Hughes

Tom Brown's School Days " "

The Lady of the BargeW.W. Jacobs

Odd Craft " "

RamonaH.H. Jackson

Little CitizensMyra Kelly

Wards of Liberty " "

Horseshoe RobinsonJ.P. Kennedy

The Brushwood BoyRudyard Kipling

Captains Courageous " "

The Jungle Book " "

Kim " "

Puck of Pook's Hill " "

Tales of the Fish PatrolJack London

The SlowcoachE.V. Lucas

Beside the Bonnie Brier BushIan Maclaren (John Watson)

A Doctor of the Old School " "

Peg o' my HeartJ.H. Manners

Emmy LouG.M. Martin

Tilly: A Mennonite MaidH.R. Martin

Jim DavisJohn Masefield

Four FeathersA.E.W. Mason

The Adventures of FrançoisS.W. Mitchell

Hugh Wynne " "

Anne of AvonleaL.M. Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables " "

The Chronicles of Avonlea " "

Down the RavineMary N. Murfree (Charles Egbert Craddock)

In the Tennessee MountainsMary N. Murfree

The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain " "

The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains " "

The House of a Thousand CandlesMeredith Nicholson

MotherKathleen Norris

PeanutA.B. Paine

Judgments of the SeaRalph D. Paine

The Man with the Iron HandJohn C. Parish

Pierre and his PeopleGilbert Parker

Seats of the Mighty " "

When Valmond Came to Pontiac " "

A Madonna of the TubsE.S. Phelps [Ward]

A Singular LifeE.S. Phelps [Ward]

FrecklesG.S. Porter

EzekielLucy Pratt

Ezekiel Expands " "

November JoeHesketh Prichard

Men of IronHoward Pyle

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood " "

The Splendid SpurA.T. Quiller-Couch

Lovey MaryAlice Hegan Rice

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch " "

Sandy " "

The Feet of the FurtiveC.G.D. Roberts

The Heart of an Ancient WoodC.G.D. Roberts

The Wreck of the GrosvenorW.C. Russell

Two Girls of Old New JerseyAgnes C. Sage

Little JarvisMolly Elliot Seawell

A Virginia Cavalier " "

The Quest of the Fish-Dog SkinJ.W. Schultz

The Black ArrowRobert Louis Stevenson

David Balfour " "

The Master of Ballantrae " "

St. Ives " "

The Fugitive BlacksmithC.D. Stewart

The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. AleshineFrank R. Stockton

The Dusantes " "

The Lady or the Tiger " "

The Merry Chanter " "

Rudder Grange " "

Napoleon JacksonRuth McE. Stuart

Sonny " "

Monsieur BeaucaireBooth Tarkington

ExpiationOctave Thanet (Alice French)

Stories of a Western Town " "

The Golden Book of VeniceF.L. Turnbull

W.A.G.'s TaleMargaret Turnbull

Ben HurLew Wallace

A Fair God " "

My Rag PickerMary E. Waller

The Wood Carver of 'Lympus " "

The Story of AbStanley Waterloo

Daddy Long-LegsJean Webster

A Gentleman of FranceStanley J. Weyman

Under the Red Robe " "

The Blazed TrailStewart Edward White

The Conjuror's House " "

The Silent Places " "

The Westerners " "

A Certain Rich ManWilliam Allen White

The Court of Boyville " "

Stratagems and Spoils " "

The GayworthysA.D.T. Whitney

Mother Carey's ChickensK.D. Wiggin [Riggs]

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm " "

The Chronicles of Rebecca " "

The Story of Waitstill Baxter " "

Princeton StoriesJ.L. Williams

Philosophy FourOwen Wister

The Virginian " "

Bootles' BabyJohn Strange Winter (H.E. Stannard)

The Widow O'Callaghan's BoysGulielma Zollinger (W.Z. Gladwin)

NON-FICTION BOOKS

The Klondike StampedeE.T. Adney

The Land of Little RainMary Austin

Camps in the RockiesW.A. Baillie-Grohman

The Boys' Book of InventionsR.S. Baker

A Second Book of Inventions " "

My Book of Little DogsF.T. Barton

The Lighter Side of Irish LifeG.A. Birmingham (J.O. Hannay)

Wonderful Escapes by AmericansW.S. Booth

The Training of Wild AnimalsFrank Bostock

Confederate PortraitsGamaliel Bradford

American Fights and FightersCyrus T. Brady

Commodore Paul Jones " "

The Conquest of the Southwest " "

The Every-Day Life of Abraham LincolnF.F. Browne

The Boyhood and Youth of NapoleonOscar Browning

The New NorthAgnes Cameron

The Boys' Book of Modern MarvelsC.L.J. Clarke

The Boys' Book of Airships " "

Personal Recollections of Joan of ArcSamuel L. Clemens

The Wireless ManF.A. Collins

Old Boston Days and WaysM.C. Crawford

Romantic Days in Old Boston " "

Harriet Beecher StoweM.F. Crowe

Wild Animals and the CameraW.P. Dando

FootballP.H. Davis

Stories of InventorsRussell Doubleday

Navigating the AirDoubleday Page and Co.

Mr. Dooley's OpinionsF.P. Dunne

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy " "

Edison: His Life and InventionsDyer and Martin

Child Life in Colonial DaysAlice Morse Earle

Colonial Days in Old New York " "

Stage Coach and Tavern Days " "

Two Centuries of Costume in America " "

Old Indian DaysCharles Eastman

The Life of the FlyJ.H. Fabre

The Life of the Spider " "

The Wonders of the HeavensCamille Flammarion

Boys and Girls: A Book of VerseJ.W. Foley

Following the Sun FlagJohn Fox, Jr.

Four Months Afoot in SpainHarry A. Franck

A Vagabond Journey around the World " "

Zone Policeman 88 " "

The Trail of the Gold SeekerHamlin Garland

In Eastern Wonder LandsC.E. Gibson

The Hearth of Youth: Poems for Young PeopleJeannette Gilder (Ed.)

Heroes of the Elizabethan AgoEdward Gilliat

Camping on Western TrailsE.R. Gregor

Camping in the Winter Woods " "

American Big GameG.B. Grinnell (Ed.)

Trail and Camp FireGrinnell and Roosevelt (Ed.)

Life at West PointH.I. Hancock

Camp Kits and Camp LifeC.S. Hanks

The Boys' ParkmanL.S. Hasbrouck (Ed.)

Historic AdventuresR.S. Holland

Camp Fires in the Canadian RockiesW.T. Hornaday

Our Vanishing Wild Life " "

Taxidermy and Zoölogical Collecting " "

Two Years in the Jungle " "

My Mark TwainW.D. Howells

A Woman's Way through Unknown LabradorMrs. Leonidas Hubbard

Animal CompetitorsErnest Ingersoll

My Lady of the Chimney CornerAlexander Irvine

The Indians of the Painted Desert RegionG.W. James

The Boys' Book of ExplorationsTudor Jenks

Through the South Sea with Jack LondonMartin Johnson

A Wayfarer in ChinaElizabeth Kendall

The Tragedy of PeleeGeorge Kennan

Recollections of a Drummer BoyH.M. Kieffer

The Story of the TrapperA.C. Laut

Animals of the PastF.A. Lucas

Marjorie FlemingL. Macbean (Ed.)

From Sail to SteamA.T. Mahan

Æegean Days and Other SojournsJ. Irving Manatt

The Story of a Piece of CoalE.A. Martin

The Friendly StarsMartha E. Martin

The Boys' Life of EdisonW.H. Meadowcroft

Serving the RepublicNelson A. Miles

In Beaver WorldEnos A. Mills

Mosquito LifeE.G. Mitchell

The Childhood of AnimalsP.C. Mitchell

The Youth of WashingtonS.W. Mitchell

Lewis CarrollBelle Moses

Charles Dickens " "

Louisa M. Alcott " "

The Country of Sir Walter ScottC.S. Olcott

Storytelling PoemsF.J. Olcott (Ed.)

Mark Twain: A BiographyA.B. Paine

The Man with the Iron HandJohn C. Parish

Nearest the PoleRobert E. Peary

A Book of Famous VerseAgnes Repplier (Ed.)

Florence NightingaleLaura E. Richards

Children of the TenementsJacob A. Riis

The Wilderness HunterTheodore Roosevelt

American Big Game HuntingRoosevelt and Grinnell (Ed.)

Hunting in Many Lands " "

My Air ShipsAlberto Santos-Dumont

Paul JonesMolly Elliott Seawell

With the Indians in the RockiesJ.W. Schultz

Curiosities of the SkyGarrett P. Serviss

Where Rolls the OregonDallas Lore Sharp

Nature in a City YardC.M. Skinner

The Wild White WoodsRussell D. Smith

The Story of the New England WhalersJ.R. Spears

Camping on the Great LakesR.S. Spears

My Life with the EskimosVilhjalmar Stefansson

With Kitchener to KhartumG.W. Stevens

Across the PlainsR.L. Stevenson

Letters of a Woman HomesteaderElinore P. Stewart

Hunting the Elephant in AfricaC.H. Stigand

The Black BearW.H. Wright

The Grizzly Bear " "

George WashingtonWoodrow Wilson

The Workers: The EastW.A. Wyckoff

The Workers: The West " "

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