Introductory material
Reading edition
NAME. AUTHOR.
John Bull and His Island Alfred H. Miles The Red Rose of War F. Harald Williams England Eliza Cook A Song for Australia W. C. Bennet The Ploughshare of Old England Eliza Cook The Story of Abel Tasman Frances S. Lewin The Groom's Story A. Conan Doyle The Hardest Part I ever Played Re Henry The Story of Mr. King David Christie Murray The Art of Poetry From "Town Topics" The King of Brentford's Testament W. M. Thackeray. "Universally Respected" J. Brunton Stephens The Amenities of Shopping Leopold Wagner Shamus O'Brien J. S. Le Fanu Home, Sweet Home William Thomson The Cane Bottom'd Chair W. M. Thackeray The Alma W. C. Bennet The Mameluke Charge Sir F. H. Doyle My Lady's Leap Campbell Rae-Brown A Song for the end of the Season J. R. Planche The Aged Pilot-man Mark Twain Tim Keyser's Nose Max Adeler The Lost Expression Marshall Steele A Night Scene Robert B. Brough Karl the Martyr Frances Whiteside The Romance of Tenachelle Hercules Ellis Michael Flynn William Thomson A Night with a Stork William G. Wilcox An Unmusical Neighbour William Thomson The Chalice David Christie Murray Livingstone Henry Lloyd In Swanage Bay Mrs. Craik Ballad of Sir John Franklin G. H. Boker Phadrig Crohoore J. S. Le Fanu Cupid's Arrows Eliza Cook The Crocodile's Dinner Party E. Vinton Blake "Two Souls with but a Single Thought" William Thomson A Risky Ride Campbell Rae-Brown On Marriage Josh Billings The Romance of Carrigcleena Hercules Ellis The False Fontanlee W. C. Roscoe The Legend of St. Laura Thomas Love Peacock David Shaw, Hero J. Buckham Brotherhood Alfred H. Miles The Straight Rider H. S. M. Women and Work Alfred H. Miles A Country Story Alfred H. Miles The Beggar Maid Lord Tennyson The Vengeance of Kafur Clinton Scollard The Wishing Well V. W. Cloud The Two Church Builders John G. Saxe The Captain of the Northfleet Gerald Massey The Happiest Land H. W. Longfellow The Pipes of Lucknow J. G. Whittier The Battle of the Baltic Thomas Campbell The Grave Spoilers Hercules Ellis Bow-Meeting Song Reginald Heber The Ballad of Rou Lord Lytton Bingen on the Rhine Hon. Mrs. Norton Deeds, not Words Captain Marryat Old King Cole Alfred H. Miles The Green Domino Anonymous The Legend Beautiful H. W. Longfellow The Bell of Atri H. W. Longfellow The Storm Adelaide A. Proctor The Three Rulers Adelaide A. Proctor The Horn of Egremont Castle William Wordsworth The Miracle of the Roses Robert Southey The Bridal of Malahide Gerald Griffin The Daughter of Meath T. Haynes Bayley Glenara Thomas Campbell A Fable for Musicians Clara D. Bates Onward. A Tale of the S.E.R. Anonymous The Declaration N. P. Willis Love and Age Thomas Love Peacock Half an Hour before Supper Bret Harte He Worried About It S. W. Foss Astronomy made Easy Anonymous Brother Watkins John B. Gough Logic Anonymous The Pride of Battery B F. H. Gassaway The Dandy Fifth F. H. Gassaway Bay Billy F. H. Gassaway The Old Veteran Bayard Taylor Santa Claus Alfred H. Miles