_3_ INTRODUCTION

_4_ SUGGESTIONS

_5_ GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION

_6_ DEFINITIONS

_7_ HYMN TO ST. LA SALLE. _Mercedes_

_8_ COLUMBUS AT THE CONVENT. _J.T. Trowbridge_

_9_ THE LITTLE FERN. _Mara L. Pratt_

_10_ HELPING MOTHER.

_11_ A CONTENTED WORKMAN.

_12_ TWO LABORERS. _Thomas Carlyle_

_13_ THE GRUMBLING PUSS.

_14_ THE BROOK SONG. _James Whitcomb Riley_

_15_ THE STORY OF THE SEED-DOWN. _Rydingsvard_

_16_ THE USE OF FLOWERS. _Mary Howitt_

_17_ PIERRE'S LITTLE SONG.