35. HEMANS, FELICIA D. 79. WARNER, CHARLES DUDLEY
36. HOOD, THOMAS 80. "CAPITAL" (WASHINGTON)
37. HUNT, LEIGH 81. WEBSTER
38. INGELOW, JEAN 82. WEEMS, MASON L.
39. IRVING 83. WHITTIER
40. JERROLD, DOUGLAS 84. WILSON, JOHN
41. JOHNSON, SAMUEL 85. WIRT, WILLIAM
42. KEBLE, JOHN 86. WOLFE, CHARLES
43. KINGSLEY, CHARLES 87. WOTTON, SIR HENRY
44. KNOWLES, SHERIDAN



McGuffey's Fifth Reader



1. THE GOOD READER.

1. It is told of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, that, as he was
seated one day in his private room, a written petition was brought to him
with the request that it should be immediately read. The King had just
returned from hunting, and the glare of the sun, or some other cause, had
so dazzled his eyes that he found it difficult to make out a single word
of the writing.

2. His private secretary happened to be absent; and the soldier who
brought the petition could not read. There was a page, or favorite boy
servant, waiting in the hall, and upon him the King called. The page was a
son of one of the noblemen of the court, but proved to be a very poor