34 At Supper. 35 A Winter Morning. 35 In the Evening. 36 My Kitten. Third Year-Second Half 39 A Sleigh Ride. 41 The Story of a Stream. 45 In the Summer. 46 Carlo. 46 Black Beauty. 47 Our Front Hall. Fourth Year- First Half 49 "Driving Home the Cows." 50 A Pound of Butter. 51 A Barrel of Flour. 51 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. 52 A Loaf of Bread. 59 A Fur Tippet. 60 How Shoes Are Made. 61 At Church. 62 In the Kitchen. 64 In a Dry Goods Store. 64 Pioneer Life. 67 In the Pantry. 68 Fisherman's Luck. Fifth Year-First Half 71 "The Meeting." 72 A Spelling Match. 74 From New York to London. 74 A Pocket Handkerchief. 79 At the Daily Market. 80 A Fire at our School. Fifth Year - Second Half 83 At the Post Office. 90 What a Boy Wears. 93 North and South America. Sixth Year- First Half 95 "The Class." 97 Columbus. 100 The New England States. 103 The Central Plain. NOTE. - The order of these exercises should be rearranged to meet the require- I tell you, earnestly, you must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable, nay, letter by letter. . . . A well-educated gentleman may not know many languages, may not be able to speak any but his own, may have read very few books; but whatever language he knows, he knows precisely; whatever word he pronounces, he pronounces rightly. Let the accent of words be watched, and closely; let their meaning be watched more closely still. -JOHN RUSKIN. |