1 In this way, first by accumulating and then by eliminating, we have here for this Grade a group of readings that fairly represents the choice of the whole Milwaukee teaching force concerned; and this choice being determined chiefly by the needs, capacity, and ability of the pupils themselves, it may therefore well be claimed that the present Reader offers to all children of this Grade those literary classics that have proved most profitable and enjoyable to other boys and girls of their own age. MILWAUKEE, Wis., July, 1910. C. G. PEARSE. SELECTIONS FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE. THE LADY OF THE LAKE.. SIR WALTER SCOTT. CANTO FIRST (Lines 28-181). THE stag at eve had drunk his fill, And faint, from farther distance borne, II. As Chief, who hears his warder call, The dew-drops from his flanks he shook; A moment listened to the cry, That thickened as the chase drew nigh; III. Yelled on the view the opening pack; IV. Less loud the sounds of sylvan war |