Volume VIII, page 242. To a Waterfowl. While usually it is better to allow each person to learn the lines that most appeal to him, yet some help should be given children. No two people will select all of the same things, though probably all would agree on some few things as being of the highest excellence. Some lines should be learned because of their beauty in description, others because of beauty in phraseology, and still others because of beauty in sentiment. Search should be made, too, for those things which are inspirational, and which will be strong aids in the building of character. We append a few pages of quotations taken at random from the volumes. They will They will prove handy when the parent or teacher is pressed for time, and the references to volume and page will enable the busy person to find the context readily, if that seems desirable. The quotations below are arranged in the order of their appearance in Journeys Through Bookland. This will enable anyone to locate them easily. The lines cover a wide range of thought and will furnish an endless variety of material for stories, comment, question and conversation. Some of them cannot be appreciated without a knowledge of their setting in the original poem or prose selection, while others are complete and perfect as they stand. One of the best ways to teach a poem or selection is to begin by creating an interest in a quotation from it. For instance, "Write me as one who loves his fellow men," will lead the way to an acquaintance with the old favorite Abou Ben Adhem. In fact, only after the poem has been read and appreciated will a person get the full force of the idea, "Write me as one who loves his fellow men." One Hundred Choice Quotations Early to bed, and early to rise, Is the way to be healthy, wealthy and wise. -Page 8. Had it not been for your buzz I should not even have known you were there.-Page 67. The Rock-a-by Lady from Hushaby street, With poppies that hang from her head to her feet. I saw the dimpling river pass -Page 90. And be the sky's blue looking-glass.-Page 128. In through the window a moonbeam comes, Little gold moonbeam with misty wings. -Page 131. Oh, the world's running over with joy. -Page 146. The honorable gentleman has not told us who is to hang the bell around the Cat's neck. -Page 203. Here is the mill with the humming of thunder, Here is the weir with the wonder of foam, Here is the sluice with the race running underMarvelous places, though handy to home. -Page 363. Then she smooths the eyelids down -Page 382. One must be content with the good one has enjoyed. (Volume II) -Page 395. Did you ever hear of a bird in a cage, that promised to stay in it? The very violets in their bed -Page 2. Fold up their eyelids blue. -Page 35. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. -Page 41. It matters nothing if one is born in a duck yard, if one can only be hatched from a swan's egg. -Page 57 |