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The Elson Readers, Book 5 by Elson, William H., Keck, Christine M.
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A word from our supporters: File extension WAV | (4) A complete program of study, "How to Gain the Full Benefit from Your Reading" (pages 28, 29), gives a concise explanation of the various helps found in the book. (5) The helps to study are more than mere notes; they aid in making significant the larger purposes of the literature. These "Notes and Questions" include: stories and poems; particularly helpful are those of Part III; intelligent understanding of the selection (see pages 94, 105, etc.); stimulate original discussion and comparison, and bring out modern parallels to the situations found in the selections; under "Discussion" (see page 29, etc.); locating these phrases the page and line numbers are indicated; CONTENTS PREFACE SUGGESTIONS FOR AN ORDER OF READING THE CRYSTAL GLASS PART I NATURE--HUMOR--HOME AND COUNTRY THE WORLD OF NATURE A Forward Look ANIMALS Turk, The Faithful Dog Samuel White Baker Our Uninvited Guest Ernest Harold Baynes Hunting The American Buffalo Theodore Roosevelt BIRDS AND THEIR SONGS The Birds And I Liberty H. Bailey The Brown Thrush Lucy Larcom Sing On, Blithe Bird William Motherwell FLOWERS The Violet And The Bee John B. Tabb Four-Leaf Clovers Ella Higginson Jack In The Pulpit Clara Smith TIMES AND SEASONS September Helen Hunt Jackson October's Bright Blue Weather Helen Hunt Jackson November Alice Cary Today Thomas Carlyle The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Francis Bourdillon A Backward Look STORIES IN LIGHTER VEIN A Forward Look Adventures of Munchausen R. E. Raspe The Blind Men and the Elephant John G. Saxe Darius Green John T. Trowbridge Birthday Greetings Lewis Carroll The Wind and The Moon George Macdonald A Backward Look HOME AND COUNTRY A Forward Look HOME AND ITS FESTIVALS |