A very hearty word of thanks is more than due to
those authors and publishers who have so generously
and willingly placed their works at my disposal, and
without whose kind co-operation many of the follow-
ing pages could not have been inserted. Elsewhere,
throughout the book, my obligations to them severally
are acknowledged in detail.
I have been most anxious to avoid violation of copy-
right in my selections, and have used my utmost en-
,
deavours to ascertain the various possessors of the
rights appertaining thereto. Should there, however,
be any unconscious infringement, I desire to express
my deep regret, and trust that such an error may be
kindly overlooked and forgiven.
A double Index will be found-one in the early
part of the volume, comprising the selections generally,
another at the conclusion, containing the names of the
authors alphabetically arranged.
J. A. J.
DIVISION I.-SERIOUS, PATHETIC, &c.
PART I. -- PROSE
The Death of Jo,
Charles Dickens,
Early Scenes Re-visited,
Charles Lamb,
One Niche the Highest,
Elihu Burritt,
The Mother and her Dead Child,
Hans Andersen,
The Blank Bible,
Samuel Rogers,
Human Sympathy Taught by Christ, Anonymous,
The Widow and her Son,
Charles Dickens,
The Poetry of City and Country Life, H. W. Longfellou,
The Three Cherry-stones,
Anonymous,
The Death of Little Nell,
Charles Dickens,
PART II.--POETRY.
The Cry of the Children,
Eliz. B. Browning, .
First Love,
Edward Dowden,
A Wish,
Frederick Locker,
Hally's Flower,
Samuel K. Cowan,
The Boat-race,
W. C. Bennett, -
Love-Letter,
W. Wilkins,
Wedding Bells,
Charlotte M. Griffiths,
The Dream of Eugene Aram,
Thomas Hood,
In the Tunnel,
Bret Harte,
In the Engine-shed,
Poor Jack,
The Raven,
“How they brought the Good News from
Ghent,”
Bingen on the Rhine,
The Children,
The Dirty Old Man,
Lost on the Shore,
The Diver,
A Greyport Legend,
On the Landing,
The Baron's Last Banquet,
The Lament of the Irish Emigrant,
On the Receipt of my Mother's Picture,
A Ballad of War,
Horatius—an extract,
Baby May,
Baby Bell,
Measuring the Baby,
Bessie and I.—Part I.,
Bessie and I.—Part II., -
In the Mirror,
Annabel Lee,
The Orphan's Dream of Christmas,
Beautiful Snow, -
The Vagabonds, -
Poor Little Joe, -
The Newsboy's Debt,
Betsey and I are out,
How Betsey and I made up,
The Haunted Mere,
Not One to Spare,
The Teaching of Saint Augustine,
My Child,
The Legend Beautiful,
The Leper,
Maud Müller,
Ramon,
The Boys,
Poor People,
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Robert Browning,
Hon. Mrs. Norton,
Charles Dickens,
William Allingham,
Holme Lee,
Schiller,
Bret Harte,
Bret Harte,
Albert G. Greene,
Lady Duffering -
William Cowper,
M. B. Smedley, -
Lord Macaulay,
W. C. Bennett,
T. B. Aldrich,
Anonymous,
Edwin Coller,
Edwin Coller,
Samuel K. Cowan,
Edgar A. Poe,
Mrs. M'Intosh, -
Anonymous,
J. T. Trowbridge,
Peleg Arkwright,
Anonymous,
Will Carleton,
Will Carleton,
Holme Lee,
Anonymous,
John A. Jennings,
John Pierpoint,
H. W. Longfellow,
N. P. Willis,
John G. Whittier,
Bret Harte,
0. W. Holmes,
Victor Hugo,
Midnight Mass for the Dying Year,
Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel,
The Bells,
The Battle of the Lake Regillus,
Out of the Old House, Nancy,
The Relief of Lucknow, .
The Old Sergeant,
The Sparrow at Sea,
Killed at the Ford,
Becalmed,
Dickens in Camp,
Cowper's Grave,
Left Alone at Eighty,
A Dream,
Sheridan's Ride,
The Outlaw,
Barbara Frietchie,
The Opening of the Piano,
After the Accident,
Not in the Programme,
The Parting of Marmion and Douglas,
England,
What the Chimney Sang,
The Voiceless,
Song to Mary,
I remember,
Life,
Rest,
H. W. Longfellow,
Leigh Hunt,
Edgar A. Poe,
Lord Macaulay,
Will Carleton,
R, T. S. Lowell,
B. F. Willson,
E. A. Allen,
H. W. Longfellow,
Samuel K. Cowan,
Bret Harte,
Eliz. B. Browning,
A. R.,
William Allingham,
T. B. Reed,
Miss Henderson,
John G. Whittier,
0. W. Holmes,
Bret Harte,
Edwin Coller,
Walter Scott,
W. C. Bennett,
Bret Harte,
0. W. Holmes,
C. Wolfe,
Thomas Hood,
Samuel R. Cowan,
John A. Jennings,
PART I.-PROSE.
The Charity Dinner,
Moseley,
Copperfield and the Waiter,
Dickens,
European Guides,
Mark Twain,
A Curtain Lecture,
Douglas Jerrold,
High Art-Music,
Max Adeler,
I Vant to Fly,
Anonymous,
The Bouquet,
John Habberton,
PART II.-POETRY.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin,
Robert Browning,
Nothing to Wear,
Butler, -
The Walrus and the Carpenter, - Lewis Carroll,
Domestic Asides,
Thomas Hood,
The General Post Office,
Edwin Hamilton,
Human Nature,
Anonymous,
The Enchanted Shirt,
John Hay,
The Briefless Barrister,
J. G. Saxe,
A Sea Dirge,
Anonymous,
Father William, -
Lewis Carroll,
A-sitting on a Gate,
Lewis Carroll,
The Declaration,
N. P. Willis,
The Demon Ship,
Thomas Hood,
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