Advanced Reader, Specially Prepared To Elicit Thought And To Facilitate Literary Composition CONTENTS Lessons in Poetry are indicated by an *. Page Introduction . . . vii Methodology . . . ix Reading . . . xi The Model Man . . . Rev. I. T. Heeler. 1 Veni Creator* . . . John Dryden. 6 Growth and Repair of the Body . . . 9 Delays* . . . Robert Southwell, S. J. 12 The Eagle . . . 14 The Geyser . . . Earl Dufferin. 17 Ring Out, Wild Bells* . . . Lord Tennyson. 20 Buttered on Both Sides . . . 22 Erin’s Flag* . . . Rev. Abram J. Ryan. 25 George Stephenson . . . 27 My Father’s Growing Old* . . . Miss Elizabeth G. Barber. 31 The Shepherd and the Prince . . . 33 Lines written in Richmond Churchyard* . . . Herbert Knowles. 39 Using the Eyes . . . 41 The Picket of the Potomac* . . . 44 The Unknown Painter . . . 46 The Knight’s Toast* . . . 48 The Rising Tide . . . 50 An April Day* . . . Geoffrey Chaucer. 56 Noble Revenge . . . Thomas De Quincy. 58 The Fountain* . . . James Russell Lowell. 61 The Midnight Sun . . . Earl Dufferin. 63 Antony Canova, the Sculptor . . . 66 Old Times* . . . Gerald Griffin. 69 St. Elizabeth of Hungary . . . C. F. R. Montalembert. 71 Love of Country* . . . Sir Walter Scott. 75 The Intrepid Youth . . . 76 Paul Revere’s Ride* . . . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 81 The Revolutionary Alarm . . . George Bancroft. 86 The Dying Christian to his Soul* . . . Alexander Pope. 88 Insufficiency of Natural Religion . . . 90 Lines on a Skeleton* . . . 94 A Terrible Fifty Minutes . . . 95 The Inquiry* Charles Mackay . . . 100 Rules of Behavior . . . George Washington. 102 European Civilization . . . Rev. J. Balmes. 106 Tact and Talent . . . Sidney Smith. 110 The Ship* . . . Wilson. 112 On the Symbolism of Christianity . . . Cardinal Wiseman. 115 Speech of Lord Chatham, on the American War . . . 117 The Meeting of the Waters* . . . Thomas Moore. 120 Joan of Arc . . . Thomas De Quincey. 121 There’s nothing true but Heaven* . . . Thomas Moore. 126 The Lion . . . 127 What is Time* . . . Marsden. 131 Death of Mary, Queen of Scots . . . John Lingard, D.D. 132 A Name in the Sand* . . . Miss H. F. Gould. 137 Funeral Oration of the Prince of Conde . . . Bossuet. 138 Small Beginnings* . . . Charles Mackay. 140 The Church Progressive . . . 142 Death’s Final Conquest* . . . Shirley. 144 Wages . . . 145 The Brave Man* . . . Burger. 150 Education . . . 155 The Messiah* . . . Alexander Pope 159 Letter to the Marquis Wellesley . . . Dr. Doyle. 161 The Inchcape Bell* . . . Robert Southey. 164 The Reaper . . . William Wordsworth 167 The Idea of a Saint . . . John Henry, Cardinal Newman. 168 The Virgin* . . . William Wadsworth. 170 Talk with Young Folks . . . Helen Jackson. 171 A Scene from Tell* . . . James Sheridan Knowles. 173 Heroism of St. Martina . . . Adapted from Dr. O'Reilly. 177 Home Sweet Home* . . . John Howard Payne. 180 In the Laboratory with Agassiz . . . A Pupil. 180 The Announcement to the Shepherds . . . Lew Wallace. 183 Storm on the Atlantic . . . Archbishop John Hughes, D.D. 186 Now* . . . Adelaide A. Proctor. 188 Trust in God . . . Canon Schmid. 189 A Visit to the Shrine of St. Alphonsus . . . 191 Night in the Desert* . . . Robert Southey. 193 Past and Present* . . . Thomas Hood. 194 Peter of Cortona . . . 195 Death* . . . 198 A Story of Tours . . . 200 The National Banner . . . Edward Everett. 204 A Wasted Life . . . 204 True Heroism* . . . 207 Charity . . . St. Paul. 208 The Vision of the Monk Gabriel* . . . Miss E. C. Donnelly. 209 Catholic Missions in the Northwest . . . Adapted from George Bancroft 212 To the Evening Wind* . . . William Cullen Bryant. 220 The Affection and Reverence due a Mother . . . 222 Love Due to the Creator* . . . Gerald Griffin. 224 Majesty and Supremacy of the Scriptures . . . 225 Polonius’s Advice to his Son* . . . William Shakespeare. 228 Familiar Quotations* . . . (1) Tennyson ; (2) Coleridge. 229 Wit and Wisdom 230 Curiosity of Words 332 Waterloo* . . . George Gordon, Lord Byron. 235 Love for the Dead . . . Washington Irving. 238 The Carrier-Pigeon . . . 242 An Unknown Sister of Charity* . . . Harriet M. Skidmore. 245 True and False Success . . . 247 The Bells of Shandon* . . . Father Prout. 250 St. Francis Xavier . . . Adapted from Sir James Stephens. 251 Coeur De Lion at the Bier of his Father* . . . Mrs. Felicia Hemans. 256 Novel Reading . . . A Sister of Mercy. 259 To a Canary Bird* . . . Gerald Griffin. 262 The Cradle of Religious Liberty . . . George Bancroft. 264 Elegy in a Country Church-Yard* . . . Thomas Gray. 267 The Conversation of an Educated Man . . . Samuel T. Coleridge. 272 Mother Seton* . . . Harriet M. Skidmore.273 The Sky . . . John Ruskin. 270 The Old Songs* . . . 281 Influence of the Crusades* . . . 283 The Heavens Declare the Glory of God* . . . John Addison. 284 A Pen Picture from Father Dalgairns . . . John Bernard Dalgairns. 285 The Star Spangled Banner* . . . Francis Scott Key. 287 Charge of the Light Brigade* . . . Lord Tennyson. 289 On Studies . . . Francis, Lord Bacon. 291 Song of the Mystic* . . . Rev. Abram J. Ryan. 298 Margaret of New Orleans . . . Adapted from Rhoda E. White. 296 Hope* . . . Thomas Campbell. 299 Hope* . . . Oliver Goldsmith. 300 The Religious Mission of the Irish People . . . John L. Spalding, D.D. 301 King Robert of Sicily* . . . Henry W. Longfellow. 306 Little Wilfrid . . . Frederick W. Faber, D.D. 313 Words of Strength* . . . F. von Schiller. 316 To A Water Fowl* . . . William Cullen Bryant. 317 Necessity Of Religion . . . Victor Hugo. 318 The Blind Men and the Elephant* . . . John G. Saxe. 326 Intellectual Education . . . Adapted from Card. Newman. 322 The Feast of SS. Peter and Paul in Rome . . . Miss E. A. Starr 324 Audubon at Niagara . . . John J. Audubon. 327 Character of Washington . . . Charles Philips. 329 The River* . . . 331 Sebastian; or the Roman Martyr* . . . Adapted from Card. Wiseman. 333 Boys Wanted* . . . 335 Passing Clouds . . . Adelaide A. Proctor. 336 Counsels for the Conduct of Life . . . Samuel Smiles. 338 No More* . . . Mrs. Felicia Hemans. 342 Study . . . Orville Dewey. 343 Spiritual Advantages of Catholic Cities . . . Kenelm Digby. 346 Bringing the Good News from Ghent to Aix* . . . Robert Browning. 349 Economy of Time . . . 351 Honesty the Best Policy . . . 355 Hamlet’s Soliloquy* . . . William Shakespeare. 366 The Countenance and Character . . . Card. Manning. 367 The Hidden Gem* . . . Card. Wiseman. 370 Gone . . . 373 The Mother of the Machabees* . . . Callanan. 374 Washington’s Answer to the Catholics . . . George Washington. 375 Bells of St. Mary’s . . . Grace Greenwood. 377 Ascension Hymn* . . . J. D. Aylward. 370 Self-Reliance . . . Samud Smiles. 370 The Blue and the Gray* . . . F. M. Finch. 382 Death of the Venerable De La Salle . . . F. C. N. 384 Mark Anthony’s Oration* . . . William Shakespeare. 386 St. Gregory and the English Slaves . . . Adapted. 290 Morning Hymn of Adam and Eve* . . . John Milton. 392 Love of Home* . . . 393 Walter Mason . . . Father Potter. 394 Wisdom and Knowledge* . . . William Cowper. 397 The Idols of the Age . . . Card. Newman. 397 Three Days in the Life of Columbus* . . . De La Vigne. 401 Philanthropy and Charity . . . Orestes A. Brownson. 403 Father Matthew* . . . Harriet M. Skidmore. 407 Sound and Sense . . . Robert Chambers. 410 Ancient and Modern Writers . . . Charles Sumner. 413 Humility* . . . James Montgomery. 415 The Fellowship of Catholicity . . . Rev. I. T. Decker. 410 Death . . . Jean Baptiste Lacordaire. 418 Purification* . . . John Keble. 421 The Flight into Egypt . . . Frederick W. Faber, D.D. 424 Affliction* . . . Aubrey De Vere. 428 Digitized by Google.
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