selections are either historical or
geographical or both.
_a._ _The Arickara Indians._ (A description of the habits
and customs of one of the western tribes.) Volume IV, page
472.

_b._ _Reminiscences of a Pioneer._ (This contains a few
interesting anecdotes of Indians and many incidents of pioneer
life.) Volume V, page 340.

_c._ _Black Hawk Tragedy._ (A very interesting biographical
and historical sketch.) Volume VII, page 58.

_d._ _An Exciting Canoe Race._ (A story of the New York Indians
at an early day.) Volume VII, page 79.

_e._ _David Crockett in the Creek War._ (An interesting account
of southern Indians and their wars.) Volume VIII, page 37.

3. Biography. The selections in this group consist of anecdotal
sketches, brief biographies, extracts from longer works, and a few
poems.

_a._ Authors of the United States and of foreign countries:
(1) _Robert Louis Stevenson_, Volume I, page 128.
(2) _Eugene Field_, I, 242.
(3) _Hans Christian Andersen_, II, 81.
(4) _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_, IV, 62.
(5) _Alice and Phoebe Cary_, IV, 116.
(6) _Nathaniel Hawthorne_, IV, 180.
(7) _Sir Walter Scott_, VI, 26.
(8) _John Greenleaf Whittier_, VII, 381.
(9) _William Cullen Bryant_, VII, 391.
(10) _Oliver Wendell Holmes_, VII, 398.
(11) _James Russell Lowell_, VII, 411.
(12) _Washington Irving_, VIII, 216.
(13) _Charles and Mary Lamb_, VIII, 328.

_b._ Biblical Characters:
(1) _The Story of Joseph_, Volume I, page 456.
(2) _The Story of Esther_, II, 448.
(3) _David_, IV, 274.
(4) _Ruth_, VI, 143.

_c._ The author of many fables:
(1) _Aesop_, Volume II, page 1.

_d._ English history:
(1) _Alfred the Great_, Volume IV, 260.
(2) _Queen Victoria_, VII, 152.
(3) _Florence Nightingale_, IX, 13.

_e._ American history:
(1) _George Rogers Clark_, Volume VI, page 422.
(2) _David Crockett in the Creek War_, VIII, 37.
(3) _Pere Marquette_, VIII, 121.
(4) _Abraham Lincoln_, IX, 324.

_f._ Roman history:
(1) _Julius Caesar_, Volume IX, page 126.

4. Myths from several sources:
_a._ Grecian and Roman:
(1) _Atalanta's Race_, Volume I, page 386.
(2) _Baucis and Philemon_, I, 431.
(3) _The G