TONA.

_41_ To MY DOG BLANCO. _J.G. Holland_

_42_ A STORY OF A MONK.

_43_ THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS. _Longfellow_

_44_ GLORIA IN EXCELSIS. _Father Ryan_

_45_ THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE. _Eugene Field_

_46_ THE HOLY CITY.

_47_ THE FEAST OF TONGUES. _Aesop_

_48_ THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOWWORM. _William Cowper_

_49_ JACK FROST. _Hannah F. Gould_

_50_ "GOING! GOING! GONE!" _Helen Hunt Jackson_

_51_ SEVEN TIMES TWO. _Jean Ingelow_

_52_ MY MOTHER'S GRAVE.

_53_ THE OLD ARM-CHAIR. _Eliza Cook_

_54_ BREAK, BREAK, BREAK! _Tennyson_

_55_ GOD IS OUR FATHER.

_56_ HAPPY OLD AGE. _Robert Southey_

_57_ KIND WORDS. _Father Faber_

_58_ KINDNESS IS THE WORD. _John Boyle O'Reilly_

_59_ DAFFODILS. _William Wordsworth_

_60_ THE STORY OF TARCISIUS. _Cardinal Wiseman_

_61_ LEGEND OF THE WAXEN CIBORIUM. _Eleanor C. Donnelly_

_62_ LITTLE DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY. _Nathaniel Hawthorne_

_63_ IN SCHOOL DAYS _Whittier_

_64_ THE SUN'S FAMILY

_65_ WILL AND I _Paul H. Hayne_

_66_ CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE CRATCHITS'. _Charles Dickens_

_67_ WHICH SHALL IT BE? _Anon_

_68_ ST. DOROTHY, MARTYR.

_69_ TO A BUTTERFLY. _William Wordsworth_

_70_ THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND. _Hans Christian Andersen_

_71_ THE WIND AND THE MOON. _George MacDonald_

_72_ ST. PHILIP NERI AND THE YOUTH.

_73_ THE WATER LILY. _Jean Ingelow_

_74_ A BUILDER'S LESSON. _John Boyle O'Reilly_

_75_ WASHINGTON AND HIS MOTHER.

_76_ WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. _Margaret E. Sangster_

_77_ THE SWORD OF BUNKER HILL. _William R. Wallace_

_78_ THE MARTYR'S BOY. _Cardinal Wiseman_

_79_ THE ANGEL'S STORY. _Adelaide A. Procter_

_80_ GLUCK'S VISITOR. _John Ruskin_

_81_ A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. _Clement C. Moore_

_82_ COMMODORE JOHN BARRY.

_83_ THE BOY OF THE HOUSE. _Jean Blewett_

_84_ BIOGRAPHIES

(Transcriber's Note: Although "ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. _Leigh Hunt_"
and "A SIMPLE RECIPE. _James Whitcomb Riley_" were originally shown in the
list above, neither work appears in the text.)

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PREFACE

The object of the Christian Brothers in issuing a new series of Readers
is to place in the hands of the teachers and pupils of our Catholic
schools a set of books embodying the matter and methods best suited to
their needs. The matter has been written or chosen with a view to
interest and instruct, to cultivate a taste for the best literature, to
buil