Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians
Chapter 1: "George Peacock"
by Alexander MacFarlane
A biography of George Peacock.
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Twenty Talks to Teachers
Chapter 7: Opening Exercise
by Thomas E. Sanders
A list and description of possible exercises that can be used to catch the attention of your students at the beginning of the school day.
Gulliver's Travels
Part Three: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 4
by Jonathan Swift
The author leaves Laputa; is conveyed to Balnibarbi; arrives at the metropolis. A description of the metropolis, and the country adjoining. The author hospitably received by a great lord. His conversation with that lord.
Heart of Darkness
Part 1
by Joseph Conrad
Marlow recounts his journey up the Congo River to the narrator and his fellow travelers.
The Journey to the Center of the Earth
Chapter VII. A WOMAN'S COURAGE
by Jules Verne
Wuthering Heights
Chapter 30
by Emily Brontë
Nelly's narrative ends; Zillah is now who tells Nelly about Cathy. Before Linton dies Cathy takes care of herself; after Linton dies, Cathy will not let Zillah or Hareton be nice to her.
Heart of Darkness
Part 2
by Joseph Conrad
Marlow overhears a conversation regarding Kurtz. Marlow starts his journey up river to visit Kurtz accompanied a by the local natives.
Agnes Grey
Chapter XX: The Farewell
by Anne Brontë
Agnes Grey returns to Horton House, and prepares herself for the idea of never more seeing Mr. Weston.
A Victorious Union
Chapter XI: “A Happy Return to the Bellevite”
by Oliver Optic
Christy takes advantage of Bokes’s knowledge of the Tallahatchie. They find the Bellevite.
Great Expectations
Chapter 9
by Charles Dickens
Pip is less than honest with Joe about his experiences at the Havisham manor.
Dracula
Chapter 8
by Bram Stoker
Lucy is attacked by a tall thin figure and has two puncture marks on her throat. She continues to act strangely in her sleep. Mina hears that Jonathan is in a hospital in the care of Mr. Peter Hopkins. Jonathan requests she join him and marry him there. Dr. Jack Seward tells about the strange behavior he observers from his lunatic client Renfield.
Great Expectations
Chapter 10
by Charles Dickens
Pip encounters a mysterious strange in possession of a familiar object.
Peter Pan
Chapter 11: Wendy's Story
by J.M. Barrie
Wendy's telling of a bedtime story causes her, Michael, and John to become homesick.
Main Street
Chapter 22
by Sinclair Lewis
Carols discontent with small town life continues to grow. Vida and Carol continue to argue about life in Gopher Prairie.
Twenty Talks to Teachers
Chapter 20: The Teacher's View of Life
by Thomas E. Sanders
How the teachers attitude and viewpoint can affect their students.
Twenty Talks to Teachers
Chapter 6: Grading the School
by Thomas E. Sanders
Evaluating a schools course of study and a subject criteria for improving it.
Tik-Tok of Oz
Chapter 21: “A Bashful Brother”
by L. Frank Baum
When Betsy and her friends reach the Metal Forest, they discover Queen Ann and her officers capturing Ruggedo. Upon learning about the shift in power, they free the former King and allow him to fill his pockets with gems and leave. Shaggy Man is reunited with his brother, the Ugly One (who wears a mask to hide his ugliness).
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Ligeia
by Edgar Allan Poe
The narrator experiences tragedy, but is reunited with his love through an unconventional occurrence.
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Chapter 25: Death is Freedom
by William Wells Brown
Clotel escapes from the slave prison.
Japanese Fairy Tales
The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
A childless couple love their dog very dearly, and the dog finds gold coins buried under their tree. The old man is grateful and loves his dog even more. The man has a very jealous and hateful neighbor, who tries to copy his neighbor’s luck by borrowing the dog and making him dig. The hateful man finds only garbage, and kills the dog in rage. The good man asks for the tree in remembrance of his dog, and the tree’s wood is made into a mortar that produces unending food. The jealous neighbor asks to borrow it and destroys it when it won’t also give him food. More events continue until the good man is eventually given riches by a lord for his kindness to him, and when the hateful man tries to copy the kindness, he is arrested as an imposter and jailed forever, thus finally being punished for his crimes.
My Bondage and My Freedom
Chapter 17: The Last Flogging
by Frederick Douglass
Mr. Douglass returns to Mr. Covey's house, and has one last battle with the cowardly master.
Main Street
Chapter 11
by Sinclair Lewis
Carol is disappointed by her experience at the Thanatopsis Club.
Presidential Addresses and Messages
First Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1801
by Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address, presented in Washington, D.C. in March of 1801.
Twenty Talks to Teachers
Chapter 5: Problems of the Young Teacher
by Thomas E. Sanders
The mis-steps a young teacher can avoid while developing their own confident style of teaching.
Hamlet
Act 3, Scene 4
by William Shakespeare
Polonius attempt at eavesdropping does not go as planned. Hamlet encounters the ghostly visitor once more.