A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
The Land of Story-Books
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A child plays hunter before bed time.
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
To Helen (1831)
by Edgar Allan Poe
"Helen, thy beauty is to me"
Lyrics of Love and Laughter
Robert Gould Shaw
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Why was it that the thunder voice of Fate"
Treasure Island
Dedication and Foreword
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The author dedicates the novel to a friend and, through poetry, tells the reader to read the book.
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
Little Girl, Little Girl
by Traditional
A nursery rhyme about a girl who gathers roses for the queen.
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
Little Girl Where Have You Been?
by Traditional
Mother Goose rhyme about a girl who gathers roses for the queen.
Florida: Essays and Poems
Fountain of Youth
by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The author describes the pursuit of the mythical Fountain of Youth.
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
There Was a Little Girl
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A sweet young girl can be not so sweet.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Selected Works
Inscription for an Antique Pitcher
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A poem describing the story of a wine pitcher as used in ancient days
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
To Isadore
by Edgar Allan Poe
"Beneath the vine-clad eaves, Whose shadows fall before"
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 4
by James Fenimore Cooper
Heyward and Hawkeye’s groups encounter each other. Hawkeye becomes suspicious of Magua. Attempts to capture the traitorous Huron are unsuccessful.
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 5
by James Fenimore Cooper
Maqua escapes capture. Hawkeye guides the group to safety rather than risk an encounter with enemy tribes.
Lyrics of the Hearthside
My Little March Girl
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Come to the pane, draw the curtain apart,
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 20
by James Fenimore Cooper
A detour attracts the attention of some Huron Indians. Quick thinking by Hawkeye allows the group to evade the enemy.
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 26
by James Fenimore Cooper
A change of disguises allows Uncas to escape a dire fate. Hawkeye trusts that the Huron’:s superstitions will save Gamut.
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 8
by James Fenimore Cooper
An Iroquois attack wounds Gamut and Heyward. Cora devises a plan.
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 7: Anne Says Her Prayers
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Marilla begins her upbringing of Anne.
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 31
by James Fenimore Cooper
Uncas prepares the Delaware for battle. Gamut arrives with news of Cora’s location. Hawkeye has a plan.
Selected American and British Poems
“The Brown Thrush”
by Lucy Larcom
A rhyme that serves to tell children to behave through the song of a bird.
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"A Confidence"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Uncle John, he makes me tired;"
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 18
by James Fenimore Cooper
A search commences for the missing women. Hawkeye warns Heyward not to be too hasty in his actions.
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 21
by James Fenimore Cooper
The group continues tracking Magua. Disaster is narrowly averted when Gamut is discovered in the forest.
More Jataka Tales
“The Girl Monkey and the String of Pearls”
by Ellen C. Babbitt
A monkey steals a string of beads, but the chief of the guards recovers them.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Introduction
by Hugh Lofting
An introduction by Hugh Walpole.
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 3
by James Fenimore Cooper
Hawkeye, the white hunter, and Chingachgook, a mohican, discuss current events while Uncas trails Maqua tribesmen. The hear a party is approaching on horseback.