Monroe's Fifth Reader 1871

1871. leather. See Photo Gallery Original Edition Publisher-Printing Location: Cowperthwait & Co., Philadelphia by author Lewis B. Monroe Date and Numbering:1871 First Edition Size and Page Count: 5" x 7.75" Tall School Book from 1871

Condition: -Very Good- Black leather spine with green cloth thick boards with some blind stamp decorations, gilt text on spine and front board, corners show wear, pencil notes in front end pages include 'Miss Rose A. Linscott, Brownfiel, Maine' and notes from others also, text block tight and clear Illustrations Information:

Frontispiece 'Bring Back My Flowers', a couple dozen illustrations -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian ---------

Articles and Information:

PHYSICAL AND VOCAL TRAINING. Part. I. Position and Carriage of the Body 13 I. Sitting Position; II- Poise forward and back; III Position of Rest; IV. Position of Attention; V. Standing Position; VI. Poise forward and backward; VII. Holding the Book for reading; VIII. Speaker's Position. II. Development of the Chest 19 I. Active and Passive Chest; II. Percussion of the Chest; III. Chest Expansion; IV. Percussion with Arm Movements; V. Shoulder Movements. " Bent Arms; VI. Breathing with Arm Movements; VII. Deep Breathing. III. Right Use of the Voice 22 I. Conversational Tones; II. Question and Answer; III. Famil- iar Narrative; IV. Vivacious Style of Poetry. IV. Articulation 24 I. Movement of the Lips and Jaws; II. Articulation of Single Words; III. Articulation of Phrases; IV. Articulation of Sentences. V. Slides, or Inflections 28 1. Falling Inflections; II. Rising Inflections; III. Rising aud Falling Inflections; IV. Circumflex Inflections. VI. Quality of Voice 29 I. Whisper: II. Half-Whisper, or Aspirated Tone; III. Pure Tone; IV. Orotund. VII. Movement, or Rate of Utterance SO I. Quick Movement; II. Moderate; III. Slow. Vm. Force 82 I. Gentle; II. Moderate; III. Loud; IV. Very Loud. IX. Pitch of Voice 88 I. High; II. Middle; III. Low. Vlll

READING LESSONS.

PROSE. I. The Fish I didn't catch . . . . J. G. Whittier . 37 ID. Stoning the Frogs Jacob Abbott . . 40 IV. Stoning the Frogs Part Second. . Jacob Abbott . . 44 VI. The Truth Speaker Miss Crompton . 48 VIII. Sir Walter Ralrigii and his two Plants 53 XII. The Capture op Quebec S. G. Goodrich . 63 XIV. Haying H. W. Beecher . 67 XVI The Boston Massacre N. Hawthorne. . 71 XVIII. My Hunt after the Baby .... Helen L. Boslwich 78 XXII. The Scotch Woman and her two Sons 85 XXIV. Once well done, Twice done. . . L. A. B. Curtis . 88 XXVI. Adventure with a Whale 92 XXVIII. Malibran and the Young Musician 95 XXX. Rehearsing for Christmas . . . . L M. Alcott . . 100 XXXII. The Farmer and the Fox . ... J. A. Froude . . 104 XXXIV. Eloquence of Patrick Henry. . . W. Wirt ... 107 XXXVI. Art and Artists 110 XXXVIII. The Practical Joker Theodore Hook . 114 XL. Ladd and his Neighbor 117 XLII. Capture of Ticonderoga Bancroft . . . 120 XLVI. The Persian and his Three Sons 126 XLVIII. The Brook Krilof .... 129 L. Using the Eyes Samuel Smiles . 131 LII A Gigantic Iceberg B. II. Dana . . 134 LIV. The American Indian Charles Sprague . 137 LVI. The Cruise of the Dolphin . . . T. B. Aldrich . 141 LVIII. The Town Pump N. Hawthorne . 148 LX. The Tea Rose II. B. Stowe . . 151 LXII. The Unknown Painter 156 LXIV. Boys' Country Amusements. . . . A. R. Hope . . 160 LXVI. Earning Enjoyment Fanny Fern . . 163 LXVIII. The Heroine of Edinburgh 165 LXX. How the Giant was caught . . . T. S. Arthur . . 169 LXXII. Squire Bull and Brother Jonathan J. K. Paulding . 174 LXXIV. Intelligence of the Elephant . . T. W. Higginson 178 LXXVI. Androclrs and the Lion .... Thomas Day . . 184 LXXVIII. The Earth's Journey round the Sun 189 LXXX. Tom Brown starting for Rugby . T. Hughes . . . 192 LXXXII. Health 198 LXXXIV. The Champion Speller Warren Burton . 201 LXXXVI. Buttf.rcups and Daisies 206 LXXXVIII. A Revolutionary Hero in the Pulpit Samuel Burnham 213 The BArrLE of Lexington Bancroft . . . 219 An Object Lesson Charles Dickens . 223 The Bobolink W. Irving . . . 228 The Emperor's New Clothes . . . BansCli. Amlersen 233 Return of British Fugitives, 1782 . Patrick Btnry 238 The Cricket on the Hearth . . . Charles Dickens . 243 Birds 250 Heroism of a Miner Thomas Carlyle . 253 Snow Power II. IV. Beecher . 256 A Man Overboard J. T. Beadley . 262 First Grenadier of France 267 Death of Little Paul Charles Dickens . 275 The Bell of Liberty J. T. IlemtUy . . 260 A Search after Happiness .... Joseph C. Ntal . 285 Morning Visits Dr. Narcs . . . 292 The Irish Disturbance Bili Daniel O'Connell 298 The Fate of European Kings . . . Thomas F.Meagher 302 An Appeal to Arms Patrick Benry . 307 "" Press on."" 312

POETRY.

The Fly and the Leaflet 39 The Nightingale and her Song 47 Com e and go . R. S. Sharpe . . 52 Hiawatha's Hunting H. \V. LonnfeUom 55 The Milkmaid Jeffreys Taylor . 61 The Chameleon Merrick ... 64 Bring back my Flowers 70 Song from the Suds L. M. Alcolt . . 74 The Fishermen I. G. WhiUier . 79 Some murmur when their Sky is clear Dean Trench . . 84 Short Extracts in Verse 87 The Swallow and her Nest. . . . R. S. S. Andros . 91 Nothing lost 94 The Charcoal-Man J. T. Trowbridge 98 The Giant Charles Mackay . 103 The Voice and Pen D. F McCarthy . 106 The Discovery of America . ... J. T. Trowbridge 109 War Song James G. Percival 113 George Nidiver 115 The Burial of Moses C. T. Alexander . 118 A Bird's Nest Florence Percy . 121 The Glove and the Lions Leigh Hunt . . 124 The Miller of the Dee Charles Mackay . 128 The Retort 130 Fidelity W. Wordsworth . 139 Farmer John J. T. Trowbridge 146 LIX. The Birthday of Spring Horace Smith . . 149 LXI. The Archery of William Tell . . W. Baine ... 154 LXIII. An April Day 158 LXV The Moss Rose Krummacher . . 162 LXVII. Warren's Address John Picrpont. . 164 LXIX. The Old Year and the New . . . A. Tennyson . . 168 LXXI. The Lark and the Nightingale . . Coleridge . . . 173 LXXIII. No Work the Hardest Work ... C. F. Orne . . 177 LXXV. Bluebeard J. G. Hollard . . 18U LXXVII. Solomon and the Bees J. G. Saxe. . . 1E7 LXXIX. Over the Hill Geo. Mac Donald. lijl LXXXI. The Knight's Toast 196 LXXXV. Cheers and Teaks R. II. Newell . . 204 LXXXVII. The Streamlet J. T. Trowbridge 209 LXXXIX. Nothing to wear W. A. Butler . . 218 XCV. Marco Bozzahis F.G.Bulkck. . 231 XCVII. Birds and Beics H. Hindis . . . 237 CI. The Keeping of the Bridge ... T. B. Macaulay . 246 CIII. Give me tre People Charles Swain . 253 CV. Glad Chimes. B. P. ShUiaber . 254 CVII The Battle of Bunker Hill . . . F. S. Gezent . . 269 CIX. Douglas and Marmion Waller Scott . . 265 V CXI. The Sunbeam Mrs. Hemant . . 271 CXII Home Happiness John dare . . 273 CXIV. Edinburgh after Flodden .... W. E. Aytoun. . 277 CXVI. Minot's Ledge Fitz-JamesO'Biien 283 CXVIII. Barbara Fhietchie J. 0. Whittier . 290 CXX. The Hunters Matthew Arnold 295 CXXI. Life without Freedom T. Moore . . . 297 CXXHI King Canute IK M. Thackeray 300 CXXV. Columbus Arthur Hugh Clough 30i CXXVI. Claribel 11. L. Parmtke . 305 CXXVII. Morning Sounds James Beattie . 306 CXXIX. The Gray Swan Alice Cary... 310 DIALOGUES AND CONCERT-READINGS. In Want of a Place G. W. Curtis The King and the Miller of Mansfield Dodsley . . The Return of Columbus Fitz-James and Roderick Dhu Hymn of the Mountaineers The Tea-Rose . . Clear the Way David and Goliath The Life-Boat . . The Watcher on the Tower