COURSE OF READING In the ELSON READERS selections are grouped according to theme or authorship. This arrangement, however, is not intended to fix an order for reading in class; its purpose is to emphasize classification, facilitate comparison, and enable pupils to appreciate similarities and contrasts in the treatment of like themes by different authors. To give variety, to meet the interests at different seasons and festivals, and to go from prose to poetry and from long to short selections, a carefully planned order of reading should be followed. Such an order of reading calls for a full consideration of all the factors mentioned above. The Course here offered meets these ends but may easily be varied to fit local conditions. FIRST HALF-YEAR BIOGRAPHY OF HAWTHORNE (250) A RILL FROM THE TOWN PUMP (358) THE BELFRY PIGEON (76) INTRODUCTION KING ARTHUR STORIES (145) THE COMING OF ARTHUR (148) THE COMING OF ARTHUR (232) THE STORY OF GARETH (162) BIOGRAPHY OF POE (254) THE ISLAND OF THE FAY (389) THE FLOWER OF LIBERTY (385) THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS (387) BIOGRAPHY OF BRYANT (247) ROBERT OF LINCOLN (79) TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN (92) SONG OF MARION'S MEN (291) THE HURRICANE (294) BIOGRAPHY OF WHITTIER (252) COLUMBUS'S BIRTHDAY, OCT. 12 BRYANT'S BIRTHDAY, NOV. 3 THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS (27) THANKSGIVING WHITTIER'S BIRTHDAY, DEC. 17 CHRISTMAS MAUD MULLER (378) SCROOGE'S CHRISTMAS (117) THE FROST SPIRIT (101) THE FROST (103) SNOW-FLAKES (105) THE SNOW STORM (106) MIDWINTER (108) BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER WIND (114) WHEN ICICLES HANG BY THE WALL (116) THE PASSING OF ARTHUR (211) THE PASSING OF ARTHUR (236) WINTER 5 |