Monday, September 29, 2008

The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin/Project Gutenberg

Click here. Easy to download via HTML, just "select all" and "save".

According to Yesterday's Classics which has republished this classic:

"A fairy tale of what happened to two men who tried to get rich in evil ways and of how the fortune they sought came to their younger brother, whose kind and loving heart prompted him to right action. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of 19th century stories for children. Includes four black and white illustrations by Maria L. Kirk. Ages 8-10, 41 pages."

Detailed description of plot, characters, and story analysis at Wikipedia.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Teaching Literature in the Grammar Grades and High School /Google Books

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Teaching Literature in the Grammar Grades and High School
By Emma Miller Bolenius
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915
Original from the New York Public Library
337 pages

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Cathcart's Literary Reader (Survey of English Literature) /Google books

Begins with Elizabethan literature. Click here.

Type Lessons for Primary Teachers in the Study of Nature, Literature and Art Grades 1-4/Google Books

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Type Lessons for Primary Teachers in the Study of Nature, Literature and Art, arranged by seasons for the first four grades.
By Anna E. McGovern
Published by A. Flanagan company, 1905
Original from Harvard University
315 pages

Shakspere(Shakespeare): A Critical Study of His Mind and Art/Google Books

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Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art
By Edward Dowden, Will David Howe
Published by Harper, 1918
Original from Harvard University
386 pages

Intermediate Language Lessons for Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grade By Emma Serl/Google Books

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Intermediate Language Lessons
By Emma Serl
Published by American book company, 1914
324 pages

Teacher's copies and reprints of this book are available for sale. Check Google Search, or use my Amazon search engine on the side bar.

Everyday Classics Eighth Grade/Google Books

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Everyday Classics: Primer-eighth Reader
By Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Fannie Wyche Dunn, Mildred Batchelder
Published by Macmillan, 1918

Everyday Classics Seventh Grade/Google Books

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Everyday Classics: First [-eighth] Reader
By Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Fannie Wyche Dunn, Mildred Batchelder
Published by Macmillan, 1918
Original from the New York Public Library

Classics Old and New Fourth Grade/ Google Reader


Classics Old and New: A Series of School Readers
By Edwin Anderson Alderman
Published by University publishing company, 1906
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

An American Book of Golden Deeds(Hero Stories) By James Baldwin/Google Books


An American Book of Golden Deeds
By James Baldwin
Published by Dodo Press, 1907
Original from Harvard University
200 pages

Probably geared toward fourth or fifth grade readers.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The Book of Battles; or, Daring Deeds by Land and Sea/ Google Books


This is not an academic book, but interesting for older teens and adults.

The book of battles; or, Daring deeds by land and sea [ed. by E. Shelton and C. Jones], By Book, Edward Shelton
Published by , 1867
Original from Oxford University

From the Prospectus:

"The Editor, however, will exercise great caution to avoid errors into
which he might easily fall. First, the Narratives will be strictly true,
so that the reader may have before him the actions of men like himself —
not creations of an author's brain. Then, the details of most Exciting
Adventures will not be overcharged for the mere purpose of producing
a morbid sensation. Over sufferings incidental to War the veil will be
gently drawn, and at heroic deeds involving often the rise of One Man
upon the sacrifice of Thousands there will only be expressed the admiration
of a rational observer in a Christian country."

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Fifty Famous Rides and Riders By James Baldwin/Google Books

Click here. Appears appropriate for fourth to fifth grade students.

Published by American Book Company, 1916
Original from the New York Public Library
303 pages

Barnes's Elementary History of the United States by James Baldwin/Google Books

Click here. About fourth grade level. Beginner's history in the form of biographies.

Published by American Book Company, 1918
400 pages

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race/Project Gutenburg


Contents:

Introduction xvii
I. Beowulf 1
II. The Dream of Maxen Wledig 42
III. The Story of Constantine and Elene 50
IV. The Compassion of Constantine 63
V. Havelok the Dane 73
VI. Howard the Halt 95
VII. Roland, the Hero of Early France 119
VIII. The Countess Cathleen 156
IX. Cuchulain, the Champion of Ireland 184
X. The Tale of Gamelyn 204
XI. William of Cloudeslee 225
XII. Black Colin of Loch Awe 248
XIII. The Marriage of Sir Gawayne 265
XIV. King Horn 286
XV. Robin Hood 314
XVI. Hereward the Wake


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Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light/Project Gutenburg

Click on title.

King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls/Project Gutenburg


Then a cry came from among the common people, and so strong was it that the nobles looked as if they hated to hear it.

'Let Arthur draw the sword!' was the call from a thousand throats.

The venerable archbishop came and took Arthur by the hand, and led him towards the sword. Again the young man held the rich pommel with his single hand, and that which none of the forty-nine great men could do, he did as easily as if he but plucked a flower.

A fierce cry leaped from among the thousands of the common people.

'Arthur shall be our King!' they cried. 'Arthur is our King! We will no longer deny him!'

A wonderful read-aloud or story for older children to read. It is a bit difficult with the old English, so I'm guessing age 12 and up for readability. Click here.