High School English /Google Books

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High School English: A Manual of Composition and Literature
By Harriet Louise Keeler, Mary Elizabeth Adams
Published by Allyn and Bacon, 1906
279 pages

Harriet Beecher Stowe A Biography for Girls/Google Books

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Biography for Girls

By Martha Foote Crow

Published by D. Appleton and Company, 1913

310 pages

The Girl's Book of Famous Queens/Google Books

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The Girl's Book of Famous Queens

By Lydia Hoyt Farmer

Published by T.Y. Crowell, 1887

495 pages

Pathways in Nature and Literature: A Second Reader/Google Books

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Pathways in Nature and Literature: A Second Reader
By Sarah Row Christy, Edward Richard Shaw
Published by University Pub. Co., 1903
112 pages

Objects for the Microscope(Christian)/Google Books

Scripture interlaced with nature study and microscope preparation/viewing directions.

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Objects for the Microscope: Being a Popular Description of the Most Instructive and Beautiful Subjects for Exhibition

By Louisa Lane Clarke

Published by Groombridge, 1863

248 pages

An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope/Google Books

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An elementary text-book of the microscope: Including a Description of the Methods of Preparing & Mounting Objects

By John William Griffith

Published by Voorst, 1864

197 pages

Ancient Greece: Homer's The Odyssey, The Iliad and the Aeneid for Boys and Girls/Various Sources

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Ten Girls From History/Google Books

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Ten Girls from History ...
By Kate Dickinson Sweetser
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1912
227 pages

Free Homeschool Audio History: American History Old Time Radio Shows

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next week, I Promise! I've taken a little break over December, and I've got family visiting next week. Until then, happy reading. : )

A Practical Grammar of the English Language /Google Books

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A Practical Grammar of the English Language
By Thomas Wadleigh Harvey
Published by American Book Company, 1878
272 pages

First Lessons in the English Language/Google Books

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First Lessons in the English Language
By Thomas Wadleigh Harvey
Published by Van Antwerp, Bragg, & Co., 1875
80 pages

Old Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic/Google Books

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Old Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic by P. W. Joyce
By Patrick Weston Joyce
Translated by Patrick Weston Joyce
Published by D. Nutt, 1894
446 pages

History Reader/Google Books

About a third grade reading level. Click here.

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History Reader

By Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson

Published by The Macmillan Company, 1918

Golden Numbers: Poems for Children and Young People/Google Books

Daily poetry for night and day, throughout the year. Click here.

Golden Numbers: Poems for Children and Young People

By Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith

Compiled by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith

Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1902

686 pages

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Books for High Schools/Google Books

Nice reference book for finding free online texts. Click here.

Books for High Schools
By Martha Wilson
Compiled by Martha Wilson
Published by American library assoc., 1914
150 pages
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South America, A Geography Reader/Google Books

No grade level mentioned, but I'm guessing this is appropriate for grade five or six.

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South America: A Geography Reader
By Isaiah Bowman
Published by Rand, McNally & company, 1915
354 pages

The Young Reader/Google Books

The Young Reader By John Pierpont, published in 1839, stories to teach morals. No grade assigned but looks to be advanced third - fourth grade.

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Stepping Stones to Literature Fourth Grade/Google books

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Modern Science Reader/Google Books

Introduction mentions that this text is for "college men"; however it appears appropriate for high school students.

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The Literary Reader for Higher Grades/Google Books

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The Literary Reader for Higher Grades

By Kate Forrest Oswell, Charles Benajah Gilbert

Published by Macmillan Co., 1912

591 pages

Brooks's Readers Eighth Grade Reader/Google Books

Brooks's Readers
By Stratton Duluth Brooks
Published by American Book Co., 1907

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Sea-side and Way-side Nature Reader, Book Four/Google Books

No grade assigned but appears to be appropriate for grades 4 - 6.

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The World's Story An Outline of Universal History/Google Books

Suitable for high school, or useful as a teacher's guide.

The World's Story: A History of the World in Story, Song and Art, Ed. by Eva March Tappan, published by Houghton Mifflin company, 1914

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The Birds' Christmas Carol/Google Books

By Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916
69 pages
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Positive Review.

Mary of Plymouth/Google Books

Mary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement
By James Otis
Published by American Book Company, 1910
156 pages
Ages 8-12.

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Review and summary at The Lost Classics.

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Pilgrim Stories/Google Books

Pilgrim Stories by Margaret Blanche Pumphrey, Lucy Fitch Perkins, Rand McNally and Company
Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins

Published by Rand McNally & Company, 1910

256 pages

Ages 8-10.

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HT to Pawpaw Holler Home.

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The Merrill Readers Third Grade /Google Books

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A Pictorial History of Greece/Google Books

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A Pictorial History of Greece, Ancient and Modern

By Samuel Griswold Goodrich

Published by F.J. Huntington, and Mason & Law, 1851

A Pictorial History of France/Google Books

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A Pictorial History of France
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by E.H. Butler & Co., 1861

A Pictorial History of Ancient Rome/Google Books

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By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by E. H. Butler, 1868
336 pages

A Pictorial History of England/Google Books

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A Pictorial History of England
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by J.H. Butler, 1880
448 pages

A Pictorial History of the United States/Google Books

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By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by E.H. Butler, 1872

Picture Study in Elementary Schools By Williams Wilson/Google Books

Click here.Includes teacher notes.

Multi-Grade Thanksgiving Day Stories

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A-Z Literature & Authors

An organized website with free classic literature grouped by the origins of literature, themes, genres, and subjects. "Also, find out about periods and movements, as well as theory and criticism. Read about literature and authors from around the world." Click here.

Grammar School Algebra/Google Books

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Grammar School Algebra
By George Edward Atwood
Published by Morse Co., 1900
253 pages

Covers mathematical concepts to approximately the sixth grade.

A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands/Google Books

A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands ...
By Charlotte Mary Yonge
Published by The Christian Herald, 1895
314 pages

An excerpt from the introduction, What is a Golden Deed?

"...the eye gleam and the heart throb, and bears
us through the details of suffering, bloodshed,
and even barbarity, — feeling our spirits
moved and elevated by contemplating the courage
and endurance that they have called forth.
Nay, such is the charm of brilliant valor, that
we often are tempted to forget the injustice of
the cause that they may have called forth the
actions that delight us. And this enthusiasm
is often united with the utmost tenderness of
heart, the very appreciation of suffering only
quickening the sense of the heroism that
risked the utmost, till the young and ardent
learn absolutely to look upon danger as
an occasion for evincing the highest qualities.

O Life, without thy checkered scene
Of right and wrong, of weal and woe,
Success and failure, could a ground
For magnanimity be found ?

The true cause of such enjoyment is perhaps
an inherent consciousness that there is nothing
so noble as forgetfulness of self. Therefore it
is that we are struck by hearing of the exposure
of life and limb to the utmost peril, in oblivion,
or recklessness of personal safety, in comparison
with a higher object."

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Young People's History of the Pilgrims/Google Books

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Young People's History of the Pilgrims

By William Elliot Griffis

Published by Houghton Mifflin company, 1920

353 pages

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The Book of Saints and Heroes /Google Books

The Book of Saints and Heroes

By Lang, Leonora Blanche Lang, Andrew Lang, Henry J. Ford

Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912

351 pages

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November Games for Young Children

From Primary Education magazine, November 1917.
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How to Write Clearly, Rules and Exercises on English Composition/Project Gutenburg

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Ontario(Canadian) Graded Readers/Project Gutenberg

• The Ontario Readers: Third Book Ontario Ministry of Education
• The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario Ministry of Education
• The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader Ontario Ministry of Education
• The Ontario High School Reader Marty, A.E.

Preschoolers: Fun and Thought for Little Folks/Project Gutenberg

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How to be Happy Written for Children(Christian)/Google Books

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How to be Happy: Written for the Children of Some Dear Friends
By Lydia Howard Sigourney, Lady, A Lady
Published by D.F. Robinson, 1833
128 pages

The Beautiful Land of Nod/Google Books

The Beautiful Land of Nod
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Published by W.B. Conkey, 1892
141 pages

A storybook for young children. Click here.

A Book of Bravery/Google Books

The Book of Bravery: Being True Stories in an Ascending Scale of Courage
By Henry Wysham Lanier
Published by C. Scribner's Sons, 1920
429 pages

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A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legends, History, and Science/Google Books

A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legends, History, and Science
By Henry Wysham Lanier
Published by E.P. Dutton & company, 1922
316 pages

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A Short History of Science/Google Books

A Short History of Science

By W. T. Sedgwick, H. W. Tyler

Published by The Macmillan company, 1917

474 pages

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Hero Tales from American History by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Lodge/Project Gutenberg

"Hor. I saw him once; he was a goodly king.
Ham. He was a man, take him for all in all
I shall not look upon his like again." —Hamlet

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Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2/Project Gutenberg

Chemistry for dummies, sort of. Click here.

The Boy Mechanic 700 Things for Boys to Do/Google Books

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First Course in Chemistry/Google Books

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The Stone-Millis Arithmetics/ Fifth Grade Google Books

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The Guyot Geographical Reader and Primer/Google Books

Geographical regions are covered(for the most part) rather than specific countries. Appears to be appropriate for fourth-fifth grade.

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The Guyot geographical reader and primer: a series of journeys round the world
By Mary Howe Smith, Mary Howe Smith Pratt
Published by American Book Company, 1898
282 pages

Introductory [Science Primer]/Google Books

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Introductory [Science Primer]
By Thomas Henry Huxley
Published by American book company, 1880
94 pages

Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners/Google Books

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Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners
By Henry Enfield Roscoe, Joseph Lunt
Published by Macmillan, 1897
245 pages

Lessons in Elementary Chemistry/Google Books

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Lessons in elementary chemistry: Inorganic and Organic
By Henry Enfield Roscoe
Published by Macmillan, 1893
503 pages

Chemistry for Secondary Schools/Google Books

Chemistry

By Henry Enfield Roscoe, Balfour Stewart

Published by Macmillan, 1883

132 pages

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Sea-side and Way-side Nature Reader, Book One

Click here. No grade mentioned, but appears to be appropriate for grades two - three.

Complete Graded Arithmetic Sixth Grade/Google Books

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Answers included. Note: Google's page numbers do not correspond to book page numbers - title page begins on page 399.

Complete Graded Arithmetic Fourth and Fifth Grade/Google books

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Complete Graded Arithmetic Seventh Grade /Google Books

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Carpentry for Boys by J. S. Zerbe/Project Gutenberg

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Hiawatha Primer and The Book of Nature Myths/Google & Project Gutenburg

The Hiawatha Primer and The Book of Nature Myths are to be read in succession. Both get progressively more difficult, so it is meant to be used across grades. Grade levels are not mentioned, but it appears to cover grade two - grade four. Primers are meant for beginning readers.

The Kipling Reader for Elementary Grades/Google Books

Click here. Grade not mentioned, but appears to be about a fourth grade reading level.

The Eaton Readers Third Grade/Google Books

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Elementary and Middle School Readings for Columbus Day/Google books

The Story of Columbus and Magellan

A First Book in American History: With Special Reference to the Lives

A History of the United States and Its People: For the Use of Schools

The Beginner's American History

Thirty More Famous Stories Retold

Socializing the Child: A Guide to the Teaching of History in the Primary Grades

Stories of Early American History

An Elementary History of Our Country

American Hero Stories

The Patriotic Reader: For Seventh and Eighth Grades and Junior High Schools

The Story of Mankind

Founders of Our Country

History Primer

Barnes's Elementary History of the United States

Type Lessons for Primary Teachers

Lesson Plans: Written Composition for Grades One - Four/Google Books

From a 1920 periodical, Primary Education. Click on pages to enlarge and print or download.

Ten Great Events in History/Google Books

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Story of Roland/Google Books

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The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures/Project Gutenberg

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Well-Known Piano Solos, How to Play Them /Google Books

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Well-Known Piano Solos, How to Play Them: How to Play Them
By Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher
Published by Best Books, 1915
284 pages

The New McGuffey Fifth Reader/Google Books

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The New McGuffey Fifth Reader.
By William Holmes McGuffey
Published by American Book Co., 1901
Original from Harvard University
352 pages

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.

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

In the Nursery of My Book House/Google Books

By Olive Beaupré Miller

Published by Book House for Children, 1920
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Traditional nursery rhymes and stories for older children.

The Golden Door Book Fifth Grade Reader/Google books

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The Progressive Composition Lessons for Seventh and Eighth Grade/Google Books

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Outlines of the World's History By William Swinton/Google Books

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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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The Mother Goose Primer/Google Books

Click here.The Mother Goose Primer
By Belle Wiley
Illustrated by Anne Merriman Peck
Published by C.E. Merrill, 1910
Original from Harvard University
128 pages

Little People's Dialogues Designed for Young People of Ten Years/Google Books

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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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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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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

The Wizard King, the Story of the Last Moslem Invasion by David Ker

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Harper's Seventh Reader By James Baldwin/Google Books

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Harper's Fourth Reader By James Baldwin/Google Books

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Baldwin Reader Eighth Grade/Google Books

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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

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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.