Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
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.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
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.
Grammar School Algebra
By George Edward Atwood
Published by Morse Co., 1900
253 pages
Covers mathematical concepts to approximately the sixth grade.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
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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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."
Click here.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Young People's History of the Pilgrims/Google Books
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(Thanksgiving)
Young People's History of the Pilgrims
By William Elliot Griffis
Published by Houghton Mifflin company, 1920
353 pages(Thanksgiving)
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
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
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.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
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
Click here.
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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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 pagesClick here.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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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Ham. He was a man, take him for all in all
I shall not look upon his like again." —Hamlet
Click here.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
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