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Names of authors are in small capitals; words and phrases in italics; titles of lessons inclosed
in quotations marks. Selections are usually indexed only under authors or Poems, Stories,
etc. The numbers refer to pages.

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ALCOTT, LOUISE M., Little Women, 82. Comparison, of adjectives,

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192; of

adverbs, 195.

Complement, 228.

Compositions, directions for writing, 2.

Application for position, 153.

Articles, 139.

"Aurora," 182.

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Compound and Complex Sentences,

232.

Compound words, 40, 128, 233.
Conjunctions, 202.

Golden Contractions, 53, 59, 60.

BONHEUR, ROSA, Lion Family, 149.
BROWNING, ROBERT, 173, 227.
BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN, Marion's
Men, 103; Robert of Lincoln,
166-169.

BURROUGHS, JOHN, 186.

Business Letters, 152, 154, 177, 209.

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Conversations, see Dramas and Quo-
tations.

Copula, 227, 228.

"Corn," 136.

CUNNINGHAM, ALLEN, 27.

"Danger of Talking Too Much," a
fable, 11.

"Dangerous House-fly, The," 208, 209.
Dates, 42, 63.

Days of the week, 39.
Declarative sentences, 3.
Descriptions, to be written, 5, 19,
23, 49, 93, 110, 132, 150, 161, 175,
183, 194.
Dictation, 3, 6, 8, 20, 23, 42, 57, 82,
86, 91, 96, 118, 161.
Dictionary, the use of, 24.
Do, the verb, 114, 170.
DODGE, MARY MAPES, 194.
Doesn't and don't, 114.
Double negatives, 122, 123.
Dramas: The Frog and the Ox, 22;
Two Dogs, 28; Mercury and the
Woodman, 50; Waiting for Mis-

tress, 104; The Colonists, 163;
Midsummer Night's Dream, 218.
"Dutch Scene," 193.

EMERSON, R. W., Concord Hymn, 203.
"Enunciation," lessons, 157, 172, 179.
Exclamations, 11, 203.

Exclamatory sentences, 11.

Its and it's, 60.
Is and are, 34.

JACKSON, HELEN HUNT, October's
Bright Blue Weather, 116.

LANDSEER, SIR EDWIN, Waiting for
Mistress, 104.

Explanations, 102, 133, 136, 157, Language, a talk about, 52.
215, 216.

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LANIER, SIDNEY, Tampa Robins, 103.
"Larks and the Farmer," fable, 31.
Learn, teach, 98.
Leave, let, 98.

"LEE, ROBERT E," 140.
Letters, from Thomas Hood, 61; from
George to May, 63; a Day at School,
67; to a friend about your town,
84; requiring an answer, 99; a real
letter, 111-113; Business Letters,
152, 153, 154, 177; of invitation,
214; to a friend, 227.

Letters, directions for: heading, 63;
salutation, 63, 64; address, 74;
planning and criticising, 111-113;
models for business letters, 152;
an invitation, 214.

Lie or lay, 147.

Like, love, 98.

"LINCOLN, ABRAHAM," 120-121.
"Lion Family," 149.

"Little Teacher," 1.

LONGFELLOW, HENRY W., The Chil-
dren's Hour, 76.

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Paragraphs, 30, 32, 42, 93, 102, 122, 136,
186.

Parts of Speech, 181, 205, 230, 231.

See Nouns, Pronouns, etc.
Period, 6, 18, 20; review, 88, 178, 232.
Person, 187, 215, 217.

"Pestilent Mosquito," 211-213.
Phrases, 199.

"Picnic, The," 20, 21, 22.
Pictures for study: Little Teacher, 1;
The Hurdy-Gurdy, 4; A Rainy
Day, 9; The Balloon Man, 18;
The Picnic, 21; A Nickel to Spend,
33; by Kate Greenaway, 43; The
Fire Engine, 46; The Circus, 48;
Coasting, 73; Pilgrims Going to
Church, 80; A Mute Appeal, 92;
Waiting for Mistress, 104; The Old
Garden, 110; The Bird Shop, 126;
Lion Family, 149; Apple Picking,
175; Aurora, 182; A Dutch Scene,
193; Siegfried, 196.
Plans, see Outlines.

Plurals, of nouns, 27, 34, 44, 49, 51,

75, 83, 85, 87; of verbs and pro-
nouns, 34, 44, 52, 75, 97, 111, 126,
174; review, 86, 87, 170.
Poems: Singing, 7; What the Winds
bring, 16; Thanksgiving Day, 24;
The Land of Counterpane, 38; Sup-
pose, 54; The Children's Hour, 76;
Who has seen the wind, 87; The
Barefoot Boy, 101; stanzas from
Song of Marion's Men and Tampa
Robins, 103; He prayeth well,
109; October's Bright Blue
Weather, 116; Daffodils, 131; Rab-
bit in the Cross-ties, 148;
Ironsides, 144; Robert of Lincoln,
166; Selection from Pied Piper, 173;
Stanzas from Tennyson, 179; Ode to
the Brave, 198; Concord Hymn, 203;
Midsummer Night's Dream, 218-222;
The Year's at the Spring, 227.
Possessives, 56, 57, 84, 85.
Predicate, see Subject and Predicate.
Predicate Nouns and Adjectives, 228,
229.

Prefixes, 118, 119.
Prepositional phrases, 199.

Prepositions, 199.

"Pretty Thief, A," 106.

Old

Pronouns, 99, 105, 126, 151, 170, 173,
174, 187, 215, 217, 231. See Per-
son, Case, etc.

24.

Pronunciation, use of dictionary for,
See Enunciation.
Proper nouns, 165, 197.
Proverbs, 71, 129.

Punctuation: in letters, 63, 64, 74;
summary, 88; lesson on, 127, 128;
review, 232, 233. See Period, Com-
ma, etc.

Question mark, 6, 88..
Questions, 3, 6, 11.

Quotation marks, 68, 71, 72. See
Quotations.

Quotations, 68; divided, 71, 72.

"Rainy Day, A," 8-10.
Rhyme, 17, 56.

RILEY, JAMES W., Rabbit in the
Cross-ties, 148.

ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G., 17, 87.

See, saw, seen, 113, 114.
Semicolon, 128.

Sentence, defined, 3; declarative and
interrogative, 3; punctuation of, 6,
11; imperative and exclamatory, 11;
elements of, 175. See Sentence
Building, Subject and Predicate.
Sentence analysis, 162, 176, 189, 231.
Sentence building, 15, 37, 44, 86, 90,
138, 146, 158, 173, 191, 202, 224.
Series, words in a, 81.
SHAKESPEARE, "Midsummer Night's
Dream," 218-223.
Shall and will, 153.
"Siegfried," picture, 196.
"Sif's
Golden Hair,"
myth, 69.

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Sit or set, 142, 143.
Stanza, 17.
"States, The," 135.
STEDMAN, EDMUND C., What the
Winds Bring, 16, 17.
STEVENSON, R. L., Singing, 7; Travels
with a Donkey, 180.
Stories for study: Alice Asleep, 13;
A True Story, Jocko, 40; Mercury
and the Woodman, 50; Turning
the Grindstone, 57; Sif's Golden
Hair, 69; A Pretty Thief, 106;
A Picture Story, 124; An Un-
finished Story, 148; Icarus and his
Flight, 171; Hoeing and Fishing,
200. See Fables, Dramas, Pictures,
Unfinished Stories.

Stories, to be written, 10, 12, 14, 19,
22, 26, 32, 34, 42, 48, 59, 109, 126,
127, 130, 142, 148, 165, 171, 180,
183, 198, 207.
Subject and Predicate, 89, 90; com-
plete, 91; order of, 93; exercises on,
94, 97, 100, 138, 162; simple, 130,
133, 134, 162, 176; compound, 174;
review, 231, 232.
Suffixes, 118, 119.
Syllables, 14, 15.

Synonyms, 78, 79, 81, 102, 103, 118.

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Verbs, 105, 109, 111, 126, 130, 146,
151, 170, 173, 188, 189, 210, 211,
214, 224, 225, 227, 228. See Plurals,
Tense, is, are, was, were, see, do,
be, etc.

Vocabulary, see Words.

"Waiting for Mistress," 104.
Was or were, 44.

WASHINGTON, GEORGE, lessons and
pictures, 35, 36.

Wheat, 158-160.

WHITTIER, J. G., Barefoot Boy,
101; Corn Song, 138.
Will, 153.

"Windmills of Holland, The," 193.
Words, meaning and choice, 23, 24,
38, 53, 56, 58, 77, 81, 98, 102, 103,
115, 118, 119, 131, 132, 146, 158,
168, 172, 188, 194, 205, 223.
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM, Daffodils,
131.

Yes and no, 59.
"Your State," 133.

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