8. Start where you stand."

9. I want no discussion of the subject.

10. Want of decency is want of sense. 11. I call him a great man.

12. The call to arms came opportunely.

13. The dancing leaves drifted to the ground.

14. Dancing is pleasant exercise.

15. The children were dancing around the Maypole.

160. REVIEW OF WORD FORMS

Choose the correct word or words in the following sentences and give a reason for your choice:

1. He has (lain, laid) down on the couch.

2. The man (set, sat) in the car.

3. The bell has (rang, rung).

4. The dog was (drowned, drownded).

5. He wouldn't (leave, let) me have it.

6. She took it (from, off of) me.

7. The conversation was between (he and I, him and me.)

8. The table was (back of, in back of) the door.

9. He (lay, laid) the book on the table.

lying) there.

It is (laying,

10. The weather looks (like, as if) it would rain.

11. He said, ("Its, It's) too bad it hurt (it's, its) foot."
12. Each student should know (their, his) lesson.
13. Neither John nor I (are, am) going.

14. Neither he nor they (were, was) present.
15. Both Mary and Jane (was, were) at school.
16. To (who, whom) did you give the book?
17. She did not know (whom, who) he is.
18. He is a man (who, whom) you will like.
19. She is the girl (who, whom) I saw yesterday.
20. (Who, Whom) do you think I am?
21. I haven't (seen, saw) him today.

22. He (done, did) it himself.

23. I (shall, will) see you tomorrow.

24. We (shall, will) meet again.

25. I (will, shall) solve this problem.

26. They (shall, will) arrive next week. 27. He obtained a (raise, rise) in salary.

28. The river began to (rise, raise).

29. The (to, too, two) boys were (to, too, two) frightened (to, too) reply.

30. They (gave, give) the package to (we, us) boys.

161. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

A big, old, roomy, square house, called Elmwood, once the home of British officers of the crown, was the birthplace and home of James Russell Lowell. There on February 22, 1819, he was born, and there on August 12, 1891, he died.

There was nothing very unusual about the childhood of Lowell. He engaged in the sports which boys of all times. have liked, coasting in the winter, marbles in the spring, everything in the summer, and nutting in the fall.

Many youths of that period were sent abroad for their education, but Lowell was educated in his own neighborhood. He first attended a small classical school conducted by a harsh, exacting Englishman in one of the old Tory houses near Elmwood, and at sixteen entered Harvard.

A majority of the Harvard students at that time specialized in the classics because that was considered the correct thing to do. Lowell gave his time to literature and languages, not because he was supposed to, but because he wanted to. In both his thought and actions he was independent. Sometimes he was too much so for his own good. We are told that he was once suspended from college because of his irregularities.

While still a mere youth, Lowell was ambitious to write well, and he frankly set about the task of making good. We can realize something of how well he succeeded when we recall that in a few days' time he wrote one of the greatest

of all American poems, the Commemoration Ode. His formula for success seems to have been, ability plus work.

Mr. Lowell was not only a poet but a man of affairs and served his country with distinction, first at Madrid and later at London. His political life brought him before the public, and societies and universities of many countries did him honor.

You cannot really know James Russell Lowell or any other great writer, for that matter, by reading about him. You must find the real man in his works.

The following list names several of Mr. Lowell's poems which you would enjoy:

1. The Vision of Sir Launfal

2. The Heritage

3. The Fountain

4. With a Pressed Flower
5. A Song the Violet

6. The Beggar

7. The Courtin'

Oral assignment. Be prepared to give a short talk on the life of James Russell Lowell. Find out more about him than this lesson tells you.

Written assignment. Write a short report on one of Lowell's poems and name other poems of his which you have read. Read your report aloud to yourself before you hand it in. Improve it if you can.

162. WORD REVIEW

Check up your personal spelling list.

satisfied with your progress in spelling?

Are you

Continue your review of word forms by choosing the

correct words in the following sentences and giving a reason for your choice:

1. The man (come, came) yesterday.

2. They have (came, come) to see the house.

3. She (don't, doesn't) know (anything, nothing) about the matter.

4. Charles is the (taller, tallest) of the two.

5. She is the (brighter, brightest) of the whole class. 6. We are younger than (them, they).

7. They are stronger than (we, us).

8. These apples are (so, as) sweet as (those, them). 9. These peaches are not (so, as) ripe as (them, those). 10. He spoke of (Dan's, Dan) going to school.

11. They talked of (him, his) riding the horse.

12. The conversation turned to (them, their) driving the car. 13. Two of (those, them) pencils (was, were) (broke, broken, by (we, us) boys.

14. They divided the candy (among, between) the two boys. 15. He does not feel (good, well) today.

16. The food tasted (bad, badly).

17. I'll (teach, learn) you to do that.

18. (May, can) I speak to you, please?

19. (Can, May) you work this problem?

20. I (haven't got no, have no, haven't any) pencil.

21. They ought to have (gone, went).

22. He should (of, have) (spoke, spoken) to her.

23. There were (fewer, less) boys than girls.

24. They wouldn't even do it (theirselves, themselves).

25. Where is he (at)?

26. Where have they gone (to)?

27. They said it was (he, him).

28. We thought it was (them, they.)

29. (We, Us) boys won the ball game.

30. They told (we, us) girls not to come.

31. (Isn't, Ain't) he a fine man?

Well, I should say he (was, is).

32. (They, There) (ain't, isn't) (no, any) use (nohow, anyway).

33. He was badly (shaken, shook) up.

34. Have you (wrote, written) your lesson?

35. The choir hasn't (sang, sung) for two weeks.
36. She never (gave, give) me the book.
37. It was (give, gave, given) to him.

38. He has (fell, fallen) on the floor.

39. Everybody in the class knew (their, his) lesson.
40. The bubbles have (burst, bursted, busted).
41. He wasn't (near, nearly) through reading.
42. Do you think you (will, shall) go?

I (sure, surely) do.

163. GIVING REASONS

WHEN INCONSIDERATION BECOMES LAWLESSNESS It is related that a New England farmer, who saw a prosperous looking man alight from a limousine, take out a hamper, and repair to the near-by apple orchard, went by a roundabout way to the car and when the owner returned with a load of pippins, the farmer had just removed several parts of the engine and was coolly lighting his pipe as he gathered them up. The indignant car owner flew into a rage at the "highway robbery" and "bold-faced thievery."

"Well," drawled the farmer, "I'll tell you. I just took these parts because my car needed 'em and it would save me buying some. But I'll swap 'em for those apples of mine in your basket—and the ones that are bulging out your pockets. I can sell the apples for enough to buy the bolts and screws, and maybe have some left over. That's a fair trade, isn't it?"

The proprietor of the limousine, after the enforced "trade," actually drove to a local Justice of the Peace to lodge a complaint of the farmer's action-a good thing, in the outcome, for the investigation which followed broadcast the hilarious story and, one hopes, served as a lesson for all unscrupulous pleasure seekers.