DIDACTIC STORIES The Purple Jar, _Edgeworth_ Difference and Agreement, _Aiken and Barbauld_ Eyes and No Eyes, _Aiken and Barbauld_ ANIMAL SKETCHES AND STORIES Rab and His Friends, _Brown_ The Busy Blue Jay, _Miller_ A Cry in the Night, _Long_ SELECTIONS FROM THE BIBLE The Story of Joseph The Story of Samson David's Psalms: First, Nineteenth, Twenty-third Christ's Sermon on the Mount Paul's Discourse on Charity OTHER PROSE FORMS LETTERS Lewis Carroll to Miss Standen Thomas Hood to Miss Elliot Charles Dickens to Master Hughes ESSAYS Traits of Indian Character, _Irving_ Of Studies, _Bacon_ The American Boy, _Roosevelt_ ORATIONS Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, _Henry_ Supposed Speech of John Adams, _Webster_ Gettysburg Address, _Lincoln_ APPENDIX NOTES INDEX TO AUTHORS, TITLES, AND THE FIRST LINES OF POEMS TYPES OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE NURSERY JINGLES Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; Along came a spider And sat down beside her, Which frightened Miss Muffet away. * * * * * Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his stockings on; One shoe off, the other shoe on, Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John. * * * * * "Let's go to bed," Says Sleepy-head; "Let's stay awhile," says Slow; "Put on the pot," Says Greedy-sot, "We'll sup before we go." * * * * * Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean: And so betwixt them both, you see, They licked the platter clean. * * * * * There was a little girl, And she had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead; When she was good, She was very, very good; But when she was bad--she was horrid. [Footnote: Attributed to Longfellow.] * * * * * Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after. * * * * * Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, And down he run, Hickory, dickory, dock * * * * * There was an old woman who lived in a shoe; She had so many children she didn't know what to do. She gave them some broth without any bread, And whipped them all soundly and put them to bed. * * * * * Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her. He put her in a pumpkin shell, And there he kept her very well. * * * * * Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie: He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum And said, "What a good boy am I!" * * * * * Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone; But when she got there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.