A FIRST POETRY BOOK, adapted to their capacity and likings as that of Miss Woods. The selection of pieces shows excellent taste and judgment. The little folks for whom they were compiled cannot fail to readily apprehend and heartily enjoy them, while they are at the same time favour. ably influenced by the healthy tone of feeling pervading them, and the sound instruction which is all the more likely to have effect through being gently instilled rather than forcibly obtruded. It is much to be desired that the success of the work may be such as to induce the compiler to carry out her intention of publishing selections on a similar plan for the middle and upper divisions of high schools. Journal of Education.—"Four-fifths of the poems are, in our judgment, thoroughly fitted for boys and girls from the ages of seven to ten. Moreover, the collection is not in the least hackneyed, and we have to thank Miss Woods for introducing us to a number of perfect little gems which we had never met with before. Not only has Miss Woods en. joyed the advantage of applying to her pieces the touchstone journals and magazines, and trusted to her own poetic instinct to discover the gold amongst the dross. More than half the poems are anonymous, or by comparatively unknown Spectator.-"One notable feature of this selection is its originality. Miss Woods does On the other hand there are lyrics from poets whose In her selection from the writings of Atheneum.—"Encouraged by the success of her First Poetry Book, Miss Woods has Journal of Education.—"There is a great variety in the selections, and we notice some Academy.--"It is just a year ago since we welcomed the First Poetry Book, which A THIRD POETRY BOOK. of her flowers in fields but slightly known. Delightful from its variety and fresh- A lover of poetry must be well read in English who will not find in it poems with which he is unacquainted, and he will find little indeed that he can afford to pass by with Saturday Review.-"Carefully and wisely prepared. We are not sure whether it will not be more prized when school-days are over for ever than even in the 'Upper Now Ready. Pott 8vo. Price 25. 6d. net W. Shakespeare, A Morning Song W. Shakespeare, England's Danger W. Shakespeare, The Triumph of W. Shakespeare, Prince Henry J. Milton, Lycidas Return from Ireland W. Shakespeare, England Arming for War W. Shakespeare, St. Crispin's Day M. Drayton, The Battle of Agincourt G. Fletcher, Evening Song W. Shakespeare, Silvia only Love W. Shakespeare, Winter Unknown, Fair Helen W. Shakespeare, The Forester's Song R. Herrick, The White Island T. Gray, The Progress of Poesy T. Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect A. Pope, The Triumph of Dulness S. Johnson, The English Theatre S. Johnson, The Fortune of War W. Cowper, On the Loss of the Royal J. Dryden, The Duke of Buckingham Miss Elliot, The Flowers of the Forest A. Pope, The Death of the Same W. Collins, Ode 0. Goldsmith, The Village Clergy. S. T. Coleridge, The Knight's Tomb R. Burns, Address of Bruce to his T. Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Troops before Bannockburn Allan Ramsay, The Soldier's Farewell A. Pope, Epitaph on Sir Isaac New. James Thomson, Rule Britannia S. Johnson, On the Death of Robert Clifford S. T. Coleridge, The Reconciliation T. Chatterton, The Minstrel's Rounde. W. Blake, The Piper W. Wordsworth, A Perfect Woman T. Gray, The Triumphs of Owen S. T. Coleridge, Genevieve W. Wordsworth, 'On the Loss of 0. Goldsmith, The Village School- T. Campbell, The Last Man Lord Byron, Comrades T. Campbell, The Battle of the Baltic T. Campbell, Hohenlinden C. Wolfe, The Burialof Sir John Moore J. Keats, On first looking into Chap- man's Homer R. Southey, The Scholar P. B. Shelley, The Invitation Sir W. Scott, Bonny Dundee P. B. Shelley, The Golden Age Lord Byron, The Isles of Greece P. B. Shelley, Arethusa J. Keats, Ode to a Grecian Urn W. Wordsworth, London Lord Byron, Venice P. B. Shelley, The Same Lord Byron, The Coliseum Lord Byron, The Land of the Sun W. Wordsworth, Merry England Sir W. Scott, Lochinvar J. Keats, Robin Hood W. Wordsworth, To Sir Walter Scott Buonaparte BOOK THE FOURTH at Munich R. W. Emerson, The Master Builder C. Kingsley, The Swan-Neck Sir F. Doyle, How Lord Nairn was H. W. Longfellow, The Burial of the Minnesink R. Browning, How they Brought the C. Kingsley, The Old Buccaneer E. FitzGerald, The End of All C. Kingsley, The Tide-River T. Hood, The Girl I left behind me W. M. Praed, School and School. W. M. Thackeray, The Garret H. W. Long fellow, A Day of Suns C. Kingsley, A Farewell Please name the card or book required. A SELECTION OF COPYRIGHT POETRY. Standard II.—7. A Farm Walk (C. G. Rossetti) ; 8. The Death of the Tennyson) and May (C. G. Rossetti); 49. The Fountain (J. R. Lowel; and Standard III.-13. Brother Bruin and Golden Glories (C. G. Rossetti); 14. Standard IV.-19. The Victim (Tennyson); 20. Balaclava (F. H. Doyle); Standard V.-25. The Sleeping Beauty (Tennyson); 26. The Forsaken Standard VI.-VII.—(Selections from Tennyson.) 31. Recollections of the The |
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