Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Reading for Pleasure and Profit: A List of Certain Books Which Young People Find Entertaining; Being Chiefly Books Which Older Readers Enjoyed When They Were Young
First term. Greek myths. The stories of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Bryant's translation of the episode of Ulysses among the Phaeacians, from the Odyssey. Narration and simple description.
Second term. Studies in narration, description and simple exposition. Hitch cock's Enlarged Practice Book. One of the ldylls of the King. Irving's Sketch Book.
Third term. Stories from early Roman history. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Henry V.
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