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Graded Memory Selections By: Various |
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Arranged by S. D. WATERMAN,
Superintendent of Schools, Berkeley, Cal. J. W. McCLYMONDS,
Superintendent of Schools, Oakland, Cal. C. C. HUGHES,
Superintendent of Schools, Alameda, Cal. Educational Publishing Company
Boston
New York Chicago San Francisco Copyrighted
by Educational Publishing Company
1903.
PREFACE.
It is unfortunately true that the terms education and culture are not
synonymous. Too often we find that the children in our public schools,
while possessed of the one, are signally lacking in the other. This is
a state of things that cannot be remedied by teaching mere facts. The
Greeks, many years ago, found the true method of imparting the latter
grace and we shall probably not be able to discover a better one
to day. Their youths learned Homer and the other great poets as a part
of their daily tasks, and by thus constantly dwelling upon and storing
in their minds the noblest and most beautifully expressed thought in
their literature, their own mental life became at once refined and
strong. The basis of all culture lies in a pure and elevated moral nature, and
so noted an authority as President Eliot, of Harvard University, has
said that the short memory gems which he learned as a boy in school,
have done him more good in the hour of temptation than all the sermons
he ever heard preached. A fine thought or beautiful image, once stored
in the mind, even if at first it is received indifferently and with
little understanding, is bound to recur again and again, and its
companionship will have a sure, if unconscious, influence. The mind
that has been filled in youth with many such thoughts and images will
surely bear fruit in fine and gracious actions. To the teachers who are persuaded of this truth, the present
collection of poems has much to recommend it. The selections have been
chosen both for their moral influence and for their permanent value as
literature. They have been carefully graded to suit the needs of every
class from the primary to the high school. Either the whole poem or a
sufficiently long quotation has been inserted to give the child a
complete mental picture. The teacher will thus escape the difficulty of choosing among a too
great abundance of riches, or the still greater one of finding for
herself, with few resources, what serves her purpose. This volume has
a further advantage over other books of selections. It is so moderate
in price that it will be possible to place it in the hands of the
children themselves. The compilers desire to thank Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Charles
Scribner's Sons, Bowen, Merrill & Co., Whittaker & Ray Co., and
Doubleday & McClure Co., for their kindness in permitting the use of
copyrighted material. S. D. WATERMAN.
CONTENTS.
FIRST GRADE. The Baby George Macdonald
The Little Plant Anon.
Sleep, Baby, Sleep E. Prentiss
One, Two, Three Margaret Johnson
Three Little Bugs in a Basket Alice Cary
Whenever a Little Child is Born Agnes L. Carter
Sweet and Low Alfred Tennyson
The Ferry for Shadowtown Anon.
My Shadow R. L. Stevenson
Quite Like a Stocking Anon.
The Owl and the Pussy Cat Edward Lear
Forget me not Anon.
Who Stole the Bird's Nest? Anon.
Two Little Hands Anon.
The Dandelion Anon.
A Million Little Diamonds M. Butts
Daisy Nurses Anon.
At Little Virgil's Window Edwin Markham
Dandelions Anon.
Memory Gems Selected SECOND GRADE. Seven Times One Jean Ingelow
Christmas Eve Anon.
Morning Song Alfred Tennyson
Suppose, My Little Lady Phoebe Cary
The Day's Eye Anon... Continue reading book >>
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