Charles Kingsley 48

Death Stands Above Me. Walter Savage Landor 54

The Tournament Sir Walter Scott 55

A Plea for the Old Year Louise Chandler Moulton 59

Fagin's Last Day Charles Dickens 60

A Caution to Poets. Matthew Arnold 64

Apollo Belvedere Ruth McEnery Stuart 65

An Invalid in Lodgings J. M. Barrie 71

The Stirrup-Cup Sidney Lanier 74

Das Krist Kindel. James Whitcomb Riley 75

Hiram Foster's Thanksgiving Turkey S. E. Kiser 77

The Winning of Lorna Doone R. D. Blackmore 79

The Sky Richard Henry Stoddard 96

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Transcriber's Note

Variant forms of words in the original text, sometimes within the
same selection, have been retained in this ebook. Ellipses have been
standardized. Omissions in the Table of Contents match those of the
original document.

The following typographical corrections have been made in this ebook:

Page 17: Changed , to .
(kind of mourning.)

Page 18: Changed You're to You've
(You've got to go.)

Page 23: Added missing quotes; changed single to double
('I don't know, I don't know!'")

Page 27: Changed helpessly to helplessly
(said the young lady, helplessly)

Page 40: Changed constanly to constantly
(constantly in mind)

Page 40: Removed duplicate word 'these'
(these twenty-five years)

Page 41: Changed scafforld to scaffold
(the scaffold against the scaffold)

Page 47: Changed shown to shone
(the sun of heaven ever shone)

Page 53: Removed stray period
(She had disappeared, and)

Page 66: Changed constanly to constantly
(met constantly)

Page 71: Removed duplicate quotes
(I feared," she said.)

Page 72: Changed is to it
(but it is satisfaction)

Page 82: Changed single-quote to double
(go to sleep.")

Page 87: Changed by to my
(hand upon my arm)

Page 90: Changed Doone's to Doones
(murdered b