All you that love mirth for to hear,
And I will tell you of a bold outlaw,
That lived in Nottinghamshire.
All under the greenwood tree,
There he was aware of a brave young man,
As fine as fine might be.
In scarlet fine and gay;
And he did frisk it over the plain,
And chaunted a roundelay.
Amongst the leaves so gay,
There did he espy the same young man
Come drooping along the way.
It was clean cast away;
And at every step he fetched a sigh
"Alas! and a-well-a-day!"
And Midge, the miller's son;
Which made the young man bend his bow,
When he saw them come.
"What is your will with me?"
"You must come before our master straight,
Under yon greenwood tree."
Robin asked him courteously,
"Oh, hast thou any money to spare,
For my merry men and me?"
"But five shillings and a ring;
And that I have kept this seven long years,
To have at my wedding.
But she was from me ta'en,
And chosen to be an old knight's delight,
Whereby my poor heart is slain."
"Come tell me, without any fail."
"By the faith of my body," then said the young man,
"My name it is Allen-a-Dale."
"In ready gold or fee,
To help thee to thy true love again,
And deliver her unto thee?"
"In ready gold nor fee,
But I will swear upon a book
Thy true servant for to be."
Come tell me without guile."
"By the faith of my body," then said the young man,
"It is but five little mile."
He did neither stint nor lin,
Until he came unto the church
Where Allen should keep his weddin'.
"I prithee now tell unto me."
"I am a bold harper," quoth Robin Hood,
"And the best in the north country."
"That music best pleaseth me."
"You shall have no music," said Robin Hood,
"Till the bride and bridegroom I see."
Which was both grave and old,
And after him a finikin lass,
Did shine like the glistering gold.
"That you do seem to make here,
For since we are come into the church,
The bride shall choose her own dear."
And blew blasts two or three;
When four-and-twenty yeomen bold
Came leaping over the lea.
Marching all in a row,
The first man was Allen-a-Dale
To give bold Robin his bow.
"Young Allen, as I hear say;
And you shall be married this same time,
Before we depart away."
"For thy word shall not stand;
They shall be three times ask'd in the church,
As the law is of our land."
And put it upon Little John;
"By the faith of my body," then Robin said,
"This cloth doth make thee a man."
The people began to laugh;
He asked them seven times into church,
Lest three times should not be enough.
Quoth Robin Hood, "That do I;
And he that takes her from Allen-a-Dale,
Full dearly he shall buy."
The bride looked like a queen;
And so they returned to the merry greenwood,
Amongst the leaves so green.
—Author Unknown.
INSTRUCTOR LITERATURE SERIES
5c—Supplementary Readers And Classics for All Grades—5c
A series of little books containing material needed for supplementary Reading and Study. Classified and Graded. Large type for lower grades.
This list is constantly being added to. If a substantial number of books are to be ordered, or if other titles than those shown here are desired, send for latest list.
FIRST GRADE
Fables and Myths
*6 Fairy Stories of the Moon
*27 Eleven Fables from Æsop
*23 More Fables from Æsop
*29 Indian Myths—Bush
*140 Nursery Tales—Taylor
*288 Primer from Fableland—Maguire
Nature
*1 Little Plant People—Part I
*2 Little Plant People—Part II
*30 Story of a Sunbeam—Miller
*31 Kitty Mittens and Her Friends
History
*32 Patriotic Stories (Story of the Flag, Story of Washington, etc.)
Literature
*104 Mother Goose Reader
*228 First Term Primer—Maguire
*230 Rhyme and Jingle Reader for Beginners
SECOND GRADE
Fables and Myths
*33 Stories from Andersen—Taylor
*34 Stories from Grimm—Taylor
*36 Little Red Riding Hood—Reiter
*37 Jack and the Beanstalk—Reiter
*38 Adventures of a Brownie
Nature and Industry
*3 Little Workers (Animal Stories)
*39 Little Wood Friends—Mayne
*40 Wings and Stings—Halifax
*41 Story of Wool—Mayne
*42 Bird Stories from the Poets
History and Biography
*43 Story of the Mayflower—McCabe
*45 Boyhood of Washington—Reiter
*204 Boyhood of Lincoln—Reiter
Literature
*72 Bow-Wow and Mew-Mew—Craik
*142 Child's Garden of Verses—Stevenson
*206 Picture Study Stories for Little Children
*220 Story of the Christ Child
*262 Four Little Cotton-Tails—Smith
*268 Four Little Cotton Tails in Winter—Smith
*269 Four Little Cotton Tails at Play—Smith
*270 Four Little Cotton-Tails in Vacation—Smith
*290 Fuzz in Japan—A Child-Life Reader
THIRD GRADE
Fables and Myths
*46 Puss in Boots and Cinderella
*47 Greek Myths—Klingensmith
*48 Nature Myths—Metcalf
*50 Reynard the Fox—Best
*102 Thumbelina and Dream Stories
*146 Sleeping Beauty and Other Stories
174 Sun Myths—Reiter
175 Norse Legends, I—Reiter
176 Norse Legends, II—Reiter
*177 Legends of the Rhineland—McCabe
*282 Siegfried, The Lorelei, and Other Rhine Legends—McCabe
Nature and Industry
*49 Buds, Stems and Fruits—Mayne
*51 Story of Flax—Mayne
*52 Story of Glass—Hanson
*53 Adventures of a Little Water Drop—Mayne
*133 Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard—Part I. Story of Tea and the Teacup
*135 Little People of the Hills (Dry Air and Dry Soil Plants)—Chase
*137 Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard—Part II. Story of Sugar, Coffee and Salt
*138 Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard—Part III. Story of Rice, Currants and Honey
*203 Little Plant People of the Waterways—Chase
History and Biography
*4 Story of Washington—Reiter
*7 Story of Longfellow—McCabe
*21 Story of the Pilgrims—Powers
*44 Famous Early Americans (Smith, Standish, Penn)—Bush
*54 Story of Columbus—McCabe
55 Story of Whittier—McCabe
57 Story of Louisa M. Alcott—Bush
*59 Story of the Boston Tea Party—McCabe
*60 Children of the Northland—Bush
*62 Children of the South Lands—I (Florida, Cuba, Puerto Rico)
*63 Children of the South Lands—II (Africa, Hawaii, The Philippines)—McFee
*64 Child Life in the Colonies—I (New Amsterdam)—Baker
*65 Child Life in the Colonies—II (Pennsylvania)—Baker
*66 Child Life in the Colonies—III (Virginia)
*68 Stories of the Revolution—I (Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys)—McCabe
*69 Stories of the Revolution—II (Around Philadelphia)—McCabe
*70 Stories of the Revolution—III (Marion, the Swamp Fox)—McCabe
*132 Story of Franklin—Faris
*164 The Little Brown Baby and Other Babies
*165 Gemila, the Child of the Desert, and some of Her Sisters
*166 Louise on the Rhine and in Her New Home.
(Nos. 161, 163, 166 are the stories from "Seven Little Sisters" by Jane Andrews)
*167 Famous Artists—I—(Landseer and Bonheur)
Literature
*35 Goody Two Shoes
58 Selections from Alice and Phoebe Cary
*67 The Story of Robinson Crusoe
*71 Selections from Hiawatha (Five Grades)
*227 Our Animal Friends and How to Treat Them
*233 Poems Worth Knowing—Book I—Primary
FOURTH GRADE
Nature and Industry
*75 Story of Coal—McKane
*76 Story of Wheat—Halifax
*77 Story of Cotton—Brown
*134 Conquests of Little Plant People
*136 Peeps into Bird Nooks—I—McFee
*181 Stories of the Stars—McFee
*205 Eyes and No Eyes and The Three Giants
History and Biography
*5 Story of Lincoln—Reiter
*56 Indian Children Tales—Bush
*78 Stories of the Backwoods
*79 A Little New England Viking—Baker
*81 Story of De Soto—Halfield
*82 Story of Daniel Boone—Reiter
*83 Story of Printing—McCabe
*84 Story of David Crockett—Reiter
85 Story of Patrick Henry
*86 American Inventors—I (Whitney and Fulton)—Faris
*87 American Inventors—II (Morse and Edison)—Faris
*88 American Naval Heroes (Jones, Perry, Farragut)—Bush
89 Fremont and Kit Carson—Judd
*91 Story of Eugene Field—McCabe
*178 Story of Lexington and Bunker Hill—Baker
*182 Story of Joan of Arc—McFee
*207 Famous Artists—II—Reynolds and Murillo
*213 Famous Artists—III—Millet
*248 Makers of European History
Literature
*90 Fifteen Selections from Longfellow—(Village Blacksmith, Children's Hour, and others)
*95 Japanese Myths and Legends
103 Stories from the Old Testament
*111 Water Babies (Abridged)
*159 Little Lame Prince (Cond.)—Mulock
*171 Tolmi of the Treetops—Grimes
*172 Labu the Little Lake Dweller—Grimes
*173 Tara of the Tents—Grimes
*195 Night before Christmas and Other Christmas Poems and Stories (Any Grade)
*201 Alice's First Adventures in Wonderland
*202 Alice's Further Adventures in Wonderland—Carroll
*258 Rolo the Cave Boy—Grimes
*257 Kwasa the Cliff Dweller—Grimes
FIFTH GRADE
Nature and Industry
*92 Animal Life in the Sea—McFee
*93 Story of Silk—Brown
*94 Story of Sugar—Reiter
*96 What We Drink (Tea, Coffee and Cocoa)
*139 Peeps into Bird Nooks—II
210 Snowdrops and Crocuses
263 The Sky Family—Denton
*280 Making of the World—Herndon
*281 Builders of the World—Herndon
*283 Stories of Time—Bush
History and Biography
*16 Explorations of the Northwest
80 Story of the Cabots—McBride
*97 Story of the Norsemen—Hanson
98 Story of Nathan Hale—McCabe
99 Story of Jefferson—McCabe
100 Story of Bryant—McFee
101 Story of Robert E. Lee—McKane
105 Story of Canada—McCabe
*106 Story of Mexico—McCabe
*107 Story of Robert Louis Stevenson
110 Story of Hawthorne—McFee
112 Biographical Stories—Hawthorne
141 Story of Grant—McKane
*144 Story of Steam—McCabe
145 Story of McKinley—McBride
157 Story of Dickens—Smith
*179 Story of the Flag—Baker
*185 Story of the First Crusade
190 Story of Father Hennepin
191 Story of LaSalle—McBride
*217 Story of Florence Nightingale
*28 Story of Peter Cooper—McFee
219 Little Stories Of Discovery—Halsey
232 Story of Shakespeare—Grames
*265 Four Little Discoverers in Panama—Bush
*287 Life in Colonial Days—Tillinghast
Literature
*8 King of the Golden River—Ruskin
*9 The Golden Touch—Hawthorne
*61 Story of Sindbad the Sailor
*108 History in Verse (Sheridan's Ride, Independence Bell, the Blue and the Gray, etc.)
*113 Little Daffydowndilly and Other Stories—Hawthorne
*180 Story of Aladdin and of Ali Baba
*183 A Dog of Flanders—De La Ramee
*184 The Nurnberg Stove—La Ramee
*186 Heroes from King Arthur—Graves
194 Whittier's Poems—Selected.
*199 Jackanapes—Ewing
*200 The Child of Urbino—La Ramee
*208 Heroes of Asgard—Selections—Keary
*212 Stories from Robin Hood—Bush
*234 Poems Worth Knowing—Book II—Intermediate—Faxon
255 Chinese Fables and Stories
277 At the Back of the North Wind, Selection from—Macdonald.
SIXTH GRADE
Nature and Industry
*109 Gifts of the Forests (Rubber, Cinchona, Resins, etc.)—McFee
249 Flowers and Birds of Illinois—Patterson
Agricultural
*271 Animal Husbandry—Horses and Cattle
*272 Animal Husbandry—Sheep and Swine
Geography
*114 Great European Cities—I (London and Paris)—Bush
*115 Great European Cities—II (Rome and Berlin)—Bush
*168 Great European Cities—III (St. Petersburg and Constantinople)—Bush
*246 What I Saw in Japan—Griffis
*247 The Chinese and Their Country
*285 Story of Panama and the Canal—Nida
History and Biography
*73 Four Great Musicians—Bush
*74 Four More Great Musicians
*116 Old English Heroes (Alfred, Richard the Lion-Hearted, The Black Prince)—Bush
*117 Later English Heroes (Cromwell, Wellington, Gladstone)—Bush
*160 Heroes of the Revolution
*163 Stories of Courage—Bush
187 Lives of Webster and Clay
*188 Story of Napoleon—Bush
*189 Stories of Heroism—Bush
197 Story of Lafayette—Bush
198 Story of Roger Williams—Leighton
*209 Lewis and Clark Expedition
*224 Story of William Tell—Hallock
253 Story of the Aeroplane—Galbreath
*266 Story of Belgium—Griffis
267 Story of Wheels—Bush
*286 Story of Slavery—Booker T. Washington
Stories of the States
508 Story of Florida—Bauskett
509 Story of Georgia—Derry
511 Story of Illinois—Smith
512 Story of Indiana—Clem
513 Story of Iowa—McFee
515 Story of Kentucky—Eubank
520 Story of Michigan—Skinner
521 Story of Minnesota—Skinner
523 Story of Missouri—Pierce
*525 Story of Nebraska—Mears.
*528 Story of New Jersey—Hutchinson
533 Story of Ohio—Galbreath
*536 Story of Pennsylvania—March
540 Story of Tennessee—Overall
542 Story of Utah—Young
546 Story of West Virginia—Shawkey
547 Story of Wisconsin—Skinner
Literature
*10 The Snow Image—Hawthorne
*11 Rip Van Winkle—Irving
*12 Legend of Sleepy Hollow—Irving
*22 Rab and His Friends—Brown
*24 Three Golden Apples—Hawthorne †
*25 The Miraculous Pitcher—Hawthorne †
*26 The Minotaur—Hawthorne
*118 A Tale of the White Hills and Other Stories—Hawthorne
*119 Bryant's Thanatopsis, and other Poems
*120 Ten Selections from Longfellow—(Paul Revere's Ride, The Skeleton in Armour, and other poems)
121 Selections from Holmes (The Wonderful One Hoss Shay, Old Ironsides, and others)
*122 The Pied Piper of Hamelin
161 The Great Carbuncle, Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe, Snowflakes—Hawthorne
162 The Pygmies—Hawthorne
*211 The Golden Fleece—Hawthorne
*222 Kingsley's Greek Heroes—Part I. The Story of Perseus
*223 Kingsley's Greek Heroes—Part II. The Story of Theseus
*225 Tennyson's Poems—Selected (For various grades)
229 Responsive Bible Readings—Zeller
264 The Story of Don Quixote—Bush
250 Thrift Stories—Benj. Franklin and Others
278 A Child's Dream of a Star, and other Stories
*284 Story of Little Nell—Dickens
SEVENTH GRADE
Literature
*13 Courtship of Miles Standish
*14 Evangeline—Longfellow †
*15 Snowbound—Whittier †
*20 The Great Stone Face, Rill from the Town Pump—Hawthorne
123 Selections from Wordsworth (Ode on Immortality, We are Seven, To the Cuckoo, and other poems)
124 Selections from Shelley and Keats
125 Selections from The Merchant of Venice
*147 Story of King Arthur, as told by Tennyson—Hallock
*149 Man Without a Country, The—Hale †
*192 Story of Jean Valjean—Grames
*193 Selections from the Sketch Book—Irving
196 The Gray Champion—Hawthorne
213 Poems of Thomas Moore—(Selected)
214 More Selections from the Sketch Book—Irving
*216 Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare—Selected
*231 The Oregon Trail (Condensed from Parkman)—Grames
*235 Poems Worth Knowing—Book III—Grammar—Faxon
*238 Lamb's Adventures of Ulysses—Part I
*239 Lamb's Adventures of Ulysses—Part II
*241 Story of the Iliad—Church (Cond.)
*242 Story of the Æneid—Church (Cond.)
*251 Story of Language and Literature—Heilig
*252 The Battle of Waterloo—Hugo
254 Story of "The Talisman" (Scott)—Weekes
*259 The Last of the Mohicans (abridged)
261 Selected Tales of a Wayside Inn—Longfellow †
*260 Oliver Twist (abridged)—Dickens
Nature
226 Mars and Its Mysteries—Wilson
279 True Story of the Man in the Moon—Wilson
EIGHTH GRADE
Literature
*17 Enoch Arden—Tennyson †
*18 Vision of Sir Launfal—Lowell †
*19 Cotter's Saturday Night—Burns †
*23 The Deserted Village—Goldsmith
*126 Rime of the Ancient Mariner †
*127 Gray's Elegy and Other Poems
*128 Speeches of Lincoln
129 Julius Cæsar—Selections
130 Henry the VIII—Selections
131 Macbeth—Selections
*142 Scott's Lady of the Lake—Canto I †
154 Scott's Lady of the Lake—Canto II †
143 Building of the Ship and other Poems—Longfellow
148 Horatius, Ivry, The Armada—Macaulay
*150 Bunker Hill Address and Selections from Adams and Jefferson Oration—Webster †
*151 Gold Bug, The—Poe
153 Prisoner of Chillon and other poems—Byron †
155 Rhoecus and Other Poems—Lowell †
156 Edgar Allan Poe—Biography and selected poems—Link
*158 Washington's Farewell Address and Other Papers †
169 Abram Joseph Ryan—Biography and selected poems—Smith
170 Paul H. Hayne—Biography and selected poems—Link
215 Life of Samuel Johnson—Macaulay †
*221 Sir Roger de Coverley Papers—Addison †
*236 Poems Worth Knowing—Book IV—Advanced—Faxon
237 Lay of the Last Minstrel—Scott. Introduction and Canto I †
† These have biographical sketch of author, with introduction or explanatory notes.
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EXCELSIOR LITERATURE SERIES
Annotated Classics and Supplementary Readers
| 1 | Evangeline. Biography, introduction, oral and written exercises and notes. | 10c |
| 3 | Courtship of Miles Standish. Longfellow. With introduction and notes. | 10c |
| 5 | Vision of Sir Launfal. Lowell. Biography, introduction, notes, outlines. | 10c |
| 7 | Enoch Arden. Tennyson. Biography, introduction, notes, outlines, questions. | 10c |
| 9 | Great Stone Face. Hawthorne. Biography, introduction, notes, outlines. | 10c |
| 11 | Browning's Poems. Selected poems with notes and outlines for study. | 10c |
| 13 | Wordsworth's Poems. Selected poems with introduction, notes and outlines. | 10c |
| 15 | Sohrab and Rustum. Arnold. With introduction, notes and outlines. | 10c |
| 17 | The Children's Poet. Study of Longfellow's poetry for children, with poems. | 10c |
| 19 | A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens. Complete with notes. | 10c |
| 21 | Cricket on the Hearth. Chas. Dickens. Complete with notes. | 10c |
| 23 | Familiar Legends. McFee. Old tales retold for young people. | 10c |
| 25 | Some Water Birds. McFee. Description, and stories of, Fourth to Sixth grades. | 10c |
| 27 | Hiawatha. Introduction and notes. | 15c |
| 29 | Milton's Minor Poems. Biography, introduction, notes, questions, critical comments and pronouncing vocabulary. | 10c |
| 31 | Idylls of the King. (Coming of Arthur, Gareth and Lynette, Lancelot and Elaine, Passing of Arthur.) Biography, introduction, notes, questions, critical comments, and pronouncing vocabulary. | 15c |
| 33 | Silas Marner. Eliot. Biography, notes, questions, critical comments, bibliography, 238 pages. Paper. | 20c |
| 34 | Same in cloth binding. | 30c |
| 35 | Lady of the Lake. Scott. Biography, introduction and extended notes, pronouncing vocabulary. | 15c |
| 37 | Literature of the Bible—Heilig. | 15c |
| 59 | The Sketch Book (Selected)—Irving. Biography, introduction and notes. | 15c |
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