C.D. Warner, et al., comp. The Library of the World’s Best Literature.
An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.
G. R. Lomer, ed. The Student’s Course in Literature.

A Graded List of Readings: I. Elementary and Grammar School

By Gerhard Richard Lomer (1882–1970)

• TITLES
  AUTHORS
• The Ass and the Little DogÆsop
• The Country Mouse and the City MouseÆsop
• The Dog and the WolfÆsop
• The North Wind and the SunBabrius
• The Mouse that Fell into the PotBabrius
• Dutch LullabyEugene Field
• The Cat, the Weasel, and the Young RabbitJean de La Fontaine
• The Lark and the FarmerJean de La Fontaine
• Little Red Riding-HoodCharles Perrault
• Toads and DiamondsCharles Perrault
• The Golden GooseVishnu Sharma (Pilpay)
• The Gratitude of AnimalsVishnu Sharma (Pilpay)
• The Antelope, the Woodpecker, and the TortoiseVishnu Sharma (Pilpay)
• The Transformed MouseVishnu Sharma (Pilpay)
• Bed in SummerRobert Louis Stevenson
• The Land of CounterpaneRobert Louis Stevenson
• Let Dogs Delight to Bark and BiteIsaac Watts
• How Doth the Little Busy BeeIsaac Watts
• The Night before ChristmasClement C. Moore
• The FrostHannah Frances Gould

• Robin RedbreastWilliam Allingham
• The Fox and the GrapesBabrius
• The Young CocksBabrius
• A Child’s Thought of GodElizabeth Barrett Browning
• Robert of LincolnWilliam Cullen Bryant
• The Humble-BeeRalph Waldo Emerson
• The Story of CoquericoÉdouard René Lefebvre Laboulaye
• The Wolf and the DogJean de La Fontaine
• The Necklace of TruthJean Macé
• The Talkative TortoiseVishnu Sharma (Pilpay)
• The Hare-Mark in the MoonVishnu Sharma (Pilpay)
• Northwest PassageRobert Louis Stevenson
• Little BellThomas Westwood
• The O’Lincoln FamilyWilson Flagg

• The Ass in the Lion’s SkinÆsop
• The Wolf in Sheep’s ClothingÆsop
• The TeapotHans Christian Andersen
• The Snow QueenHans Christian Andersen
• The Tortoise and the HareBabrius
• The LampBabrius
• The Little Black BoyWilliam Blake
• Queen Mab’s ExcursionMichael Drayton
• The Three SpinnersGrimm Brothers
• A FarewellCharles Kingsley
• The Twelve MonthsÉdouard René Lefebvre Laboulaye
• The Oak and the ReelJean de La Fontaine
• The Grasshopper and the AntJean de La Fontaine
• The Village BlacksmithHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• At the Back of the North WindGeorge MacDonald
• The Buddhist Duty of Courtesy to AnimalsVishnu Sharma (Pilpay)
• The King and the HawkVishnu Sharma (Pilpay)
• A Life LessonJames Whitcomb Riley
• TravelRobert Louis Stevenson
• The SandpiperCelia Thaxter
• Woodman, Spare That TreeGeorge Pope Morris
• The Apple-TreeJulia C. R. Dorr

• The Countryman and the SnakeÆsop
• The Lion and the Other BeastsÆsop
• The Widow’s SonPeter Christen Asbjørnsen
• The Carter and HerculesBabrius
• The Husbandman and the StorkBabrius
• Cradle SongCarl Michael Bellman
• The CricketWilliam Cowper
• The American FlagJohn Rodman Drake
• Old IronsidesOliver Wendell Holmes
• The HeronJean de La Fontaine
• Blue BeardCharles Perrault
• The Widow’s MiteVishnu Sharma (Pilpay)
• What’s in a Name?Vishnu Sharma (Pilpay)
• Prince Five-WeaponsVishnu Sharma (Pilpay)
• Billy and HansWilliam James Stillman
• LongingElisabeth, Queen of Roumania (Carmen Sylva)
• In AutumnCelia Thaxter
• The Blue and the GrayFrancis Miles Finch
• An Order for a PictureAlice Cary
• My Country, ’Tis of TheeSamuel Francis Smith

• The BubbleWilliam Allingham
• How the Mountain was CladBjörnstjerne Björnson
• To the Fringed GentianWilliam Cullen Bryant
• My Heart’s in the HighlandsRobert Burns
• WinterMatthias Claudius
• The Elfin-KingJohann Wolfgang Goethe
• The Landing of the PilgrimsFelicia Dorothea Hemans
• Cradle SongJosiah Gilbert Holland
• The Rainy DayHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• The Arrow and the SongHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• BarbarossaFriedrich Rückert
• Christmas at SeaRobert Louis Stevenson
• In School DaysJohn Greenleaf Whittier
• The Barefoot BoyJohn Greenleaf Whittier
• Home, Sweet HomeJohn Howard Payne
• Star-Spangled BannerFrancis Scott Key

• The FairiesWilliam Allingham
• The Steadfast Tin SoldierHans Christian Andersen
• The Ugly DucklingHans Christian Andersen
• The Snow QueenHans Christian Andersen
• The MermanJón Árnason
• The Fisherman of GöturJón Árnason
• The Magic ScytheJón Árnason
• Words for the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’Henry Howard Brownell
• The Death of the FlowersWilliam Cullen Bryant
• Robert of LincolnWilliam Cullen Bryant
• Bruce to his Men at BannockburnRobert Burns
• Lord Ullin’s DaughterThomas Campbell
• Ye Mariners of EnglandThomas Campbell
• HohenlindenThomas Campbell
• MarchMadison Julius Cawein
• How Sleep the BraveWilliam Collins
• The Noble NatureBen Jonson
• Paul Revere’s RideHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Haroun Al RaschidHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• The Young HiawathaHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• The SeaBryan Waller and Adelaide Procter
• Sheridan’s RideThomas Buchanan Read
• Uncle Tom’s CabinHarriet Beecher Stowe
• The Watch of Boon IslandCelia Thaxter
• The TreeJones Very
• O Captain! My Captain!Walt Whitman
• Barbara FrietchieJohn Greenleaf Whittier
• Irish LullabyAlfred Perceval Graves
• The Earth and ManStopford A. Brooke
• The Wearing of the GreenDion Boucicault
• A Life on the Ocean WaveEpes Sargent
• The Old Oaken BucketSamuel Woodworth
• The Brave Old OakHenry Fothergill Chorley
• DifferencesCharles Mackay
• The King of Denmark’s RideCaroline Elizabeth Norton
• Christmas Night in the QuartersIrwin Russell
• The Song of the ForgeAnonymous
• Hail, ColumbiaJoseph Hopkinson

• ElmwoodThomas Bailey Aldrich
• Gudbrand of the Mountain-sidePeter Christen Asbjørnsen
• The TigerWilliam Blake
• The SleepElizabeth Barrett Browning
• The Fight with ApollyonJohn Bunyan
• The Delectable MountainsJohn Bunyan
• Christiana and her CompanionsJohn Bunyan
• William and HelenGottfried August Bürger
• Sharp EyesJohn Burroughs
• Alice, the Pig-Baby and the Cheshire CatLewis Carroll
• The Mock-TurtleLewis Carroll
• The Walrus and the CarpenterLewis Carroll
• You are Old, Father WilliamLewis Carroll
• The Horse-ShoeHendrik Conscience
• The Lost GloveHendrik Conscience
• From ‘Robinson Crusoe’Daniel Defoe
• ContentThomas Dekker
• The RaceMary Mapes Dodge
• The Bowman’s SongArthur Conan Doyle
• The American FlagJoseph Drake
• The Ballad of AgincourtMichael Drayton
• White AntsHenry Drummond
• Concord HymnRalph Waldo Emerson
• The Way to WealthBenjamin Franklin
• Little Briar-RoseGrimm Brothers
• The LoreleiHeinrich Heine
• Pine and PalmHeinrich Heine
• The Deacon’s MasterpieceOliver Wendell Holmes
• Battle Hymn of the RepublicJulia Ward Howe
• Ode to Fuji-YamaJapanese Literature
• HesterCharles Lamb
• The Gettysburg AddressAbraham Lincoln
• The Skeleton in ArmorHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• SerenadeHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Wreck of the HesperusHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• The BridgeHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Prelude to ‘Evangeline’Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Peace in AcadiaHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• She Came and WentJames Russell Lowell
• The MirrorCatulle Mendès
• Oft, in the Stilly NightThomas Moore
• Battle of the Plains of AbrahamFrancis Parkman
• Knee-Deep in JuneJames Whitcomb Riley
• No Boy KnowsJames Whitcomb Riley
• Little Orphant AnnieJames Whitcomb Riley
• Told by a BrahminFriedrich Rückert
• The First AmericanCarl Schurz
• The Hand of LincolnEdmund Clarence Stedman
• The True Prince and the Feigned OneMark Twain
• The Mountain BoyJohann Ludwig Uhland
• Habits of the TortoiseGilbert White
• The House-SwallowGilbert White
• Maud MullerJohn Greenleaf Whittier
• The FarewellJohn Greenleaf Whittier
• From ‘Snow-Bound’John Greenleaf Whittier
• Patrick HenryWilliam Wirt
• Abraham LincolnTom Taylor
• Pack, Clouds, AwayThomas Heywood
• Annie LaurieWilliam Douglas of Kirkcudbright
• The Burial of Sir John MooreCharles Wolfe
• The MarseillaiseClaude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
• The Watch on the RhineMax Schneckenburger
• Are the Children at Home?Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
• With a Nantucket ShellCharles Henry Webb
• Sally in Our AlleyHenry Carey
• A King in EgyptHelen Thayer Hutcheson

• A Dangerous AdventureJohn James Audubon
• King Philip’s WarGeorge Bancroft
• Wolfe on the Plains of AbrahamGeorge Bancroft
• George WashingtonGeorge Bancroft
• A Norwegian DanceHjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
• The Advent of the ‘Hirelings’Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• A Court LadyElizabeth Barrett Browning
• Romance of the Swan’s NestElizabeth Barrett Browning
• ThanatopsisWilliam Cullen Bryant
• Is There for Honest PovertyRobert Burns
• Tam o’ShanterRobert Burns
• Letters to his SonPhilip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield
• The Bison StampedeJames Fenimore Cooper
• On the Loss of the Royal GeorgeWilliam Cowper
• Imaginary Verses of Alexander SelkirkWilliam Cowper
• Death of the DauphinAlphonse Daudet
• JackAlphonse Daudet
• The One Thing NeedfulCharles Dickens
• On a Nankin PlateHenry Austin Dobson
• The Wreck of the Julie PlanteWilliam Henry Drummond
• Barty Josselin at SchoolGeorge du Maurier
• Each and AllRalph Waldo Emerson
• Captain ReeceWilliam Schwenck Gilbert
• Yarn of the Nancy BellWilliam Schwenck Gilbert
• Gentle Alice BrownWilliam Schwenck Gilbert
• Early LifeUlysses Simpson Grant
• Why Brother Wolf Didn’t Eat the Little RabbitJoel Chandler Harris
• Brother Mud-Turtle’s TrickeryJoel Chandler Harris
• Uncle Remus at the TelephoneJoel Chandler Harris
• Plain Language from Truthful JamesBret Harte
• The Chambered NautilusOliver Wendell Holmes
• Dorothy Q.Oliver Wendell Holmes
• The Charge of the Light BrigadeAlexander William Kinglake
• Waiting for the ArmadaCharles Kingsley
• MandalayRudyard Kipling
• A Christmas GuestSelma Lagerlöf
• My Lost YouthHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
• The Foolish WishCatulle Mendès
• Elegy on FranklinMirabeau
• LincolnSilas Weir Mitchell
• ’Tis the Last Rose of SummerThomas Moore
• A Wind-Storm in the ForestsJohn Muir
• From ‘Farthest North’Fridtjof Nansen
• Ensign Epps, the Color-BearerJohn Boyle O’Reilly
• The Burial of the GunsThomas Nelson Page
• The Hero of HaytiWendell Phillips
• The RavenEdgar Allan Poe
• The BellsEdgar Allan Poe
• Annabel LeeEdgar Allan Poe
• The Capture of the IncaWilliam Hickling Prescott
• The Winning of the WestTheodore Roosevelt
• LochinvarSir Walter Scott
• The Doom of OcconestogaWilliam Gilmore Simms
• Charge of the Light BrigadeAlfred, Lord Tennyson
• An Angler’s WishHenry van Dyke
• The Malay ArchipelagoAlfred Russell Wallace
• From ‘Ben-Hur’Lewis Wallace
• Farewell AddressGeorge Washington
• The House-CricketGilbert White
• Song of the Open RoadWalt Whitman
• The Eternal GoodnessJohn Greenleaf Whittier
• Centennial HymnJohn Greenleaf Whittier
• Angels of Buena VistaJohn Greenleaf Whittier
• The West in American HistoryWoodrow Wilson
• The Sparrow’s NestWilliam Wordsworth
• To the Small CelandineWilliam Wordsworth
• The Old ContinentalsGuy Humphrey McMaster
• On a Quiet LifeAvienus
• Lament of the Irish EmigrantHelen Selina, Lady Dufferin Sheridan
• The Mistletoe BoughThomas Haynes Bayly
• Arnold WinkelriedJames Montgomery
• Ben BoltThomas Dunn English
• Tubal CainCharles Mackay
• RecessionalRudyard Kipling
• It’s Hame, and It’s HameAllan Cunningham
• My MarylandJames Ryder Randall
• Curfew Must Not Ring To-nightRose Hartwick Thorpe
• Kathleen MavourneenLouisa McCartney Crawford
• The VagabondsJohn Townsend Trowbridge
• Character of a Happy LifeSir Henry Wotton
• Young and OldHenry Allsopp
• Kitchener’s MarchAmelia Josephine Burr
• “Form Fours”Frank Sidgwick
• A LetterMiriam Teichner

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