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Title: Golden Grain
Garnered from the World's Great Harvest-field of Knowledge
Comprising Selections from the Ablest Modern Writers of
Prose, Poetry, and Legendary Lore
Author: Various
Editor: Joshua C. Chilton
Release Date: December 1, 2014 [EBook #47507]
Language: English
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GOLDEN GRAIN
GARNERED FROM THE
WORLD'S GREAT HARVEST-FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE
COMPRISING
Selections from the ablest Modern Writers.
OF
Prose, Poetry, and Legendary Lore
Some Books with heaps of chaff are stored
And some do Golden Grain afford;
Leave then the chaff and spend thy pains
In gathering up the Golden Grains.
Elegantly Illustrated.
J.C. CHILTON & COMPANY,
DETROIT. MICH.,
1884.
Presentation Page
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Meadow
COPYRIGHTED
1884.
J.C. CHILTON & CO.
PRESS OF
RAYNOR & TAYLOR,
75 BATES STREET.
DETROIT.
AUTHORS
Henry W. Longfellow.
James Russell Lowell. Alfred Tennyson.
John G. Whittier. William Cullen Bryant.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Hans Christian Andersen. Peter Christian Asbjornsen.
William Shakespeare. Sir Isaac Newton. Rev. Laurence Sterne.
Hon. John D. Long. John G. Saxe. Paul H. Hayne.
Charles Dickens. Sir Walter Scott. Thomas Moore.
Thomas Gray. Lord Lytton. J. C. F. Schiller.
George William Curtis. Martin van Buren.
George Washington. James A. Garfield.
Rev. Charles Kingsley. Barry Cornwall.
Phœbe Cary. Sidney Dayre. Lucie Cobb.
Phila H. Case. Lucy Larcom. Rose Hartwick Thorpe.
Mary D. Brine. Elizabeth Akers. Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt.
George Mcdonald. Emma Alice Brown. Samuel Rogres.
Bret Harte. George L. Catlin. J. T. Choate.
George D. Prentice. Nathaniel P. Willis.
Edwin P. Whipple. Phillip James Bailey.
D. Bethune Duffield. William L. Smith.
Friederich Grimm.
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I
PUBLISHERS' NOTE.
t has been the constant endeavor of the publishers of GOLDEN GRAIN, to produce a book in every respect
worthy to be classed among the very best works offered to an intelligent public.
Many of the selections are protected by copyright and for the use of such, special thanks are due to the following
publishers, for the courtesies extended.
To Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., for selections from Longfellow, Whittier, and Miss Cary; Messrs. D. Lothrop &
Co., for use of selections from Mrs. Piatt, Paul Hayne, and Mary D. Brine; and to those authors who have furnished
special contributions, we are under many obligations.
The volume is sent forth with the belief that such a work will meet with appreciative readers all over the land.
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T
INTRODUCTION.
Decoration.
he best introduction to a book is a glance at its pages, an examination of its illustrations and the names of its authors.
In all the essentials which go to make up a work which shall meet with popular favor and a wide range of readers, the
Editor and Publishers confidently believe that GOLDEN GRAIN presents a high standard of excellence.
That all tastes might be suited, the literature of all modern nations has been searched and selections of the highest
standard made therefrom.
Golden Grain only has been garnered. The great fields of knowledge have been visited, and none but the choicest and
ripest kernels have been chosen.
Young Folks must, and will, have something to read—something to feed the mind as well as the body. It therefore
becomes a very important duty of parents to make choice of such books as are pure in tone and elevating in sentiment;
and it follows also, as night follows day, that if parents fail or neglect this duty the young folks themselves will find
something to read, nor will they be so careful in their selections.
In GOLDEN GRAIN will be found a work in every respect worthy of a place in the Family Circle. Its pages lend
inspiration to fight life's battles nobly. Those who go out from a home with noble impulses, pure motives, and true hearts
will bear the burden of Earth's cares, duties and disappointments with patience and resignation, having
"A heart to resolve, a head to contrive and a hand to execute."
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CONTENTS.
Harvest Song
John G. Whittier
13
Minute Men of Liberty
George William Curtis
14
Kind Hearts
16
The Children's Hour
Henry W. Longfellow
17
The Brook
Alfred Tennyson
21
Eulogy on Garfield
James G. Blaine
23
Gems from James A. Garfield
24
At the Fireside
John D. Long
25
The Frost Spirit
John G. Whittier
26
The Arrow and the Song
Henry W. Longfellow
29
The Bridge
Henry W. Longfellow
31
The Responsive Chord
J. William Jones
34
Grandma's Angel
Sidney Dayre
35
Cold, Bitter Cold
Hans Christian Andersen
37
Nobody's Child
Phila H. Case
42
Snow-White and Rosy-Red
Friederich Grimm
45
The Song of the Thrush
Lucy Larcom
58
The Fox and the Geese
60
Count That Day Lost
61
The Children in the Moon
62
A Night in a Norwegian Forest
P. Chr. Asbjornsen
65
Two Little Kittens
88
Labor of Authorship
90
She Was Somebody's Mother
92
Dot Lambs What Mary Haf Got
94
The Mills of God
Henry W. Longfellow
95
Bob Cratchit's Christmas
Charles Dickens
96
Full Many a Gem
Thomas Gray
103
A Snug Little Island
104
Don't Crowd
Charles Dickens
111
The Boys
Oliver Wendell Holmes
112
Quarrel Between
Mountain and Squirrel
Ralph Waldo Emerson
114
For Fathers Sake
116
Backbone
130
A Dog Sheep-Stealer
132
The Best Answer to Calumny
George Washington
133
If We Knew
Phœbe Cary
134
Holiday Song
D. Bethune Duffield
137
A Queer Duckling
Hans Christian Andersen
138
Truth
James Russell Lowell
156
The Clearin'
157
Prince Willful's Three Lessons
J. T. Choate
161
Miss Edith Helps Things Along
F. Bret Harte
170
The Giant Who Had No Heart
P. Chr. Asbjornsen
173
Beauty Everywhere
W. L. Smith
185
Bread on the Waters
George L. Catlin
186
The Use of Books
189
The Spring
190
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Gem from "Lalla Rookh"
Thomas Moore
190
How Bayard Shot the Bear
J. T. Choate
191
How We Live
Phillip James Bailey
195
New Year's Eve
Alfred Tennyson
197
East of the Sun and
West of the Moon
P. Chr. Asbjornsen
199
Do; Not Dream
Charles Kingsley
216
The Baby in the Home
George MacDonald
217
Saturday Afternoon
N. P. Willis
220
The King of the Night
Barry Cornwall
222
A 'Rithmetic Lesson
Phillip James Bailey
225
Press on
227
Fairies or Fireflies
Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt
228
Speak No Ill
229
The Ambitious Twig
Lucie Cobbe
230
Universal Law
Samuel Rogers
233
The Turk and the Fiddler
Friederich Grimm
234
Sober Second Thought
Martin Van Buren
241
Little Lottie's Grievance
Paul H. Hayne
242
There is no Death
Lord Lytton
245
The Siege of Troy
J. C. Chilton
248
Think for Thyself
Wilson
251
George Nidiver
F. Brete Hart
252
March and the Boys
Mary D. Brine
255
The Crusades
J. C. Chilton
259
Pride of Native Land
Sir Walter Scott
262
The Children's Crusade
J. C. Chilton
263
The Soldier's Reprieve
Rose Hartwick Thorpe
265
The Maid of Orleans
J. C. Chilton
269
'Tis Only Noble to be Good
Alfred Tennyson
272
A Bird's Story
M. E. B.
274
The Wolf and the
Seven Kids
Freiderich Grimm
276
There is a Day of Sunny Rest
William Cullen Bryant
280
Birdie and Baby
Alfred Tennyson
281
The Influence of Books
Edwin P. Whipple
282
Rock Me to Sleep
Elizabeth Akers
283
Heroism
Ralph Waldo Emerson
285
Politeness
285
Measuring the Baby
Emma Alice Brown
286
Pearl of Thought
Johann Chr. F. Schiller
288
The Noble Roman
John G. Saxe
288
The Engineer's Story
289
As He Saw Himself
Sir Isaac Newton
293
The Random Shaft
Sir Walter Scott
293
Two Brave Boys
Pritt's "Border Life"
294
Undoubted Evidence
Rev. Laurence Stern
298
The Flight of Years
George D. Prentice
299
Airy Nothings
William Shakespeare
304
Heron
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Summer
"SUMMER."
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HARVEST SONG.
JOHN G. WHITTIER.
O
Painter of the fruits and flowers!
We thank Thee for thy wise design
Whereby these human hands of ours
In Nature's garden work with thine.
And thanks that from our daily need
The joy of simple faith is born;
That he who smites the summer weed,
May trust Thee for the autumn corn.
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power;
Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall;
Who sows a field, or trains a flower,
Or plants a tree, is more than all.
For he who blesses most is blest;
And God and man shall own his worth,
Who toils to leave as his bequest
An added beauty to the earth.
And, soon or late, to all that sow,
The time of harvest shall be given;
The flowers shall bloom, the fruit shall grow,
If not on earth, at last in heaven!
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