An Intelligent Dog. Lost in the Woods. An Amusing Adventure. A Glimpse of the President. A Landslide. Yesterday's Walk. A Lonesome Spot. What "Central" sees of the World. A Great Waterfall. Tell to a child: Jack the Giant Killer, Puss in Boots, or any other story. A Lost Child. With a Veteran of the Civil War. Arrival of the Stagecoach. My first Donkey Ride (horseback, bicycle, auto, stagecoach, etc.). An Accident. Making a Boat. My First Experiment in the Kitchen. April Fool. My Play House. How I Got the Worst of the Trade. All Alone in the House. Hiving the Bees. A Hallowe'en Prank. A Harvest Scene. A Country Church. A Hermit. Our Washerwoman. A Morning in the Country. Sleighing. My Favorite Hero in Fiction. Choir Practice Last Saturday. A Newsboy. A True Ghost Story. An Attempt to See the Sunrise. My First Fight. How I Study. A Duck Hunt. (Substitute a Fishing Trip or other Hunt.) A Visit to Grandmother's. How I Spent a Rainy Day. An Interesting Conversation (Two Women in a Street Car, Buying a Ticket, Meeting an Old Acquaintance). How I Earned a Dollar. The Facts About a Certain Strike. A Visit to a Sugar Camp (Packing-house, or Factory of any kind). An Act of Courtesy. Speaking My First Piece. My First Business Experience. The Marshmallow Roast. A Cruise in a Canoe. Animals I Have Known. The Japanese Store. An Old Mission. A Mountain Valley in the Sierras (or other mountains). The Swimming Pool. Our Attic. The Letter that Upset Our Plans. The Policeman. The Circus Crowd. Our Garden. The Skating Rink. A Second-hand Store. A Kindergarten Room. My Sunday-school Class. The Village Grocery on a Winter Evening. A Newspaper Cartoon. My Friend. A Deserted Farmhouse. The Crowd on Election Night. My Favorite Picture. A Dandelion (or some other flower). A Street Musician I Have Seen. An Interesting Advertisement. The Morning After the Storm. A Shop Window. The View from my Window. The Circus Parade. The Park on a Holiday. The City from a Height. Up-town the Night After Christmas. Field Day (Boat Race or other Contest). The Bathing Beach, or A Trip to the Seashore. The First Snowfall. An Act of Kindness. A Heroic Deed. A Street Car Incident. A Local Politician. An Old Bookstore. Waiting at the Ferryboat. A Peculiar Sect. Noon Hour on the Farm. The Engine Room of an Ocean Steamship. The Football Player Before and After the Game. The Forest Before and After the Fire. The Feelings of the Victors and the Vanquished. City Street at 6 A.M. and at 6 P.M. A Legend of Our Neighborhood. Contrasts. The Abandoned Mill. My Experience in Canvassing. An Auto Accident. My First Chemical Experiment. A Notable Mansion. A Strange Animal of the Past. A Fellow Commuter. On the Mountain Top. The Organ Grinder. A Parisian Gown. A Suit of Armor in a Museum. The Village Post Office at Mail Time. After Church Service. Ballroom during the Dance. After the Fire. Launching the Ship. As the Ship Left Port. A Bargain Sale. The Play is Over. The Assembly Hall at Lunch Time. A Mountain Climb. A Journey in the Air. A Race against Time. In the Path of the Flood. The Contest for the Medal. Adrift on the Bay. APPENDIX IV Specimen Introduction to a Debate Introduction to Lincoln's Address at Cooper Institute, New York, February 27, 1860. F. B. Robinson refers to this address as one of the most perfectly constructed arguments on record. It is an excellent example of an introduction to a debate. The student should notice the following features: 1. It is mild in spirit. 2. It states that upon which both sides are agreed. 3. It gives a clear definition of all terms. 4. It asks questions and answers them, thus securing force. 5. It states the issue. Mr. President and Fellow Citizens of New York: The facts with which I shall deal this evening are mainly old and familiar; nor is there anything new in the general use I shall make of them. If there shall be any novelty, it will be in the mode of presenting the facts, and the inferences and observations following that presentation. In his speech last autumn at Columbus, Ohio, as reported in the New York Times, Senator Douglas said: "Our fathers, when they framed the government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better, than we do now. I fully indorse this, and I adopt it as a text for this discourse. I so adopt it because it furnishes a precise and an agreed starting point for a discussion between Republicans and that wing of the Democracy headed by Senator Douglas. It simply leaves the inquiry: What was the understanding those fathers had of the question mentioned? What is the frame of government under which we live? The answer must be, "The Constitution of the United States." That Constitution consists of the original, framed in 1787, and under which |