*Bemis's _The Patriotic Reader_. The selections cover the history of
our country from the discovery of America to our entrance into the
Great War. They give one a familiarity with literature--new and
old--that presents the highest ideals of freedom and justice.

*Longfellow's _Courtship of Miles Standish_. A well annotated edition
is published in the Riverside Literature Series.

Jane G. Austin's _The Old Colony Stories_. These novels, dealing with
the early settlers of Plymouth, have taken their place among the
American classics, and their combination of romantic interest, real
literary quality, and historical accuracy has won for them wide
popularity. The titles alone bring before the mind a vision of the
most famous colonists: _Betty Alden_, _A Nameless Nobleman_, _Standish
of Standish_, _Dr. LeBaron and his Daughters_, _David Alden's Daughter
and Other Stories_.

Fiske's _The Beginnings of New England_. This is one of the most
readable of the authoritative histories.


READINGS IN GEOGRAPHY

Edwards's _The Old Coast Road_. The South Shore road from Boston to
Plymouth is one of the most historic roads in the country. Starting
from Boston, Miss Edwards guides her readers through Dorchester
Heights, Milton and the Blue Hills, Quincy with its Shipbuilding,
Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset, the Scituate Shore, Marshfield, the
Home of Daniel Webster, Duxbury and Kingston. She concludes with an
informing chapter on Plymouth.