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1．Understanding－Yourself and Others 11

The Torn Invitation＆by NORMAN KATKOV 12

Mother to Son (poem)＆by LANGSTON HUGHES 22

My Financial Career＆by STEPHEN LEACOCK 23

The Blind Men and the Elephant：A Hindoo Fable (poem)＆by JOHN GODFREY SAXE 26

Where I Took Hold of Life (poem)＆by R．P．TRISTRAM COFFIN 28

Treasure＆by FRED GIPSON 29

Tavern (poem)＆by EDNA ST．VINCENT MILLAY 34

Green Escape (poem)＆by JOSEPH AUSLANDER 35

A Lesson in Discipline＆by TERESA FOLEY 36

The Teacher (poem)＆by ANNETTE WYNNE 41

The Hippopotamus (poem)＆by OGDEN NASH 41

My Aunt Daisy Was the First Girl Scout＆by ARTHUR GORDON 42

A Fiddler (poem)＆by WALTER DE LA MARE 48

The Gift of Love＆by D．V．S．JACKSON 49

The Right Kind of People (poem)＆by EDWIN MARKHAM 61

SKILLS FOR BETTER READING (selections) 62

Tall Clubs for Tall People 66

Every Scout＇s a Ruler：or，How to Measure Without a Yardstick! 69

Insomnia，Stamps，and Mr．Minkus＆by MARION HARGROVE 72

The King＇s Man 75

Grandma Takes a 2，000-Mile Hike 79

BOOKS ABOUT PEOPLE 81

2．Action－Sports and Outdoor Life 83

Most Valuable Player＆by W．L．HEATH 84

Fisherman＇s Lack (poem)＆by RICHARD ARMOUR 94

The Girl Who Went Higher－and Farther－and Faster＆By BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS 95

Wild Mares Running (poem)＆by FRANK SWAIN 104

Swift Things Are Beautiful (poem)＆by ELIZABETH COATSWORTH 105

The Song of Wandering Aengus (poem)＆by W．B．YEATS 105

Going Down Hill on a Bicycle＆by HENRY CHARLES BEECHING 106

Thanksgiving Hunter＆by JESSE STUART 107

My Heart＇s in the Highlands＆by ROBERT BURNS 113

On Skating＆by CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER 114

Hills (poem)＆by ARTHUR GUITERMAN 119

Kloochman＆by WILLIAM O．DOUGLAS 120

SKILLS FOR BETTER READING (selections) 128

Stalking＆by WILLIAM HILLCOURT 128

At the 1896 Olympics＆by THOMAS P．CURTIS 131

Softball Is Born＆by HAROLD KEITH 135

Choices＆by JEREMIAH TAX 138

Good Loser or Better Loser？ 141

BOOKS ABOUT SPORTS AND OUTDOOR LIFE 145

3．Adventure－Strength and Courage 147

The Tiger＇s Heart＆by JIM KJELGAARD 148

Jungle Incident (poem)＆by RUSSELL G．CARTER 155

The Panther (poem)＆by OGDEN NASH 155

In the Arctic＆by HARMON and CONSTANCE HELMERICKS 156

Molly Pitcher (poem)＆by LAURA E．RICHARDS 162

The Strangest Chase in Any War＆by DAVID MORGAN 163

Legend (poem)＆by JUDITH WRIGHT 174

Seumas Beg (poem)＆by JAMES STEPHENS 176

Eagle from the Sea＆by T．O．BEACHCROFT 177

The Ballad of William Sycamore (poem)＆by STEPHEN BENET 188

The Green Hills of Earth＆by ROBERT A．HEINLEIN 190

SKILLS FOR BETTER READING (selections) 198

What Was the Pony Express？ 198

The Snake Bite＆by MARQUIS JAMES 203

Rogue-Elephant Hunt＆by JOHN A．HUNTER，as told to DANIEL P．MANNIX 206

Saved by His Mistakes 210

Who Saw the Sch＇goon？＆by LOUIS DUPREE 213

BOOKS ABOUT ADVENTURE 217

4．Discovery－Nature，Science，and Invention 219

Mirror for the Stars＆by FREDA DIAMOND 220

Spelunkers All＆by FRANKLIN FOLSOM 226

The Energetic Sea (poem)＆ANONYMOUS 232

Something Told the Wild Geese (poem)＆by RACHEL FIELD 233

The White Lady Finds Her Wings＆by LEONARD DUBKIN 234

Weddings－The Great Peacock Moth and the Lesser Peacock Moth＆by J．HENRI FABRE 241

The Purist (poem)＆by OGDEN NASH 244

The Octopus (poem)＆by OGDEN NASH 244

Surgery Made Safe＆by JOSEPH COTTLER and HAYM JAFFE 245

Crawford Long and William Morton (poem)＆by ROSEMARY and STEPHEN BENET 249

Some Inventors and Their Inventions＆by CHARLES F．KETTERING 250

Under a Telephone Pole (poem)＆by CARL SANDBURG 256

Prayers of Steel (poem)＆by CARL SANDBURG 256

Miracles (poem)＆by WALT WHITMAN 257

The Unvanished American＆by WATSON FENIMORE 258

The Flower-Fed Buffaloes (poem)＆by VACHEL LINDSAY 265

Lulu＆by ISAK DINESEN 266

SKILLS FOR BETTER READING (selections) 272

Some Animal Partnerships 272

Who Says Geese Are Silly？ 275

Be Thankful for Dust 279

Way，Way，Way Down Under 282

Way，Way，Way Up Above 286

BOOKS ABOUT NATURE，SCIENCE，AND INVENTION 289

5．Achievement－Dreams and Deeds 291

Will Rogers：Ambassador of Laughter＆by ALICE COOPER and CHARLES PALMER 292

The Two Log-Rollers (poem)＆by ERNEST THOMPSON SETON 303

Tall Daniel (poem)＆by R．P．TRISTRAM COFFIN 304

What a Good Pain!＆by AGNES DE MILLE 306

The Bridge Builder (poem)＆by WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE 313

Helen Keller Discovers the World＆by HELEN KELLER 314

The Glow Within (poem)＆by BERTON BRALEY 321

The Searchlight＆by ADM．RICHARD E．BYRD 322

Columbus (poem)＆by JOAQUIN MILLER 333

SKILLS FOR BETTER READING (selections) 334

It Took a Big Wind and a Fire 334

The Two Achievements of Andrew Carnegie 339

The Deep-Freeze Man＆by FLETCHER PRATT 342

Kit Carson－Knight of the Wilderness 345

What Hath God Wrought 349

BOOKS ABOUT ACHIEVEMENT 353

6．Heritage－Laughter and Tears 355

Rip Van Winkle＆by WASHINGTON IRVING 356

The Ballad of the Oysterman (poem)＆by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES 369

Jim Baker＇s Bluejay Yarn＆by MARK TWAIN 371

The Wreck of the Hesperus (poem)＆by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 375

O Captain!My Captain!(poem)＆by WALT WHITMAN 377

The Twenty-third Psalm，from the BIBLE 378

A Christmas Carol (play)＆by CHARLES DICKENS，adapted by WALTER HACKETT 379

Lochinvar (poem)＆by SIR WALTER SCOTT 390

A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig＆from CHARLES LAMB 392

Jabberwocky (poem)＆by LEWIS CARROLL 395

The First Blow＆by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 396

A Struggle for Life＆by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH 401

SKILLS FOR BETTER READING (selections) 410

A Man Against a Loon＆by HENRY THOREAU 411

BOOKS THAT ARE PART OF OUR HERITAGE 415

A LOOK AT THE AUTHORS 416

GLOSSARY 421

INDEX 429