CONTENTS 1
1．A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1
2．The Village School by Charles Dickens 6
3．The Balance of Nature by Julian Huxley 10
4．Lord Chesterfield to His Son about Letter Writing by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 15
5．Lord Chesterfield to His Son More about Letter Writing by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 19
6．The Rainy Day 23
7．Benjamin Franklin by Elbridge Brooks 26
8．The Storm by Charles Dickens 30
9．A Pair of Socks by William Lyon Phelps 35
10．Oliver Geldsmith by Washingten Irving 39
11．Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe 43
12．If I Were a Boy Again 48
13．A True Instinct for the Beantiful by Rachel Carson 53
14．Letter to Lord Chesterfield by Samuel Johnson 57
15．Pens 62
16．O Captain！My Captain！ by Walt Whitman 68
17．Versatile Man by L．G．Alexander 72
18．The Night Storm by Charles Dickens 76
19．My First Day in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin 81
20．Random Thoughts by John Boynton Priestley 86
附录 91
一、作者简介（英汉对照） 91
二、词汇表 101