This textbook is the seventh reader in a series of school readers to help children acquire the art and the habit of reading well enough to give pleasure not only to themselves, but also to those who listen to them. The contents of this volume have been chosen and arranged to supply the young reader such selections that will be interesting to him and, at the same time, inspire him with a desire to read. Writings by authors such as Hjalmar H. Boyesen, Agnes Giberne, William Canton, Charles Reade, Bayard Taylor, Margaret E. Sangster, William Penn, William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Scott, and Francis Scott Key are presented.