The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886

The Ontario Readers. - THE - HIGH SCHOOL READER. - AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTES OF ONTARIO BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. - Toronto: - ROSE PUBLISHING COMPANY. - 1886. - Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, by the Minister of Education for Ontario, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. - PRINTED AND BOUND BY Hunter, Rose & Co., TORONTO. - PREFACE.

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(The Titles of the Selections in Poetry are printed in Italics.)

SHORT EXTRACTS.

INDEX OF AUTHORS.

INTRODUCTORY.

THE HIGH SCHOOL READER.

I. KING SOLOMON'S PRAYER AND BLESSING AT THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.

II. INVITATION.

III.THE TRIAL SCENE IN THE "MERCHANT OF VENICE."\[A\]