Madam How and Lady Why (Yesterday's Classics) year 4 readings

Workdays

• 1 Ch 1 p. 1-4 The Glen from beginning to "as pleasant as putting sugar in your mouth."
• 2 Ch 1 p. 5-8 The Glen from "My dear child, if I could once get clearly into your head this difference between" to "beware lest she has her own again out of you."
• 3 Ch 1 p. 8-13 The Glen from "Some people think, again, that Madam How is not only" to "he has laid by in England here."
• 4 Ch 1 p. 13-16 The Glen from "Water? But water is too simple a thing" to "hundreds and thousands of years hence."
• 5 Ch 1 p. 16-20 The Glen from "But I must tell you I think there was a time" to 'if it proves good, hold it fast."
• 6 Ch 1 p. 20-24 The Glen from "And how can I do that?" to "as in a parable, I have called Lady Why?"
• 7 Ch 1 p. 24-27 The Glen from "The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His way" to end of chapter
• 8 Ch 2 p.28-32 Earthquakes from beginning to "That is the wise and scientific plan."
• 9 Ch 2 p.32-36 Earthquakes from "Now, whatever makes these earthquakes" to "and went to bed again."
• 10 Ch 2 p. 36-38 Earthquakes from "Next morning I inquired whether any one" to "must be pulled down and rebuilt."
• 11 Ch 2 p. 38-43 Earthquakes from "You saw those pictures of the ruins of Arica" to "down below has burst at last."
• 12 Ch 2 p. 43-47 Earthquakes from "Then the strain is eased." to end of chapter
• 13 Ch 3 p. 48- 50 Volcanos from beginning to "passed him with the Gorgon's Head."
• 14 Ch 3 p. 50-53 Volcanos from "But you will see, too, that most of these red and black dots" to "or an old one re-opened."
• 15 Ch 3 p. 53-58 Volcanos from "Now we can understand why earthquakes" to "luckless people lived 2000 years ago."
• 16 Ch 3 p. 58-61 Volcanos from "And what had become of Vesuvius," to "for we can see very little more."
• 17 Ch 3 p. 61-64 Volcanos from "AWhy is a volcano like a cone?" to "get a trowel and make your little experiment."
• 18 Ch 3p. 64-68 Volcanos from "And now you ought to understand wha" to end of chapter
• 19 Ch 4 p. 69-70 Transformation of Grain of Soil from beginning to "nor the spade the gardener."
• 20 Ch 4 p. 70-73 Transformation of Grain of Soil from "There have always been, and always will be" to "but just scorch the bark."
• 21 Ch 4 p. 73-76 Transformation of Grain of Soil from "But I can tell you a more curious story still." to "lava and ashes upon the surface of the earth."
• 22 Ch 4 p. 76-79 Transformation of Grain of Soil from "For see--down below, under the roots of the mountains" to "she is often most just and kind."
• 23 Ch 4 p. 79-82 Transformation of Grain of Soil from "Ah! my dear child, that I could go on talking" to "make use of the land where she had put them."
• 24 Ch 4 p.82-85 Transformation of Grain of Soil from "And now think what a wonderful fairy tale" to end of chapter
• 25 Ch 5 p.86-91 The Ice-Plough from beginning to "that land is to be fit to live in."
• 26 Ch 5 p. 91-95 The Ice-Plough from "I said that if the snow piled high enough" to "I hope to have it photographed some day."
• 27 Ch 5 p. 95-100 The Ice-Plough from "Now, how did ice do this?" to "the ground where Birk Hall now stands."
• 28 Ch 5 p. 100-102 The Ice-Plough from "And more:" to end of chapter
• 29 Ch 6 p.103-108 The True Fairy Tale from beginning to "And this is the first chapter of my fairy tale."
• 30 Ch 6 p. 108-113 The True Fairy Tale from "Now while all this was going on" to "delight and duty to copy the beautiful works of God."
• 31 Ch 6 p. 113-117 The True Fairy Tale from "Sometimes, again, especially in Denmark" to "who makes fiction, and who makes facts."
• 32 Ch 6 p. 118-120 The True Fairy Tale from "Man makes fiction: he invents stories" to "this is the fairy land of God."
• 33 Ch 7 p.121-125 The Chalk-Carts from beginning to "I must be off to market."
• 34 Ch 7 p.125-129 The Chalk-Carts from "Was it all true that the farmer said?" to "Madam How’s work is than that of man."
• 35 Ch 7 p. 129-135 The Chalk-Carts from "But if you asked the nymph why she worked" to "of how the pretty toys are made."
• 36 Ch 7 p. 135-140 The Chalk-Carts from "Now if you can imagine for yourself" to end of chapter