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First edition. Includes excerpts of works by Thoreau (Walden Pond), Wordsworth, Emerson, and Milton, Shakespeare, Edward Everett Hale (Man Without a Country).Agnes Repplier (Three Heroines), Julia Ward Howe (Battle Hymm of the Republic), Kipling, Tennyson and more - also several unattributed but inspirational readings. The preface by Ellen Cyr is instructive; she states 'We have now reached the lofty heights [of literature] nd must search among the grand peaks and crags of the world's greatest writers for what will appeal to children and lead them to love the grandeur which they cannot yet fully comprehend. The majority of pupils in our public schools cannot take advantage of our high school priveleges; but with libraries at their disposal, and an introduction to the world's best literature, they may continue their education after their school life in ended.' Not only are these selections of a complexity that would never be introduced to modern fifth or sixth graders, this was, back in 1899, perhaps the last opportunity that the public school would have to influence its pupils. Frontispiece, illustrated, guide to pronunciation. 432pp Very good in beige cloth patterned and lettered in brown (prev owner's name, some minor foxing to endpapers, binding cracked after front endpaper). .

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