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Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Brockton, Mass.
I. CHILD LIFE-- A First Reader Price, 25 cts.
II. CHILD LIFE IN TALE AND FABLE-- A Second Reader Price, 35 cts.
III. CHILD LIFE IN MANY LANDS-- A Third Reader In preparation
IV. CHILD LIFE IN LITERATURE-- A Fourth Reader In preparation
The central idea of these books is to _hold the child's interest_ by giving him reading-matter (profusely illustrated) that he _can understand and enjoy_. The lessons, therefore, relate exclusively to _child life_.
The First and Second Readers have _easier reading-matter_ and _more of it_ than do most of the other readers now available for first and second year. They have been graded with the utmost care.
These books, beginning with the Second Reader, have been planned as an _introduction to literature_. The subject-matter, therefore, is confined to material of _recognized literary value_.
The aim of the publishers has been to produce _an artistic set of Readers_ that shall be mechanically as nearly perfect as possible.
As a unique feature in binding, they would call attention to the _covers, which are water-proof_, and can be cleansed, when soiled by constant handling, without injury to the book.
=Bailey's Lessons With Plants.= $1.10 _net_ Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting some of the Common Forms of Vegetation.
=Bailey's First Lessons with Plants.= 40 cts. _net_ "Extremely original and unusually practical."
=Ingersoll's Wild Neighbors.= $1.50 "Instructive as well as delightful."--_Popular Science Monthly._
=Lange's Hand-Book of Nature Study.= $1 _net_ "The style of the book is fresh and inspiring."
=Murché's Science Readers.= Vol. I. 25 cents. Vol. II. 25 cents. Vol. III. 40 cents. Vol. IV. 40 cents _net_. Vol. V. 50 cents _net_. Vol. VI. 50 cents _net_.
=Weed's Life Histories of American Insects.= $1.50 "An unusually attractive book."--_Dial._
=Wilson's Nature Study in Elementary Schools.= First Nature Reader 35 cents Second Nature Reader 35 cents Teacher's Manual 90 cents
=Wright's Citizen Bird= $1.50 _net_ An interesting story, giving to the children much accurate information about American birds.
"Most delightful book on the subject yet printed in the United States. I wish every boy and girl could read it."--J. M. Greenwood, Sup't Kansas City, Mo.