Revised Fourth Reader, 1895

Revised Fourth Reader, 1895
Anna C. Murphy
The object of this book is *to block, in a large and simple way, the time, and place, and thought of some of the masters of literary art.* Excerpts from many classic authors, including Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens, Oliver Goldsmith, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Muir, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Fenimore Cooper, Victor Hugo, James Russell Lowell, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir...
Circa: 1895
Condition: Used
Size: 5 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: California State Series
Author: Anna C. Murphy
Pages: 196  

Normal Music Course, Introductory 3rd Reader Normal Music Course, Introductory Third Reader

John W. Tufts, and H. E. Holt

''A series of exercises, studies, and songs, defining and illustrating the art of sight reading; progressively arranged from the first conception and production of tones to the most advanced choral practice.''

Many exercises and songs for voice training. Titles include: God Is Love; Awake! Our Love! (John Mason 1694); Morning Bells; Better Late Than Never; 'Tis Peaceful Night; Scatter Your Crumbs; A Boy's...
Circa: 1894
Condition: Used
Size: 6-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Silver Burdett & Co.
Pages: 128  

Lessons in Language 1889

Lessons in Language 1889

Mary E. Wilson, and Elizabeth P. Sargent

This textbook encourages fluency in conversational language. The preface says,
The chief reason why children are so universally reticent in expressing their thoughts at school, is because accuracy has been made to precede fluency, and the fear of not saying things in the right way keeps the child rom saying them in any way.

California State Series, 1889. Hard cover, 5 x 7-1/2 inches, 158...
Circa: 1889
Condition: Used
Size: 5 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: California State Series
Author: Mary E. Wilson, Elizabeth P. Sargent
Pages: 158  

Revised Third Reader 1895

New / Revised Third Reader 1895

Mary W. George, And Anna C. Murphy

Excerpts from many well known sources. Aesop, Anna Sewall, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Eudora S. Bumstead, Charles Kingsley, Bret Harte, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Charles Dickens, John Muir, William Cullen Bryant, and others, along with folk stories.

California State Series, 1895. Hard cover, 5 x 7-1/2 inches, 174 pages plus 26 supplementary pages.

Names on inside front and back have been...
Circa: 1895
Condition: Used
Size: 5 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: California State Series
Author: Mary W. George, Anna C. Murphy
Pages: 174  

Seven Little Sisters

Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats In The Air

Jane Andrews

This tells of little girls in various parts of the world, and how they are sisters with one Father, who cares for all of us. This is a memorial edition for the author, who was born Dec 1, 1833, and died July 15, 1887. A memorial preface was written by Louisa Parsons Hopkins.

Ginn and Co., 1887. Hard cover, 5 x 7 inches, 120 pages.

Ex school library. Wear to cover, edges, and corners. Some page...
Circa: 1887
Condition: used
Size: 5 x 7 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Ginn and Co.
Author: Jane Andrews
Pages: 120  

Friends and Helpers - 1899

Friends and Helpers, 1899

Compiled by Sarah J. Eddy

The object of this book is to teach children to treat all living creatures with considerate kindness and to appreciate the services of man's helpers in the animal world -- from the preface.

The book includes stories about famous dogs, cats and other pets, including Owney the postal-dog, who traveled across the country with the mail. It has chapters on the care of pets, many stories and poems about animals, and...
Circa: 1899
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Ginn and Co.
Author: Sarah J. Eddy
Pages: 232  

Stepping Stones to Literature, Fourth Reader

Stepping Stones to Literature, Fourth Reader

Sarah Louise Arnold, and Charles B. Gilbert

Selections in Prose and Poetry by authors such as J. and W. Grimm, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Helen Hunt Jackson, Clement C. Moore, Eugene Field, William shakespeare, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Kingsley, John Greenleaf Whittier, William Wordsworth, and others.

Silver Burdett & Co., 1897. Hard cover, 5-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches, 320 pages.

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Circa: 1897
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Silver Burdett & Co.
Author: Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles B. Gilbert
Pages: 320