Published in 1907 by Amy Steedman, art history with pictures for elementary aged children.
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Friday, February 27, 2009
The Child's World Fourth Grade Reader/ Google Books
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The Facts and Backgrounds of Literature: American and British/Google Books
All this and more:
Main page
The Facts and Backgrounds of Literature: English and American
By George Fullmer Reynolds, Garland Greever
Published by The Century Co., 1920
425 pages
Begin reading here
| 344 | |
Chivalry , joust , minstrels | |
| 347 | |
middle ages , farmed in common , scat | |
| 349 | |
craft guilds , merchant guild , main purpose | |
| 350 | |
Inns of Court , Middle Temple , Twelfth Night | |
| 354 | |
single houses , male heir , American readers | |
| 355 | |
proscenium , actors , Elizabethan plays | |
| 363 | |
bear-baiting , falconry , judicial combat | |
| 370 | |
Boy Bishop , Whitsunday , Childermas | |
| 378 | |
Roman Catholic church , established church , nonconformist | |
| 383 | |
astrology , Ptolemaic astronomy , Alchemy |
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The Facts and Backgrounds of Literature: English and American
By George Fullmer Reynolds, Garland Greever
Published by The Century Co., 1920
425 pages
Begin reading here
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
My Country: A Textbook in Civics and Patriotism for Young Americans/Google Books
From the introduction: "Many of the pupils in whose hands this book is placed will never read or study another discussion of civics and patriotism. Is it more important that they get from this text a detailed knowledge of the machinery of town, city, county, state, and national government, or that they get deeply implanted in their minds and hearts the conviction that America is really a nation founded on liberty, that it is a nation which looks to them to-day and every day to help in its building, that patriotism means making the most of every opportunity that this land of opportunities offers. The author has felt that unless the boy and the girl leave the elementary or junior high school with a definite conception of what America stands for, what it expects them to do now as boys and girls and later as men and women, they will be futile, even if well-meaning, citizens.
This book therefore aims to create a background which will help the teacher develop a spirit of true patriotism (this is accomplished by the early chapters in the book), and, when this has been kindled, to take the pupil into the technical part of the subject (the chapters on laws, government, taxes, thrift, etc.). In these chapters, as in the earlier ones, the pupil is never allowed to lose touch with the American spirit which is the keynote of the whole text. And finally he is led to symbolize love of country in a consideration of the flag. The Appendix will assist those teachers who wish to emphasize the mechanics of the subject in a broad way. The minor details of local government vary in each state and cannot be included in a text of this kind."
Begin reading here.
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My Country: A Textbook in Civics and Patriotism for Young Americans
By Grace Alice Turkington, Newell Convers Wyeth
Illustrated by Newell Convers Wyeth
Published by Ginn and Company, 1918
394 pagesSaturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Business Mathematics/Google Books
Vocational Mathematics for Girls/Google Books
Politically incorrect math for girls. ;) This book covers: household budgets, kitchen math, dress making, thrift and investment, farm math, and math in formally traditional female occupations outside the home.
Begin reading here.
Main page.
Vocational Mathematics for Girls
By William Henry Dooley
Published by D.C. Heath & co., 1917
369 pagesMay or may not be useful for homeschool math, but it is interesting for cultural/history studies.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Warne's Victoria Picture Spelling Book(and more)
Warne's Victoria picture spelling book by Laura Valentine, Published by , 1866:
EASILY GRADUATED SPELLING LESSONS.
EASILY GRADUATED READING LESSONS.
EASY LESSONS IN GRAMMAR.
EASY LESSONS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
EASY LESSONS IN CHRONOLOGY.
USEFUL INFORMATION.
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION.
ARITHMETICAL TABLES.
POETRY.
Begin reading here.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know /Google Books
Saturday, February 14, 2009
The children's picture-book of good and great men/Google Books
Thursday, February 12, 2009
At the Back of the North Wind/Google Books
Click here to begin reading.
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At the Back of the North Wind
By George MacDonald, Jessie Willcox Smith
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Published by D. McKay, 1919
342 pages
Review:
"The book tells the story of a young country boy named Diamond. He is a very sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep in the loft, Diamond plugs up several holes in the barn wall in order to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon finds out that this is stopping the North Wind from going on her routes. Diamonds befriends her, and North Wind lets him ride on her back, taking him on several adventures.
Though North Wind does goods deeds and helps people, she is also does terrible things. In one of her mischievous acts, she sinks a ship. Yet everything bad leads to something good. North Wind seems to be a representation of Pain and Death working according to God's will for something good.
On their adventures, North Wind brings Diamond to the country she lives in; a country without pain and death.Yet, he is brought only in a shadow of the real country at the back of the North Wind. The real country is open for him only after his death. At the end of the book, Diamond dies, finally able to see the country.
In this book, MacDonald touches many theological and philosophical questions, especially concerning theodicy[A vindication of God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil.]. Today, it is considered one of his masterpieces."
Appropriate for later elementary and up. A good read aloud for younger children.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Children's Picture-book of Quadrupeds and Other Mammalia/Google Books
Beginning zoology for early middle school.
Note: Chapter on "Man" is Biblical, and no Evolution Theory is mentioned. Many nice illustrations.
Click here to begin reading.
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The Children's Picture-book of Quadrupeds: And Other Mammalia
By John George Wood, William Harvey
Illustrated by William Harvey
Published by Harper, 1861
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Feb 13, 2008
276 pages
Monday, February 9, 2009
Scenes in Africa/Google Books
This is a fascinating children's book Published in 1824 about North Africa, Central Africa, and South Africa. Of course, times have changed, and if read, should be read with an understanding that it is a glimpse back into old Africa. The style of writing reminds me of historical fiction written for children, so it's comfortably read even if out of date in regards to people and places. There is nothing dry or boring about this book, yet a lot of information and pictures are packed into each chapter.
I skimmed the initial section on North Africa and did not see anything written in a disrespectful manner. The author, a Christian minister writes as many Quaker authors would in that time period, without negative regard to race or religion. The book is mislabeled by Google as a book about America instead of Africa. The slave trade, abolished in Rev. Taylor's native England is described in detail and condemned.
Scenes in Africa: For the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-home Travellers
By Rev. Isaac Taylor
Published by John Harris, 1824(England)
120 pages
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Begin Reading here.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
The Age of Fable and The Age Chivalry /Google Books
Description at Dover Publications, "Bulfinch's Mythology is a classic retelling of the great myths and legends, from ancient Greece and Rome to the time of Charlemagne. The second volume, reprinted here, focuses on Arthurian legends, and covers such notables as Sir Gawin, Launcelot, Richard the Lion-Hearted, Tristan and Isolde, Robin Hood, and much more." ages 14 and Up. Note: Bulfinch comes at these fables from a Christian viewpoint.
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Friday, February 6, 2009
The Orange Seed(Christian)/Google Books
A gentle Christian girl's tale roughly for ages 9-12.
This is a nicely written, pleasant storyline for children, teaching them the morality of living through your soul rather than through the flesh. The story is free of any obvious denominational theology.
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This is a nicely written, pleasant storyline for children, teaching them the morality of living through your soul rather than through the flesh. The story is free of any obvious denominational theology.
Click here.
Main page
The Orange Seed
By Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Published by A.D.F. Randolph, 1863
103 pagesThursday, February 5, 2009
Tom, the Boater, A Tale of English Canal Life (Christian)/Google Books
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Wreck of the Golden Fleece: The Story of a North Sea Fisher-boy/Google Books
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Ancient History for Colleges and High Schools/Google Books
I found these volumes to be a bit dry and very academic, but to a serious scholar/lover of ancient history it should be very edifying.
Ancient History for Colleges and High Schools, Volume One
Ancient History for Colleges and High Schools, Volume Two
Ancient History for Colleges and High Schools, Volume One
Ancient History for Colleges and High Schools, Volume Two
Monday, February 2, 2009
An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls/Google Books
Click here.
Main page.
Main page.
An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls, by H. E. Marshall, with Pictures by A. S. Forrest
By Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Published by Frederick A. Stokes company, 1920
557 pagesSunday, February 1, 2009
Life of Don Bosco(Saint John Bosco)/Google Books
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
England's Story: A History for Grammar and High Schools/Google Books
The Jolly Book of Playcraft / Google Books
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The Chinese Fairy Book/Google Books
Monday, January 26, 2009
Pioneer Women of the West/Google Books
Friday, January 23, 2009
The Japanese Fairy Book/Google Books
A High-school Astronomy /Google Books
Hand-loom Weaving/Google Books
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Old Stories of the East(Bible)/Google Books
Monday, January 19, 2009
Short Stories from American History/Google Books
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Foundation Lessons in English/Google Books
Book One main page
Book Two main page
Multi-grade books.
Foundation Lessons in English
By Oskar Israel Woodley
Published by The Macmillan Co., 1910
Saturday, January 17, 2009
High School Course in Latin Composition /Google Books
High School English /Google Books
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Harriet Beecher Stowe A Biography for Girls/Google Books
The Girl's Book of Famous Queens/Google Books
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Pathways in Nature and Literature: A Second Reader/Google Books
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Objects for the Microscope(Christian)/Google Books
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope/Google Books
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Ten Girls From History/Google Books
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Back to regular postings...
next week, I Promise! I've taken a little break over December, and I've got family visiting next week. Until then, happy reading. : )
A Practical Grammar of the English Language /Google Books
First Lessons in the English Language/Google Books
Click here.
Main page.
First Lessons in the English Language
By Thomas Wadleigh Harvey
Published by Van Antwerp, Bragg, & Co., 1875
80 pages
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Old Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic/Google Books
Friday, January 2, 2009
History Reader/Google Books
Monday, December 29, 2008
Golden Numbers: Poems for Children and Young People/Google Books
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Books for High Schools/Google Books
South America, A Geography Reader/Google Books
Monday, December 8, 2008
The Young Reader/Google Books
The Young Reader By John Pierpont, published in 1839, stories to teach morals. No grade assigned but looks to be advanced third - fourth grade.
Click here.
Click here.
Modern Science Reader/Google Books
Introduction mentions that this text is for "college men"; however it appears appropriate for high school students.
Click here.
Click here.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The Literary Reader for Higher Grades/Google Books
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The World's Story An Outline of Universal History/Google Books
Suitable for high school, or useful as a teacher's guide.
The World's Story: A History of the World in Story, Song and Art, Ed. by Eva March Tappan, published by Houghton Mifflin company, 1914
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The World's Story: A History of the World in Story, Song and Art, Ed. by Eva March Tappan, published by Houghton Mifflin company, 1914
Click here.
The Birds' Christmas Carol/Google Books
By Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916
69 pages
Click here.
Positive Review.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916
69 pages
Click here.
Positive Review.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Mary of Plymouth/Google Books
Mary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement
By James Otis
Published by American Book Company, 1910
156 pages
Ages 8-12.
Click here.
Review and summary at The Lost Classics.
Thanksgiving
Pilgrim Stories/Google Books
Pilgrim Stories by Margaret Blanche Pumphrey, Lucy Fitch Perkins, Rand McNally and Company
Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Published by Rand McNally & Company, 1910
256 pagesClick here.
HT to Pawpaw Holler Home.
Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
A Pictorial History of Greece/Google Books
Click here.
A Pictorial History of Greece, Ancient and Modern
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by F.J. Huntington, and Mason & Law, 1851
Friday, November 14, 2008
A Pictorial History of France/Google Books
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A Pictorial History of France
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by E.H. Butler & Co., 1861
A Pictorial History of France
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by E.H. Butler & Co., 1861
A Pictorial History of England/Google Books
Click here.
A Pictorial History of England
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by J.H. Butler, 1880
448 pages
A Pictorial History of England
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Published by J.H. Butler, 1880
448 pages
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Picture Study in Elementary Schools By Williams Wilson/Google Books
Click here.Includes teacher notes.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
A-Z Literature & Authors
An organized website with free classic literature grouped by the origins of literature, themes, genres, and subjects. "Also, find out about periods and movements, as well as theory and criticism. Read about literature and authors from around the world." Click here.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Grammar School Algebra/Google Books
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Grammar School Algebra
By George Edward Atwood
Published by Morse Co., 1900
253 pages
Covers mathematical concepts to approximately the sixth grade.
Grammar School Algebra
By George Edward Atwood
Published by Morse Co., 1900
253 pages
Covers mathematical concepts to approximately the sixth grade.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands/Google Books
A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands ...
By Charlotte Mary Yonge
Published by The Christian Herald, 1895
314 pages
An excerpt from the introduction, What is a Golden Deed?
"...the eye gleam and the heart throb, and bears
us through the details of suffering, bloodshed,
and even barbarity, — feeling our spirits
moved and elevated by contemplating the courage
and endurance that they have called forth.
Nay, such is the charm of brilliant valor, that
we often are tempted to forget the injustice of
the cause that they may have called forth the
actions that delight us. And this enthusiasm
is often united with the utmost tenderness of
heart, the very appreciation of suffering only
quickening the sense of the heroism that
risked the utmost, till the young and ardent
learn absolutely to look upon danger as
an occasion for evincing the highest qualities.
O Life, without thy checkered scene
Of right and wrong, of weal and woe,
Success and failure, could a ground
For magnanimity be found ?
The true cause of such enjoyment is perhaps
an inherent consciousness that there is nothing
so noble as forgetfulness of self. Therefore it
is that we are struck by hearing of the exposure
of life and limb to the utmost peril, in oblivion,
or recklessness of personal safety, in comparison
with a higher object."
Click here.
By Charlotte Mary Yonge
Published by The Christian Herald, 1895
314 pages
An excerpt from the introduction, What is a Golden Deed?
"...the eye gleam and the heart throb, and bears
us through the details of suffering, bloodshed,
and even barbarity, — feeling our spirits
moved and elevated by contemplating the courage
and endurance that they have called forth.
Nay, such is the charm of brilliant valor, that
we often are tempted to forget the injustice of
the cause that they may have called forth the
actions that delight us. And this enthusiasm
is often united with the utmost tenderness of
heart, the very appreciation of suffering only
quickening the sense of the heroism that
risked the utmost, till the young and ardent
learn absolutely to look upon danger as
an occasion for evincing the highest qualities.
O Life, without thy checkered scene
Of right and wrong, of weal and woe,
Success and failure, could a ground
For magnanimity be found ?
The true cause of such enjoyment is perhaps
an inherent consciousness that there is nothing
so noble as forgetfulness of self. Therefore it
is that we are struck by hearing of the exposure
of life and limb to the utmost peril, in oblivion,
or recklessness of personal safety, in comparison
with a higher object."
Click here.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Young People's History of the Pilgrims/Google Books
Click here.
(Thanksgiving)
Young People's History of the Pilgrims
By William Elliot Griffis
Published by Houghton Mifflin company, 1920
353 pages(Thanksgiving)
The Book of Saints and Heroes /Google Books
The Book of Saints and Heroes
By Lang, Leonora Blanche Lang, Andrew Lang, Henry J. Ford
Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Ontario(Canadian) Graded Readers/Project Gutenberg
- The Ontario Readers: Third Book Ontario Ministry of Education
- The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario Ministry of Education
- The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader Ontario Ministry of Education
- The Ontario High School Reader Marty, A.E.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
How to be Happy Written for Children(Christian)/Google Books
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How to be Happy: Written for the Children of Some Dear Friends
By Lydia Howard Sigourney, Lady, A Lady
Published by D.F. Robinson, 1833
128 pages
The Beautiful Land of Nod/Google Books
The Beautiful Land of Nod
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Published by W.B. Conkey, 1892
141 pages
A storybook for young children. Click here.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
A Book of Bravery/Google Books
The Book of Bravery: Being True Stories in an Ascending Scale of Courage
By Henry Wysham Lanier
Published by C. Scribner's Sons, 1920
429 pages
Click here.
A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legends, History, and Science/Google Books
A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legends, History, and Science
By Henry Wysham Lanier
Published by E.P. Dutton & company, 1922
316 pages
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By Henry Wysham Lanier
Published by E.P. Dutton & company, 1922
316 pages
Click here.
A Short History of Science/Google Books
A Short History of Science
By W. T. Sedgwick, H. W. Tyler
Published by The Macmillan company, 1917
474 pagesClick here.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Hero Tales from American History by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Lodge/Project Gutenberg
"Hor. I saw him once; he was a goodly king.
Ham. He was a man, take him for all in all
I shall not look upon his like again." —Hamlet
Click here.
Ham. He was a man, take him for all in all
I shall not look upon his like again." —Hamlet
Click here.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Guyot Geographical Reader and Primer/Google Books
Geographical regions are covered(for the most part) rather than specific countries. Appears to be appropriate for fourth-fifth grade.
Click here.
The Guyot geographical reader and primer: a series of journeys round the world
By Mary Howe Smith, Mary Howe Smith Pratt
Published by American Book Company, 1898
282 pages
Introductory [Science Primer]/Google Books
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Introductory [Science Primer]
By Thomas Henry Huxley
Published by American book company, 1880
94 pages
Introductory [Science Primer]
By Thomas Henry Huxley
Published by American book company, 1880
94 pages
Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners/Google Books
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Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners
By Henry Enfield Roscoe, Joseph Lunt
Published by Macmillan, 1897
245 pages
Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners
By Henry Enfield Roscoe, Joseph Lunt
Published by Macmillan, 1897
245 pages
Lessons in Elementary Chemistry/Google Books
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Lessons in elementary chemistry: Inorganic and Organic
By Henry Enfield Roscoe
Published by Macmillan, 1893
503 pages
Lessons in elementary chemistry: Inorganic and Organic
By Henry Enfield Roscoe
Published by Macmillan, 1893
503 pages
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Complete Graded Arithmetic Sixth Grade/Google Books
Click here.
Answers included. Note: Google's page numbers do not correspond to book page numbers - title page begins on page 399.
Answers included. Note: Google's page numbers do not correspond to book page numbers - title page begins on page 399.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Hiawatha Primer and The Book of Nature Myths/Google & Project Gutenburg
The Hiawatha Primer and The Book of Nature Myths are to be read in succession. Both get progressively more difficult, so it is meant to be used across grades. Grade levels are not mentioned, but it appears to cover grade two - grade four. Primers are meant for beginning readers.
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