Monday, November 23, 2009
The Language-speller/Google Books
The language-speller
Author Elizabeth Hill Spalding
Publisher Richardson, Smith & Company, 1899
Overview
Friday, November 20, 2009
Eskimo Reading Resources and Supplements
Eskimo finger plays for preschool.
Eskimo sand table
An Artic Scene
Eskimo boy paper doll
Original 1922 Lucy Perkins The Twins Series paper dolls
Igloo coloring page
As supplements to:
A Treasury of Eskimo Tales
The Twins Series - Eskimo(grade 2)/Project Gutenberg
Perkins, Lucy Fitch, 1865-1937
Around the world with the children(We Go to Cold Lands)
More reading here from my library.
Cut Out Paper Dolls/Google Books
Public school methods, Volume 1(Kindergarten).
Main page.
School arts, Volume 19 Red Cross and American Indian dolls and boy scout, camp fire girl, and little Mary.
Main page.
Homes for Paper Dolls, Harper's Bazaar .
Main page.
Industrial art text-books(dolls, clothes, furniture, and rooms) Pages 30-40.
Main page.
What shall we do now?: Five hundred games and pastimes, Paper dolls Pages 258-262. Doll house furniture, pages 243-257 .
Main page.
Taylor First Grade Reader with story and dolls. Pages 42-43(house), and pages 72-74, pages 76-78.
Godey's Magazine - numerous. Scroll down to images of select pages.
Easy steps in housekeeping; or, Mary Frances' adventures among the doll people - doll furniture and story book.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Pictures That Every Child Should Know: a Selection of the World's Art/Google Books
Pictures that every child should know: a selection of the world's art masterpieces for young people
Author Mary Schell Hoke Bacon
Publisher Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908
Length 387 pages
Overview
Water Wonders Every Child Should Know: Little Studies of Dew, Frost, Snow, Ice, and Rain/Google Books
Author Jean May Thompson
Publisher Doubleday, Page & company, 1907
Original from Cornell University
Length 233 pages
Overview
Monday, November 16, 2009
Appletons' Chart-primer: Exercises in Reading at Sight, and Language and Color Lessons for Beginners/Google Books
Author Rebecca D. Rickoff
Publisher American Book Company, 1884
Length 48 pages
Overview
The Nursery Lesson Book/Google Books
The nursery lesson book: a guide for mothers in teaching young children
Author Philip Gengembre Hubert
Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889
Length 74 pages
Wood wanderings
Wood wanderings
Author Winthrop Packard
Publisher Small, Maynard and company, 1910
Length 220 pages
Overview
Thursday, November 12, 2009
When Mother Lets Us Cut Out Pictures
Author Ida Estelle Boyd
Publisher Moffat, Yard and Company, 1912
Length 94 pages
Overview
The Anatomy of the Frog
Volume 2 of Translations of foreign biological memoirs
Authors Alexander Ecker, George Haslam
Translated by George Haslam
Publisher Clarendon Press, 1889
Length 449 pages
Overview
History of Ancient Egypt , Art, & Atlas /Google Books
The story of the nations
Authors George Rawlinson, Arthur Gilman
Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902
Length 408 pages
Overview
An atlas of ancient Egypt
Art in Egypt
Monday, November 9, 2009
Reading--literature: The Primer/Google Books
Volume 2411 of Harvard reading textbooks preservation microfilm project
Authors Harriette Taylor Treadwell, Margaret Free
Publisher Row, Peterson & Company, 1910
Length 120 pages
Overview
Includes The Gingerbread Boy, The Little Red Hen, and Three Billy Goats Gruff .
Elson-Runkel Primer and Teacher's Copy/Google Books
Authors William Harris Elson, Lura E. Runkel
Publisher Scott, Foresman and company, 1914
Length 128 pages
Manual for the Elson-Runkel primer
Bold and Brave by Horatio Alger/Project Gutenburg
From HoratioAlgerJr.com"
What does the Horatio Alger "Strive and Succeed" philosophy consist of? Are there contemporary versions of it?
There are several elements in the Horatio Alger "Strive and Succeed" Philosophy:
* hard work
* study (informal rather than formal)
* loyalty to superiors and subordinates
* abstaining from alcohol
* frugal living
* importance of dress and personal grooming
* personal integrity
* speaking and writing effectively
* non-credal religious values (Unitarian)
* avoidance of violence and revenge
* speaking the whole truth
* brotherhood of males (family without a mother)
* obligation to help and protect the weak and unfortunate
* duty to mother and/or sisters
* courtesy to all
* accepting the success of others
* emphasis on a secure home
* accept assistance of benefactors
* expectation of own success, acceptance
* eschew class hatred
The Alger success formula seems very like what one finds in _The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin_. Alger's code is less pragmatic and more altruitstic than Poor Richard's. Alger's code imposes significant personal obligations, but it is not at all individualistic. The Alger code does not seem to have much in common with those individuals labeled "Horatio Alger success stories."
Friday, November 6, 2009
Healthful Living, Based on the Essentials of Physiology: for High School Pupils/Google Books
Author Jesse Feiring Williams
Publisher Macmillan, 1919
Length 431 pages
Overview
Thursday, November 5, 2009
The Bee-man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales/Google books
Author Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919
Length 193 pages
Overview
Middle school and up.
Includes Old Pipes and the Dryad
Boy's Adventure Novel: The Aztec Treasure-house/Google Books
Book overview from Google Books:
"The narrator travels in Mexico with a party including a Franciscan monk and an Indian youth, to find a lost race of Aztecs and a hidden treasure of gold, jewels and writings."
The Aztec treasure-house: a romance of contemporaneous antiquity
Author Thomas Allibone Janvier
Publisher Harper, 1890
Length 446 pages
Overview
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
A Companion(Study Guide) to the Iliad, for English Readers/Google Books
Author Walter Leaf
Publisher Macmillan and co., 1892
Length 411 pages
Overview
The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 24/Google Books
Click here.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Want Not, Waste Not/Google Books
Waste not, want not: or, Two strings to your bow
Author Maria Edgeworth
Publisher G. Routledge and Sons, 1883
Length 127 pages
Overview
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Stepping Stones to Literature(First Grade) Reader/Google Books
Stepping Stones to Literature
Authors Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert
Publisher Silver, Burdett and company, 1902
Length 128 pages
Overview
Fanciful Tales by Frank Richard Stockton/Gooogle Books
Authors Frank Richard Stockton, Julia Elizabeth Langworthy
Editor Julia Elizabeth Langworthy
Publisher C. Scribner's Sons, 1904
Length 135 pages
As recommended by Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics, 1904. Recommended for fourth grade, but great for read aloud for younger and older elementary aged children.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics/Google Books
Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics in the Grades of the Common School
Author Charles Alexander McMurry
Publisher Macmillan, 1904
Length 254 pages
Overview
Chapter Three is most useful followed by the list of books.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Peter and Polly Readers/Google Books
Peter and Polly in Autumn by Rose Lucia
American Book Co., 1918
Length 176 pages
Also see:
Peter and Polly in Winter
Peter and Polly in Spring
Peter and Polly in Summer
Peter and Polly Dolls, not related, but cute vintage craft activity for the lower grades.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Biology/Other
The Online Biology Book is hosted by Estrella Mountain Community College.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Google Books Blocking Download Helpers
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Reading Selections on Fish Migration
Sharing here.
Penelope's Irish Experiences/Google Books
Publisher Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901
Length 327 pages
Overview
Sunday, October 18, 2009
The Story of a Nodding Donkey/Google books
Author Laura Lee Hope
Publisher Grosset & Dunlap, 1921
Length 120 pages
Overview
Monday, October 12, 2009
Everyday Birds: Elementary Studies
Author Bradford Torrey
Publisher Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1901
Length 106 pages
Overview
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
A Short History of the Catholic Church
Authors Hermann Wedewer, Joseph McSorley
Publisher B. Herder Book Co., 1916
Length 357 pages
Overview.
The Scottish Chiefs/Google Books
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Down the Snow Stairs/Google Books
Author Alice Corkran
Publisher Scribner and Welford, 1887
Length 257 pages
Overview here.
"On Christmas Eve, eight-year-old Kitty cannot sleep, knowing that her beloved little brother is critically ill due to her own disobedience. Traveling in a dream to Naughty Children Land, she meets many strange people, including Daddy Coax and Lady Love. Kitty longs to return to the Path of Obedience but can she resist the many temptations she faces? Will she nd her way home in time for Christmas? An imaginative and delightful read-aloud for the whole family!" from Salem Ridge Books.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Wonderful Tales from Denmark/Google Books
Author Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher James Miller, 1864
Length 314 pages
Overview
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
A Guide to the Study of the History and the Constitution of the United States
Author William Whitehead Rupert
Publisher Ginn & Company, 1888
Length 130 pages
Overview here.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Calculus/ MIT OpenCourseWare
Click here.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The Beginner's Latin Book/Google Books
Authors William Coe Collar, Moses Grant Daniell, Ginn and Company
Publisher Ginn & Company, 1893
Length 283 pages
Overview here.
Ginn & Company's Classical Atlas/Google Books
Authors Ginn and Company, Alexander Keith Johnston
Publisher Ginn, 1910
Length 43 pages
Overview here.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
The Story of the American Flag/ Google Books
Author Wayne Whipple
Publisher Altemus, 1910
Length 125 pages
Overview here.
A Text-book of Geometry /Google Books
Author George Albert Wentworth
Publisher Ginn & Co., 1890
Length 437 pages
Overview here.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Short Sermons for Children
Author Elizabeth Rumsey
Publisher Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 24, Paternoster-Row, and 23, Holles-Street, Cavendish-Square, 1859
Overview here.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
A Child's History of Ireland/Google Books
Author Patrick Weston Joyce
Publisher Longmans, Green, 1897
Length 507 pages
Overview here.
The Book of Knowledge/Google books
By George Crabb
Publisher Leavitt & Allen
Original from the New York Public Library
Length 368 pages
Overview here.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Famous Men of Modern Times
Overview here.
Authors John Henry Haaren, Addison B. Poland
Publisher American Book Co., 1909
Length 352 pages
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Hero Tales from History
"Here are mighty men of the world and makers of modern American. Some of the men chosen as the heroes of these stories were great figures in world history and were selected because they are among the foremost heroes of our own country and our own culture. Hero Tales from History are told with the thought of the mental development of the children. Each story has a hero, full of action and written in a clear and simple language.The history of the past can never become a vital thing to us or to those whom we teach until the men of the past are live, flesh and blood men."
Hero tales from history
Author Smith Burnham
Edition illustrated
Publisher The John C. Winston company, 1922
Overview here.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Black American History/Google Books
Author Carter Godwin Woodson
Publisher Associated Publishers, 1922
Overview here.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Story Book of Science/Google Books
The story-book of science
Authors Jean-Henri Fabre, Florence Constable Bicknell
Translated by Florence Constable Bicknell
Publisher The Century Co., 1917
Monday, August 17, 2009
Great Inventors and Their Inventions/Google Books
Great Inventors and Their Inventions
Author Frank Puterbaugh Bachman
Publisher American Book Company, 1918
Length 304 pages
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Alexander the Great/Goggle Books
Alexander the Great
Makers of history, Jacob Abbott
Author Jacob Abbott
Publisher Harper, 1901
Length 278 pages
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The Classic Myths in English Literature/Google Books
The Classic Myths in English Literature
by Charles Mills Gayley, Thomas Bulfinch.
Publisher Ginn, 1893
Length 539 pages
Monday, August 10, 2009
The Elements of Geology / Google Books
The Elements of Geology
Author William Harmon Norton
Publisher Ginn & company, 1905
Length 461 pages
Friday, August 7, 2009
Free E-Book: Embracing the E-Book Revolution
Click here.
HT to Denese.
Primary Word Studies/Google Books
Word studies: Primary book and Advanced book
Author Edwin Samuels Sheppe
Publisher B.F. Johnson Publishing Co., 1905
Length242 pages
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Practical English for High Schools/Google Books
Practical English for High Schools
Authors William Dodge Lewis, James Fleming Hosic
Publisher American Book Co., 1916
Length 415 pages
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Pinneo's Primary Grammar of the English Language: for Beginners
Pinneo's primary grammar of the English language: for beginners
Author Timothy Stone Pinneo
Edition revised
Publisher W.B. Smith, 1854
Length 160 pages
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
The Fishing-rod and How to Use It /Google Books
The Fishing-rod and how to Use it: A Treatise on the Various Arts of Angling, Trolling, Spinning, and Fly-fishing
Author Glenfin
Publisher Baily Brothers, 1860
Length 87 pages
The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen/Google Books
The complete manual for young sportsmen: with directions for handling the gun, the rifle, and the rod; the art of shooting on the wing; the breaking, management, and hunting of the dog; the varieties and habits of game; river, lake, and sea fishing, etc
Author Frank Forester
Publisher W.A. Townsend, 1864
Length 477 pages
Monday, July 20, 2009
Uncle Wiggily/Google Books
Overview
Title Uncle Wiggily Longears: Complete in Two Parts. Fifty-two Stories, One for Each Week of the Year ...
Author Howard Roger Garis
Publisher R.F. Fenno, 1915
Length 200 pages
Sunday, July 19, 2009
How to Study/Google Books
How to Study
Author George Fillmore Swain
Publisher McGraw-Hill book company, inc, 1917
Length 65 pages
Computing Tables and Mathematical Formulas/Google Books
Overview
Computing Tables and Mathematical Formulas: Arranged for the Use of High Schools and Colleges
Author Eugene Henry Barker
Publisher Ginn and company, 1913
Length 88 pages
Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
A Beginner's History of Philosophy
Volume Two.
A Beginner's History of Philosophy
Author Herbert Ernest Cushman
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
When Mother Lets Us Sew/Google Books
Begin reading.
Overview.
When Mother Lets Us Sew
Virginia Ralston
Moffat, Yard and company, 1910
83 pages
Sunday, July 5, 2009
General Science/Project Gutenberg
WILLIAM PENN HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS,
PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK - CINCINNATI - CHICAGO
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY, 1912
Click here.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Builders of Democracy/Google Books
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The Wooster Fourth Reader/Google Books
Monday, June 29, 2009
Our Hero, General U. S. Grant/Google Books
Saturday, June 27, 2009
History of Russia for Younger Children/Google Books
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Stories from Don Quixote/Google Books
Monday, June 22, 2009
The Arithmetic Reader for Second Grade Pupils
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Changes at Google Books
Or copy and paste: http://books.google.com/books?output=html into your browser.
Clickable link to go directly to Google Books in HTML mode.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
A History of Mathematics/Google Books
By Florian Cajori
Published by Macmillan & Co., 1893
422 pages
Begin reading here.
Main page.
This would be appropriate for advanced high school students
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Boys of Other Countries/Internet Archives
BOYS OF OTHER COUNTRIES
STORIES FOR AMERICAN BOYS
BY BAYARD TAYLOR
NEW YORK
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
182 FIFTH AVENUE
1876
STORY I.
THE LITTLE POST-BOY
STORY II.
THE PASHA'S SON
STORY III.
JON OF ICELAND
STORY IV.
THE Two HERD-BOYS
STORY V.
THE YOUNG SERF
Click here.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Heroic Legends/Google Books
Main page.
Begin reading here.
Elementary - early middle school.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Everyday Classics: Seventh Reader : American Life and Literature /Google Books
By Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike
Published by Macmillan Co., 1918
424 pages
Main page.
Begin reading here.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Rollo on the Rhine
Main page.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Heroes of Progress: Stories of Successful Americans/Google books
Main page
Begin reading here.
CONTENTS
John James Audubon, Lover and Student of Birds i
Mark Hopkins, President of Williams College . . . .11
Cyrus H. McCoRM1CK, Inventor of the Reaper .... 20
Charles Goodyear, a Man who Persevered .... 30
William T. G.morton, Master of Pain 39
Elias Howe, Inventor of the Sewing-Machine .... 47
Maria Mitchell, Astronomer and Teacher 54
Henry Oscar Houghton, Printer and Publisher . . .61
Cyrus W. Field, the Manwho Laid the Atlantic Cable. . .71
Jean Lou1s Rodolphe Agassiz, Beloved Teacher of Science . 79
Julia Ward Howe, Author of the "Battle Hymn of the Repub-
George Thorndike Angell, Knight of Kindness to Animals 97
Luther Burbank, Plant-Breeder 106
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor of the Telephone . .115
John Wanamaker, Founder of the Departme.nl Store . . .122
Frances E. Willard, Temperance Reformer 132
Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross . . . 140
Booker T. Washington, Founder of Tuskegee Institute . . 147
Augustus Saint-gaudens, Greatest American Sculptor . .157
James Jerome Hill, Builder of Railroads 168
John Muir, the Man who Loved Trees and Mountains . .179
Theodore Thomas, the Man who Taught us to Love Music . 189
Thomas Alva Edison, Inventor 199
Edwin Austin Abbey, Illustrator and Painter .... 208
Samuel Pierpont Langley, Inventor of the First Heavier-than-
Andrew Carnegie, the Man who Would not Die Rich . . 228
William Crawford Gorgas, who Made the Canal Zone
Robert E. Peary, Discoverer of the North Pole .... 245