Sunday, October 12, 2008

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Well-Known Piano Solos, How to Play Them /Google Books

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Well-Known Piano Solos, How to Play Them: How to Play Them
By Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher
Published by Best Books, 1915
284 pages

The New McGuffey Fifth Reader/Google Books


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The New McGuffey Fifth Reader.
By William Holmes McGuffey
Published by American Book Co., 1901
Original from Harvard University
352 pages

Monday, September 29, 2008

The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin/Project Gutenberg

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According to Yesterday's Classics which has republished this classic:

"A fairy tale of what happened to two men who tried to get rich in evil ways and of how the fortune they sought came to their younger brother, whose kind and loving heart prompted him to right action. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of 19th century stories for children. Includes four black and white illustrations by Maria L. Kirk. Ages 8-10, 41 pages."

Detailed description of plot, characters, and story analysis at Wikipedia.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Teaching Literature in the Grammar Grades and High School /Google Books

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Teaching Literature in the Grammar Grades and High School
By Emma Miller Bolenius
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915
Original from the New York Public Library
337 pages

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Cathcart's Literary Reader (Survey of English Literature) /Google books

Begins with Elizabethan literature. Click here.

Type Lessons for Primary Teachers in the Study of Nature, Literature and Art Grades 1-4/Google Books

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Type Lessons for Primary Teachers in the Study of Nature, Literature and Art, arranged by seasons for the first four grades.
By Anna E. McGovern
Published by A. Flanagan company, 1905
Original from Harvard University
315 pages