You can now request printed copies in paperback of your favorite public domain online books at Google Books. Look for the "QOOP" link on the right panel under the "Get This Book" heading on all "Overview" pages. Prices seem fairly low. This is an opportunity to have access to new paperback versions of books not currently in commercial reprint, or if they are in reprint, at a reduced cost.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Children of Ancient Rome/Google Books
Author Louise Lamprey
Publisher Little, Brown, and Company, 1922
Length 262 pages
Overview
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Child's History of Rome, to Octavius Caesar, surnamed Augustus, and the Birth of Jesus Christ/Google Books
Author Caroline Hyde Butler Laing
Publisher H.T. Coates & co., 1875
Overview
Thursday, September 16, 2010
History of King Alfred of England/Google Books
Title History of King Alfred of England
Author Jacob Abbott
Publisher Harper, 1876
Length 270 pages
Overview
Author Jacob Abbott
Publisher Harper, 1876
Length 270 pages
Overview
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The Child's Zoological Garden/Google Books
Published 1881
Pages 262
Overview
Formal and indepth. Written for older children, or as a read aloud.
Monday, September 13, 2010
The Ice King, and the Sweet South Wind/Google Books
Title: The Ice King, and the Sweet South Wind
Author: Caroline Hyde Butler Laing
Publisher: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1853
Length 176 pages
Overview
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Writing in English: a Modern School Composition/Google Books
Title Writing in English: a modern school composition
Maxwell's English series
Authors William Henry Maxwell, George James Smith
Publisher American Book Co., 1900
Length 269 pages
Overview
Maxwell's English series
Authors William Henry Maxwell, George James Smith
Publisher American Book Co., 1900
Length 269 pages
Overview
Friday, September 10, 2010
Kittens and Cats: A Book of Tales/Google Books
Author: Eulalie Osgood Grover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1911
Length: 78 pages
Overview
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
A Dictionary of the English Language/Google Books
Author: Noah Webster
Publisher: American Book Co., 1892
Overview
Hide and Seek( Early Reader)/Google Books
Title: Hide and seek
Publisher: Dodd, Mead, 1881
Length: 45 pages
Overview
Friday, September 3, 2010
Will Shakespeare's Little Lad/Google Books
Title: Will Shakespeare's Little Lad
Author: Imogen Clark
Publisher: C. Scribner's sons, 1897
Length: 306 pages
Overview
1914 Review:
In view of the coming celebration in the public schools of New York City on April twenty-third of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, attention is directed afresh to Miss Imogen Clark's book, "Will Shakespeare's Little Lad."* sic[Three] children were born to William Shakespeare and his wife, sic[two] of whom were girls. The one boy, Hamnet, was born in 1583, and died when he was thirteen. Around the figure of this youth Miss Clark wove a story which by reason of its historical atmosphere, its imaginative skill, and its tenderness of feeling has appealed with uncommon force to not a few of the most famous Shakespearian scholars and interpreters of the time.
Thus the late Dr. Horace Howard Furness wrote to the author of the book, "Will Shakespeare's Little Lad":
"You have woven great romance about that little life, and seem to have retreated three hundred years in all your ways of thought and turns of expression, without losing those human instincts which are of no age but eternal."
The late Sir Henry Irving wrote:
"Although at first glance your story seems intended for juvenile readers, it is of interest and value to every admirer of the great poet because of the fidelity of the colour. The atmosphere of the day is reflected with rare charm, and the phraseology of the times is wonderfully depicted. The whole conception is exquisitely poetic, and there is beside a masterly delineation of character. I congratulate you heartily upon your work."
W. J. Rolfe wrote:
"The story is one that the young folks who are beginning to become acquainted with the poet will read with pleasure and profit, and children of larger growth will enjoy it as well. I take every opportunity to commend the book to my classes and everybody else."
Locke Richardson wrote of the story:
"It is a triumph of combined knowledge, imagination, and felicitous expression, and, moreover, is so illuminated with local colour and smacks so of the flavour of the time that it positively seems like a true story."
The late Dr. Robert Collyer wrote to the author:
"I have read your story of 'Will Shakespeare's Little Lad' once through and a half—the first half—and want to tell you of my great pleasure. It is a beautiful thing in conception and indeed done by the heart's sight which is the truest insight. He was a mere name, the little lad, evanescent as one of the fairies born of Shakespeare's imagination. Those who read the story will verify the lad in your portrait."
Author: Imogen Clark
Publisher: C. Scribner's sons, 1897
Length: 306 pages
Overview
1914 Review:
In view of the coming celebration in the public schools of New York City on April twenty-third of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, attention is directed afresh to Miss Imogen Clark's book, "Will Shakespeare's Little Lad."* sic[Three] children were born to William Shakespeare and his wife, sic[two] of whom were girls. The one boy, Hamnet, was born in 1583, and died when he was thirteen. Around the figure of this youth Miss Clark wove a story which by reason of its historical atmosphere, its imaginative skill, and its tenderness of feeling has appealed with uncommon force to not a few of the most famous Shakespearian scholars and interpreters of the time.
Thus the late Dr. Horace Howard Furness wrote to the author of the book, "Will Shakespeare's Little Lad":
"You have woven great romance about that little life, and seem to have retreated three hundred years in all your ways of thought and turns of expression, without losing those human instincts which are of no age but eternal."
The late Sir Henry Irving wrote:
"Although at first glance your story seems intended for juvenile readers, it is of interest and value to every admirer of the great poet because of the fidelity of the colour. The atmosphere of the day is reflected with rare charm, and the phraseology of the times is wonderfully depicted. The whole conception is exquisitely poetic, and there is beside a masterly delineation of character. I congratulate you heartily upon your work."
W. J. Rolfe wrote:
"The story is one that the young folks who are beginning to become acquainted with the poet will read with pleasure and profit, and children of larger growth will enjoy it as well. I take every opportunity to commend the book to my classes and everybody else."
Locke Richardson wrote of the story:
"It is a triumph of combined knowledge, imagination, and felicitous expression, and, moreover, is so illuminated with local colour and smacks so of the flavour of the time that it positively seems like a true story."
The late Dr. Robert Collyer wrote to the author:
"I have read your story of 'Will Shakespeare's Little Lad' once through and a half—the first half—and want to tell you of my great pleasure. It is a beautiful thing in conception and indeed done by the heart's sight which is the truest insight. He was a mere name, the little lad, evanescent as one of the fairies born of Shakespeare's imagination. Those who read the story will verify the lad in your portrait."
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Well-known Piano Solos: How to Play Them(Advanced)/Google Books
Title: Well-known Piano Solos: How to Play Them(advanced)
Author: Charles W. Wilkinson
Editor: Edward Ellsworth Hipsher
Publisher: Theo. Presser Co., 1915
Length: 278 pages
Overview
Author: Charles W. Wilkinson
Editor: Edward Ellsworth Hipsher
Publisher: Theo. Presser Co., 1915
Length: 278 pages
Overview
Monday, August 30, 2010
Child Life in All Lands/Google Books
Author: Lindley Smyth
Publisher: John C. Winston, 1906
Length: 252 pages
Overview
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Benziger's Elementary Geography for Catholic Schools/Google
Author: Benziger Brothers
Publisher: Benziger Bros., 1920
Length: 135 pages
Overview
Friday, August 27, 2010
The Baltimore Catechism(s) Number 1-4(19th century) /Project Gutenberg
Baltimore Catechism, No. 1
Baltimore Catechism, No. 2
Baltimore Catechism, No. 3
Baltimore Catechism, No. 4
An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine
Also see:
Divine grace:a series of instructions arranged according to the Baltimore catachism; an aid to teachers and preachers, (Google Books)by Edmund John Wirth, 1903.
Baltimore Catechism, No. 2
Baltimore Catechism, No. 3
Baltimore Catechism, No. 4
An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine
Also see:
Divine grace:a series of instructions arranged according to the Baltimore catachism; an aid to teachers and preachers, (Google Books)by Edmund John Wirth, 1903.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
An Evening in Autumn(Social Studies)/Google Books
Tea comes from China—we will look for China; Coffee from Arabia—well, we will then find Arabia. And in this manner you will learn two things at once, and gain knowledge even whilst you play."
"That will be delightful," said Charlotte, a clever little girl about eight years old; " but who is to answer our questions?"
Title: An Evening in Autumn; or, The Useful Amusement: Intended for Children
Publisher: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1821
Length: 110 pages
Overview
Monday, August 23, 2010
The Little Kingdom First Reader/Google Books
Author: Nettie Alice Sawyer
Publisher: Rand McNally & Co., 1912
Length: 144 pages
Overview
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The Golden Rod Fairy Book(International Fairy Tales)/Google Books
Editor: Esther Singleton
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903
Length: 342 pages
Overview
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