Monday, September 13, 2010

The Ice King, and the Sweet South Wind/Google Books

Fanciful stories for young children which teach morals.

Title: The Ice King, and the Sweet South Wind
Author: Caroline Hyde Butler Laing
Publisher: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1853
Length 176 pages
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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
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Friday, September 10, 2010

Kittens and Cats: A Book of Tales/Google Books

Title: Kittens and Cats: A Book of Tales
Author: Eulalie Osgood Grover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1911
Length: 78 pages
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

A Dictionary of the English Language/Google Books

Title: A Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Noah Webster
Publisher: American Book Co., 1892
Overview

Hide and Seek( Early Reader)/Google Books

Appears to be about a third grade level.
Title: Hide and seek
Publisher: Dodd, Mead, 1881
Length: 45 pages
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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."

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
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Benziger's Elementary Geography for Catholic Schools/Google

Title: Benziger's Elementary Geography for Catholic Schools
Author: Benziger Brothers
Publisher: Benziger Bros., 1920
Length: 135 pages
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

An Evening in Autumn(Social Studies)/Google Books

" The name of this newly invented game," said she, "shall be the Useful Amusement, because it will combine use with pleasure. Each of you being provided with a pencil and paper, shall write a question—ask something you wish to know; as, What is coffee ? What is tea ? and so on. Now, since these different things may come from different parts of the world, we will have maps laid ready upon the table, to look for each place.


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
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Monday, August 23, 2010

The Little Kingdom First Reader/Google Books

The Little Kingdom First Reader
Author: Nettie Alice Sawyer
Publisher: Rand McNally & Co., 1912
Length: 144 pages
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Monday, August 16, 2010

The Child's Book of Health in Easy Lessons for Schools/Google Books








Title: The Child's Book of Health in Easy Lessons for Schools
Authors: Albert Franklin Blaisdell, Ginn and Company, Scientific Temperance Federation
Publisher: Ginn & company, 1893
Length 136 pages
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

A Primer(Easy Reader)/Google Books

Title A Primer
California State series
Author Catherine Turner Bryce
Publisher W.W. Shannon, 1910
Length 141 pages
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Kindergarten at Home/Google Books

Kindergarten at Home: A Kindergarten Course for the Individual Child at Home
Author Virgil Mores Hillyer
Publisher Baker, 1911
Length 152 pages
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Robinson Crusoe Silhouettes/Google Books

Title Robinson Crusoe silhouettes: the complete story of Robinson Crusoe in silhouettes
Author Daniel Defoe
Publisher A. Flanagan Company, 1922
Digitized Jul 30, 2009
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Leaves and Flowers, or, Plant Studies for Young Readers/Google Books

Title Leaves and Flowers, or, Plant Studies for Young Readers
Author Mary A. Spear
Publisher D.C. Heath & Co., 1893
Length 103 pages
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