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holesale Cooeperative Society, 299. Wilburton, 128. Wimbledon Common, 264. Winchester Fair, 76. Wolsey, Cardinal, 145. Women's labor, 237. Woodkirk, 70. Wool, 83, 87, 142, 205, 210, 216. Worcester, 155. Wycliffe, 97. Yeomen, 129, 221, 237. Yeomen gilds, 148. York, 65, 70. Young, Arthur, 225. Ypres, 87. Printed in the United States of America. * * * * * A HISTORY OF GREECE For High Schools and Academies By *GEORGE WILLIS BOTSFORD*, Ph.D. _Instructor in the History of Greece and Rome in Harvard University_ 8vo. Half Leather. $1.10 "Dr. Botsford's 'History of Greece' has the conspicuous merits which only a text-book can possess which is written by a master of the original sources. Indeed, the use of the text of Homer, Herodotus, the dramatists, and the other contemporary writers is very effective, and very suggestive as to the right method of teaching and study. The style is delightful. For simple, unpretentious narrative and elegant English the book is a model. In my judgment, the work is far superior to any other text-book for high school or academic use which has yet appeared. Its value is enriched by the illustrations, as also by the reference lists and the suggestive studies. It will greatly aid in the new movement to encourage modern scientific method in the teaching of history in the secondary schools of the country. It will be adopted by Stanford as the basis of entrance requirements in Grecian history." --Professor George Elliot Howard, _Stanford University_, Cal. "Dr. Botsford's ideal is a high one, and he has spared no pains to realize it. He has everywhere given a foremost place to the social, political, literary, and artistic sides of Greek civilization, and set them forth in adequate detail; while in the manifold wars amongst themselves and with the common foe he has been careful to give just enough to make the course of events clear and to put the causes and meaning of the conflicts in a proper light. He has told his tale in a straightforward simple style that must prove taking to the mind of the schoolboy; and he has from time to time worked in translations from passages of the ancient Greek authors, poets, historians, and orators alike. This gives one the feeling that we are listening to the Greeks telling their own story; we get the events and conditions from their point of view and can appreciate them so m
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