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and the development of a taste for good reading.

EDITED BY

CHARLES ELIOT NORTON

BOOK 1. RHYMES, JINGLES AND FABLES. For first reader classes.
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With illustrations after George Cruikshank and Sir John Tenniel.
184 pages. 40 cents.

BOOK IV. FAIRY STORIES AND CLASSIC TALES OF ADVENTURE. For fourth
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Doyle, John Flaxman, and E. Burne-Jones. 248 pages. 45 cents.

BOOK V. MASTERPIECES OF LITERATURE. For fifth reader grades. With
illustrations after G. F. Watts, Sir John Tenniel, Fred Barnard,
W. C. Stanfield, Ernest Fosbery, and from photographs. 318 pages.
50 cents.

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photographs. 376 pages. 55 cents.

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382 pages. 60 cents.

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AMERICA'S STORY FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN

By MARA L. PRATT.

A series of history readers which present the personal and picturesque
elements of the story in a way as attractive to young readers as
romance, and which will supplement the regular instruction in history
in an effective manner.

Every statement of fact is historically accurate and the illustrations
are correct even to the smallest details. Unusual care has been
taken in these matters.

These books are effectively illustrated in black and white and in
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BOOK I. THE BEGINNERS' BOOK. 35 cents.

A delightful story book, developing centers of interest through
picturesque and personal incidents.

BOOK II. EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY. 40 cents.

The great explorers and discoverers from Lief Ericson to Henry Hudson.

BOOK III. THE EARLIER COLONIES. 40 cents.

An accurate and fascinating account of the first settlements and
the 13 colonies.

BOOK IV. THE LATER COLONIAL PERIOD. 40 cents.

Settlements in the Mississippi Valley,