The Nation Volume 50 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ... Qa., says: "We are perfectly delighted with the series." Bishop Samuel Fallows says: "I am delighted with the high moral tone and intellectual excellence of Harper's Readers." Bishop Charles Edward Cheney says: "Harper's Readers have my unqualified commendation." Rev. J. Minor Savage, Church of the Unity, Boston, says: "I should not know where to look for a better than Harper's Fifth Reader." Rev. Dr. Robert Mcintyre, Grace M. E. Church, Chicago, says: "It is small praise to call these books the first of their kind. I know of none comparable to them." The Journal Of Pedagogy says: "We are strongly inclined to believe that the earlier numbers of this series are the best we have yet seen." The School Journal, New York, says: " We predict the lasting popularity of this series because it is built upon sound educational principles." Common School Education, Boston, says: "They are calculated to cultivate a taste for the be3t literature." The Beacon, Boston, says: "We do not think that Harper's Readers are equalled by any others." The Christian At Work, New York, says: "They are a vast improvement on anything that has gone before." The Congregationalist, Boston, says: "We have seen good books of the sort before, but we remember none which are quite equal to those of this series." The Brooklyn Standard-union says: "Taking all things into consideration, these Readers are undoubtedly the best and cheapest ever published." The Episcopal Recorder, Philadelphia, says: "Altogether, we know of none better suited to aid the young." The Sunday Democrat, New York, says: "They are admirably graded, and the mechanical get-up is worthy of the ...