Literary Landmarks; A Guide to Good Reading for Young People, and Teachers' Assistant, with a Carefully Selected List of Seven Hundred Books (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1892. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... LIST OF BOOKS REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING PAGES. I Used to have great sympathy with cheap editions of books, but I am not sure but I shall change my mind regarding them, since I observe that children treat well-bound volumes with more respect than pamphlets, and perhaps invest the thoughts with more dignity and reverence. And yet I know what it is to place two-cent pamphlets in the hands of those pupils whose money has been worse than wasted in well-bound copies of "My Nag can Run " literature, the pamphlets serving as stepping-stones to better ideas of books -- real books. And so I have catalogued in my list many of these cheap pamphlets, much against my taste. A few of the books I know nothing of whatever, but have catalogued because they are recommended by some strong authority. I have tried to cover the necessities of school libraries, teachers' books, and children's reading. Abbott's Histories. Harper & Brothers. 32 vols. $1.00 each. Adventures of a Brownie. Mrs. D. M. Craik. Harper & Brothers. 90 cents. For first and second grades. Adventures of Telemachus. Fenelon. Hawkesworth's trans. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $2.25. Adventures of Ulysses. Charles Lamb. Ginn & Co. 25 cents. For third and fourth grades. jEneid of Virgil. Howland's trans. D. Appleton & Co. 2 vols. 50 cents each. The best study of Virgil for eighth grade. .3Sschylus. Plumptre's trans. George Routledge & Sons. $1.50. . Age of Chivalry. Bulfinch. Lee & Shepard. $2.25. Age of Elizabeth. Creighton. Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.00. Age of Fable. Bulfinch. Lee & Shepard. $2.25. A-Hunting of the Deer. Warner. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Riverside Literature Series.) Paper covers, 15 cents. Ajax. Sophocles. Macmillan & Co. (Clarendon Press Series.) 50 cents. Alfred the Great. Hughes. Houghton, Mifflin &...

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1892. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... LIST OF BOOKS REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING PAGES. I Used to have great sympathy with cheap editions of books, but I am not sure but I shall change my mind regarding them, since I observe that children treat well-bound volumes with more respect than pamphlets, and perhaps invest the thoughts with more dignity and reverence. And yet I know what it is to place two-cent pamphlets in the hands of those pupils whose money has been worse than wasted in well-bound copies of "My Nag can Run " literature, the pamphlets serving as stepping-stones to better ideas of books -- real books. And so I have catalogued in my list many of these cheap pamphlets, much against my taste. A few of the books I know nothing of whatever, but have catalogued because they are recommended by some strong authority. I have tried to cover the necessities of school libraries, teachers' books, and children's reading. Abbott's Histories. Harper & Brothers. 32 vols. $1.00 each. Adventures of a Brownie. Mrs. D. M. Craik. Harper & Brothers. 90 cents. For first and second grades. Adventures of Telemachus. Fenelon. Hawkesworth's trans. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $2.25. Adventures of Ulysses. Charles Lamb. Ginn & Co. 25 cents. For third and fourth grades. jEneid of Virgil. Howland's trans. D. Appleton & Co. 2 vols. 50 cents each. The best study of Virgil for eighth grade. .3Sschylus. Plumptre's trans. George Routledge & Sons. $1.50. . Age of Chivalry. Bulfinch. Lee & Shepard. $2.25. Age of Elizabeth. Creighton. Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.00. Age of Fable. Bulfinch. Lee & Shepard. $2.25. A-Hunting of the Deer. Warner. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Riverside Literature Series.) Paper covers, 15 cents. Ajax. Sophocles. Macmillan & Co. (Clarendon Press Series.) 50 cents. Alfred the Great. Hughes. Houghton, Mifflin &...

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2012

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2012

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246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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38

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978-1-151-32007-0

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9781151320070

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1-151-32007-2



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