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COPYRIGHT 1912, 1913

BY

SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY

For permission to use copyrighted material grateful
acknowledgment is made to The Outlook" for "Agreed
to Disagree,' by Sydney Dayre; to D. Appleton & Com-
pany for "Planting the Tree," by Henry Abbey; to A.
Flanagan Company for "How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes,"
by Flora J. Cooke from "Nature Myths"; to G. P. Putnam's
Sons for "A Brave Boy's Adventure," by J. P. Kennedy,
and "Early Settlers" from "Stories of a Naturalist," by
John J. Audubon; to James Whitcomb Riley for "No
Boy Knows" (copyright 1902), from "A Book of Joyous
Children'; to Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company for
"Abraham Lincoln As Postmaster'' from "The True Story
of Lincoln," by Elbridge S. Brooks; and to Horace K.
Turner Company for "A Secret," by Helen Isabel Moor-
house from "Turner Picture Studies."

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EDUCATION DEPT,

THE FRANKLIN COMPANY, CHICAGO
ENGRAVERS AND PRINTERS

A BRAVE BOY'S ADVENTURE..

Louise de la Ramée.

Alice Cary..

Sydney Dayre...

THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY AND SCROOGE.... Based on Dickens's "A Christ-

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mas Carol".

INTRODUCTION

The material in this Reader has been selected primarily
with reference to its interest for children. Moreover its
ethical and literary excellence makes it well worthy to
become a permanent possession of the child.

PART ONE centers around the themes,-Patriotism, Pio-
neer Life, and Home. Stories of pioneer life particularly
appeal to children at this stage.

PART TWO combines fairy-tales and stories of adventure,
in recognition of the fact that this is the period when the
child's interest in the merely fanciful is beginning to give
place to an interest in the possible and the real.

PART THREE contains selections which attract the child
through some playful conceit and which lead him to appre-
ciate beauty in Nature. The great American naturalist,
Henry D. Thoreau, is represented in this group.

PART FOUR contains legends centering around the heroic
figures of Beowulf, Sigurd, and Roland. Material of this
kind supplies the best possible medium for aiding the child
in his progress from interest in what is purely imaginary
to interest in what has its origin in real life.

PART FIVE establishes an acquaintance with some of the
great American writers, through selections which combine.
simplicity with action.

HELPS TO STUDY (pages 302-310) furnish aid to children
in preparing their lessons, and offer suggestions to teachers
in making assignments.

A WORD-LIST for spelling, pronunciation, and definition
concludes the book.

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