CHAPTER I – INTRODUCTION of The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In, by Sir John Lubbock Published in 1892 The world we live in is a fairyland of exquisite beauty, our very existence is a miracle in itself, and yet few of us enjoy as we might, and none […]
The husband and father of the Saunders family died after a sudden illness, leaving Mrs. Saunders a young widow with a 6 and a 4 year old child to care for. “Long days and weeks rolled around, and Harry and Mary wondered how papa came to go away and leave them, and why, if he […]
from: History Tales for Primary Grades by John Walter Wayland, published in 1919, and intended for teachers to use in the lower grades. He explains in the intro: “A studious effort has been made to simplify and unify these stories by leaving out those details and circumstances that would only distract the child, and to […]
Exploring with Beebe : selections for younger readers from the writing of William Beebe.. (this isn’t a free book, it’s just a nifty geography book I have, the link is an Amazon affiliate link, but I’d watch for it at thrift shops) Excerpt: Panama: The shallows of the second river alternated patches of soft green […]
From The Globe Geography Readers: Junior by Vincent Thomas Murché published by Macmillan, 1906 available at googlebooks Not necessarily recommended- the section on human populations is grotesquely rude, out of date, and awkward.
