Round the Year in Myth and Song

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BY FLORENCE HOLBROOK
NEW YORK
CINCINNATI
CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
Copyright, 1897, by AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. —— HOL. MYTH AND SONG. W. P. II
TO MRS. ELLA FLAGG YOUNG A FRIEND WHOSE ZEAL AND ABILITY IN THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION ARE KNOWN TO THOUSANDS THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED BY ONE OF THE MANY TO WHOM HER WORDS HAVE BEEN AN INCENTIVE AND HER WORK AN INSPIRATION

This book is intended for use in all grades of elementary schools, the method of presentation varying with the age of the pupils. It has been welcomed even by pupils in higher schools, because easily familiarizing them with myths and characters that figure so largely in the literary texts with which they are to deal.