How do the things we see every day affect our characters?
Some very interesting and profitable comparisons may be made between this story and Hawthorne’s story of the “Great Stone Face”; and since comparison is such a mind-strengthener, the teacher should never lose such an opportunity.
THE SCRIBNER SERIES
of SCHOOL READING
A uniform supplementary reading series, specially edited for use in elementary schools and carefully graded in accordance with results obtained from actual tests in the class room. The main purpose of this series is to introduce into the class room the best literature, particularly the writings of those contemporary American authors who naturally appeal to young people, and to bring this excellent literature within the reach of all schools by offering the books at a very moderate price. The volumes are profusely illustrated, and handsomely and durably bound.
Fanciful Tales. By Frank R. Stockton. Edited by Julia E. Langworthy. Illustrated.
Hans Brinker. By Mary Mapes Dodge. Illustrated.
A Child’s Garden of Verses. By Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated.
Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. By Howard Pyle. Illustrated by the author.
America First. By Frances Nimmo Greene. Illustrated.
The Hoosier School Boy. By Edward Eggleston. Illustrated.