"Aldine Readers Book Five", by Frank Ellsworth Spaulding and Catherine Turner Bryce, illustrated by Margaret Ely Webb, published by Newson, New York, Revised Edition of 1920.

Hard boards, original publisher's illustrated cloth [some wear: see photos]; 5.1/2" x 7.1/2"; front and back endpapers are missing, title page- vertical fold; 320 pages; stains, soiling, good+ condition.

"This book... contains only critically selected material, most of which is representative of the writings of leading American and English authors. Every selection has literary merit

In addition to their literary merit, and of no less importance, these selections are characterized by their power to interest and impress boys and girls of fifth grade age. To determine their power, every selection has been tested over and over again, with thousands of children; only those that ranked high in this crucial test have been given place in this book.

The chief and primary purpose of nearly every selection is inspiration rather than mere information. They appeal, as all real literature does, to fundamental, universal emotions and ideals.

The setting of these appeals covers the widest ranges of incident, space, and time. A suitable, but not excessive, proportion of the selections are quite "up-to-date," representing some of the best literature so far developed by the World War.

The selections from the writings of Henry W. Longfellow and Alice Cary are used by the kind permission of, and by special arrangement with, Houghton Mifflin Company, the authorized publishers of the works of these authors. Authors and publishers also make grateful acknowledgment for permission kindly granted to include in this book certain selections, as follows: to Harper & Brothers, for The Troubles of a Lazy Little Boy, by R. K. Munkittrick; to H. M. Caldwell Company, for A Strange Witness, from Neddy, the Autobiography of a Donkey; to D. C. Heath & Company, for A Greedy Shepherd, by Frances Browne; to Ginn & Company, for The Rainbow Snake and Glooskap and the Winter Giant, by Gilbert L. Wilson; and to the Century Company, for Capturing a Torpedo, by C. H. Claudy.

We would also express our obligations and gratitude to Mrs. R. D. C. Robbins for the use of The Soldier's Reprieve." [from the Preface]

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