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Mr. Clutterbuck's Election

Mr. Boyle filled his glass again with whiskey and waited, but Mr. Clutterbuck, who had ever appreciated the importance of sobriety in the relations of commerce, confined himself to occasional sips at ..

Penmanship - Teaching and Supervision

Leta Severance Hiles

Reading, writing, and arithmetic have for long been looked upon as the fundamentals in education. And in very truth they are. No small part of this entire problem, especially when applied to grade pup..

Polio - Infantile Paralysis

Anonymous

It is a contagious disease in which the gray matter of the spinal cord is attacked, producing destruction of certain cells and causing paralysis. The disease is caused by a virus—tiny “bugs” smaller t..

The Sea-Shore, Shown to the Children

Theodore Wood

In this little book I want to talk to you about some of the strange and wonderful creatures which you may find when you go to stay by the sea-side. And first of all I should like to tell you something..

The Truth About an Author

Arnold Bennett

Sometime in the last century I was for several years one of the most regular contributors to "The Academy," under the editorship of Mr. Lewis Hind and the ownership of Mr. Morgan Richards. Mr. An..

Trees, Shown to the Children

C. E. Smith

In this little book I have written about some of the trees which you are likely to find growing wild in this country, and Miss Kelman has painted for you pictures of these trees, with drawings of the ..

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volume 1 (of 3)

Alain Rene Le Sage

There are some people in the world so mischievous as not to read a work without applying the vicious or ridiculous characters it may happen to contain to eminent or popular individuals. Certain physic..

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volume 2 (of 3)