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Excerpt from The Hill Readers To help young readers in their first approach to the literature that is life, the editors of this book have sought to cull from the masters of thought and of expression, both in our own and in other tongues, such selections as illustrate the power and the methods of these writers, and also such as may by their intelligibility and attractiveness incite young minds to first-hand study. As a further introduction to such study the biographical sketches of the authors represented have been made unusually full. In this book, as well as in the other books of the series, the fact that a large proportion of American children live in the country, and that all children are interested in coun try life, has been kept in mind. Many selections bearing on the various forms of rural life have been included. These it is hoped will help to foster a love for nature, for rural pursuits, and for the country home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from The Hill Readers, Vol. 4 School readers enter more deeply into the lives and characters of children than do the other books of the public school curriculum. What can ever drive from the mind the stories and the poems of childhood, or erase the impressions consciously or unconsciously drawn from them? The editors have striven to make this series of books worthy of their responsibility. The authors represented belong almost entirely to two classes: first, those who have won applause as writers for children; second, those who are members of the world's elect circle of writers. As far as is possible in readers, each selection is given in the very words of the author and in its literary entirety. To take advantage of the fact that the fourth-reader child is perhaps in his most expansive imaginative period, an unusually large number of new as well as classic myths and wonder stories have been incorporated in this book. As a large proportion of the school children of America live in the country, especial care has been taken to include a large and varied number of selections relating to rural life. These, it is hoped, will help to foster a love for nature and for the country home, open the eyes of children to the marvelous beauties around them, and bring them nearer the life that they are to lead. To help children attending schools in which there are few reference books, the biographical notes have been made fuller than in most readers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from The Hill Readers, Vol. 3 At this critical transition period, therefore, when the new process of reading is virtually but unconsciously on trial in the young mind, it is vitally necessary that the reading matter presented should arouse interest. If this matter be dry and leaden, the child is repelled, perhaps for life; if, however, the selections presented are fresh and entertaining, the pleasure derived will fix the habit of reading. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from The Hill Readers, Vol. 1 The aim of the author of this book has been to com bine a Primer and a First Reader. The gradation is simple and the vocabulary has been carefully arranged. The sentences, especially in the first half of the book, are short and of the simplest construction. The subject-matter has been selected from various fields with the special view of creating in the children that desire to read which results in easy and natural expression. The basis of the first lessons is home life, which is nearest the child's interest. Nature study has been given a prominent place, and will, it is hoped, result in an appreciative reverence for God's handiwork. In all possible ways the book has been adapted to the actual needs of the schoolroom. The editors thankfully acknowledge their indebtedness to Miss Jessie May Snyder, recently training teacher in the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, for supplying material used in the preparation of this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A collection of classic American and British literature for young readers, featuring stories and poems by writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Dickens, and Robert Louis Stevenson. The stories are carefully selected to engage and challenge young readers, and the variety of authors and writing styles helps develop a love for reading. Ideal for use in schools and homeschooling. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Excerpt from All the Year Round, Vol. 1: A Nature Reader But the brave little girls did not give up, though they Often had to sit down to rest. They watched the fish in the brook, and the Squirrels, and the birds. They wished that there were flowers to pick on the bare sides of the hill. After a while, it grew very dark; but then the kind moon came out to Show them the way. At last, they reached the top of the hill, and there at the gate stood the little old lady, looking more cross than ever. The little girls were very much frightened, and stayed Close together. Finally, one of them said, Please, we thought you could tell us something to do to make every one happy. But we want always to stay together, and we are very tired. Then the people say that the cross old lady was seen to smile in the moonlight, as she opened the gate for the Children. The two little girls were never seen again at the foot of the hill. But the next morning, all over the hillside, the people saw growing beauti ful waving golden-rod and purple asters. And I have heard it said that these two bright flowers, which always grow together, could tell the secret, if they would, of what became of the two little girls on that moonlight summer night. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
An NYRB Classics Original Deep in Provence, a century ago, four stone houses perch on a hillside. Wildness presses in from all sides. Beyond a patchwork of fields, a mass of green threatens to overwhelm the village. The animal world—a miming cat, a malevolent boar—displays a mind of its own. The four houses have a dozen residents—and then there is Gagou, a mute drifter. Janet, the eldest of the men, is bedridden; he feels snakes writhing in his fingers and speaks in tongues. Even so, all is well until the village fountain suddenly stops running. From this point on, humans and the natural world are locked in a life-and-death struggle. All the elements—fire, water, earth, and air—come into play. From an early age, Jean Giono roamed the hills of his native Provence. He absorbed oral traditions and, at the same time, devoured the Greek and Roman classics. Hill, his first novel and the first winner of the Prix Brentano, comes fully back to life in Paul Eprile’s poetic translation.
Excerpt from The Windy Hill He stopped for no further comment but went Jingling off in his rattletrap cart, the cloud of dust raised by his old horse's clumsy feet hanging long in the air behind him. Oliver plodded forward, mut tering dark threats against the disagreeable stranger, and wishing that he had been sufficiently quick of speech to contradict him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.