Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Poems for the Study of Language, Vol. 2: Prescribed in the Course of Study for the Common Schools of Illinois; For Fifth and Sixth Years, With Suggestions for Study
Acknowledgment is due to Charles Scribner's Sons for the use of The ruby-crowned Kinglet, taken from The Toil ing of Felix and Other Poe/ms, by Henry van Dyke, and for Nightfall in Dordrecht, taken from Second Book of Verse, by Eugene Field; to Little, Brown and Company for October's Bright Blue Weather, Down to Sleep, and Sep tember, by Helen Hunt Jackson; to J. B. Lippincott Com pany for Sheridan's Ride, by Thomas Buchanan Read; to E. P. Dutton and Company for Christmas Everywhere, by Phillips Brooks; to Fleming H. Revel] Company for Our Flag, taken from Lyrics of Love, by Margaret Sangster.
Thanks are also due to the following authors for courteous permission to use the poems mentioned: to Mrs. Lydia Avery Coonley Ward for Why do Bells for Christmas Ring to Eben E. Rexford for The Bluebird to Richard Burton for Christmas Tide.
The value of this book has been greatly enhanced by an introduction by Miss Gowdy, who, as author of the course, is especially qualified to offer suggestions for the study of the recommended poems. The biography of Lowell was also written by Miss Gowdy. It is to be hoped that this book will prove useful to many teachers not only in Illinois but also in other States where the course is followed.
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