Classics for the Kansas schools, eighth grade

Preface

Representative selections from the best literature of interest to eager young readers are included in this collection. Power to get the thought readily and accurately, facility in expression, the development of good taste in reading, and a desire to continue to read the world's best literature, should be the natural results of the propei' study of these selections.

To guide the pupil toward the fuller appreciation of these classics, the editors have arranged introductions, complete foot-notes, lists of words for study, and questions for study and class discussion. The introductions contain brief biographical sketches and short settings and give the pupil a natural incentive to read each classic. The foot-notes assist him over difficult passages. The word-lists afford ample drill in the intelligent use of the dictionary. The questions provide a definite program of work by means of which each worker discovers for himself the truth he seeks.

A. M. Thoroman.