Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Little journeys into booklandUniversity Society, 1912 |
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... written in the form of novels , and the two most famous writers of them were Mrs. Radcliffe and Horace Walpole . They soon passed out of favor as novels , but short tales of horror were very widely read down to quite recent times ...
... written in the form of novels , and the two most famous writers of them were Mrs. Radcliffe and Horace Walpole . They soon passed out of favor as novels , but short tales of horror were very widely read down to quite recent times ...
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... written many dashing adventure stories for boys , and you can enjoy them if only you remember that they were specially written for English boys and contain many things that an American boy would not be likely to agree to . An- other ...
... written many dashing adventure stories for boys , and you can enjoy them if only you remember that they were specially written for English boys and contain many things that an American boy would not be likely to agree to . An- other ...
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... written biography from the very earliest times ; in fact , it was one of the very first forms of literature . Instead of talking about the great things that were done , people in olden times preferred to talk about the great men who did ...
... written biography from the very earliest times ; in fact , it was one of the very first forms of literature . Instead of talking about the great things that were done , people in olden times preferred to talk about the great men who did ...
Contents
OUR GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS PART I | 1 |
POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES PART I | 14 |
FIVE GREAT ENGLISH WRITERS INTRODUCED TO LITTLE FOLK | 27 |
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