Excerpt from Elson Primary School Reader, Vol. 4 The material in this Reader has been selected primarily With reference to its interest for children. Moreover its ethical and literary excellence makes it well worthy to become a permanent possession of the child. Part one centers around the themes, - Patriotism, Pio neer Life, and Home. Stories of pioneer life particularly appeal to children at this stage. Part Two combines fairy-tales and stories of adventure, in recognition of the fact that this is the period When the child's interest in the merely fanciful is beginning to give place to an interest in the possible and the real. 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.