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THE
CRYSTAL PALACE
AND OTHER LEGENDS
RETOLD BY
MARIE H. FRARY
AND
CHARLES M. STEBBINS
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HERBERT E. MARTINI
STEBBINS AND COMPANY
NEW YORK
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1909
BY
STEBBINS AND COMPANY
PREFACE
Legends have a fascination for allclasses of people, but they possess a peculiarcharm for children. They constitute,in fact, a form of literature particularlyfitting to the mental world of the child.In them fact and fancy are happilyblended. Around the bare facts of recordedor unrecorded history, are woventhe poetic ideals of a romantic people.
Nothing could be more worth a child’sreading than a story of the past that conveysnot only an idea of the everyday lifeof real people, but represents them also asstriving after ideals in various forms ofbeauty.
No influence is greater than the moralforce of beauty. In the present volumethe purpose of the writers has been to presentonly such legends as reveal simplicity,strength, and beauty. These qualitiesmake their inevitable appeal to the childfancy.
The subject matter of the book has beengraded for children of eight or ten years.It is, therefore, well suited for use as asupplementary reader in the fourth or fifthgrade.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| The Crystal Palace | 7 |
| The Angel Page | 13 |
| The Gnome’s Road | 21 |
| The Lorelei | 26 |
| The Sunken City | 31 |
| The Bird of Paradise | 39 |
| The Bell of Atri | 48 |
| The Pot of Hot Porridge | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |