For Little Folks 66 Br ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AND FRANCIS K. BALL Authors of "The American History Story-Book," PREFACE THIS little volume is intended to be a supplementary reading-book on American history for use in the third grade of our public schools, and for other boys and girls from ten to twelve years of age. A few of the more dramatic and picturesque events in the history of our country are here presented in a simple and easy style. They have much of human interest, and are full of action. Professor Hinsdale, in his "How to Study and Teach History," well says that a bit of romance, poetry, anecdote, or story will often throw more light on a historical situation or let you deeper into a man's heart and life than a page of careful analysis or a laborious description. These stories rest on a historical basis. It is hoped that they will not be read and thrown aside like the ordinary collection of stories. The book is written to serve as an introduction to the more advanced books of this series, namely, "The American History Story-Book," "The Child's Book of American History," and "Heroic Deeds of American Sailors." It is suggested that teachers and parents take pains to supplement the text with such additional material as may be obtained from the other volumes of the series. The verses in the fourth story are from Mrs. Hemans's poem called "The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England." AUGUST, 1917. ALBERT F. BLAISDELL, FRANCIS K. BALL. |