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Julia Corner 541z1o

A juvenile history of England has long been needed in our primary schools. Those already prepared, and in use, are written in a style entirely beyond the capacities of young children, and too comprehensive in detail.“History for children ought to be told in their own simple language, or it fails to interest them; while all that is unfitted for chil.. 5y6zx

Mary Macgregor 1341q

The Story of Rome has been written, as you know, in your beautiful, quiet old garden. And as the story grew, the short cold days of winter ed and the long warm days of summer were here. In the garden a miracle had been wrought. It had become alive.  After slow, persistent struggle with storm and frost, the delicate bare branches were no lo..

W. S. W. Vaux 432j2d

Before we proceed to give a somewhat detailed of the more important cities of Asia Minor, and of the islands adjacent to its west and southern shores, we may mention that Asia Minor, as it lies on the map, exhibits, in its contour, a remarkable resemblance to Spain. Extending between N. Lat. 36° and 42°, and E. Long. 26° and 40°, it is abou..

V. M. Hillyer 4m24a

In common with all children of my age, I was brought up on American History and given no other history but American, year in and year out, year after year for eight or more years.So far as I knew 1492 was the beginning of the world. Any events or characters before that time, reference to which I encountered by any chance, were put down in my mind i..

Lynn Thorndike 555t48

Thus Physica is more inclusive than the modern science of Physics, while Hugh evidently does not employ it in the specific sense of the art of medicine, of which the word physica was sometimes used in the medieval period. Hugh goes on to say that Physica is sometimes still more broadly interpreted to designate natural philosophy in contrast to logi..