Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Our Country's Readers, Vol. 3
Fables are more freely used here than in the preceding book. As to sources, some are from the Greek, some from legends, and one is from Andersen and one, from Mr. Harris. Sketches with an historical basis and setting are prominent and all are from the history of our own country. 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.
