OPEN SESAME! 



About One Thousand Pieces of the Choicest Prose and Verse. 



COMPILED BY 

 BLANCHE WILDER BELLAMY AND MAUD WILDER GOODWIN. 



VOL. I. for children from four to ten years old. 

 VOL. II. for children from ten to fourteen years old. 

 VOL. III. for children of a larger growth. 



Illustrated, and handsomely bound in cloth. Price of each to 

 teachers, and for introduction, 75 cents. 



No Eastern romancer ever dreamed of such a treasure- 

 house as our English literature. 



With this " Open Sesame " in his possession a boy or girl 

 has only to enter and make its wealth his own. 



Every piece is believed to be worth carrying away in the 

 memory. 



The best writings of our classic authors are here, with 

 selections from recent literature and not a few translations. 



It is very good indeed. We think it the best of all the collections. E. A. 

 SHELDON, Prin. State Normal School, Os-wego, N. Y. 



I think it by far the best collection of memory pieces I have ever seen. F. B. 

 PALMER, Prin. State Normal School, Fredonia, N. Y. 



It is a beauty, and of all similar works I have seen, it has the most desirable 

 selections. W. E. BUCK, Supt. Public Schools, Manchester, N. H. 



The book is a handsome specimen of the arts of typography and binding, 

 while the selections and their arrangement speak well for the judgment and taste 

 of the editors. C HAS. W. COLE, Supt. Public Schools, Albany, N. Y. 



It [Volume I.] is a rare and rich collection of poems and a few prose 

 articles. INTER-OCEAN, Chicago. 



The whole book is full to overflowing of the best things to be found in the 

 English language, and is a thoroughly happy production which children, parents, 

 and teachers will welcome eagerly. EDUCATION, Boston. 



It is not often that a collection of verse so thoroughly representative, of what 

 is best in literature, and so inclusive of what one has learned to love and to look 

 for in every anthology, comes from the press. CHRISTIAN UNION, New York. 



The editors have brought to their task a sufficiently wide and sympathetic 

 knowledge of English and American verse, and have also wisely considered the 

 real needs and tastes of children. . . . The collection is at once of a high char- 

 acter and of a practicable sort. SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES, Philadelphia. 



CINN & COMPANY, Publishers, 



Boston, New York, Chicago, and London. 



