LIGHTS TO LITERATURE 



A SERIES OF READERS 

 EIGHT = BOOK SERIES BY GRADERS 



THE PLAN OF THE BOOKS 



THE HOLTON PRIMER is the first book of the series, and a primer throughout. The 



lessons are short, dramatic, and interesting. They deal with the real things of child- 

 life. Illustrated. Cloth, m pages; 25 cents. 

 BOOK" ONE. Stories of growing things, of games, and of events which lead the pupil to 



self-expression. Illustrated. Cloth, 127 pages; 25 cents. 

 'BOOK TWO. Stories of children's pets, ot birds and flowers, and the little interests of a 



child's world. Illustrated. Cloth, 1 66 pages; 36 cents. 

 'BOOK THREE. Stories of kindly fairies, of Greek and Indian myths, of the deeds of 



heroes ; selections from Longfellow, Emerson, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Stevenson, and 



many others. Illustrated. Cloth, 208 pages; 40 cents. 

 'BOOK FOVR^. Selections from children's classics; extracts from the works of Hans 



Andersen, Joel Chandler Harris, Bryant, Whittier, Longfellow, Thomas Hughes, Lewis 



Carroll, Lowell, and many others. Illustrated. Cloth, 208 pages, 40 cents. 

 "BOOK FIVE. Stories of adventure, heroic deeds, and chivalrous action, from Hawthorne, 



Kingsley, Defoe, Holmes, Whittier, Howells, Riley, Burroughs, Dickens, and many 



others. Cloth, 208 pages; 40 cents 

 "BOOK SIX. Stories of national heroes and historical events, descriptions of nature and 



inventions, by Franklin, Grant, Holmes, Irving, Thoreau, Wordsworth, Washington, 



Warner, Stevenson, Lowell, Greeley, Burns, Ruskin, Scott, Audubon, and Dickens. 



Cloth, 240 pages; 45 cents. 

 'BOOK SEVEN. Complete American and British masterpieces, from Lincoln, Webster, 



Washington, Franklin, Poe, Irving, Lamb, Macaulay, Whittier, Longfellow, Tennyson, 



and O'Reilly. Cloth, 266 pages; 50 cents. 

 "BOOK EIGHT. Complete masterpieces from Burroughs, Goldsmith, Hawthorne, Gray, 



Burns, Lowell, Holmes, Shelley, Wordsworth, Browning, Emerson, Dr. Brown, and 



Shakspere. Cloth, 272 pages: 50 cents. 



FIVE = BOOK SERIES 



THE PLAN OF THE BOOKS 



THE HOLTON PRIMER. It is a primer throughout, and is a definite preparation for 

 Book 1. Action lessons are frequent Fully illustrated in half-tone with fourteen 

 pages in three colors. Cloth, m pages; 25 cents. 



"BOOK OJVT. Stories which lead the pupil to self-expression. Fully illustrated in half- 

 tone, with twenty-four pages in color. Cloth, 127 pages; 25 cents. 



"BOOK TWO. Fully illustrated in half-tone. Cloth, 166 pages; 36 cents. 



"BOOK THREE. Stories of kindly fairies, of Greek and Indian myths, of the deeds of 

 heroes; and numerous selections from Longfellow, Emerson, Wordsworth, Coleridge, 

 Stevenson, and many others. Twenty-two full-page illustrations in half-tone. Cloth, 

 317 pages; 48 cents. 



'BOOK FOUR. Selections which appeal to their sympathies and draw out their powers 

 of observation; stories of adventure, heroic deeds, and chivalrous action; from the 

 works of Hans Andersen, Joel Chandler Harris, Hawthorne, Kingsley, Defoe, Thomas 

 Hughes, Lewis Carroll, and many others. Fully illustrated in half-tone. Cloth, 411 

 pages; 60 cents. 



'BOOK FIVE. Stories of national heroes and historical events, descriptions of nature 

 and inventions, as found in selections from Holmes, Whittier, Howells, Riley, Franklin, 

 Grant, Irving, Thoreau, Wordsworth, Washington, Stevenson, Burroughs, Dickens, and 

 many others, with a. portrait and biographical sketch of each author. Cloth, 506 pages; 

 90 cents. 



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