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the results obtained have been so gratifying as to warrant the 

 preparation of the work in permanent form. It is therefore 

 sent forward with the approval of those who have tested it. 



The authors are indebted to the kindness of the publishers 

 named below for the use of the various poems which follow and 

 illustrate the lessons : to Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons, of New 

 York and London, for " Strawberries," by Dora Read Goodale, 

 from her volume " Apple Blossoms " ; to The Century Company 

 for " Winged Seeds," by Helen Gray Cone (from St. Nicholas) ; 

 to Messrs. L. C. Page and Company for " The Maple," from 

 "Poems," by Charles G. D. Roberts; to Messrs. Small, Maynard 

 and Company for " Fern Song," from " Poems," by John B. 

 Tabb ; to Messrs. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company for " The 

 Maple Tree's Children," from " Jimmy Boy," by the late Abby 

 Morton Diaz ; to Mr. Fred Lewis Pattee for " In the Sugar 

 Camp " ; to The Macmillan Company for " The Rose," and 

 "May," by Christina G. Rossetti. "Suppose," and "The Ven- 

 turesome Buds," by Alice Gary ; " Talking in their Sleep," by 

 Edith M. Thomas; and "'The Tree," from their edition of 

 " Arne," by Bjornstjerne Bjornson, are used by special arrange- 

 ment with Houghton, Mifflin and Company, the authorized 

 publishers of the authors named. 



FEBRUARY, 1908. 



