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...first twelve chapters concern the source of the ideas, the opinions, the prejudices which now, being the common property of every American mind, explain the mental character of the U. S. The most important book in the schools was McGuffey's Eclectic Reader (of which there have been 122,000,000 copies sold). McGuffey, a gentle old pedant who received $1,000 for each of the six Readers in his series, remained a shadowy figure to his multitudinous public; for his death in 1873 no literary reviews, no editorial pages were boxed in heavy black. He remained, even...
...warranting so much space given over to a supposedly musical prodigy who has yet far to go. J write with no ill feeling towards the Kahns. I have sat at banquet and other boards with the Father, who has visited these scenes a number of times. Still an admiring reader can be "fed up" on Kahns...
...chivalry is not bounded by the ivy quadrangles of old England or the wide campuses of America. This was something that long needed saying, if only to give the lie to the "Constant Reader" whose form letter appears about twice a week in the local press, retelling the pathetic tale of the old lady with the black shawl who had to stand up in the subway all the way to Harvard Square...
...editions of "The Copeland Reader," edited by Professor C. T. Copeland '82, gave been published by Charles Scribner's Sons comprising a two-volume edition designed for text-book use, and a five-volume subscription edition of elaborate design. The text-book edition has one volume devoted to the American reading, and one containing only the English literature treated in the Reader...
These two editions have been published to satisfy the varying tastes of the book-buying public, and make the readings which Professor Copeland has collected during his connection with the University available for the classroom as well as for the library. The original edition of the Reader was not designed for classroom use, nor was it treated in an elaborate manner. In the new editions these requirements...