Books with author Jessie Wilcox Smith

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Excerpt from Four True Stories of Life and AdventureT nis oooé is designed to meet t/iis end. It is practically written oy cnildren. Miss Smit/i'spurpose lias oeen t/iat of a fait/iful cnronicler of cnildren's language, mode of expression, and tne lines of tneir plot inter est. [n tais purpose sne nas nad tae advan tage of a natural sympatny and instinctive rapfiort witn t/ze cnild mind and impulses, tnat, so far as my experience speaks, few persons possess. Tne metnod of tbe oooé's production nas oeen as follows: sne first re lated to ner fiupils, wao were from seven to nine years of age, t/ze story of tne nero in tbe oest form ner instincts could dictate. Some days later, after tne story, its form of presentation, and language liave somewnat settled in Me enildren's minds, sne nas called for reproductions, ootn oral and in written form, allowing tae pupils also to.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Excerpt from Four True Stories of Life and AdventureT nis oooé is designed to meet t/iis end. It is practically written oy cnildren. Miss Smit/i'spurpose lias oeen t/iat of a fait/iful cnronicler of cnildren's language, mode of expression, and tne lines of tneir plot inter est. [n tais purpose sne nas nad tae advan tage of a natural sympatny and instinctive rapfiort witn t/ze cnild mind and impulses, tnat, so far as my experience speaks, few persons possess. Tne metnod of tbe oooé's production nas oeen as follows: sne first re lated to ner fiupils, wao were from seven to nine years of age, t/ze story of tne nero in tbe oest form ner instincts could dictate. Some days later, after tne story, its form of presentation, and language liave somewnat settled in Me enildren's minds, sne nas called for reproductions, ootn oral and in written form, allowing tae pupils also to.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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