This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... we arouse a desirable spirit of emulation among our little ones by providing that the child who first correctly arranges his disks to represent the indicated figure is given--until the game is concluded--the disks of the children whose calculation has been slow, or at fault." "Well, of all things in the world ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... we arouse a desirable spirit of emulation among our little ones by providing that the child who first correctly arranges his disks to represent the indicated figure is given--until the game is concluded--the disks of the children whose calculation has been slow, or at fault." "Well, of all things in the world, Mr. Charles," said Hart's aunt, "to think of my finding such a good thing as this out here in New Mexico--when I've time and again been over the best kindergarten-supply places in Boston, and have been reading all I could lay my hands on about kindergartens for twenty years!" "Oh, we do try not to be too primitive out here, madam," said Santa F6 taking a long breath over having got through all right; "and I am even vain enough to think that perhaps we manage to keep pretty well up with the times. But I must say that it is a pleasant surprise to me to find that I have been able to give more than one point to a lady like you, who knows every card--I should say, to whom kindergarten processes are so exceptionally well known. "And now I really must beg your permission to leave you, that I may return to my sermon. I give much time to my sermons; and I am cheered by the conviction--you must not think me boastful--that it is time well employed. When I look around me and perceive the lawless, and even outrageous, conditions which obtain in so many other towns in the Territory, and contrast them with the orderly rectitude of Palomitas, I rejoice that my humble toil in the vineyard has brought so rich a reward. I deeply regret, madam, that your present stay with us must be so short; and with an equal earnestness I hope that it may be my privilege soon again to welcome you to our happy little town." Hart's aunt--she was just pleased all over--was...
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Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 237 pp. The front free endpaper and frontispiece have been removed. The front hinge is cracked, but holding. Some soiling to the half-title page. Light scuffing to the cover edges. The binding is secure and square, and the text is clean.
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Very Good. Illus., 7.5 x 5", pictorial cloth, 237pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spine a little dull, ink name of former owner on front fly, pp a little toned and used. FIRST EDITION ("Published September, 1907"). Decorative cloth binding showing flowering plants in the desert.
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Fine. First edition. Deep blue cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in light green with a Southwest desert motif. 237 pps. Illustrated with 8 plates in black and white. Anecdotal tales of the Santa Fe area during the closing years of the Wild West era. Includes tales such as "The Sage-Brush Hen", "Santa Fe Charley's Kindergarten", "Shorty Smith's Hanging" and others. A tight, fine copy. No dust jacket.
