Présentation de l'éditeur
Preface The study of the history of our country is every year becoming more and more important. New books for the young on history, biography, and historical fiction are constantly appearing. It is now very generally admitted that this study should be taken up at an earlier age than has hitherto been customary. Everybody now agrees that the schools should have an elementary book preceding the regular, systematic pursuit of this branch in the two higher grades of the grammar school. But this preliminary book should not be an epitome of the history of our country. It ought not to be a history for more mature pupils, boiled down to the size of a small book for smaller boys and girls. Such a book should have no place in the schools. The biographical plan has great advantages for beginners in the study of this subject. History is a record of events. Events presuppose actors, who bring about the events. It is the action of men and women that makes history both valuable and interesting. A nother important factor in this elementary study of history is to create a love for the study in the minds of the children. It is, therefore, necessary that this early treatise should be written in the most entertaining and engaging manner. To this end but few characters can be made prominent. The leading events of each period are made to cluster around a few leading persons. There are many other great personages in the history of our country, but it is by no means necessary to give them a place in this preliminary book. A proper presentation of the lives of the history-makers will tend to cultivate a taste for further reading and study. As an aid to teachers and pupils, a select list of books appropriate for supplementary reading has been prepared. In a book like this, the authors have thought it important to confine the attention of the pupils principally to the text itself. Hen
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Présentation de l'éditeur
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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