Golden Treasury Readers

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Excerpt from Golden Treasury Readers: Fourth ReaderIn child literature the fairy tale of the third reader gives way to child fiction, similar to the fairy tale, but broader in scope. An appeal is made to the child's sense of humor. The element of char acter plays a more important part. From this time on, human interests grow in importance, as compared with story interests. Wonderland is still necessary, but Alice, the real girl, is essential to its charm.Most important of all is the literature of the childhood of great nations, like the Greeks, the Romans, and the Norsemen. This literature gives the aims and aspirations of the race as represented in the experience and the ideals of the people, at a time when life was expanding, and the horizon was getting broader around them, just as it does about the growing boy and girl. It is full of h0pe, full of cheer, full of longings, full of aspirations and ideals. This literature is simple, concrete, and direct. Moreover, it is poetic andwithal intensely human in its appeal. It has been the inspiration of men in all ages, and has become a fundamental element in our modern literature.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.