PREFACE
CHAPTER I LITERATURE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER II THE SERVICES WE MAY EXPECT LITERATURE TO RENDER IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
CHAPTER III THE KINDS OF LITERATURE AND THE ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE SERVICEABLE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHAPTER IV STORY
CHAPTER V THE CHOICE OF STORIES
CHAPTER VI FOLK-TALE AND FAIRY-STORY
CHAPTER VII MYTH AS LITERATURE
CHAPTER VIII HERO-TALES AND ROMANCES
CHAPTER IX REALISTIC STORIES
CHAPTER X NATURE AND ANIMAL STORIES
CHAPTER XI SYMBOLISTIC STORIES, FABLES, AND OTHER APOLOGUES
CHAPTER XII POETRY
CHAPTER XIII DRAMA
CHAPTER XIV THE PRESENTATION OF THE LITERATURE
CHAPTER XV THE RETURN FROM THE CHILDREN
CHAPTER XVI THE CORRELATIONS OF LITERATURE
CHAPTER XVII LITERATURE OUT OF SCHOOL AND READING OTHER THAN LITERATURE
CHAPTER XVIII A COURSE IN LITERATURE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LITERATURE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Literature in the
Elementary School
BY PORTER LANDER MacCLINTOCK, A.M.
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Copyright 1907 By
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Published November 1907
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