Transcriber’s Note
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of the changesis found at the end of the text. Inconsistencies inhyphenation have been maintained. A list of inconsistentlyhyphenated words is found at the end of the text.
THE LITERARY WORLD
SEVENTH READER
BY
JOHN CALVIN METCALF
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
SARAH WITHERS
PRINCIPAL ELEMENTARY GRADES AND CRITIC TEACHER
WINTHROP NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE
ROCK HILL. S.C.
AND
HETTY S. BROWNE
EXTENSION WORKER IN RURAL SCHOOL PRACTICE
WINTHROP NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE
JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
COPYRIGHT, 1919
B. F. JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
L.H.J.
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