Hand in Hand with the Wise Men : A Reading and Story Book for Young Children - For use in the School and the Home

Chicago: Williams & Rogers. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Hardcover. Holes torn through front and rear free endpapers, 2" tear to one page, edgeworn, cover soil and tone, light text tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "This little book is designed to give pleasure and profit to children. It is to be used by the intelligent teacher in the school, or the thoughtful mother in the home. The motive is to have the teacher, mother, or companion of the children lead them to a true observation of the world around them, to be much out of doors with them, and to gather from fields, woods, and waysides stories told by the sucession of the months. Do not be afraid of wasting time in studying these objects before attempting to read about them. Be assured that the child's mental pictures must be clear ones before written words can recall definite images. To study an object means not only looking at it with the attention which interest compels, but handling it, drawing it, and painting it, as well as reading and writing about it." - A Word to Teacher or Mother. Combines delightful illustrations (some chromolith), sample print and script writing, poetry and stories of on the theme of seasonal change. ; The Wise Men Series; 112 pages .