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s with uptack below, s̝
y with breve above, y̆
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’ROUND THE YEAR IN
MYTH AND SONG
BY
FLORENCE HOLBROOK
NEW YORK 
CINCINNATI CHICAGO
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
Copyright, 1897, by
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.
——
HOL. MYTH AND SONG.
W. P. II
TO
MRS. ELLA FLAGG YOUNG
A FRIEND
WHOSE ZEAL AND
ABILITY IN THE CAUSE OF
EDUCATION ARE KNOWN TO THOUSANDS
THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED
BY ONE OF THE MANY TO WHOM
HER WORDS HAVE BEEN
AN INCENTIVE AND
HER WORK AN
INSPIRATION
PREFACE.
This book is intended for use in all grades of elementaryschools, the method of presentation varying with the age of thepupils. It has been welcomed even by pupils in higher schools,because easily familiarizing them with myths and charactersthat figure so largely in the literary texts with which they areto deal.
In the first and second grades the teachers should read or tellsome of the stories to the pupils, thus satisfying the demand ofchildren for a story, and preparing the way for an appreciationof literature. The pupils should retell the stories, thus enrichingtheir vocabulary and learning to express thought clearly,easily, consecutively, and confidently,—a power so much neededand so valuable to citizens of a republic.
Some of the poems, as “Daybreak,” “The Moss Rose,”“Forget-me-not,” “Sweet and Low,” “The Child’s World,” etc.,should be memorized. If this work has been well done in thesegrades, the pupils of third and fourth grades will enjoy readingthe stories, continuing the reciting of myth and poem. Thepictures that so well illustrate the myths should be studied anddescribed. In these classes and in the grammar grades thestories should be written and the poems reproduced accurately,serving as valuable lessons in form, in spelling, punctuation, andcapitalization. The reproduction of the myth and poem bothorally and in written papers is an exercise whose value cannotbe overestimated.
[Pg 8]While the myths are valuable in themselves as stories whichappeal to and which nourish the imagination, and as aids toexpression in oral and written language, they are also veryhelpful, when presented early, to the understanding of referenceswith which our literature is filled, and make the reading ofthe best in literature more of a delight because of this knowledge.It is important that these myths be given to children who enjoythe