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THE SUMMERS READERS

FIRST READER

BY
MAUD SUMMERS


ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY

LUCY FITCH PERKINS
AND
MARION L. MAHONY






FRANK D. BEATTYS AND COMPANY
NEW YORK{2}

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks are due to the following publishers and authors for permission toreprint poems and to adapt stories on which they hold copyright:

Charles Scribner’s Sons:

“The Swing” and “At the Seaside” by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Educational Publishing Company:

“The Kind Old Oak” (Adapted) from “Little Flower Folks.”

Clayton F. Summy Company:

“The Song of the Mill-Stream” (Adapted) by Mildred and Patty Hill,from “Songs and Stories for the Kindergarten.”

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company:

“The Little Plant” by Emilie Poulsson from “Finger Plays.”

Kindergarten Magazine:

“The Little Red Apple” (Adapted).

Copyright, 1908, by
Frank D. Beattys and Company
New York
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