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It is important to find some substitute for classical study, and it is believed that such a substitute may be found in the Plays of Shakespeare. For this purpose the present edition of the “Tempest” has been prepared. The introduction treats briefly of the value of the study of language, the ''fable of the play, and other points. The notes are intended to teach the'' student to analyse every obscure sentence and trace out the logical sequence of the poet's thoughts; to point out the rules of Shakespeare's versification; to explain obsolete words and meanings; and to guide the students taste by directing his attention to such passages as seem especially worthy of note for ''their poetical beauty or truth to nature. The text is in the main founded'' upon that of the first collected edition of Shakespeare's Plays.

This volume consists of nearly 200 Poems selected from the best Poets, ancient and modern, and is intended mainly for children between the ages of eight and twelve.

This is a selection of poetry intended mainly for girls and boys between the ages of twelve and seventeen.