Golden treasury of famous books : $b A guide to good reading for boys and girls, and for the enjoyment of those who love books

Willison, Marjory MacMurchy, Lady · 1938

A GUIDE TO GOOD READING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, AND FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THOSE WHO LOVE BOOKS One day, a little more than a hundred years ago, a boy was walking along a crowded street in London. It is likely that Dick Whittington had walked on the very same street about the time when he heard Bow Bells ring. But this boy was not thinking about the bells of London. He had been reading a story in a book, and he was thinking of the people in the story, especially of a man called Leander who swam across the straits named the Hellespont.…

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