Florence Holbrook, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44765/44765-h/44765-h.htm"Preface", '''Round the Year in Myth and Song'' (American Book Company 1897).
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The pupils should retell the stories, thus enriching their vocabulary and learning to express thought clearly, easily, consecutively, and confidently,– a power so much needed and so valuable to citizens of a republic.
— Florence Holbrook
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About Florence Holbrook
Florence Holbrook (May 30, 1860 – September 28, 1932) was an American educator, writer, and peace activist. She worked in the Chicago public schools for over fifty years, as a teacher and principal. She was an American delegate to the International Congress of Women in The Hague in 1915, and in Zürich in 1919. She wrote several books for school use, mainly on mythology and folklore topics.
About Florence Holbrook
Florence Holbrook (May 30, 1860 – September 28, 1932) was an American educator, writer, and peace activist. She worked in the Chicago public schools for over fifty years, as a teacher and principal. She was an American delegate to the International Congress of Women in The Hague in 1915, and in Zürich in 1919. She wrote several books for school use, mainly on mythology and folklore topics.
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