Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected from English and American Literature

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The attentive reader of this little book will be apt to notice very soon
that though its title is Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading,
the verse occupies nine tenths, the prose being confined to about two
hundred proverbs and familiar sayings—­some of them, indeed, in
rhyme—­scattered in groups throughout the book.  The reason for this will
be apparent as soon as one considers the end in view in the preparation
of this compilation.