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This file contains 25 entries. All entries are arranged by main entry, title, and date of publication.

Mary E. Laing and Andrew W. Edson

Laing, Mary E., and Andrew W. Edson.
BOOK ONE[:] BUSY FOLK.
With illustrations by Clara E. Atwood.
The Edson-Laing Readers.
Chicago, New York, and Boston: Benj. H. Sanborn & Co., 1921.
128 pp.
Notes:


Frederick H. Law

Law, Frederick Houk.
MODERN ESSAYS AND STORIES[:] A BOOK TO AWAKEN APPRECIATION OF MODERN PROSE, AND TO DEVELOP ABILITY AND ORIGINALITY IN WRITING.
New York: The Century Co., 1924.
314 pp.
Notes: 2 copies.
Author statement given in small caps as "Edited with Introduction, Notes, Suggestive Questions, Subjects for Written Imitation, Directions for Writing, and Original Illustrations by. "
Copy 2 was used in Logansport, Ind. at the Logansport High School.

Law, Frederick Houk.
MODERN SHORT STORIES.
New York: The Century Co., 1924.
303 pp.
Notes: Author statement given in small caps as "Edited with Introduction and Notes by."


William Lennie

Lennie, William.
THE PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR, COMPRISING THE SUBSTANCE OF ALL THE MOST APPROVED ENGLISH GRAMMARS EXTANT, BRIEFLY DEFINED, AND NEATLY ARRANGED; WITH COPIOUS EXERCISES IN PARSING AND SYNTAX.
9th edition.
Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 1824.
178 pp.
Notes: This copy was used in Fort Wayne, Ind.


William D. Lewis and James F. Hosic

Lewis, William D., and James Fleming Hosic.
PRACTICAL ENGLISH FOR HIGH SCHOOLS.
New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago: American Book Company, c1916.
415 pp.
Notes: This copy was used in Indianapolis, Ind.


William D. Lewis and Albert L. Rowland

Lewis, William D., and Albert Lindsay Rowland.
THE SILENT READERS.
Illustrated by Frederick Richardson.
Fourth Reader.
Chicago, Philadelphia, and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, c1920.
255 pp.
Notes: This copy was used in Monticello, Ind.

Lewis, William Dodge, and Albert Lindsay Rowland.
THE SILENT READERS.
Illustrated by Frederick Richardson.
Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, c1922.
74 pp.
Notes: Title continues after author statement: Teachers' Manual for Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Readers.
This copy was held by the Evansville Public Schools in Evansville, Ind.

Lewis, William D., and Albert Lindsay Rowland.
THE SILENT READERS.
Illustrated by Frederick Richardson.
Third Reader.
Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, c1923.
271 pp.
Notes:


William D. Lewis and Edgar A. Singer

Lewis, William Dodge, and Edgar A. Singer, eds.
THE WINSTON SIMPLIFIED DICTIONARY INTERMEDIATE EDITION WITH EVERY WORD DEFINED SO THAT ITS USE AND MEANING CAN BE EASILY UNDERSTOOD.
Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Dallas: The John C. Winston Company, c1933.
940 pp.
Notes: Statement appears after author statement: Illustrated.
Material found in this copy is held in an RBSC BIB file.


Sara E. H. Lockwood

Lockwood, Sara E. Husted.
LESSONS IN ENGLISH, ADAPTED TO THE STUDY OF AMERICAN CLASSICS. A TEXT-BOOK FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES.
Boston, New York, Chicago, and London: Ginn & Company, c1888.
403 pp.
Notes: On cover: Language, Composition, Rhetoric, Literature.

Lockwood, Sara E. Husted.
LESSONS IN ENGLISH, ADAPTED TO THE STUDY OF AMERICAN CLASSICS. A TEXT-BOOK FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES.
Boston: Ginn & Company, 1897.
403 pp.
Notes: Material found in this copy is held in an RBSC BIB file.

Lockwood, Sara E. Husted.
LESSONS IN ENGLISH, ADAPTED TO THE STUDY OF AMERICAN CLASSICS. A TEXT-BOOK FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES.
Boston: Ginn & Company, 1900.
403 pp.
Notes:


Sara E. H. Lockwood and Mary A. Emerson

Lockwood, Sara E. H., and Mary Alice Emerson.
COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC FOR HIGHER SCHOOLS.
Boston, New York, Chicago, and London: Ginn & Company, c1901.
470 pp.
Notes: 2 copies.


William J. Long

Long, William J.
AMERICAN LITERATURE[:] A STUDY OF THE MEN AND THE BOOKS THAT IN THE EARLIER AND LATER TIMES REFLECT THE AMERICAN SPIRIT.
Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, and San Francisco: Ginn and Company, c1913.
481 pp.
Notes: 3 copies.
Copy 2 was used in Romney, Ind.

Long, William J.
ENGLISH LITERATURE[:] ITS HISTORY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE LIFE OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD A TEXT-BOOK FOR SCHOOLS.
Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, and San Francisco: Ginn and Company, c1909.
582 pp.
Notes: Material found in this copy is held in an RBSC BIB file.

Long, William J.
OUTLINES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE[:] AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHIEF WRITERS OF AMERICA, TO THE BOOKS THEY WROTE, AND TO THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED.
Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, and San Francisco: Ginn and Company, c1923.
614 pp.
Notes: The pagination in this copy begins with page 367.

Long, William J.
OUTLINES OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE[:] AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHIEF WRITERS OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA, TO THE BOOKS THEY WROTE, AND TO THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED.
Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, and San Francisco: Ginn and Company, c1923.
614 pp.
Notes: This copy was used in Fairbanks, Ind.

Long, William J.
OUTLINES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE WITH READINGS.
Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, and San Francisco: Ginn and Company, c1925.
434 pp.
Notes: This copy was used in Deedsville, Ind.


Henry W. Longfellow

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.
CHRISTUS[:] A MYSTERY.
In Three Parts.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, c1879.
209 pp.
Notes: Title continues after author statement in small caps: In Three Parts.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.
TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN.
Edited, with an introduction and notes, by J. H. Castleman.
Macmillan's Pocket American and English Classics.
New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Company, 1922.
223 pp.
Notes: Series statement was taken from the first leaves.


Henry Thomas Loomis

PRACTICAL LETTER WRITING. A TEXT BOOK GIVING COMPLETE INFORMATION REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION, FORMS, PUNCTUATION AND USES OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LETTERS; ALSO THE CORRECT FORMS AND USES OF NOTES AND CARDS; TOGETHER WITH EXERCISES FOR PRACTICE. DESIGNED FOR USE IN ALL SCHOOLS GIVING INSTRUCTION IN THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT AND ALSO AS A REFERENCE BOOK FOR EVERYBODY WHO EVER HAS OCCASION TO WRITE LETTERS.
Cleveland: The Practical Text Book Company, c1897.
135 pp.
Notes: Publisher taken from cover and title page verso.
On title page in small caps: One Hundred and Eighty-Fifth Thousand.
Author information from OCLC record. This copy was used at Wabash Business College.


John E. Lovell

Lovell, John E.
LOVELL'S PROGRESSIVE READER NO. 2
No. 2.
New Haven: Peck, White & Peck, c1855.
216 pp.
Notes:

Lovell, John E.
LOVELL'S PROGRESSIVE READERS, NO. 4, A SERIES OF INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSONS, IN PROSE, POETRY AND DIALOGUE; WITH EXERCISES IN ELOCUTION, SUPPLYING THE MEANS OF COPIOUS PRACTICE OF RHETORICAL PAUSE, INFLECTION AND EMPHASIS, TOGETHER WITH AN EXPLANATORY INDEX.
No. 4.
Lovell's Progressive Readers.
New Haven: Henry H. Peck, 1876.
404 pp.
Notes:


Rollo L. Lyman, Nelle E. Moore, Howard C. Hill and Stark Young

Lyman, Rollo L., Nelle E. Moore, Howard C. Hill, and Stark Young.
TREASURY OF LIFE AND LITERATURE.
With illustrations by John Drew.
Volume Three.
New York, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Dallas: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1937.
608 pp.
Notes: 2 copies.
Titles continues after author statement: Reading and Living.

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