The Elson Readers: Book Seven

Book Seven introduces a world of literature that advances students' knowlege of the world around them and provides rich and fertile ground for the development of not only their vocabulary and grammar, but their imagination, literary appreciation, humor, and values. This volume contains a wide range of literature, from stories of the legendary King Arthur to epic works of American literature. Here will be found the works of giants of English literature such as Shakespeare, Masefield, Longfellow, Twain, Whitman, and Thoreau, to name only a few.