HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND DIRECTOR
OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINING OF THE
STEVENS POINT NORMAL SCHOOL
PUBLISHERS
THE PARKER EDUCATIONAL COMPANY
MADISON, WISCONSIN
COPYRIGHT, 1916
BY
THE PARKER EDUCATIONAL CO.,
MADISON, WISCONSIN
_To the authors of today and of former days,
whose genius and co-operation have made this
book possible, and to the young people who
may, by reading these pages, be inspired to
carry the banner of our state still farther
into the realm of literature,