1907 New Year Midwinter Exercises Alice M Kellogg Antique School Book

Original 1907 edition of New-Year and Midwinter Exercises, edited by Alice M. Kellogg and published by The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia. Copyright 1895 by E. L. Kellogg & Co. An attractive early twentieth-century schoolroom publication designed for children ages ten to fifteen, featuring recitations, poetry, quotations, authors’ birthdays, and special programs for celebrating New Year and midwinter occasions. Includes selections by Henry W. Longfellow, William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and other writers, along with historical commemorations and classroom performance exercises. Features charming original green pictorial wrappers depicting three young girls in a decorative performance scene, with period ornamental lettering and architectural motifs. An appealing example of early American educational publishing and schoolroom entertainment. CONDITION: GOOD. Original illustrated paper wrappers exhibit age-related toning, edge wear, minor chipping, small tears, and handling marks. Rear wrapper shows wear along the edges. Interior pages are generally clean and legible, with occasional spotting and age toning. Previous penciled price notation on title page. A well-preserved survivor of early twentieth-century educational ephemera, offered in its original period binding. Original 1907 publication, not a modern reproduction. —BR SHELF 361.…