FIRST YEAR

LANGUAGE READER

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FRANKLIN T. BAKER

PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
IN TEACHERS COLLEGE

GEORGE R. CARPENTER

PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION
IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

AND

KATHARINE B. OWEN

INSTRUCTOR IN THE CHARLTON SCHOOL
NEW YORK CITY

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1906

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