Letter, Feb. 7,1907, Westchester, Conn. [to] Mrs. Anna Catherine Markham, New York, N.Y. / Mary Elizabeth Burt. 1907.

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Letter, Feb. 7,1907, Westchester, Conn. [to] Mrs. Anna Catherine Markham, New York, N.Y. / Mary Elizabeth Burt. 1907.

Mary is very interested in Markhams movement against child labor. She explains her visit to school. She looked over Burt-Markham Primer. It should teach a child to read and she will love it. She discusses the pro's and con's of the book for teachers. She refers to Bourroughs essays from "Little Nature Studies". She considers "The Hiawaitha Primer, Eugene Field Primer, & 2 others off the beaten track and Cyr is not fond of them continues discussing child labor.

4 p.on 2 leaf ; 25 cm.

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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