Excerpt from At School in the Promised Land: Or, the Story of a Little Immigrant At School in the Promised Land is, as its title indicates, a selection of those chapters which tell the story of Mary Antin's school days. It has been pre pared by the author in response to many requests from educators throughout the country, an by the publishers with entire confidence ever it is read the optimism of teachers ambition and patriotism of pupils will he stimulated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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