Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1930). Hardcover first edition - A book created as a new basal reader for the intermediate grades and junior high school. Includes over 125 pieces of prose and poetry - in addition to selections written by the authors, it includes others by authors such as Kipling, Hugh Lofting, Johanna Spryi and more. Illustrated throughout with colored drawings by Maud and Miska Petersham. Includes "your dictionary" and a 2 pp list of "vivid expressions" at back. xi, 436 pp.