Author: Compton, J.:
Title: The Beacon Literary Readers: Book Five - Good Adventure.
Description: London, Ginn And Co., 1959. 15th imp., H/B dec. cloth bds, VG, some wear at corners and spine hinges/tips, sl. discol., contents clean and tight, illust. by E. Nicholson. In this book an attempt is made to provide an introduction to literature, developed progressively along the lines of children's interests, the prelude to a delightful and life-long adventure into the world of books. It includes writers such as Arthur O'Shaughnessy, Charles Kingsley, Axel Munthe, Thomas Hood, Bret Harte, John Bunyan, and John Masefield.

Keywords: literature, reader, Ginn, Junior, school, children, poetry, fiction, Matthew Arnold, F. S. Smythe, James Elroy Flecker, C T P Ulm, G M Trevelyan, V Sackville-West, Edward Thomas, W J Long, J A Froude.