Physical description

A tan cloth hardcover Victorian Readers Eighth Book, printed in black lettering at the top of the front cover. Underneath is a black circle with Education Department Victoria surrounding a symbol. At the bottom right corner is printed Second Edition.There are short stories, poems and black and white illustrations. 260 Pp.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

On the left back end paper is a list of six 'items in the reader, line number, verses and page number'. It is ruled into red columns and written in blue ink.

Summary

The Victorian Readers were a series of school readers (eight in number) produced between 1928 and 1930 for school children in Victoria and used (with revisions) until the 1950s. This is a second edition of The Victorian Readers Eighth Book published by the Education Department of Victoria for use in Grade Eight in Primary Schools.