"Our former book, 'Music appreciation for little children.' was designed to present music to children of the first three grades, but it has seemed wise to incorporate into one volume the entire work for the elementary schools.

A discussion of the necessity of training young children to appreciate music and selecting the proper music to use for this instruction.

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