MARIA MONTESSORI
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF “THE MONTESSORI METHOD” AND “PEDAGOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY”
WITH FORTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1914, by Frederick A. Stokes Company
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May, 1914
TO MY DEAR FRIEND
DONNA MARIA MARAINI MARCHIONESS GUERRIERI-GONZAGA
WHO DEVOTEDLY AND WITH SACRIFICE HAS GENEROUSLY UPHELD THIS WORK OF EDUCATION BROUGHT TO BIRTH IN OUR BELOVED COUNTRY BUT OFFERED TO THE CHILDREN OF HUMANITY