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Title: Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook

Author: Maria Montessori

Release Date: August 8, 2009 [EBook #29635]

Language: English

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DR. MONTESSORI'S
OWN HANDBOOK

BY

MARIA MONTESSORI

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

_All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages_

FASC 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

NOTE BY THE AUTHOR

As a result of the widespread interest that has been taken
in my method of child education, certain books have been
issued, which may appear to the general reader to be
authoritative expositions of the Montessori system. I wish
to state definitely that the present work, the English
translation of which has been authorised and approved by
me, is the only authentic manual of the Montessori method,
and that the only other authentic or authorised works of
mine in the English language are "The Montessori Method,"
and "Pedagogical Anthropology."

[Signed: Maria Montessori]

PREFACE

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