I chose "The Mother Tongue, Book II." It's written by George Lyman Kittredge Sarah Louise Arnold.
It's an "elementary English grammar book with lessons in composition." It was published by Ginn & Company in 1900.

Here is the :
Text of the Preface for "The Mother Tongue, Book II"

Here is the original picture of the preface from the "The Mother Tongue, Book II"

Original scanned Preface







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