Excerpt from Second Book in English for Coming Citizens The author has Chosen the narrative rather than the usual expository form of presentation in order to take ad vantage of the greater human interest in the development of a human being than in the development of an abstract proposition. Anton in the story is invested with the usual fears, hopes, aspirations, and yearnings of immigrants to America. The conditions and experiences that serve to win or antagonize Anton are, in the opinion of the author, the conditions that are factors in the Americanization of most immigrants. Acknowledgment is made to the host of teachers and stu dents who by their interest have stimulated the author to write this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.