Deverell, A. F.2010-08-262013-01-042011-09-202013-01-04195819581958http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-08262010-084557The purpose of this study is to present an analysis of the content and format of selected reading text-books used in the elementary schools of the North-West Territories and Saskatchewan between 1884 and 1954 with a view to evolving a set of standards for modern elementary school reading text-books in the upper grades which will incorporate the best features that have appeared in readers of the past together with the best features accepted as modern standards for school readers.en-UStext