Excerpt from Opera Stories From Wagner: A Reader for Primary Grades This little book will give to the pupil the real delight of acquaintance with another of the world's great masterpieces. The conversational style of the stories will be found a valuable aid in the teaching of expression. The author has endeavored to make the stories complete, with only those parts of the original tale which are strong and sweet. All that was thought inappropriate for chil dren has been left out. 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.