Download or read book Stories from Plato and Other Classic Writers Classics for Children written by Mary E. Burt and published by . This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1894, the author used these stories from the classics with children from ages six through twelve. The author says: " These stories I had found useful in previous schoolwork, because they contained fine moral points, or else because they were poetic statements of natural phenomena which might enhance the study of natural science.