Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Lincoln Literary Collection, Designed for School-room and Family Circle
John Piersol McCaskey · 1897
53/100
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This is a sprawling 1897 schoolroom anthology of prose and poetry with Lincoln-adjacent material woven in - impressive in scope and historically preserved by major libraries. But it's exactly what you'd expect from 130-year-old material: dated language and civic framing that needs context for modern family readers. Interesting for history buffs and homeschool researchers, not a casual pick.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: 19th-century anthology may include war/conflict-adjacent selections in a historical context; not independently confirmed in detail. We still scored it 53; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety75
Substance / usefulness60
Craft & writing55
Originality50
Evidence & accuracy60
Hype vs delivers50
Age-fit40
Human-eye read45
Penny’s verdict53
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