Excerpt from Report of Investigation of the Cost of Providing Free d104-Books in the Public Schools of the State of New York The' unit' cost of books is (regulated both by subject and grade. The cost of readers differs from the cost of geographies, and the books used in the lower grades cost less than those for the higher grades. The unit costs upon which computations in this report are based were ascertained by actual investigation. The quantity of books necessary is estimated in this report to be one book in each study, for each pupil, in subjects in which a text-book is the basis of instruction. The cost of renewals is based upon a careful study of expenditures for this purpose, over a period of years, in twenty-eight cities furnishing free text - books. 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.