The Literary Primer: First Steps With Good Writers is a book written by Mary Elizabeth Burt and first published in 1901. The book is a guide for beginners in literature, providing an introduction to some of the most important writers and works in the English language. The book is divided into chapters, each of which focuses on a different writer or group of writers. Burt covers a wide range of authors, from Shakespeare and Milton to Dickens and Thackeray...