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The article reports on the 1886 publication of "The Adventures of Ulysses," by Charles Lamb, submitted to the Office of the Librarian of Congress by textbook author David Henry Montgomery as part of the "Classics for Children series" of the textbook publishing house Ginn & Company. Topics include 19th century American literary canon, the cultural relevancy of Homer, and literary adaptation/

Explores the implications of feminist and multi-ethnic critical theories on the traditional American Literature Survey literary canon and classroom. Period terminology, labels and dates; Criteria for selection of authors; Sample of canonized and non-canonized authors suggested for the revised literary canon; Messages; Implications of a transformed canon.