NEW SERIES. THE FOURTH READER: FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY TREATISE ON READING AND THE TRAINING BY G. S. HILLARD. With Original Illustrations. BOSTON: BREWER AND TILESTON. PORTLAND, ME.: BAILEY & NOYES. VIMU AMMORLIAD Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by GEORGE S. HILLARD, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. EDUCATION DEFT, ELECTROTYPED AT THE PREFACE. THE present reading book contains the most approved selections from the Fourth Class Reader, originally published by the compiler in 1857, together with large additions from other sources. It is intended for the use of the lower classes in our grammar schools, and generally for classes composed of children varying from nine to twelve years of age. The present work is printed in larger and better type than its predecessor, and it contains some new features, which the method of instruction adopted in many schools renders desirable. To each piece is prefixed a list of words, to serve as an exercise in spelling, in which also the approved pronunciation of each word is carefully indicated. All the words which seem to require explanation are defined at the end of each selection. A few pictorial illustrations have been introduced, the experience of teachers having shown that the judicious use of these is of service with young pupils. They are from the designs of Mr. John N. Hyde. |