Appietons' School Readers,
CONSISTING OF FIVE BOOKS.
W. T.HAREI8, LI.D., A,J.BICKOFF,A.M., MABK BAILEY, A.M..
APPLETONS' FIRST READER JO a APPLETONS' SECOND READER 4 APPLETONS' THIRD READER K APPLETONS 1 FOURTH READER 7 APPLETONS' FIFTH READER 1 a
CHIEF MERITS. These Readers, while avoiding extremes and one-sided tendencies, combine into one harmonious whole the: several resulls dosirahla to bo attained in > Mrlos of school readine.-book'*. TIh'bi- i 1 1- In tie iMit.rl ijidnriiil illustrations, a combi- nation of the wnni mid pi it I hods, careful jrrndin;;. drill on I ho peculiar com- binations of letters that represent vowel-founds, cornel spelling, exercises well arranged tor the pupil's nrepnralinu by hiin-flf (mi tlmi In- shall Iciim the great basons of self help, letf-dependonce. the hnbit of application), exercises that develop a practical ciimmirid of ton-eel form- of oiprtn-lou, jrood literary taste, elope critical power of thought, anil iibillly to interpret the entire meaning of Ihe language of olbers.
THE AUTHORS. Tils high rank whMi Iho authors have attained in the their Inn forth ^f.,1,-: eciallv lit them [i-luiobfl that will embody all err educative Ideas. In the schoolaof SI. Lonifl anil Cleveland, o of thorn have lone; presided, the subject of reading has received more than usual attention, ana with resells that have established for them a wide reputation for superior elornllonary discipline and accomplishments. Feeling the need of a aeries of rearilnu. books hnrmonlnlne in all respects with the modes of Instruc- tion zrowing out of their lnrm tentative work, they have carefully prepared these volnmes In Ihe belief that the special features enumerated will commend them Of PNAnar Bailty, Instructor of Elocation in Yale OileeB, it la needlesi speak, (or he Is known throughout Ibe Union as being without a peor In his ] ftatlon. ffit m'tlwh mute natural, nut m'duiwieaX natter*.
D. APPLETON &■ CO, 549 & 551 B'vadvKw, Ntw *""*
