759.257588 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by W B. SMITH, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of Ohio. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by SARGENT, WILSON & HINKLE, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of Ohio. ELECTROTYPED AT FRANKLIN TYPE FOUNDRY, CINCINNATI, ECLECTIC PRESS WILSON, HINKLE & CO.. CINCINNATI PREFACE. THIS volume, the fourth in the remodeled series of the ECLECTIC READERS, contains a large amount of primary matter, much of which is new. The increased amount of such matter, contained in this and the preceding volumes of this series, it is believed, will be found amply sufficient to supply the deficioncy which exists in other Reading Books in this respect. ARTICULATION and PRONUNCIATION are treated of systematically and thoroughly in the introductory pages, and EXERCISES for practice, numerous and varied, will be found interspersed between the lessons. EXERCISES in SPELLING and DEFINING are placed at the head of the lessons, and are intended not only as valuable practice and information for the pupil, but also as specimens of the manner in which the lessons should be studied and recited. The teacher should add to the list all important words Lessons on MARKS and PAUSES, and on INFLECTION and ACCENT, are contained in this volume. It is recommended that the attention of the pupil be especially directed to these subjects, and that he be frequently examined upon them. The QUESTIONS in this, as in the other volumes of the series, are intended to SUGGEST rather than PRESCRIBE the method of examination. They can be varied at the teacher's pleasure. The READING LESSONS are drawn from a great variety of sources. Many are translations. They have been extensively remodeled, and some of them re-written. The names of the authors, from whom they are derived, are therefore omitted, they not being responsible for them in their present form. The present edition is considerably enlarged, the additional selections being all new, and several of them relating to recent historical events, of enduring interest to all Americans. |