APPLETONS' SCHOOL READERS, 



Consisting of Five Books. 



BY 



WM. T. HARR T S, LL. D., A. J. RICKOFF, A. M., MARK BAILEY, A. M., 



Superintendent of Schools, Superintendent of Instruction, luttructor in 



St. Louit, .5/0. Cleveland, O. Yale College. 



APPLETONS' FIRST READER Child's Quarto, 90 pages. 



APPLETONS' SECOND READER 12mo, 112 " 



APPLETONS' THIRD READER 12nio, 214 



APPLETOSS' F0UI1TII READER 12mo, 248 " 



APPLKTONS' FIFTH READER 12mo, 4T1 



CHIEF MERITS. 



These Readers, while avoiding extremes and one sided tendencies, combine 

 Into one harmonious whole the several results disirable to be attained in a series 

 of school reading-books. These include good pictorial illustrations, a combina- 

 tion of the word and phonic methods, carei'ul grading, drill on the peculiar com- 

 binations of letters that represent vowel sounds, correct spelling, exercises well 

 arranged for the pupil's preparation by himself (so that he shall learn tbe great 

 lessons of self-help, self-dependence, the habit of application), exercises that 

 develop a practical command of correct forms of expression, good literary taste, 

 close critical power of thought, and ability to interpret the entire meaning of the 

 language of others. 



THE AUTHORS. 



The high rank which the authors have attained in the educational field and 

 their long and successful experience in practical school-work especially fit them 

 for the preparation of text-books that will embody all tbe best elements of modern 

 educative ideas. In the schools of St. Louis and Cleveland, over which two of 

 them have long presided, the subject of rending has received more than usual at- 

 tention, and with results that have established for them a wide reputation for 

 superior elocutionary discipline and accomplishments. Feeling the need of a 

 series of reading-books harmonizing in all respects with the modes of instruc- 

 tion growing out of their long tentative work, they have carefully prepared theee 

 volumes in the belief that the special features enumerated will commend them 

 to practical teachers everywhere. 



Of Professor Bailey, Instructor of Elocution in Yale College, it is needless to 

 speak, for he is known throughout the Union as being without a peer in his pro- 

 fession. His methods make natural, not mechanical readers. 



D. APPLETON & CO., PUBLISHERS, 1, 3, &. 5 BOND STREET, N<:w YORK. 



