SATJONAl SERIES OF STANDARD SCHOOL-BOOKS 



.\1;KE11 & WATSOiN'S HEADING SKKIKS. 



niE NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLEE. 



THE NATIONAL PRONOUNCING SPELLER. 188 pages. 



A full treatise, with wonb arranged and chisslfled according lo theli tow* 

 Sounds, and roadini,' and diclnlion exercises. 



THE NATIONAL SCHOOL PRIMER; or, "PRIMARY WORD-BUILDEE* 



(Beautifully Illustrated) 



fHE NATIONAL FIRST READER; or, "WORD-BUILDER." 



(Beautifully Illustrated) 118 pages. 



f HE NATIONAL SECOND READER 224 pages. 



Cciitaining Primary Exercises in Arliculatii>n, I'ronunciation, end Punctuation. 

 (Si.lendidly Illustrated.) 



THE NATIONAL THIRD READER 288 pages. 



Containing Exercises In Accen% Emphasis, Punctuatioit, Ac (Illustrated.) 



THE NATIONAL FOURTH RE AD ER 405 pages. 



Containing a Course of Instruction in Elocution, Exercises in Reading, Declama- 

 tion, &c. 



THE NATIONAL FIFTH READER 600 pages. 



With copious Notes, and Biographical Sketches of each Writer. 



These Readeks have been prepared with the greatest care and labor, by RtcnAKD 

 S Parker, A.M., of Boston, and J. Madison Watson, an experieiice<l Teacher o< 

 New York. No amount of 'abor or expense has been sparrd to render them as neai 

 perfect as possible. The Illustrations, which are from original designs, and tb« 

 Typography, are unrivalled by any similar works. 



The First Reader, or •' Word-Euilder," being the first issued, is airond] 

 In extensive use. It is on a plan entirely new and original, commencing with word, 

 ofoiie, letter^ and building up letter by letter, until sentences are formed. 



The Second, Third, and Fourth Readers follow the satnp inductivi 

 plan, with a perfect and systematic graihition, and a strict classification of siit-jecta 

 The pronunciation and definition of difiicult words are given in notes at the bottort 

 of each page. Much attention has been i>aid to Art iruhitiim and Orthotpy; am 

 Exercises on the Elementary Sounds and their combinations have bt^?n f-o introduceo 

 a-s to teach but one element at a time, and to apply this knowledge to lmme<llate umi, 

 until the whole is accurately and thoroughly acquired 



The Fifth Reader Is a full work upon Reading and Elocution Ino works ci 

 nirny author-*, aniitnt mid modern, .*'ave been consulted, and more IhAn .i hucdiM 

 jtaiidard writers of the English languiige, on both sides the Atlantic, laid under con 

 liibiilion t(; enable the auiln)rs to present a colle<;tion rich in all that can Inlorm th« 

 understanding, imjirove the taste, and cultivate the heart, and which, ai the sairw 

 time, shall furnish every variety of stylo and subject to exemplify the principl»-s ■ 

 Rhetorical delivery, and form a finifihed reader and elocutionist Clii»sic«l ami Ida 

 litrlcfil allusions, so cf mnion among the best writi-rs, have in all cases been expinliu-d 

 »r,d concise Bio;.Taphlca'. Sketches of authors from whoso works extract* b:»\e bcei 

 ♦elected, havf also been introduced, together with Alphabetical and t'hr»>ii<>l<>gir« 

 List* of the Names of Authors; thus rendering this a convenient text-bnok hit t»tu 

 Knia \i\ English and Americati Literature. • 



A. S. BAHNES & BURR, Publishers, 



51 & b'.i Joliii Streul. Nuw York 



