vi PREFACE 



poems and pictures with which this little book is 

 abundantly provided. 



Third, I hope in a succeeding edition to make it 

 possible for the multitude of teachers who have 

 neither printing press nor a mimeograph and a 

 typewriter at their disposal to adopt the excellent 

 device of " Leaflet Reading Lessons." This method 

 has been used in most of our progressive schools, 

 and is a well-known feature of the Hor-ace Mann, 

 the New Britain, the Chicago Normal, and the 

 Philadelphia Normal Schools. 



I desire to thank Messrs. Chas. Scribner's Sons, 

 Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., The Youth's Com- 

 panion, Mr. J. T. Trowbridge, Miss Emilie Pouls- 

 son, Miss Eleanor Smith, Mr. Morgan Bates, and 

 the Educational Publishing Company, to each of 

 whom I am indebted for copyright privileges. 



L. L. W. WILSON. 



PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL, 

 February, 1898. 



