IV PREFACE. 



are in accordance with the Catechetical system which has 

 been so long and so successfully practised. 



The VOCABULARY of SCIENTIFIC TERMS, it is hoped, will 

 be found of considerable utility, as it is both copious and 

 comprehensive. 



Under the head of Elocution, the youthful tyro will 

 receive advice for the management of his voice and 

 general deportment, in reading and speaking, together 

 with an anatomical description of the organs of speech. 



The POETICAL PART contains a new collection of the 

 choicest poetry ; Dramatic Scenes, Orations, &c., and 

 those pieces which are more directly intended for Recita- 

 tion, have notes and directions to guide the pupil in their 

 delivery. 



In conclusion, the writer begs to observe, that although 

 he is aware that the " SCIENTIFIC READER" must, in the 

 Elocutionary and Poetic department, yield the palm to 

 the " RHETORICAL SPEAKER," yet he trusts that it will 

 not be either an unworthy or an unprofitable Companion 

 to its elder brother. 



The present Edition has been carefully revised, and 

 has received a considerable accession of fresh matter. 

 The article GEOLOGY has been entirely rewritten; and 

 a new subject, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, has been intro- 

 duced. The VOCABULARY of Scientific Terms has also 

 been much enlarged. 



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