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r >Iiu ,*.-!,; peculiarities, which, it is believ' 

 [ em re .lie attention oa' parents and teach* 

 tiie ^eglnnliig of Part I. of the Introduce. •%} 

 adapted "as they are to the understandings and vocal powers of !, ; <$j 

 young, enable the t- • '- c r not merely to illustrate the different mo -s- 

 ments of the voir ••.< reading, but to drill his pupils to the 



expression of tl, ; < : .-.id, as the movements are, as will be observed v n 

 examination, ith obvious peculiarities of sentential structi r* 



easily remembe.ed, preparation is thus made to read intelligently y 

 lessons which follow"; \ 



2. All these books contain a studied variety of sentential structu.j; 

 calling every moment »or a corresponding variety of intonation. M ig 

 Reading Book", ui cons;qu; nee of a prevailing narrative or didactic- 



in their lesson-, cause .he monotony which they should cure. By in 

 ducing as large a s! are of tb~ colloquial and dramatic into the preser; 

 ries as was deemed compatible i ith a complete wrtiibUion of all the si 

 the author has endeavored to force the pupil into the use of variety of to^ \. 



3. The punctuation in these books conforms in the main to the sei se 

 and the proper delivery of every sentence, and is a ' ui''e to both. V. 



a departure from the p" .'- ; ' nuncti .lien occurs, the proper deliveryp"*a 

 indicated. (iS>j •• 



duction, Pari 

 matter ofsurpr 

 4. Each l»j 

 nominally, but 

 Introduction, wi 



*.:a.iy ufogrej 



th the easiest reat 



at the beginning of the Ini - 

 ■CKii.rr- ; „•..•■ as are usually punctuated, it Vt^\ 

 i learn to read at all. 

 es a? a wltole, are progressive: %.] 

 .■ is. beginning iu Fart \.\ 

 in the language, the lesson! c u- 

 tinue to task the powers of the pupil more and more to th? end. Part L 

 advances' in the same manner from less to more difficult; and hav ig 

 thoroughly mastered this, the pupil is introduced to the " Course of 

 Reading;'' where he commences the study of the simple gram. 

 principles, so far as a knowledge of them is essential to reading, an 

 of the analysis of sentential structure on which all good reading depei 'is. 

 When ne hrsex.hr; ■-■■r\ :' . " C«. fie of Reading," the "Element.- of 

 Reading and One-. "' -aw, ..? '.Am ; in which he enters on the stuch of 

 punctuation, modulation, including 'he nature and laws of emphasis, ; *.d 

 particular rules for the delivery of every sentence in the language. 



5. In the opinion 7 competent judges, these books are not less an A 

 to grammar and composition, than to reading. Reference is here m ..«? 

 particularly made to the '• Course of Reading," and the "Element of 

 Reading and Oratory ;" and to those portions of these works ::• which >e 

 sentences employed in the English language are classified and descril «.t» 

 and cop.' is exam] 1. os them adduced in every degree of expansi *. 

 (S?r cu„ endat&ry letter* from ra;v 



'V " die the author has been at gr-at pair-. U u roduce as lai 



ud innocently amush i hiov/ledge iin^ his books -is 

 hi* \\ its would permit, he has uniformly keen mrnesrly intent on m; It- 

 M a.e whole subservient to sound nurality r.^d religion; purity, a- 

 .. and piety. \ 



