ANALYTICAL

FIFTH READER:

CONTAINING

AN INTRODUCTORY ARTICLE ON THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES
OF ELOCUTION; WITH A THOROUGH METHOD OF ANALYSIS,
INTENDED TO DEVELOP THE PUPIL'S APPRECIATION

OF THE THOUGHT AND EMOTION; A CRITICAL
PHONIC ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH WORDS:

AND A LARGE NUMBER OF

NEW AND VALUABLE SELECTIONS FOR EXERCISES

IN READING AND ELOCUTION :

SUPPLEMENTED BY NUMEROUS

HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.

BY RICHARD EDWARDS, LL. D.,

PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY.

DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF CLASSES IN COMMON SCHOOLS.

NEW YORK:

TAINTOR BROTHERS, MERRILL & CO.

CHICAGO: GEO. SHERWOOD & CO.