THE FIFTH READER: FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY TREATISE ON ELOCUTION BY By G. S. HILLARD. BREWER BOSTON: AND TILESTON. NEW YORK: J. W. SCHERMERHORN & CO. PORTLAND, ME.: BAILEY AND NOYES. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by GEORGE S. HILLARD, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. EDUCATION LIBR PREFACE. 894 4649 fif Educ THE FIFTH READER is intended for advanced classes in public and private schools. It contains some of the pieces in the Second Class Reader of the former series, which have been most approved by teachers; but the greater part of the contents is new. The aim of the compiler has been to include as wide a range of subjects as was possible, so that the powers of the pupils might be trained by various forms of expression, and different kinds of rhetorical style. While the teaching of the art of reading has been made a paramount object, the compiler has constantly borne in mind the importance of choosing such selections as inculcate sound morals and patriotic sentiment, and aid in the formation of a good literary taste. Brief biographical and explanatory notices have been prefixed to most of the selections; and at the end of each piece the pronunciation and definition of the most difficult words have been given. This latter is a feature which, it is hoped, will be approved by teachers. The introductory portion, on reading and the training of the vocal organs, is mainly the same as that found in the Sixth Reader, which was prepared for that work by Professor MARK BAILEY of Yale College. M577027 |