THE INTERMEDIATE READER: FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY TREATISE ON READING AND THE BREWER AND TILESTON. PORTLAND, ME.: BAILEY & NOYES. ein 1869 Eedwet1048.3%,া 1869, Nov. 5. Gift of Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by G. S. HILLARD, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Electrotyped by J. E. FARWELL AND COMPANY. 37 Congress Street, Boston. PREFACE. THE INTERMEDIATE READER is intended for such schools as may require a reading book to come between the Fourth and Fifth Readers in the compiler's series. It is adapted to pupils of from ten to thirteen years of age, and corresponds to the Third Class Reader in the former series. Some of the most approved pieces of the Third Class Reader have been retained, but most of the selections are new. Some of them are familiar to teachers, but they are here reproduced because of their intrinsic merit and permanent interest. The difficult words in each lesson are carefully defined at the end. A few pictorial illustrations have been introduced. In the selection of the pieces, and the preparation of the work generally, the compiler has received substantial and valuable aid from L. J. Campbell, A. M. BOSTON, September 1, 1863. G. S. HILLARD. |