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Grarluaterl Series qf English Rearliug-Lesson Books. , cessarily wholesome food merely because they bear upon subjects which arefamiliar to everyone; and that the question whether they arc available in an educational point of view, must always depend on the form and style in whieh they are presented to the intellect, and on the relation in which t1\ey stand to antecedent !{uowledgc. Again, the ran.g-e of thought to which abstract and rhetorical extracts apr-eal is g-enerally wider and deeper than a youth cau compass. It is ob. vious that· the pupil SllOUld be made to read of things which awaken his sympathy, not of things which lie beyond the sphere of his sYm .. pathy. In short, the joint elements of intelligibility and attractive" ness aTe indispensabIe in every readin~ lesson. The cllarge of encDnrag-ing desnltory and immethodical thinldul{ is frequentl}* anu with justice preferred a~ainst the employment of booksof miscellaneous extracts for educational purposes. A strenuous endeavonr has been made hy the Editor of the G1'aduated Series to obviate this charge. He has by no means attempted to exhaust suujects systematically: but he has strh'en so to select and arrange, that cnch lesson will either prepare the way for something which follows, or throw additional light on something which goes hefore. In other ,Yords, he has throughout aimed at a certain continuity in the treatment of topics. Beginning with sketches, which ronEe rather than gratify the appetite, he has emlet\\'oul'ed to lead the pupil, by gradations as imperceptible as possible, to a some,,,bat deliberate and special survey of the great departments of human l.;:nowlcdge, and to an approximate estimate of their relations and proportions. While most of the selections have been carefully abridged, and otherwise adapted for tlle present series, the peculiarities of thongllt and expression of the originals have been l"etain~d; and, for obvious reasons, any effort to originate directions for emphasis, modulation, &c., has been considered superfluous. In this stng-e of advancement, such directions at once uiscourag-e individual effort 011 the part of the reader, and deprive the teacher of a valuable test for measuring the compnratiye capacities of his pupils; they arc therefore diametrically opposed to th~ aim and object ofreading. It is intended that the FmsT .BOOK should be pnt into the hands of cllildren who have goone through tlmt rudimentar}' stage in which tlle pronunciation of single words or the enunciation of simple sen~ tences is commonly taug"ht. The lessons which it contains arc all of so colloqnial and homely a cast that it is.believed they present no obstacles which snch children will not surmount with alacrity. In London: LONGMAN, GREEN, and CO. Paternoster Row. a
Gmauatea Series if Ellglish Reculilll/-LesSOll Books. the tirst section no attempt has been made to furnish information .or instruction of any Idnc1; the object aimed at bein~ merely to induce the child to read. It will prore nO disadvantag-e, but rather an ad. "antage, if his car happens to be already familiar with some of tlle carlier rhymes and tales. The occasional repetition of certain words and phrases which will be noticed in this part of the volume, is de. signed to put the children at their ease, and so, by adding to their amusement, to facilitate the acquirement of reading. The second section consists of a collection of casy fdbles and parables, which will prove influential in the Imnds of the teacher ,,,ho can pqint a 1no1'ul with elTect. 'fhe pieces forming the miscellaneous section, ,,,jth which the First ilooI, closes, arc desi~ncd to introduce the young learner to 'that kind of variety in the treatment of simpl~ themes . which he will meet with on n sligl1tly extended scale when he passes to the Second noo],. The rcading-.lessons of the SECOKD BOOK nrc arranged in three groups, under the heaus of 1.1Iiscellaneous, BiD1'ics of Animals, and Advent"re. To these a small collection of simple IJnllae!s has been added. In this, as in the other books, the grand end aimed at has been to cultiratc a taste for reading br presenting to the pupil only that sort of material which he is capable of assimilating in an easy and healthy manner. A glance at the subjects of the pieces will show that tlle Editor has made a diligent endeavour to furnish, in ample variety, some congenial food for those f
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5 THE STUDENT'S MANUAL I 1\ \. I I
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THE STU·DENT'S MANUAL DUNG AN. ETY
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8 GEN II. Ortbo-dox, opeos, ~rthus,
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18 MAN Sy].]ogism, lTVV, (sui, for)
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20 MET ChronO-lucter, XPOVOS, chr'd
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22 aNa nomy was so called, because
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ORA the building in negen!'S Park,
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26 SKI Ade-phagy, ao'lV, aden, much
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AGO Acrido-phagi, s. Sec PHAGO, p.
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56 ANA Amal-gam, $. See GAMEO, p. 8
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,J 38 ANT Anerno-scope, s. Sec SKOP
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I 40 ARC books of the Apocrypha wer
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42 A X I Asparagus, s. from o.lT7ra
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44 CAC Broma, fro;" fJpwila, broma,
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50 COM in the following instance: H
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52 C 11 I Cosm-orama, s. See 0 RA)l
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60 EMP Eco-nomy, s. Sce NOMOS, p. 2
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62 E P I frequent in French, dcmnez
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66 GYM Genesis, s~ from I'€Vea'iS
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