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Graauutea Series qj' English Reaaing-Lessoll Bool·s.
u ns t110 best, that has come under our notice. 'Y'bcommend it ,"cry
" strongly to the attention of every teacher, wllctllCf in our clemen­
".tary schools or in our homes, and earnestly hope it mny attain tIte
I' eml its compiler had in view, of training up some good renders to
,{ cheer and charm the poor man's fireside, nnd to pour the rich
It stream of modern attainment into thirsting, though humble, souls."
'fhe arrangement of the FJFTII BOOK corresponds with thnt of
Dook IV., embracing the same departments of knowledge, but, of
coursc, from n more advanced point of view. The l\liscellancol1s
section 'presents, in ample variety, typical specimens of our best
writers from the Johnsonian era to the present day. The Descriptive
'rravel has reference to those portions of the globe Which, in accordance
with the J:reneral plan, the preceding volumes 11a\'c left un"
touchcd; and its chief aim is to dircct attention to the results of
scientific inquiry with regard to cosmical phenomena in general.
The section on Natuml History has been restricted to the more
interesting examples of fel'ce naturre. The History continues the
thread where it is broken off in Book IV., viz. from 1688 to the present
time, and it necessarily dwells largely on the events which
attended the administration or the acquisition of OUf chief foreign
possessions. The chapters on the English Constitution, with which
this section closes, present a g-eneml tableau of leading- points of
interest and importance. To the division on Natural Science a
series of valuable chapters on the prominent questions connected
witb Social Science is appended.
The l~ive Books of this series are arranged, eaell in corresponding
sections, on a serial and uniform scheme of progressh'e, ret constantly
varied, selections. BOOK the FIRST is adapted to the com·
prehension of clli1dren who hayc mastered the first steps in re~ding.
BOOK the SECO~D contains miscellanies, tales of ml\·cnture, imngi.
n~ti\'e :md real, anccdotes in natural llistor.r, amI baUnt! poctrr,­
011 preliminary to tbe Third Book. BOOK the TlIlnn comprises
literarr selections in prose and verse, dcscriptive trnrel, natural
bistor~r (with reference to the pre,·iolls section), and nnrrati\'cs of
English I,islory. BonK the FounTH, to which tllC Third Book is
intrOductory, is a further extension of the same general plan, with
the addition of a·division on the more popnlar branches o( Natuml
Science and Physics, sequentially arranged. nOOK the FIFTHwhich
completes the Course, forms n furtller advance and a comple,
tion of the general plan, and aims at allsweringthe practical purposes
of a Clnss.Book of later English Literatnre.
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