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Third Class Reader - Softcover

George Stillman Hillard

 
9780371751992: Third Class Reader

Synopsis

Third Class Reader by George Stillman Hillard. The Third Class Reader is a nineteenth-century educational anthology compiled for use in grammar schools, focusing on the development of reading and correct articulation. It opens with an extensive Introduction on orthography and orthoepy, outlining how to train the organs of speech and how to blend sounds into syllables, with guidance on pronunciation and the suppression of speech habits. The main body, arranged as a series of selections for third-class readers, includes moral fables, proverbs, nature sketches, and abundant poetry. It contains stories such as Tamerlane and the Ant, Abdallah, The Lost Child, The Faithful Friend, The Old Arm Chair, and longer pieces from Longfellow, Hemans, and other poets, alongside animal anecdotes and tales from American and European tradition. Throughout, the selections emphasize virtue, perseverance, and presence of mind, and are designed to cultivate both language and character in young readers.

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