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Town's Fourth Reader: Containing A Selection Of Lessons, Exclusively From American Authors - Softcover

Salem Town

 
9780461619577: Town's Fourth Reader: Containing A Selection Of Lessons, Exclusively From American Authors

Synopsis

Town's Fourth Reader: Containing A Selection Of Lessons, Exclusively From American Authors by Salem Town is a 19th-century American school reader compiled by an educator to enhance reading, composition, and appreciation for national culture. This edition features a diverse array of selections solely from American writers, organized under headings such as Rules for Reading and Rules for Composition. It includes LESSONS FOR READING on topics like U.S. institutions, Indian fate, westward expansion, classical Rome, and American portraits. The text encompasses poetry, orations, and dialogues, offering practical guidance on articulation, inflection, and emphasis, and concludes with extensive essays on the fine arts, education, and civic virtue. Reflecting antebellum pedagogy, it emphasizes national character, civic duty, and moral instruction, providing insight into the educational ideals of Town's Readers series. This reprint maintains the archaic orthography and typographic quirks of the era.

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