THE ILLUSTRATED PROGRESSIVE SERIES.

THE
FOURTH PROGRESSIVE READER.

CAREFULLY
ARRANGED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS.

NEW YORK:
P. O’SHEA, PUBLISHER;
27 BARCLAY STREET.
1871.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871,
By P. O’SHEA,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

PREFACE.

The selections for the Fourth Progressive Reader have been made with great care, and, if the judgment of some of our most accomplished teachers may be trusted, with becoming discrimination.