Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics / In the Grades of the Common School

by Charles A. McMurry

FIFTH GRADE

1. BOOKS FOR REGULAR READING LESSONS

Hiawatha. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; The Macmillan Co.; Educational Publishing Co.; University Pub. Co.

Well suited for reading. Used in several grades.

Lays of Ancient Rome (Macaulay). Maynard, Merrill, & Co.; Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; The Macmillan Co.; Educational Publishing Co.; American Book Co.

The four ballad poems. Good school reading for children. Names somewhat hard at first. Very stimulating and heroic. Used also in sixth grade.

King of the Golden River (Ruskin). Ginn & Co.; The Macmillan Co.; Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; D. C. Heath & Co.; Maynard, Merrill, & Co.

Much used. Excellent story and reading.

Tanglewood Tales (Hawthorne). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.

Companion book to the Wonder Book. Excellent matter for reading.