(Others in preparation.)
The object of these primers is to convey information in such a manner as to make it both intelligible and interesting to very young pupils, and so to discipline their minds as to incline them to more systematic after-studies. The woodcuts which illustrate them embellish and explain the text at the same time.
APPLETONS' SCHOOL READERS,
Consisting of Five Books.
By WM. T. HARRIS, LL.D., Sup't of Schools, St. Louis, Mo.
A.J. RICKOFF, A.M., Sup't of Instruction, Cleveland, O.
MARK BAILEY, A.M., Instructor in Elocution, Yale College.
Appletons' First Reader. 90 pages. Price, 23 cents.
Appletons' Second Reader. 142 pages. Price, 37 cents.
Appletons' Third Reader. 214 pages. Price, 48 cents.
Appletons' Fourth Reader. 248 pages. Price, 64 cents.
Appletons' Fifth Reader. 471 pages. Price, $1.15.
SOME OF THE PROMINENT FEATURES.
Large and clear type.
Finest pictorial illustrations.
Excellence of material, paper, and binding.
Fresh in matter, philosophical in method.
A practical system of Language Lessons.
The combination of the Phonic, Word, and Phrase methods.
The combination of the Spelling-book with the Reader.
Full directions and suggestions appended to each lesson.
The attention given to the use of diacritical marks, silent letters, and phonics.
The introduction of instruction in Elocution, at internals, through the entire series in an interesting and natural way.