and march up and down the room as if he were a little man. He likes to get up on a chair and look in the glass. He likes to play "Hide and Seek with the cat, and run after my little puppies. One day Jocko went up into my room. I ran after him, and found him trying to wash his face. How he did splash the water! As soon as he saw me, he took up the dish of water and ran. "Stop, Jocko!" said I. are you going to do now?" But Jocko did not stop. so fast that he fell down. 66 What He ran Over he went with the dish of water, and poor Jocko got very wet. After that he was glad to get back into his cage. HARVARD COLLEGE MAR 7 1935 LIBRARY REFACE In this book, the characteristic features of the First Reader are continued, viz;— 1.-The conversational style of the reading matter. 2.--The same careful and systematic gradation. 3.-The placing of all new words at the heads of lessons. 4.-The same variety and excellence of illustration and engraving. 5.-The beautiful script, of large size and accurate form. 6.-The new type, of light face and graceful shape, made especially for these books. In addition to the above features, Language Lessons have been introduced in this book. They present a great variety of methods used by the best teachers to develop habits of observation and reflection. They are to be considered as suggestions, simply, and experienced teachers will modify, omit or Copyright, 1883. A. S. BARNES & CO. amplify them, to suit the varying requirements of their pupils. A few examples of outline drawings of animals are given, not with the idea of making artists of pupils, but to secure a closer observation of the subjects treated in the lessons. The easy method employed may be applied to the reproduction of any picture, and it affords pupils amusement as well as instruction. For the benefit of those teachers who desire to teach the vowel sounds and their equivalents, as an aid to the pronunciation of new words, "Vowel Exercises" have been prefixed to some of the earlier lessons. The "New Words," also, appear with the diacritical marks of Webster. After page ninety-six, plurals, regularly formed, possessives, compounds, and simple derivatives, are not included in the "New Words." The authors of this Series of Readers are under obligations to Prof. H. H. Ballard, of Lenox, Mass., and S. P. Thayer, Esq., of North Adams, Mass., for valuable material and suggestions furnished by them. Also to the publications "Our Little Ones,” and "St. Nicholas." Also to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., of Cambridge, Mass. |