ascertained to be about thirteen and a half years. From this it is evident that many can not be more than ten years old. How utterly impossible it is for pupils of such an immature age to understand or comprehend the masterpieces of our literature, can be realized only by those teachers who have exhausted every expedient to accomplish such a result. It is needless, perhaps, to say that the authors of this series of readers, who have had many years' experience in the school-room, have kept this fact constantly in mind; and they confidently believe that the New National Series will be found more pleasing, interesting, and intelligible to young minds than any others ever issued. If teachers of High Schools, Seminaries, and Academies do not find that abstruse and difficult kind of literature which they desire for the most advanced pupils, let them await the appearance of "Barnes' Collegiate Reader and Speaker,” which is in preparation and will be issued shortly. That these readers may lighten the labors of the teaching fraternity every-where, and add to the pupil's interest and pleasure during the many hours of hard study, is the fervent wish of THE AUTHORS. - 54. THE DISCOVERY OF PHOSPHORUS 57. THE BURNING OF MOSCOW (II) 71. TROPICAL VEGETATION IN SOUTH AMERICA. C. Kingsley. 317 72.-FRANKLIN'S VISIT TO HIS MOTHER 74-THE SKY Freeman Hunt. 321 John Ruskin. 331 75.-A DINNER PARTY IN ANCIENT THEBES. Mrs. J. D. Steele. 335 77.-THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA (1) 78.--THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA (II) 80.-LOST ON THE FLOES (I) 81.-LOST ON THE FLOES (II) . Washington Irving. 342 Charlotte M. Yonge. 376 W. H. Prescott. 383 |