number of such collateral readings are suggested in the MANUAL. Children are likely to read rapidly and freely in these years, if properly stimulated and guided. A class that reads easily and with pleasure should need little help beyond what is offered in the HELPS TO STUDY and the GLOSSARY. This "teaching apparatus " need not be followed too closely. The teacher may find that for a particular class this material should be expanded, or abridged, or varied. She may, indeed, with a class that does not read well, find it wise to vary from the order of the book, reading the selections in the order of their easiness rather than in their topical grouping. She may find time, also, for supplementing the reading by drawing from it topics for composition work. The authors make grateful acknowledgment to the owners of copyrights for permission to use certain selections: To Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons for Lanier's "The Song of the Chattahoochee"; to the Harr Wagner Publishing Co. for Joaquin Miller's "Columbus"; to the Perry Mason Co. for Field's "How the Atlantic Cable Was Laid"; to Hamlin Garland and The Macmillan Company for "A Western Farm Scene" from "The Son of the Middle Border." Special thanks are due Miss Katherine Morse, of the New York Training School for Teachers, for valuable help and advice. F. T. B., A. H. T. |