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I have now, however, been induced by the recommendation

of several educational friends, to increase its utility by pub-

lishing it in connexion with a CLASS BOOK ON Reading.*

The great number of excellent Reading Books which have

been published of late years, seems to render a new one on

the subject uncalled for, and unnecessary; but I have long

been of opinion, that in almost all of these class books there

is a great deficiency in LITERARY SELECTIONS. That Com-

pilations of this kind (particularly when they are intended

for the use of the children in Popular or National Schools)

should contain as much information as possible on scientific

and useful subjects is certainly very desirable; but still the

literature of our language should have its due place in

them; or at least, there should be, in addition to them,

some other class books to supply this deficiency. With this

view I have compiled the present volume; and should I be

spared, it is probable that I may at no very distant period

bring out an additional one, to which I shall prefix a short

Introduction to English Literature. In the meantime, a

glance over the Contents of this volume will show that it

contains a far greater portion of the literature of our

language than its size would seem to indicate. Besides, the

EXERCISES ON READING, which are not specified in the

Contents, will be found to contain a copious selection of the

choicest and most beautiful specimens of our best and most

approved writers. These exercises extend from page 170

to page 232.
R. S.

have already a placed before them all the words in the language of diffi-
cult or irregular pronunciation. I have also furnished them with
practical rules for the pronunciation of such words; and in this Intro-
duction I have shown them, how even a defective articulation may, in
most cases, be remedied."

*It is a matter of record that all my little works on Education, were

originally written to supply wants which I had observed in the Irish

National Schools.

See in connexion with these observations, note page 233.

In the Introduction to the English Dictionary.

Rules for Reading, founded on the Inflections of the Voice-Archbishop
Whately's Views on the Subject-His Rule for Good Reading-Ex-
tract from the Compiler's Outline of the Method of Teaching in the
National Model Schools-Extracts from Sheridan's Introduction to the
Art of Speaking-Dr. Franklin's Views on the Subject-Extracts from
the most eminent Works on the Subject, British, American, and French-
Practical Suggestions for Beginners-Short Directions for Young Read-
ers-Accent and Emphasis-Walker's "Inflections of the Voice" Ana-
lyzed and Explained-General Rules and Examples-The Series and
its Varieties The Parenthesis, and Parenthetic Clauses-The Climax-
Rhetorical Punctuation-Directions for Reading Verse-Modulation
of the Voice-The Passions-Sheridan's Art of Speaking,

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