This textbook is a second reader with longer words from common vocabulary that pupils should learn to recognize in print as they do in speech. Pupils should learn to use them in conversation more readily because they are to be found in their reader, which trains them in the use of good language. The phonic method is used. A key to the…

This textbook is the seventh reader in a series of school readers to help children acquire the art and the habit of reading well enough to give pleasure not only to themselves, but also to those who listen to them. The contents of this volume have been chosen and arranged to supply the young reader such selections that will be interesting to him…

This textbook is part of a series of school readers to help children acquire the art and the habit of reading well enough to give pleasure not only to themselves, but also to those who listen to them. The selections have been chosen and arranged with strict reference to the capabilities and tastes of the pupils who are to read them, thus making…

This textbook is a fourth-year reader. The lessons in this volume have been prepared and arranged with a view towards several ends: to interest the young reader; to cultivate a taste for the best style of literature as regards both thought and expression; to point the way to an acquaintance with good books; to appeal to the pupil's sense of duty,…

This textbook is a sixth reader. Selections are taken from English and American literature, and when possible, conform to the original works. Many selections have elocutionary value. In making up the Selections for Reading, great care and deliberation have been exercised. Upwards of one hundred leading authors are represented, and thus a wide…

Discusses the history of the author's involvement with books for more than 65 years and with the teaching of English for more than 40 years. (DD)

This textbook is a elementary grade reader that contains 43 lessons. A list of words to be taught are presented at the beginning of each lesson.

This textbook is a elementary grade reader that contains 44 lessons. A list of words to be taught are presented at the beginning of each lesson. [For "Longmans' 'Ship' Literary Readers. Book I," see ED623280.]

This textbook is a elementary grade reader that contains 60 lessons. A list of words to be taught are presented at the beginning of each lesson. [For "Longmans' 'Ship' Literary Readers. Book II," see ED623281.]

This textbook provides course content in elocution with reading exercises. In the selection of articles for Reading Exercises, great care has been taken to present a variety of style and subject, to attract by interest of matter, to elevate by purity and delicacy of sentiment, and especially to furnish the mind with valuable information, and to…

The rapid multiplication of public libraries and the wide distribution of cheap editions, have rendered books upon all subjects and of every degree of merit and demerit so readily accessible, that it has become necessary not only to teach children how to read, but also to give them such instruction as will enable them to decide wisely what to…

This textbook is the fifth volume in a series of readers. New words are defined, and selections are preceded by suggested points to consider.

This textbook is the sixth volume in a series of readers. New words are defined, and selections are preceded by suggested points to consider.

This textbook is a pictorial Japanese-language reading primer in for primary students. Lessons are in English with phonetic Japanese spelling.

Provides (in a humorous manner) quotations on the teaching of reading and on the process of reading from famous persons and literary works, with emphasis on lines taken from Shakespearean plays. (MKM)