Thomas à Becket.... 92 Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.... Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer......Norma H. Deming.... 69 First Encounter with the Indians, The.......Jane G. Austin.... I Garibaldi's War Hymn. ΙΟ Mercantini.... 156 George Washington, the Young Soldier... Eva March Tappan.. THE RIVERSIDE READERS EDITED BY JAMES H. VAN SICKLE AND WILHELMINA SEEGMILLER Late Director of Art, Indianapolis. Formerly Principal of the Wealthy Avenue Public School, Grand Rapids, Mich. ASSISTED BY FRANCES JENKINS Instructor in Elementary Education, College for Teachers, University of Cincinnati Formerly Supervisor of Elementary Grades, Decatur, Ill. ILLUSTRATED BY RUTH MARY HALLOCK CLARA E. ATWOOD E. BOYD SMITH MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT HOWARD PYLE, and other notable artists FRESH MATERIAL These Readers contain an unusually large amount of fresh copyrighted material faken from the world's best literature for children. LATEST TEACHING METHODS They represent the latest developments in the methods of teaching reading, the kind of teaching that will be found in the best schools of to-day. ARTISTIC MAKE-UP Artistically the books will set a new standard in textbook making. The colored illustrations of the primary books are particularly attractive. MECHANICAL FEATURES The paper used in the books, the type for each grade, and the dimensions and arrangement of the type page were all determined by careful experimenting, in order to safeguard the eyesight of children. Send for complete illustrated circular describing the unique plan of this series. IN DRAMATIC FORM BOOK ONE-For First and Second Grades. 40 cents. Postpaid. BOOK TWO-For Second and Third Grades. 40 cents. Postpaid BOOK THREE- For Third and Fourth Grades. 44 cents. Postpai BOOK FOUR-For Fifth and Sixth Grades. 56 cents. Postpaid. BOOK FIVE—For Seventh and Eighth Grades. 64 cents. Postpaid. DRAMATIZED SCENES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY-For Sixth to Eighth Grades. 64 cents. Postpaid. By AUGUSTA STEVENSON Formerly a Teacher in the Indianapolis Public Schools These books accomplish three important functions: first, they arouse a greater interest in oral reading; second, they develop an expressive voice; and third, they give freedom and grace in the bodily attitudes and movements involved in reading and speaking. The use of these books will greatly improve the oral reading in your schools. In these days, when so many books are hastily read in school, there is a tendency to sacrifice expression to the mechanics and interpretation of reading. Those acquainted with school work know too well the resulting monotonous, indistinct speech and the self-conscious, listless attitude which characterize so much of the reading of pupils in grades above the third. The dramatic appeal of the stories in this book will cause the child to lose himself in the char acter he is impersonating, and to read with a naturalness and expressiveness unknown to him before; and this improvement will be evident in all his oral reading and even in his speech. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK 1406 CHICAGO |