THE READER THE FOCUS OF LANGUAGE TRAINING SWINTON'S FIFTH READER AND SPEAKER DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NEW YORK CINCINNATI :: CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY LIERARY OF THE LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY. TO SCHOOL OFFICERS. a. 38126.c The attention of School Officers is invited to the following leading features of this Fifth Reader and Speaker. Its Twofold Purpose. — It will be noted that this book is at once a Fifth Reader and a school Speaker, — two thirds of the matter being included under the former head, and one third under the latter. The prose and poetic selections in the Speaker section comprise many of the finest gems of oratory and poesy, and form a “golden treasury” from which the choicest pieces may be drawn for “declamation afternoons." At the same time the pieces in this section are an integral part of the Fifth Reader, and afford lessons which from time to time should be intercalated as specially fitted by their inspiriting tone and rhetorical excellence for class-room reading. Matter. - In the tone of thought and feeling embodied in the selections will be found a well-considered advance on that of the Fourth Reader, but care has been taken to avoid the common mistake of making the transition too violent. The presence of a series of lessons under the generic title “Glimpses of Science” will be observed; and it will be noted that these selections are not “dry bones,” but science expressed in the forms of literary art. Preparatory Notes. — In the paragraphs under this head are given brief characterizations of the authors, and such explanation of allusions and references as is necessary to the understanding of the pieces. As it is futile to assume that the literary apparatus requisite for the elucidation of such references and allusions is within the reach of scholars, it has been thought judicious to explain whatever needed explanation, to the end of good reading. Language Study and Composition. — Under the head of “Language Study” will be found etymological, grammatical, and rhetorical questions and requirements, arranged under three subdivisions : I. The writing of the analysis of a few derivative words, fully exhibited in the Appendix; II. Hints and queries on salient points of practical grammar and sentential analysis; and III. Easy exercises in thoughtanalysis, literary expression, and the most useful figures of speech. The guiding principle has been to “make the exercises such as are fairly within the scholar's powers, and at the same time such as shall call these powers into fruitful activity.” As in the Third and Fourth Readers, syllabuses for composition are appended to each lesson specially fitted for such reproduction. M. P. 5 Copyright, 1883. by Tvison. Blakeman, Taylor, & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . LESSON PAGE 7. THE CRUISE OF THE DOLPHIN. (Part I.). Aldrich 8. THE CRUISE OF THE DOLPHIN. (Part II.) 11. KNICKERBOCKER LIFE IN NEW YORK Irving 18. OLIVER CROMWELL. (Part I.) 19. OLIVER CROMWELL. (Part II.). 20. RECOLLECTIONS OF MY BOYHOOD 27. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF A YOUNG SAILOR Dana . . . . . 181 . . 35. A BRILLIANT GEOGRAPHICAL CONTRAST. Ruskin 33. THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE TREE Bryant 53. PÅSSING AWAY. Pierpont. 244 54. A DUTCH GOVERNOR. (Part I.) 55. “A Dutch GOVERNOR. (Part II.) My First Geological Excursion Geikie . . . 70. SHAKESPEARE ON GOOD ELOCUTION 71. WASHINGTON'S SWORD AND FRANKLIN'S STAFF. J. Q. Adans 73. VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL . Webster 76. ADDRESS OF SERGEANT BUZFUZ . 77. THE CROSSING OF THE RUBICON . 78. SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS 79. PITT IN REPLY TO HORATIO WALPOLE 81. THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY IN THE AMERICAN 83. OSSIAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN 85. SPARTACUS TO THE GLADIATORS 88. MRS. CAUDLE'S VIEWS ON MASONRY 89. SPEECH AGAINST THE AMERICAN WAR 90. AN APPEAL TO ARMs. (Part I.) 91. AN APPEAL TO ARMS. (Part II.) 94. EMMET'S LAST SPEECH. (Part I.) 95. EMMET'S LAST SPEECH. (Part II.) . |