THIRD STANDARD READING-BOOK, WITH DICTATION EXERCISES. ADAPTED TO THE NEW CODE. BY JAMES COLVILLE, M.A., SENIOR ENGLISH MASTER, GEORGE WATSON'S COLLEGE-SCHOOLS, EDINBURGH: OLIVER AND BOYD, TWEEDDALE COURT. 1872. Price Eightpence. NEW CODE READING-BOOKS, By JAMES COLVILLE, M.A. The following are already published: PRIMER: Being Spelling and Reading Lessons Introductory to Standard I. (Illustrated.) 36 pages. 14d. FIRST STANDARD READING-BOOK; with Easy Lessons in Script. (Illustrated.) 95 pages. 4d. in stiff wrapper, or 6d. cloth. SECOND STANDARD READING-BOOK; with Dictation Exercises, partly in Script. (Illustrated.) 108 pages. 4d. in stiff wrapper, or 6d. cloth. THIRD STANDARD READING-BOOK; with Dictation Exercises, partly in Script. 144 pages. 8d. in cloth. PRINTED BY OLIVER AND BOYD, Edinburgh. PREFACE. The Reading test for this Standard is," A short paragraph from a more advanced readingbook." As most of the irregularities among common words have been already presented to the child, and as he will now have acquired considerable fluency in easy reading, along with some appreciation of the matter read, a varied selection has been made from authors that have long been favourites with the young. In addition to these selections, many pieces, in prose and verse, have been written expressly for the present series. Fiction has been largely drawn upon, both to cultivate the imagination and the sense of humour, and to inculcate morality through the time-honoured medium of the fable. The meanings of the words which head the lessons should be introduced during the read |