Oliver and Boyd's New Code Class-Books. SIXTH STANDARD READING-BOOK, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND OUTLINES FOR EXERCISES ADAPTED TO THE NEW CODE, BY JAMES COLVILLE, M.A., English Master, Glasgow Academy; formerly English Master, George EDINBURGH: OLIVER AND BOYD, TWEEDDALE COURT. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO. OXFORD. NEW CODE READING-BOOKS, By JAMES COLVILLE, M.A. 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. cloth. FOURTH STANDARD READING-BOOK; with Dictation Exercises. 216 pages. 1s. 3d. cloth. FIFTH STANDARD READING-BOOK; with Dictation Exercises. 300 pages. 1s. 6d. cloth. SIXTH STANDARD READING-BOOK; with Biographical Notes and Outlines for Exercises in Composition. 394 pages. 2s. 6d. cloth. PRINTED BY OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH, PREFACE. The Lessons in Standard VI., completing the Series, have been arranged in well-defined Groups, illustrative of the most interesting forms of Literature. Though they have been divided into Two Parts, it is intended that the Teacher should alternate the Prose with the Poetical Lessons at his discretion. In Part II. will be found several Long Poems, both descriptive and narrative, which are of the highest excellence, and well adapted for close and continuous study. The Dramatic Extracts which conclude this Part, embrace some of the finest passages in Shakespeare's Plays. The Notes to the Lessons, it is hoped, not only explain every difficulty presented, but also supply a large amount of collateral information. The Biographical Notes and Outlines at the end, though |