to be taken mostly from standard authorities, and, it is hoped, will recommend themselves for their high moral and patriotic character. The "Selections in Poetry," in great part, will be found admirably suited to the capacities of the Youngest Pupils. They are all of a pleasing and instructive style, and easy to be read and memorized. The compiler ventures to hope that the volume as a whole will find favor with teachers and others on account of the variety of its exercises, and especially for their freshness, a large majority of them having never before been similarly used, and for its beautiful typographical appearance. Some of the pieces of poetry, and two or three of the dialogues, are taken from a charming little book entitled "Little Pieces for Little Speakers, by Miss S. M. Priest, and published by Messrs. Lee and Shepard, to whose courtesy he is indebted for the privilege of inserting them. He is also under obligations to Messrs. J. R. Osgood & Co., and Messrs. J. W. Daughaday & Co., for the privilege of selecting from "Our Young Folks" and "The School-Day Visitor." He is also indebted to the pages of "The Little Corporal for one or two selections. G. R. C. MANY of the anonymous selections in this volume are original, and are consequently copyrighted property. Their use in other collections will not be permitted unless by consent of the publishers. |