THE PRONOUNCING INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION то THE ENGLISH READER: OR, A SELECTION OF PIECES, IN PROSE AND POETRY; Calculated to improve THE YOUNGER CLASSES OF LEARNERS IN READING; THEIR MINDS WITH THE LOVE OF VIRTUE TO WHICH ARE ADDED, RULES AND OBSERVATIONS FOR ASSISTING CHILDREN TO READ WITH PROPRIETY. BY LINDLEY MURRAY, AUTHOR OF AN ENGLISH GRAMMAR, &c. &c. To which, by the aid of a Key, is scrupulously applied, Mr. Walker's Pronunciation of With an APPENDIX, Consisting of words selected from the reading lessons, with definitions. Utilius homini nihil est quam recte loqui....... Phædrus. BY ISRAEL ALGER, JUN. A. M. Teacher of Youth, Editor of the Pronouncing Testament, and Author of Key to Book Boston: PUBLISHED BY LINCOLN & EDMANDS, . 1831 HARVARD 0478172 DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, to wit: BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the third day of October, A. 1823, and in the forty-eighth year of the Independence of the Unit States of America, ENSIGN LINCOLN, and THOMAS EDMANDS, JU of the said District, have deposited in this office the title of book, the right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words f lowing, to wit:"The Pronouncing Introduction. Introducti to the English Reader: or, a selection of pieces, in prose and pc try; calculated to improve the younger classes of learners reading; and to imbue their minds with the love of virtue. To whi are added, rules and observations for assisting children to read wi propriety. By Lindley Murray, Author of an English Grammar, & &c. To which, by the aid of a Key, is scrupulously applied, M Walker's Pronunciation of the Classical Proper Names, and of num rous other words difficult to pronounce. With an Appendix, consi ing of words selected from the reading lessons, with definitions. U lius homini nihil est quam recte loqui....Phædrus. By Israel Alg jun. A. M. Teacher of Youth, Editor of the Prenouncing Testame and Author of Key to Book-Keeping, Elements of Orthography, &c In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitle "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the cop of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of su copies, during the times therein mentioned:" and also to an Act, c titled, "An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled, An Act for t encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, char and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during t times therein mentioned: and extending the benefits thereof to t arts of designing, engraving, and etching, historical, and other prints Clerk of the Distr of Massachusetts JNO. W. DAVIS, { : Fice. A. D. e of a ed, Mr. E nume- ntitled, of to the PREFACE. "THE ENGLISH READ'ER," and "SE'QUEL" to that perfor mance, having met with a favourable reception from the Publick, the Com-pi'ler has been induced to prepare a small volume, on a similar plan, for the use of children, who have made but little progress in reading. It has been his aim to form a compila'tion, which would properly conduct the young learner from the Spelling Book to "The English Reader;" and in prosecuting this design, he has been particularly careful to select such pieces as are adapted to the understanding, and pleasing to the taste, of children. A work calculated for different classes of young readers, should contain pieces suited, in point of language and matter, to their various ages and capacities. The Com-pi'ler, in conformity with this idea, has endeavoured to arrange the materials of each chapter, so as to form an easy gradation, which may be adapted to the different progress of the learners. Judicious Teachers will know how to apply this arrangement to the years and abilities of their pupils. Care has been taken to render the language of all the pieces correct and perspicuous; that the young learner may improve in style, as well as in reading, and insensibly acquire a taste for accurate composition.-To imbue the tender mind with the love of virtue and goodness, is an especial object of the present work: and with this view the pieces have been supulously selected; and, where necessary, purified from ery word and sentiment that could offend the most delicate mind. As a work tending to season the minds of chil'dren with piety and virtue, and to improve them in reading, language, and sentiment, the Com-pi'ler hopes it will prove a suitable. Introduction to the "English Read'er," and other publica tions of that nature; and also a proper book for those schools, in which, from their circumscribed plan of education, larger works of the kind cannot be admitted. Advertisement to the Second English Edition, THE Compiler has added to this Edition more than twenty pages of matter, which he hopes will be found useful and interesting.-He has also given to many of the pieces a new arrangement, calculated |