The Ontario Readers Fourth Reader

Author : Canada Publishing Company
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331562498
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Fourth Reader written by Canada Publishing Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fourth Reader: Authorized for Use in the Public Schools of Ontario by the Minister of Education IN selecting the lessons of this book, it has been borne in mind that the Fourth Reader is the highest of the series of Readers authorized for use in Public Schools, and, consequently, the most advanced reading-book that the great majority of the pupils of the Province will use. The selections, with very few exceptions, have been taken from the writings of acknowledged masters in literature, and in addition to their intrinsic literary worth, they have the further merit of being such as will familiarize the pupil with the greater names in English authorship, and afford him a means of forming some estimate of the wondrous diversity, beauty, and richness of the literature of our mother tongue. The selections in verse are poetic gems, whose lustre and value time will never lessen. Many of them have been household words for generations, and nearly all are popular favorites. Pains have been taken to secure accuracy of text in these selections. The pieces, in both prose and verse, have been selected primarily with respect to their fitness as lessons for teaching reading. It is believed that they will so interest the pupil that he will be stimulated to learn to read for the pleasure and advantage the power to read will bring him. In prose, only such selections have been admitted as are complete in themselves; and while their variety of style and subject affords a wide range of exercises for training in reading, their instructive character will render them additionally useful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.