Excerpt from Introduction to the English Reader: Or a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners, in Reading and to Imbue Their Minds With the Love of Virtue The English Reader, and The Sequel to that performance, having met with a favourable recep tion from the public, the compiler has'been induced to prepare a small volume, on a similar plan, for the use of children who have made but little progress m read ing. It has been his aim to form a compilation, which would properly conduct the young learner from the spelling-book to the English Reader: and in prose cuting this design, he has been particularly careful to select such pieces as are adapted to the understand ing, and pleasing to the taste, of children. A work calculated for different classes of young readers, should contain pieces suited in point of'ian guage and matter, to their various ages and capaci ties. The compiler, in conformity with this idea, has, in several of the chapters, particularly in' the chapters of promiscuous pieces, endeavoured to ar range the materials so as to form an easy gradation, adapted to the different progress of the learners. Judicious teachers will know how to apply this ar rangement to the years and abilities of their pupils. 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.