NEW FRANKLIN FTH READER. WITH A NEW ELOCUTIONARY TREATISE, SSENTIALS OF READING. BY PROF. MARK BAILEY. BY LOOMIS J. CAMPBELL. Г WITH NEW AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS. NEW YORK TAINTOR BROTHERS & CO. BOSTON WILLIAM WARE & CO. RC PREFACE. NEW FRANKLIN FIFTH READER is the result of a ing endeavor to furnish a choice selection of pieces ol reading. No piece has been taken without careiny, and consideration of its fitness in matter, expres elocutionary merit. The compiler has constantly e questions: Is this selection of interest to the chilo will use the book? Is the subject-matter within ge of their experience or sympathy? Has it sufficient ce of thought or sentiment, and of style, to be read nd again with profit and satisfaction? l be seen by a glance at the List of Authors, that number of the best writers, both American and Enge represented in this book. From these have been any of the choice gems which enrich the treasures English tongue. of these selections appears in the Franklin Fifth Many of them are here presented in a readingr the first time. The others, it is thought, are of during merit, that nothing could be found worthily their place and leave no cause of regret for their 1. much explanation should be made a part of the readrcise has been a subject of considerable thought. It seemed best wholly to supersede the teacher by preeverything in a finished shape to the pupil, leaving nost nothing for research and exercise. The plan has been to give a few definitions of the more un ́ords, and such explanations of proper names as pupils |