THE

READER'S MANUAL.

DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF COMMON SCHOOLS

IN THE UNITED STATES.

BY JOHN HALL,

LATE PRINCIPAL OF THE ELLINGTON SCHOOL. AUTHOR OF “ THE READER'S

GUIDE,” AND “PRIMARY READER.”

HARTFORD.
GURDON ROBINS, JR., 180 MAIN-STREET.

1840.

GURDON ROBINS, JL, 160 MAIN STREET

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by

JOHN HALI.,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut.

Stereotyped by Richard H. Hobbs.

Printed by
CASE, TIFFANY, & Co.

HARTFORD, CONN.

CONTENTS.

Preface, · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·

Notice to Teachers, . . . . . . . . . . .

Requisites for reading well, . . . . . . . . .

Inflections, · · · · · · · · ·

Monotone, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cadence, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Interrogative Sentences, . . . . . . . . . .

Emphasis, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reading of Poetry, . . . . . . . . . . .

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LESSONS IN PROSE.

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1 Frankness, ...... Every Day Duty.

2 Deceiving Parents, .....: Same.

3 Fun, . . . . . . . . Right and Wrong.

4 Punctuality, . . . . . . . . Same.

5 Yates and Downing. An Indian story,

. Parley's Magazine.

6 Capt. Greg and his Dog, The Child's Own Book.

7 Evils of being late at school, Parley's Magazine.

8 Greater evils than that of being whipped, Same.

9 The sagacious Swan, Dick's Mental Illumination.

10 The Eagle, . Comstock's Nat. Hist. of Birds.

11 The two Roses,or the folly of vanity,Parley's Fables.

12 The Fox and Spaniel, . . . . Same.

13 The Rat and her young ones, . Same.

14 A Fowl brought up by a Cat, Visit for a Week.

15 Anecdotes about Rats, . . . . Same.

16 The Cottager, . . . . Mrs. L. H. Sigourney.

17 The heedless Girl, . . . Parley's Magazine.

23 Letter from a Fly, ... Youth's Companion.

24 The question settled, . . . Youth's Keepsake.

25 Selections from the Proverbs of Solomon, ..

26 Extracts from Exodus, chaps. 19 & 20, ...

27 Extracts from first Epistle of John, . . . . .

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