The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-12-21
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duccd tAom. Judging from the result. W,
conclude ihr labor began and vent an ia q
/ bout lhi- fashion The rradrrs about a. be-
mat coHiliD me rild riirh win png hep4 a
/ N 0fnCrai rircpilii0H
What must this hr made uff answer g.
/ lH' Learning and Lingo tor thr uif. au,
/ 1i Nulmrify aud Nonsense Tor the foolish
That h. 81 aay, o series of hooks fnr these Nv,
very Influential classes 81 recommend aud Ton
careless common sense lolks ~ pm mr. Bu
how could the Learning hr worked into iti
The common prinriplus ~ Reading Wnulf
not answer the purpuhei thry arc to- fimpl,
"a paHs gs learned and TOO old a. paas 90 orig
NAL
Articulation, Account IHAeeiieH MuldlA
don Emphasis So, were all good servants iu
their day but they are nov either dying
CO.. dead peace a. their l.Oncsl
oh fpra Hobby a Kingdom lbr Hob.
by One that b. fresh aud viii flourish 10
rider whore hccould not 90 on his own legs
Land, ll0l Emeia' "SEhIESTiAL STuUC-
TuHE" "lHFTpHCAL PAHsisu" kind
Of knowledge" says Prof NJ, (which 40 one
hl ltItIlN WltmplrI io tclrl-' Ilorr b
lir ~ Jius Wya in the science Of reading
aud oFstug, Now lct as see what this new
y Discovered treasure consists oL
lu The hrrt place the queens English % all
ruf 90 pieces. without mercy. lruutlL Wis. md
,i1twisc and Gro swi,c III fhc uumhcr 81 III.
Visions arc upwards Of two Thousand "Enrh
one of these" says Prof NJ, # have named
AMI defined" some are larger sumo smallcr-
some consist ofmo lcncr some uf q tall page.
(Scc" Course of Reading up. 2ii, 2l5, 2sl)
This syHirn of dissection AMI the uumrnrla-
rvnTTvrrf rruTTT INT ITrrd
49, The author himself uiipuUmcs puzzles
over hIs own .lippcy Distinction and doubt.
q u. IA.
shall sgt down scores oi liU, rrl,rl phrases.
Fora iidl blown example Of the system and
application, open thc Bible n random aud
r.-,d, "N..a aud ,v shalt iud umu my
dear Doctor, what kind Of q sentence g. thia =
This j. Compound, Absolute, Declaration,
single Compact Sentence Of the ad Form
aud al Variety T" Do not laugh, reader at
serious thing, every word Of This ~ accord
ing 90 the book once more 9lhr Grst e.
motions which dIlcd my brcn.t vcrr those of
mingled pity and ycncritiou, but ola how
soon were All my i,cliugs changed" What
Mind ola sentence b. this, DpHnr} 1T g. %
Ncm.EVglim1toy, with the drrlamtiyc pur-
ton, compound close, aud tho cNcpmator,
simple Indefinite inicrrugati,o explanatory,
preceded lN "a spontaneous exclamation -,
(Lpurnu ct Reading page 'D Well what
uiitf How can all tlii. aid the youth IN gis-
swvr Every sentence ia the language hciug
thus named aud defined ana ,yey .rfI,Hc,
Nr'Ug ~ ufrp d,i,r0rH therefore, when the
structure b. learned, the delivery rs learned
Uict.r to Course Of Rr1hing') One more
question, DR. Each sentence has and always
did have II. own proper delivery. ~ be sure,
hut how are see going 90 learn what IL T. hl-
luur jan son? II Hr deliver one sentence
rightly Won do we'll 20 dir'ci us to deliver an
similar ones after tia Same f,-hiun and YOU
du .till h'itrr iu helping us lnd ont wl,atur,
sIW"Ir DUfs; hut not a word have you Ia snN
about that Uy4 proper ds|ir.r. thc yer,
ground work, avyou yourself acknowledge.
ct all good reading very point towards
which tho efforts OF all successful teachers of
the art have horu constantly directed 50
much for thv Learning aud Lingo, thu,o f,a-
turr. of the work which tend Ia catch the
would lee wise ones 10y the imposing array of
trr1UE ttFU riTzrTpg- fTy'V TITTT TTI1T * Unjust.
ing nomenclature aud the perfectly a,tound.
ing multitude of grammatical aud rhetorical
distinctions.
Now for the vulrurity uud uonCnsc. Tho
true reason Of thcir having bccu introduced
into the books wW TO make them popular, a.
appear. from the fact that those pieces have
been aud are still 10 be- east out Ia which
purchasers object though they are the very
best pieces in the series according 10 the OK
prcsv5di Tdrf0Ed1c Ut Tie dUjT0r hut What il
his rdi'oaaic This To prevent scholars
from becoming drawing monotonous readers.
and 10 make thom animated and natural ones
thoy must have for reading exercises spoci-
mcps of UuhU0L m hand delivery; and then
hc Immediately concludes that nearly all such
specimens are 20 be- found in street Dialogue,
between sailors and lrishmcn. foolish stories
about eats and baboons, ia the ouaTcls of
srolds and tcrmagants,in initiating the sounds
Of bcasts-cycn the bray of the Ass-and in
the witilcisms aud profanity of clowns and
loaicrG where such terms as YOU lie. Won
fool you dog, YOU puppy, you doit, YOU mig
GER you humpRck, YOU don't know beans
from hroomstick, base urchin, lust like YOU.
mwdrnt Villain, old crab, Dick, Jake. Jim.
Sal, Sukc, Bet, Sc. &c. are banded nbout
rs freely and with rs little ceremony as halls
IN the play ground" The series contains more
than hundred pages, almost cvory Line of
winch must cause a modest teacher or schol-
ar TO blush while going over II for the first
lmo, but even the thought ofrepediing il must
ieken and dishcartcn him. But suppose by
such selections you do gain the scholars IN
rrcSt and attention ON what principle is il ?
Lone On The dangerous and dcvilish one
If putting mudcsty aud dcccncy out of
'ouutenance-ot seeing how noar.vou can
'umc to profanity and not he guilty of it. I
n short ID The principle of making a clown
If yourself tor the fun oft
Let rs call attention 10 a few facts by WAY
II summing up and have done.
fhr common system OF punctuation T
$ east ont and new one put in Its stead bv /
means otthc Hobby.
2nd, The common principles of Reading
ire not taught except 10y means of the silly .
notion of"sontcntial structure"
81. The I'd Reader lior small clGldron>
S occupied exclusively up to the 7Sd moo
With an amphfblous caicchsm ON English
Grammar.
4th. The first 80 pages of the Sd Render
re taken up with horrible criticisms and rcf.
rcnccs to the Course of Reading" and Ora
Dry The remainder Of IL il devoted chief
y to extracts from Joke Books and third rate
cwspapCrS..
9th. The 18th Reader is no more nor less
han the continuation of the 3D., with a conGi-
ION OF repctitons and definitions to be do6n-
d, altogether, 10 the amount ofabout 40 ma
cs. <
In this volume there Is not ono syllable in
I,4g.Y "a, n, I'll ]