The record-union., 1895-03-21
thing for commission as the book is so

thing for commission as the book is so
completely unit. RUTH CAMPBELL.
SAN Francisco, March 8, 1895.
l think the new Third Reader is an ad-
mirable textbook. The matter is such
that in learning to read the child must
acquire a taste for what is good. We
cannot over-estimate q textbook con-
tanning such wsll-selected reading matter
in the cultivation of taste and imagina-
ton. JENNIE SMITH, Principal.
BROADWAY GRAMMAR SCHOOL,
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, 1894.
/ have enjoyed seeing the sample copy
of the new Fourth Reader very much.
There may be better book, but l have
meyer seen one, and | can't think what it
could be. The preface is ideal The
table of contents filled me with delight.
This is not "gush," but the expression
of my pleasure in seeing such simple,
beautiful English from such a reach of
writers so brought into the range of
the average child. The plan of presenta-
ton is admirable.
RUTH G. CAMPBELL.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4, 1894.
The children who have the good fortune
to use the new Fourth Reader will not
leave school without knowing some of
the best books and authors. They will
not leave school without having had their
Imagination SO awakened and directed as
to secure an interest in future reading,
which will open for them broad field of
culture. JENNIE SMITH, Principal.
SAN Francisco, May 7, 1894.
L have made a detailed examination of
your Fourth Reader, and am pleased
with its spirit and method. What
you here give them seems to be selected
for beauty, simplicity and character
building. The narrative parts are crystal
IN thelr clearness-the well OF English
undenIed." JOHN Z. WICKES,
EX-Superintendent Nevada County.
SACRAMENTO GRAMMAR SCHOOL,
SACRAMENTO, May Is, 1894 !
AS l have already told you, l like The
new Fourth Reader very much. The
plan is good ana the pupils will enjoy
what is placed before them here. The
suggestions in regard to supplementary
reading seem to me excellent. The
teachers to whom l have shown the book
think we'll OF IL, and we shall be glad
when it is ready for use.
ANNIE Z. WEEKS now Principal]
SACRAMENTO, May u, 1884.
l have read the Fourth Reader through,
and am more than delighted with it, |
expected it to be good, but it more than
exceeds my expectations.
FIRNA WooDs.
SAN FRANCISCO, June I9, 1894.
L am very much pleased with the
Fourth Reader. | consider the selections
excellent and the articulation and bio
graphies valuable.
Mrs. c. r. PECHIN,
Principal Cooper School.
SANTA Rosa, June 10, 1894.
l return the proof copy of the Fourth
Reader. ! believe it is the textbook
most suitable to meet the growing de-
mands OF education that have ever seen.
+. l.. BURK,
Superintendent of City Schools.
STOCKTON, Cal.
The Fourth Reader has many good
points. The notes oD authors and the frag-
ments to be memorized are excellent
The neurological stories can be made the
basis for good work. We are glad to see
so many selections from standard au-
thors, and SO few OF the old-styIe reader
selections. The book is an agreeable
change from what we have had. Mr..
Barr, our City Superintendent, expresses
himself as very much pleased with the
book. CLOTILDE GRUNsKY.
San JOSE, Cal.
l have made a critical examination OF
the new Fourth Reader sent me. l think
it well adapted, in the hands of a teacher
painstaklng in carrying out its plan, to
awaken a desire in children for further
knowledge of subjects and authors.
HELEN ;. WRIGHT,
Teacher of English in State Normal
School.
Los ANGELES, May %, 1894.
I think the new Fourth Reader un-
commonly good, with more of literary
purpose than any l have ever happened
to see. l think, in the hands of a teacher
with enthusiasm for literature and his
tory, it will be OF the greatest value.
ALICE Z. MERRITT,
Normal School
COLUsA, Decem Der I3, 1895.
The readers are giving universal satis-
faction, and are praised by all who use
them. II. l.. WILSON,
County Superintendent.