TAYLOR SCHOOL READERS SECOND READER BY FRANCES LILIAN TAYLOR THE WERNER PRIMER," "TAYLOR'S FIRST READER," ETC. Educ T759.02.825 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF GINN & COMPANY MARCH 17, 1927 COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY WERNER SCHOOL BOOK COMPANY. E-P 2 PREFACE. General Aim. In this book, as in the First Reader of the series, the chief purpose is to furnish pure, elevating literature, embodying the interests of child life. Books and Authors. The delightful poems of child life by Eugene Field and Robert Louis Stevenson, together with one of Hans Andersen's matchless stories, open the way to the child's world of literature. Anecdotes of especial interest to children of the second reader grade have been selected from the lives of these favorite authors of childhood. Patriotic Features. Stories of Pilgrim children introduce the child of to-day to the early history of our country. Lessons from the boyhood of our two greatest men serve to increase the interest already awakened by the historical stories of the First Reader. Nature Study and Special Days. This book contains a variety of subjects from which the teacher may select for particular needs as they arise from time to time. In it there are many choice selections from literature which correlate with nature study. The book abounds in stories and poems appropriate to the "Special Days" we celebrate. Reviews and New Words. The vocabulary of the first part of the Second Reader is largely a review of the words used in the First Reader. Throughout the entire book words and idioms which are especially hard for children of this grade have been carefully avoided. All the more difficult new |