THE FRANKLIN INTERMEDIATE READER FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS BY GEORGE S. HILLARD WITH NEW AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BOSTON BREWER AND TILESTON Lille T 158,75-437 ARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE GIFT OF CHARLES HERBERT THURBF l1 27 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, BY GEORGE S. HILLARD, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co., CAMBRIDGE. PREFACE. THE FRANKLIN INTERMEDIATE READER has been prepared for use in classes which may require a readingbook of a slightly more advanced grade than the Franklin Fourth, yet not quite so advanced as the Franklin Fifth. While for District Schools in small towns this Reader may be regarded as superfluous, in large towns and cities, where the pupils are divided into more numerous classes, such a work as the present is frequently called for, and is to a certain extent a necessity. It is adapted to pupils of from nine or ten to thirteen years of age, and is to take the place of the Intermediate Reader of the former series. The compiler is indebted to SAMUEL W. MASON, ESQ., Master of the Eliot School, Boston, for the valuable and original lessons in vocal culture, as well as for important aid in the preparation of the introductory exercises. The selections are largely new, only a few of the most approved pieces having been retained because of their intrinsic merit and permanent interest. Many of the selections are either entirely original and expressly written for this Reader, or have been adapted for its pages, and are protected by its copyright. G. S. HILLARD. BOSTON, July 1, 1874. |