Excerpt from Pollard's Synthetic the Third Reader The publication of a Synthetic Third Reader became a necessity. It is the outgrowth of the increasing popularity of the Method. Primary teachers begin to realize that it is a ibis: take to burden the child with the memorizing of individual words when classifications can be arranged and profitable busy work provided for the restless fingers; when, in this pleasing manner, a thorough knowledge of the language may be attained. The design of this book is to carry on the Synthetic work begun in the lower grades. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.