Excerpt from The Advanced Third Reader This book, therefore, gives opportunities for constant drill in language-lessons, and in simple compositions. But, teachers should avoid using the word composition before young pupils. It is a bugbear, - a stumbling block in the way of many a child's progress. It is much better to lead children so gradually into the expression of thei1 own thoughts that they are unconscious of difficulties. Each lesson in the Third Reader should be regarded as a writing, as well as a reading-lesson; and teachers should get a fourfold drill from each story. For instance Tu the first lesson, The Cat, the teacher should begin by thoroughly interesting her class in the subject. Have. 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.