Excerpt from The New McGuffey Second Reader Lessons inculcating worthy ideas in regard to right thinking and right living form a considerable portion of the contents of this book. Stories relating to common objects and phenomena of nature are so presented as to encourage habits of observation and inquiry. Selec tions from the most popular writers for young people are given, and the pupils are introduced to a few of the best and most enduring productions in modern literature. The transition from the preceding book is without any break or unexpected difficulty; and care has been taken throughout the vol ume to make the pupil's progress evenly gradual. Only a few new words are used in each selection, and all such as would present the slightest difficulty to the learner are given in an appropriate word list at the head of the lesson. These the pupils should learn to recognize by sight, as well as to spell and pronounce by the aid of the diacritical marks that accompany them. 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.