Excerpt from The Fifth 'Standard' Reading and Home Lesson Book: Containing Readings in Poetry, History, and Natural Science; With Lessons in English Literature, the Metric System, Arithmetic and Drawing; Adapted to Meet the Requirements of the New Code for Standard V The first part 0? The book consists of a choice selection of poetry from standard authors, carefully graduated; while the latter part embraces a thorough course of readings in English History, for which the Editor is greatly indebted to Mr. Wallace, Teacher of the English Language at Utrecht (holland) who has written the greater portion expressly for this work, so as to be suitable for children in the Fifth Standard. The study of History, in many schools, forms no part of the curriculum, and this no doubt arises from the want of a chea and at the same time an interesting book, from which the chi dren may cull something more than the mere dry details of battles and dates. For a child to know that the battle of Hastings was fought in 1066, is very well in its place; but the mere cramming of dates and facts does not teach History; nor is such a study pleasant to the mind Of a child. 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.