ANALYTICAL

FIFTH READER:

CONTAINING

AN INTRODUCTORY ARTICLE ON THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES
OF ELOCUTION; WITH A THOROUGH METHOD OF ANALYSIS,
INTENDED TO DEVELOP THE PUPIL'S APPRECIATION
OF THE THOUGHT AND EMOTION ; A CRITICAL

PHONIC ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH WORDS :

AND A LARGE NUMBER OF

NEW AND VALUABLE SELECTIONS FOR EXERCISES

IN READING AND ELOCUTION :

GUPPLEMENTED BY NUMEROUB

HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHICAL, AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.

BY RICHARD EDWARDS, LL.D.,

PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY.

DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF CLASSES IN COMMON SCHOOLS.

NEW YORK:
TAINTOR BROTHERS, MERRILL & CO.

CHICAGO: GEO. SHERWOOD & Co.