accustoms the children to speak with ease, grace and elegance."
("Elements of Practical Pedagogy.")

BIOGRAPHIES.--Young children enjoy literature for its own sake, and take
little interest in the personality of the writer; but as they grow
older, pleasure in the work of an author arouses an interest in the
writer himself. Brief biographical sketches are given at the close of
the volume as helps in the study of the authors from whom selections are
drawn, and to induce the pupils to read further.


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SUGGESTIONS


WORD STUDY.--The pupil should know how to spell and pronounce correctly
all the words of the selection he is preparing to read. He should know
their ordinary meanings and the special meanings they may have in the
text. He should be able to write them correctly from dictation and to
use them in sentences of his own. He should examine if they are
primitive, derivative, or compound; he should be able to name the
prefixes and suffixes and show how the meanings of the original words