Barnes' New National Readers

NEW NATIONAL FOURTH READER

by

CHARLES J. BARNES and J. MARSHALL HAWKES

1884







[Illustration: Destruction of Pompeii by Vesuvius.]





PREFACE


It is thought that the following special features of this book will
commend themselves to Teachers and School Officers.

_The reading matter of the book is more of a descriptive than
conversational style_, as it is presumed that the pupil, after having