Produced by Al Haines
READING MADE EASY FOR FOREIGNERS
Third Reader
BY
JOHN L. HÜLSHOF
TEACHER OF MODERN LANGUAGES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF NEW YORK CITY
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE
31-33-35 West 15th Street, New York City
COPYRIGHT, 1909,
BY
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE
PREFACE
This Reader is intended more particularly for pupils in Class A of thepublic evening schools.
The pupils of this class may be considered as having passed thetransition stage of which mention was made in the Second Reader, and ashaving entered upon the last stage in acquiring the English language.
They have not only acquired a considerable vocabulary, but have now apractical mastery of our vernacular. They use English in theirconversation; in short, they have acquired the power of expressingtheir feelings and thoughts in the English language. Notwithstandingall this, they are conscious of the fact that their language is lessidiomatic than that of the native born, and their power over thewritten expression is wofully weak.
To remedy these defects, they flock to the evening schools. They havedecided to make this country their permanent home, and they are deeplyinterested in everything appertaining to our government, ourinstitutions, our literature, in fact our civilization.
A glance at the contents of this reader will convince the experiencedteacher that the reading material is many-sided enough to satisfy thedemands of both teacher and pupils.
That this series of readers may become a powerful incentive inimplanting right ideals of social conduct, and lay the foundation oftrue American citizenship, is the heartfelt wish of