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THE

STANDARD

FOURTH READER

FOE

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS;

CONTAINING

A THOROUGH COURSE OF PRELIMINARY EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION,
PRONUNCIATION, ACCENT, &c.; NUMEROUS EXERCISES IN
READING; A NEW SYSTEM OF REFERENCES;

AND

A COPIOUS EXPLANATORY INDEX.

BY

EPES SARGENT,

AUTHOR OF "THE STANDARD SPEAKER," ""THE FIRST-CLASS STANDARD READER," ETC.