IN preparing this book, the author has borne in mind Shakespeare's words, No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'eu. If the pupil finds no pleasure in his text-book, he will get no profit from it. In every section, therefore, the effort has been made to interest and attract the pupil by meeting him on his own level, by recognizing his own individ uality, and by calling into play the powers of expression with which every normal child is endowed by nature.