Excerpt from The Revised Insular Third Reader Considerable attention is given to industries and nature study. Nearly all the more common plants and animals are either described in special lessons or given prominent parts in the folk-tales. Observation is encouraged, and kindness to animals is emphasized in many ways. In this book the pupil 18 required to apply his knowledge of phonics, acquired In the study Of the preceding Readers of this Series. By referring to the Word List for the definition of new words, he 18 introduced to the use of the dictionary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.