Easy Reading Selections In English

A collection of adapted and simplified classic short stories. Authors such as Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, and O. Henry are included. FOREWORD This book will provide easy reading selections for students on the intermediate level of learning English. The selections are simplified versions of well-known stories by classic authors, and should offer no difficulty to those who have completed the elementary phases in the study of English. The book can be used in the second six months of study, or as a general reader in the second year course, depending, naturally, on the degree of advancement of the student or class. For students not sufficiently advanced, the following texts by the author are recommended as preparation for this book: "Beginning Lessons in English," and "Exercises in English Conversation." The text entitled "Graded Exercises in English" may also be used as a general grammar supplement to this book. In any case, the stories here presented should not be attempted until the student is adequately prepared. Otherwise, studying the text becomes a tedious exercise in translation, rather than the pleasure that is experienced in reading what is readily understood. Exercise