The reading matter in the first section of the book is arranged
inincreasing order of difficulty, but after the first few stories
havebeen covered the selections may be read in any order. Many
will be foundsuitable for sight reading, especially the
informational articles onSpanish-American countries.
Finally, it is hoped that in the use of this reader and its
exercises,together with its section of classroom expressions and
grammaticalnomenclature in Spanish, the "read and translate"
method may berelegated to at least second—may we hope to
third?—place in the listof the many possible ways of covering a
reading lesson in Spanish.
To our colleague Mr. Modesto Solé y Andreu, we are
especially indebtedfor reading the book in manuscript and for
helpful suggestions givenfrom time to time in the preparation
thereof. Needless to say, he is inno sense responsible for its
shortcomings.
