not only be valuable to the student, but will, as experience has shown, arouse his interest, and this cannot but quicken his progress in the mastery of the language itself. The selections of this Reader all deal with Latin-American subjects, and are supplemented by footnotes containing fundamental information about Latin America. These footnotes have been put into very easy Spanish and included in the vocabulary, notes, and exercises. They should be included in the assignments for translation. Several unimportant modifications of the original texts have been made, in order to meet the exigencies of an elementary reader. The editor is indebted to Professor M. A. DeVitis, of the Main High School, Dallas, Texas, for the selection of the articles and stories of this Reader, as well as for assistance in many other respects. For many valuable suggestions the editor is indebted to Professor H. R. Lang and Professor A. H. Corley of Yale College, to Mr. E. W. Supple of the Sheffield Scientific School, and to Mr. Garibaldi Laguardia of the United States Naval Academy. F. B. L. |