New and Revised Edition . '^V £ " 'fe Wm ‘' ^ How to read more. How to read better in less time! Norman Lewis •' This famous book, used by the U. S. Air Force, Marine Corps, and more than 100 leading universities and col¬ leges, can show you: how to get more out of how to build your reading books, magazines and news- vocabulary papers how to increase your pow¬ how to retain more of what ers of concentration you read how to knife through masses how to glance at a page and of reading matter quickly absorb the main ideas and efficiently how to complete a light how to double—or even novel in a single sitting triple—your reading speed Norman Lewis New and Revised Edition Over 500,000 people have benefited from this book. It has been used in col¬ leges and universities, adopted by the armed forces and shipped to all parts of the world. This remarkably effective program has been used widely to im¬ prove reading speed and comprehen¬ sion. And this new edition, which reflects the very latest in the art of read¬ ing instruction, is certain to help many more. Norman Lewis, one of the leaders in the field of reading improvement, founded and for eight years supervised the famous Adult Reading Laboratory in the School of General Studies of the City College of New York. Examine his text and you will see how the direct, informal and appealing style and the ingenious use of high-interest, low-dif¬ ficulty readings have made this book a classic. Now in a new, large format, the reading selections vary widely, are up- to-date, and include newspaper and spe¬ cial-interest magazine articles among the reading selections. All of the selec¬ tions are supplemented with batteries of proven exercises. (continued on back flap) Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/howtoreadbetterfOOOOIewi ©tfeo3 UB@®feg GteKrasm IL@mo§ Word Power Made Easy, revised edition The New Roget’s Thesaurus in Dictionary Form, revised edition R.S. V.P. for College English Power, Book II R.S. V.P. for College English Power, Book I Instant Spelling Power for College Students See, Say and Write! Books I and II R.S. V.P.—Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Books I, II, III Thirty Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary (with Wilfred Funk), revised edition The Modern Thesaurus of Synonyms The New Power with Words How to Become a Better Reader New Guide to Word Power Dictionary of Modern Pronunciation Correct Spelling Made Easy Dictionary of Correct Spelling Better English Twenty Days to Better Spelling How to Get More Out of Your Reading The Rapid Vocabulary Builder How to Speak Better English Fourth Edition Rio Hondo College Thomas Y. Crowell, Publishers Established 1834 New York How To Read Better and Faster, Fourth Edition Copyright ©1978 by Norman Lewis All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address T. Y. Crowell, Publishers 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Lewis, Norman, 1912- How to read better and faster. 1. Reading. I. Title. LB 1050.5.L4 1978 428'.4'3 78-19141 ISBN 0-690-01528-3