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Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform: chiefly from the Edinburgh Review; corrected, vindicated, enlarged, in notes and appendices. By Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, Bart. With an Introductory Essay by Robert Turnbull, D.D. New York: Harper & Brothers.-A royal octavo of 754 pages, containing some of the ablest discussions and the finest criticisms to be found in the language. No one who wishes to be deemed acquainted with English or Scottish Philosophy should remain unacquainted with the writings of Sir William Hamilton, the prince of modern Scottish Metaphysicians; and all who teach Mental Philosophy in High Schools, Seminaries or Colleges, with his luminous thoughts and accurate discriminations. The Publishers deserve well for having issued in so good a form and furnished for $1.50 a work which could not be had previously for less than $5.

Poems by DAVID BATES. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston.-A neat duodecimo of 210 pages, containing nearly fifty brief poems on various subjects.

PERIODICALS. The Teachers' Voice and Vermont Monthly Magazine, 32 pages octavo: $1 per year.-This was commenced in October last, (though only the November number has been received.) It is edited by Z. K. PANGBURN, and published at St. Albans, Vt. We hope it will be well sustained and be the means of great good to the schools and the cause of Education in Vermont.

The New Illustrated Hydropathic Quarterly Review, devoted to Medical reform: embracing articles by the best writers on Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Sur'gery, Therapeutics, etc. Each number will contain 140 pages or more: Terms, $2 a year in advance; Published by Fowlers and Wells, New York.

The American Phrenological Journal commences its nineteenth volume with the year. Terms, $1 per year. New York: Fowlers and Wells, Publishers.

The Ohio Cultivator, edited by Messrs. BATEHAM and HARRIS, is published semi-monthly in Columbus, at $1; 4 copies, $3; 9 copies, $6. The tenth volume commences this month. We regard this standard work as an auxiliary in the cause of Education.

The Prairie Farmer is published monthly at $1 per year. We believe this sterling work has always had an Educational department. The 14th volume commences with this year: address J. S. Wright and J. A. Wight, Chicago, Ill. SCHOOL BOOKS.-Youth's Manual of Geography, combined with History and Astronomy: designed for the junior and intermediate classes in public and private schools; 170 pages octavo. By JAMES MONTEITH, Public School, No. 18, New York. Published by A. S. Barnes & Co., N.Y.: H. W. Derby & Co., Cincin'ti. The Normal Reader, No. 5. By J. RUSSELL WEBB. New York: Lamport, Blakeman and Law.

Elements of the Art of Rhetoric: adapted for use in Colleges and Academies, and for private study. By HENRY N. DAY, Professor of Rhetoric in Western Reserve College; second edition. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co.; Cincinnati: H, W. Derby & Co.

The Analytic and Synthetic English Grammar, in which the subject is discussed by Parts of Speech and by Structures: in three parts. By EDWARD HAZEN, A. M. New York: F. J. Huntington: Mason & Brothers, 1854.

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Rev. JOHN R. DOWNER, A. M., of Allegheny City, Pa., formerly of Zanesville, has been chosen Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, in the Dennison University, at Granville, Ohio.

Rev. WM. A. BALDWIN, of Peru, Ill., wishes to sell an Academy building located in that place: it is capable of accommodating 150 students or more. The Institution has already a fair patronage, and is surrounded by a large population.

WHILE we are always willing to supply numbers which by any means have failed to reach subscribers, it is not fair for those to ask it who have changed their residence and allowed three, four or more numbers to be sent, before requesting their direction changed. The proper course in such cases is to write to the Post Master, pay the postage on the papers and request him to forward them. Every number is worth to us at least ten cents and often more, as its loss may break a volume.

Persons who forward money for the Journal, should mention explicitly whether it is in payment for the past volume, (Vol. II., for 1853,) or for Volume III., for 1854: the name of the Post Office should also be carefully written, and, if it is not a prominent town or city, the county should be specified.

Those who wish the direction of the Journal changed will confer a great favor by naming, in all cases, the Post Office and County to which it has been sent, as well as the place to which it is to be directed.

All Communications, and Books to be noticed or reviewed, should be directed to the Resident Editor, Dr. A. D. LORD, Columbus, Ohio.

Copies of the New School Law will be forwarded by mail prepaid: Single copies for 4 cents, 25 copies for $1.

The September number, containing the Opinions of the Secretary of State on the School Law, will be sent by mail prepaid for 10 cents.

THIRD VOLUME OF THE OHIO JOURNAL OF EDUCATION. The Executive Committee take pleasure in announcing that the third volume of the Journal will commence with January, and be issued regularly during the coming year. The success of our enterprise thus far is gratifying in the extreme. The two volumes of more than 400 pages each, already published, are a contribution to the educational literature of the country of which the Teachers of no State need be ashamed.

Grateful for the success of the past, for the generous confidence and the patronage extended to the Journal, the Committee feel bound to spare no effort which will render the coming volume worthy of a support far more liberal than either of the preceding has received. Will not every Teacher and every friend of Education aid in extending its circulation?

Terms, $1 per copy. The first and second volumes, neatly bound, can be had for $1 25 each: the two volumes, bound in one, for $2 40. If ordered by mail, 25 cents in stamps must be included for the payment of cach volume. All orders should be addressed, Journal of Education, Columbus, O.

THE

Ohio Journal of Education.

COLUMBUS, FEBRUARY, 1854.

Ohio State Teachers' Association.

HE Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association was held in the city of Columbus, on the 28th and 29th of December, 1853. The Association met in the City Hall; was called to order by the President, Prof. Joseph Ray, of Cincinnati; and the session opened with prayer by Prof. F. Merrick, of the Ohio Wesleyan University. On motion of Mr. J. Hurty, Mr. John Hancock, of Cincinnati, was appointed Secretary pro tem., and Messrs. M. D. Parker, of Cincinnati, H. D. Lathrop, of Knox county, L. E. W. Warner, of Ross, J. B. Hough, of Warren, and Charles Rogers, of Montgomery, assistant Secretaries.

Besides a number of ladies, the following gentlemen became members, and paid the fee of one dollar :

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S. E. Adams,

I. M. Allen,

B. P. Ayres,

T. B. Galloway,

E. J. McLeland,

A. J. Beall,

J. D. Millard,

J. K. Mower,

W. P. Gibson,

Chas. H. Bingham, James Goldrick,

J. G. Blair,

Benj. Bowman,

Jehu Brainard,
J. R. Burgett,
J. A. Conolly,
M. V. B. DeGood,

John H. Doan,

C.F. Dutton,

E. C. Ellis,

C. Grant,

John C. Groom,

J. F. Hill,
A. G. Hopkinson,
J. B. Irwin,
S. R. Jenkins,
A. T. Johnson,
J. H. Laird,

D. F. Ladley,

I. G. Fairbanks,

I. Newton Lee,

J. C. Felton,

J. W. Longbon,

C. C. Neibling,

Benj. Newell,
Thos. B. Page,
John A. Parrott,
E. Pease,

Wm. R. Powers,
A. S. Reynolds,
L. L. Rice,

J. F. Ridgway,

L. S. Steele,

Thos. M. Stevenson,
John D. Stine,
H. R. Taylor,

Wm. F. Templeton,
E. Thomson, D.D.,
Henry H. Thorp,
Thos. J. Tone,
P. A. Upp,
J. H. Waterman,
Alphonzo Wood,
Thomas Wright.

At eleven o'clock, Rev. Dr. Thomson, President of the Ohio Wes

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leyan University, delivered the opening address. His subject was, "The moral influence exerted by Teachers."

The thanks of the Association were tendered to Dr. Thomson for his address, and a copy solicited for publication.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

Mr. S. N. Sanford presented the report of the committee appointed by resolution at the last semi-annual meeting of the Association, for the purpose of promoting concerted study, observation, and original investigation in practical science.

In accordance with the suggestions of the report, Messrs. Merrick, Campbell and Jenkins, were added to the committee.

The report being open for discussion, Mr. J. W. Taylor, of Sandusky, took the floor, and spoke in flattering terms of the report and its objects; yet, while acknowledging the importance of these, he would add another subject, which he regarded as of equal importance: the early history of our State. He urged upon the Association the importance of securing the incidents of that history, ere its living witnesses have gone down to the grave.

Prof. Brainard, of Cleveland, favored the report, and desired to see teachers earnestly engaged in preserving a record of the fleeting phenomena of nature.

The President deemed it necessary to make an explanation in reply to some observations made by Mr. Taylor on the Historical Society of Cincinnati. Instead of the Society being dead, he represented it as being in a very flourishing condition, and actively engaged in procuring and preserving rare and valuable historical works.

Mr. Cowdery suggested, that it would be desirable that a scientific department be organized in connection with the Association, and that, at each meeting, a scientific address be delivered by some competent

person.

After remarks from Messrs. Grenier, Matthews, Henkle, and Sanford, the subject was postponed.

Mr. Andrews moved that Mr. Taylor, of Sandusky, be requested to deliver an address, at the next semi-annual meeting, on the History of Ohio. Motion unanimously adopted.

Mr. Andrews, from the Executive Committee, read the Annual Report on the condition of the Ohio Journal of Education; gave a brief history of the work done during the year; and offered some suggestions

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as to the course to be pursued in future by the Association. Report received.

On motion of Mr. J. Lynch, a committee of five was appointed to nominate officers, to serve the ensuing year. Messrs. Lynch, Zachos, Sloan, Smith, and Cowdery were appointed the committee.

EVENING SESSION.

The Association convened in the Universalist Church, to listen to the Annual Address by the Hon. Horace Mann. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Gaylord.

The speaker then addressed the Association, nearly two hours, on the Motives of the Teacher.

SESSION OF THURSDAY MORNING.

The Association met at 9 o'clock, and was called to order by the President.

Mr. Hancock, of Cincinnati, read a report on the Position and Duties of Teachers; touching, incidentally, upon the subject of school discipline. The report was received.

Mr. Cowdery, from the Financial Committee, made a partial report. He stated that the sum of four hundred and seventy-five dollars was yet due Mr. Andrews, the agent of the Association. He urged that this sum should be paid before the close of the session.

The following resolution was offered by Mr. McCarty, of Belmont : Resolved, That in the opinion of this Association, the interests of Education would be much enhanced in this State, if the Legislature were to make some provision for uniting townships and incorporated villages, for the purpose of organizing Union and Central High Schools.

After remarks by the mover, and explanations, by Mr. Barney, of the law as it now stands, the resolution was withdrawn.

On motion of Prof. Brainard, a committee of three was appointed to report, at the next session, upon the propriety of introducing Drawing, as a study, into our public schools. Messrs. Brainard, Allen, and J. K. Parker, were appointed the committee.

Mr. Fenton offered a resolution, that a committee of three be appointed, to report, at the next semi-annual meeting, upon the propriety of establishing a library of school books in the city of Columbus. After remarks by the mover and Mr. Lynch, on motion of the latter gentleman, the resolution was laid on the table.

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