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The AMERICAN FIRST CLASS BOOK, or Exercises in Reading and Recitations, selected principally from Modern Authors of Great Britain and America, and designed for the use of the highest Class in public and private Schools. By JOHN PIERPONT, Minister of Hollis street Church, Boston. Author of Airs of Palestine, &c. Price $1,00.

Extract from the Preface.

This Book has been compiled with a special reference to the Public Reading and Grammar Schools of this City. It is the result of an attempt to supply the want, which has long been a subject of complaint among those whom the citizens of Boston have charged with the general superintendence of their public schools, as well as with those who are appointed to the immediate instruction of them; of a Book of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, better adapted than any English compilation that has yet appeared, to the state of society as it is in this country, and less obnoxious, to complaint, on the ground of its national or political character, than it is reasonable to expect that any English compilation would be, among a people whose manners, opinions, literary institutions, and civil government, are so strictly republican as our own.

Extract from the Records of the School Committee, Boston. At a meeting of the School Committee, held July 18, 1823, it was ordered, that the American First Class Book be hereafter used in the public reading schools instead of Scott's Lessons.

The "American First Class Book" which has been favourably known to the public for several years, was intended, as its name imports, for the most advanced classes of the highest Schools, in which reading forms a part of the course of instruction. The extensive and increasing circulation, which that valuable selection has received and is receiving, and the success with which the use of it has been

attended, are sufficient indications that such a book was needed, and that the Author has made a judicious selection and arrangement of exercises.-American Journal of Education.

The AMERICAN SPEAKER, or Exercises in Rhetorick, being a new and copious selection of Speeches, Dialogues, and Poetry, from the best American and English sources, suitable for Recitation. Price $1,25.

The obvious want of interesting and modern extracts for the use of schools in which Rhetorick is taught, has produced the present compilation. Although several old and approved pieces are retained, it may be said with truth that this is a new selection, embodying the best of what has heretofore been published and much which has never before appeared in any school book. The friends of eloquence will be gratified to possess so many brilliant extracts in so small a compass, and the American patriot will be glad of an opportunity to compare the eloquence of his countrymen with that of the mother country.-Preface.

This Compilation, of which Mr. Fowle is only the editor, contains a better selection of modern pieces, and particularly dialogues than any similar book extant. The American Journal of Education, whose editor is a distinguished Rhetorician, says, "The American Speaker is a book which we are glad to see; it adds much that is new and interesting to the previous stock, and all the pieces possess that vivacity of character, which is a great point in producing animated delivery-the very soul of good speaking."

EASY LESSONS in GEOGRAPHY and HISTORY, by Question and Answer, designed for the use of the younger classes in the New England Schools. Second edition, revised and improved; to which are prefixed, The ELEMENTS OF LINEAR DRAWING. BY JOSEPH ALLEN, Minister of Northborough, Mass. Price 123 cents.

This is one of the happiest attempts for the improvement of primary education that has fallen under our notice. The arrangement of the materials is exceedingly judicious; being managed so as to lead the young mind gradually through a natural and easy and interesting succession of thought in which the elements of Geography and national history are very finely combined. No mechanical process of memory is employed; all is rendered intelligible and familiar, and at the same time equally instructive and pleasing. Primary education has been very deficient hitherto in aids such as this. We would earnestly entreat the attention of School Committees to this practical and useful work. Vastly more may be done with young children, than merely teaching them to spell and read: and books such as this, in the hands of attentive teachers, might be rendered as much a matter of recreation as of study; whilst a large portion of time now mispent would be redeemed for the invaluable purposes of early improvement.-Journal of Education, Vol. II. No. 7. GREEK GRAMMAR, for the use of Schools, from the German of PHILIP BUTTMANN, edited by EDWARD EVERETT. Second edition. Price $2,00.

The deficiency of the Greek Grammars in use in this country, has been generally felt and loudly complained of. Under these circumstances the translator (Prof. E. EVERETT) was led to prepare a translation of the most approved of the Greek Grammars in use in Germany. It is well known that the Germans have paid a greater attention to philological pursuits than any other people. As a philosophical and practical grammarian, Prof. BUTTMANN, of the University of Berlin, is allowed by his countrymen to hold the first rank. He published three Greek Grammars, of which the smallest is here presented to the American scholar in a translation. It passed through many editions in Germany in a short time; and the rapid sale of the first edition of the translation, proves that the merits of the work and the value of the author's labors, are well appreciated in this country.

GREEK GRAMMAR, principally abridged from that of BUTTMANN, for the use of Schools. Price 62 cents.

Preface.

The superiority of Buttmann's Greek Grammar over any other is acknowledged; but it appears to many instructers, whose judgment deserves the highest respect, that the work presupposes in those who are to make use of it more maturity of mind, than is to be expected of beginners. A desire has, therefore, been repeatedly expressed, that a small Grammar, in accordance with Buttmann, might be prepared for those entering on the study of the Greek language. Such a grammar is now offered to the practical teacher.

This abridgment is designed to contain only the accidence and first principles of the language. All matter that is not of immediate importance and utility has been rejected; and it has uniformly been endeavoured to unite simplicity in the arrangement with clearness and conciseness in the expressions. In preparing the work, the best school grammars of the Germans and the English have been carefully consulted on every point, and the judgment of the editor in what is retained and what is omitted has been directed by a comparison of the best materials. Particular assistance in these respects has been derived from the smaller grammar of Thiersch.

The practical instructer has here in a small compass all that is essential to be taught in preparing a pupil for any of our colleges.

The FRENCH PHRASE BOOK, or Key to French Conversation. Containing the chief Idioms of the French Language. By M. L'ABBE BossUT. Price 37 cents.

The Editor feels no hesitation in asserting that after students have perfected themselves in the contents, even of this small Tract, they will have no difficulty in reading any French book, as far as depends on the peculiar idiom or construction of the language. By learning these familiar and idiomatic phrases, the young English scholar will acquire the French language and idiom exactly in the same manner as it is acquired by a native-by practice and example and not by rule. Rules are not to be despised; but they are rather adapted to perfect than to initiate.

Cummings' Elementary Works.

An INTRODUCTION to ANCIENT and MODERN GEOGRAPHY, to which are added Rules for Projecting Maps, and the Use of Globes. Accompanied with an Ancient and Modern Atlas. By J. A. CUMMINGS. Tenth edition, revised and improved. Price of Geography, 62 cents. Price of Modern Atlas, 75 cents. Price of Ancient Atlas, 873 cents.

The very liberal patronage which has been given to this work in its original form, has imposed on the proprietors an obligation to improve it as much as possible. It is confidently believed that the public will be satisfied that this obligation has been faithfully fulfilled in the present edition. The work is considerably reduced in size, by excluding such tables and abstract statements as are uninteresting and unimportant in an elementary treatise; but it contains more than the preceding editions of such matter as is useful to children.

In Cummings' Geography Improved, the questions are placed at the end of the several chapters. This is more convenient for the scholar than the former arrangement. Instead of adding a pronouncing vocabulary at the end of the book, most of the difficult names have their true pronunciation given where they occur; this will be found a very valuable improvement, and it is peculiar to this Geography.

A great number of cuts, very neatly engraved, ornament the work, and tend to illustrate the subjects, and render them interesting.

The simplicity of style and interesting manner of description, by which this work is characterized, have enabled it to sustain a high rank, and secured it a very extensive circulation. It is not to be forgotten that the public are indebted to Mr. Cummings for the general system of instruction in this science which now prevails, and which has been found so useful. The editor of the present edition has endeavored to retain the peculiar excellences of the original work; to correct its errors; and to make such improvements as will render it worthy of a still more extensive patronage. A great part of the work has been newly written, and it is interspersed with such instructions to scholars and teachers, as will facilitate the study of it, and render it permanently useful.

The ATLAS for the Improved Edition is newly engraved, contains a chart showing the comparative height of the principal Mountains, and of the comparative length of the principal Rivers in the world, and is intended to be as perfect as a work of the kind can be made.

CUMMINGS' PRONOUNCING SPELLING BOOK. 25 cents.

Price

The extensive sale of this work, and the numerous testimonies of instructers and literary gentlemen, are sufficient proof of the excellence of its plan and execution. Indeed, those who consider the importance of teaching their children the correct

pronunciation of the English language, while they are learning to read it, cannot but highly appreciate the plan of this Spelling Book. How frequently do we find that the errors in pronunciation, into which persons are allowed to fall in their childhood, continue to be repeated through life. It is certainly much easier for a child to acquire a correct pronunciation, than for an adult to reform a bad one.

In using Cummings' Spelling Book it requires but little pains to render the child able to determine the precise sound of every letter, and to make it more natural and easy for him to pronounce the words correctly than incorrectly. A little embarrassment is experienced at first, from the small letters which are used to designate the sounds of the others, but this is readily overcome, and the scholar is then possessed of a system which will enable him to pronounce all the words in his book correctly, and the instructer is saved the labor and frequent interruption which are suffered by the necessity of pronouncing words for the scholar.

In this edition a selection of very interesting reading lessons has been added, making it, it is believed, altogether the best Spelling Book in use.

CUMMINGS' FIRST LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY and Astronomy. Price 25 cents.

It is hardly necessary to say any thing in commendation of a work which is so extensively known, and so generally esteemed.

The public are not, however, sufficiently aware of the ease and advantage with which such simple lessons, in these important sciences, may be learned by small children. The time which is nearly wasted in the study of Grammar, if employed in acquiring the elements of more exact sciences, would give the scholar not only a taste for them, but important information. Geography is so simple a science, that children of six or seven years of age may begin to understand it; and when a few of its elements are acquired, something may also be profitably taught them of the worlds around us.

Cummings' First Lessons is known to be far preferable to any other work in use, for introducing these subjects to the minds of children. The proprietors have taken great pains to render the work correct, and deserving of a still more extensive patronage.

The NEW TESTAMENT of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, with an Introduction giving an account of Jewish and other sects; with Notes illustrating obscure passages, and explaining obsolete words_and phrases; for the use of Schools, Academies, and Private Families. By J. A. CUMMINGS, Author of Ancient and Modern Geography. Second edition, Revised and greatly improved. Stereotype edition. Price 75 cents.

CUMMINGS' QUESTIONS on the New Testament, for Sabbath Exercises in Schools and Academies, with four Maps of the countries through which our Saviour and his Apostles travelled. Price 37 cents.

Colburn's Works.

COLBURN'S FIRST LESSONS, or Intellectual Arithmetic, upon the Inductive Method of Instruction. By WARREN COLBURN. A. M. Stereotype Edition. Price of Book 371⁄2 cents. Price of Plates 12 cents. The merits of this little work are so well known, and so highly appreciated in Boston and its vicinity, that any recommendation of it is unnecessary, except to those parents and teachers in the country, to whom it has not been introduced. To such it may be interesting and important to be informed, that the system of which this work gives the elementary principles, is founded on this simple maxim; that, children should be instructed in every science, just so fast as they can understand it. In conformity with this principle, the book commences with examples so simple, that they can be perfectly comprehended and performed mentally by children of four or five years of age; having performed these, the scholar will be enabled to answer the more difficult questions which follow. He will find, at every stage of his progress, that what he has already done has perfectly prepared him for what is at present required. This will encourage him to proceed, and will afford him a satisfaction in his study, which can never be enjoyed while performing the merely mechanical operation of cyphering according to artificial rules.

This method entirely supersedes the necessity of any rules, and the book contains none. The scholar learns to reason correctly respecting all combinations of num, bers; and if he reasons correctly, he must obtain the desired result. The scholar

who can be made to understand how a sum should be done, needs neither book nor instructer to dictate how it must be done.

This admirable elementary Arithmetic introduces the scholar at once to that simple, practical system, which accords with the natural operations of the human mind. All that is learned in this way is precisely what will be found essential in transacting the ordinary business of life, and it prepares the way, in the best possible manner, for the more abstruse investigations which belong to maturer age. Children of five or six years of age will be able to make considerable progress in the science of numbers, by pursuing this simple method of studying it; and it will uniformly be found that this is one of the most useful and interesting sciences upon which their minds can be occupied. By using this work children may be farther advanced at the age of nine or ten, than they can be at the age of fourteen or fifteen by the common method. Those who have used it, and are regarded as competent judges, have uniformly decided that more can be learned from it in one year, than can be acquired in two years from any other treatise ever published in America. Those who regard economy in time and money, cannot fail of holding a work in high estimation which will afford these important advantages.

Colburn's First Lessons are accompanied with such instructions as to the proper mode of using them, as will relieve parents and teachers from any embarrassment. The sale of the work has been so extensive that the publishers have been enabled so to reduce its price, that it is, at once, the cheapest and the best Arithmetic in the country.

COLBURN'S SEQUEL to INTELLECTUAL ARITHMETIC, upon the Inductive Method of Instruction. Price $1,00.

This work consists of two parts, in the first of which the author has given a great variety of questions, arranged according to the method pursued in the First Lessons; the second part consists of a few questions, with the solution of them, and such copious illustrations of the principles involved in the examples in the first part of the work, that the whole is rendered perfectly intelligible. The two parts are designed to be studied together. The answers to the questions in the first part are given in a Key, which is published separately for the use of instructers. If the scholar find any sum difficult, he must turn to the principles and illustrations, given in the second part, and these will furnish all the assistance that is needed.

The design of this arrangement is to make the scholar understand his subject thoroughly, instead of performing his sums by rule.

The First Lessons contain only examples of numbers so small, that they can be solved without the use of a slate. The Sequel commences with small and simple combinations, and proceeds gradually to the more extensive and varied, and the scholar will rarely have occasion for a principle in arithmetic which is not fully illustrated in this work.

KEY to COLBURN'S SEQUEL. Price 75 cents.

COLBURN'S INTRODUCTION to ALGEBRA, upon the Inductive Method of Instruction. Price $1,25.

Those who are competent to decide on the merits of this work, consider it equal at least, to either of the others composed by the same author.

The publishers cannot desire that it should have a higher commendation. The science of Algebra is so much simplified, that children may proceed with ease and advantage to the study of it, as soon as they have finished the preceding treatises on arithmetic. The same method is pursued in this as in the author's other works; every thing is made plain as he proceeds with his subject.

The uses which are performed by this science, give it a high claim to more general attention. Few of the more abstract mathematical investigations can be conducted without it; and a great proportion of those, for which arithmetic is used, would be performed with much greater facility and accuracy by an algebraic process.

The study of Algebra is singularly adapted to discipline the mind, and give it direct and simple modes of reasoning, and it is universally regarded as one of the most pleasing studies in which the mind can be engaged.

KEY to COLBURN'S ALGEBRA.

Price 75 cents.

CORNELIUS NEPOS, de vita Excellentium Imperatorum. From the third edition of J. H. BREMI. With English Notes. Price 75 cents. Nepos is, more than any other Roman writer, suited to be put into the hands of boys, who have made sufficient progress to be able to read a Roman author in