TO TEACHING!-PRICE FIFTY CENTS! HORSE'S SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY, ILLUSTRATED WITH CROGRAPHIC MAPS. armonisees are the following: - mes such ĥe Wip, Questions on the Map, and description De satte page, or on pages directly opposite, enabling the ** ữ mù many tour are we the ocher, without the inconvenience of two books, •mni »alu memoar a uning de leaf. འ་ the igo es mas uma and generally on a larger scale, than in any other vanie na Hup are so framed as to present a connected view of the IN Course de 1 à series of short paragraphs, written in concise style, 1 inbeslag and characteristic matter. a 1980 wa Jumamoruction si înficuit sumes is indicated by dividing into sylla དོར ད ད ད༔ སྐད ། ར a the stars and Comparates views at the end of the volume are on the plan Brai maodticed by de sucher in 1820, and since adopted in many other School Geographies. They are regarded as well atted to exercise and strengthen the judgment. 7 The Note art of Carography is applied for the first time to the illustration of a work of this kind, and enables the publishers to sell it at a very low price. The whole work is the result of long and careful study, and is intended to impress upon the mind of the student such outlines of geography as will form the best foundation for farther and extensive acquisitions. 0 Confident of the superiority of MORSE'S SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY aver every other work of the kind, the publishers respectfully inform editors, teachses, and superintendents of schools, that they may obtain gratuitously a copy of the wook for examination from the principal booksellers throughout the United States. The typography of the work, and its peculiar adaptation to teaching, together with Extreme cheapness, can hardly fail to command for it a general, if not a universal que in the schools of our country. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, 82 CLIFF-STREET VALUABLE SERIES OF SCHOOL BOOKS, PUBLISHED BY CALEB BARTLETT, NEW-YORK. COBE'S NEW FIRST BOOK. JUVENILE READER, NO. 1. unanimously approved by the Board, and the book adopted. Philadelphia, April 9, 1844. At a meeting of the Association of Teachers of the the Public School Society of the city of New-York, held Feb. 17th, 1844, after a full discussion of the merits and peculiarities of Cobb's New Series of Reading Books, a unanimous expression was made favorable to the said works, and a committee appointed to communicate to Mr. Cobb their entire and hearty approbation of them. At a previous meeting of the same Association, the report from which the following extract in relation to Cobb's New Spelling Book is taken, was adopted. The work is strictly a Spelling Book for Schools, and in the opinion of your Committee, is better calcu lated, from its strict regard to system throughout, to overcome the difficulties that beset the way of the young learner of the orthography of our language, than In this Spelling Book, and in this Spelling Book only. any other book that has come under our observation." all the varieties of rowel and consonant sounds, and com- From the Principals of the Public Schools in Rochester. binations of sounds are so classed as to make the scholar "We have no hesitation in hazarding the opinion that practically and familiarly acquainted with them, and for all tie purposes for which a Speeling Book is needalso have them permanently impressed upon his mind.ed, this is far the most valuable one extant. The easy words are separated from the difficult ones, thus giving the teacher an opportunity to drill or prac tise the scholar a greater length of time on the difficult than easy words, thereby saving from a THIRD to a half of the time of the scholar and teacher, usually wasted or thrown away by studying, pronouncing, and spelling over and over, again and again, words which require no study, spelling, or repetition of the letters to impress their orthography on the mind, as, from their analogy they are never spelled wrong. By the use of this Spelling Book the words of similar orthography and sound being classed together. the eye and ear act in concert or unison without confusion or doubt, thus enabling the scholar to spell right instead of wrong, or continually guessing at the orthography of each word; as to spell wrong makes just as deep an impression upon the mind of the scholar as to spell right, hence the great importance of having a correct repetition of the let ers always, instead of spelling right a part of the time, and wrong a part of the time. It is believed that a scholar will learn to spell by this system of classification in ONE HALF the time required by any other system of classification ever devised PRACTICAL ADVANTAGES OF CORB'S NEW All the new words contained in each Reading Lesson of these books are formed into a spelling Lesson, and placed immediately before each Reading Lesson, each word being divided accented, pronounced, defined, and the part of speech designated." By this system the scholar becomes acquainted with the division, accentuation, pronunciation, and definition of every word be ore he reads it. Of a series of Reading Rooks by the same author, we can also speak in terms of approbation. He has adapt ed his selections to the capacities of every class of readers, con mencing with words of one syllable, and gradually rising to the higher order of composition, every word in each lesson, that requires explanation, being duly accentuated and defined. Proceedings of the College of Teachers of the city of Philadelphia. "MR. LYMAN COBS, Dear Sir: At a stated meeting of the College of Teachers of Philadelphia, held on the evening of the 27th of March, 1944-fi was Resolved, That in the opinion of this College, Mr. Ly. man Cobb's Spelling Book, possesses superior merit; and the arrangement of it, is better suited for facilita ting the progress of the pupil, than any other they have seen. Resolved, Secondly, that Mr. Cobb's Series of Readers, though not without objectionable points, are certainly arranged on an admirable plan; and they believe them calculated to make a child read more understandingly, than any other books, of similar description they have met with." From the Proceedings of the Chenango County ConJanuary 17th, 1844. vention of Superintendents and Friends of Education, Cobb's New Spelling Book is regarded as the best in this department. Cobb's New Series of Reading Books are recommendand progressive improvement of scholars, in this ed as unquestionably the best, for securing the early branch." The following recommendation has been signed by a in the State of New Jersey. great many Practical Teachers (over three hundred,) "We, the undersigned, Teachers in New Jersey, ha The different shades of the meaning of words and their proper use and application can best be learned in connexion with oth r words. as in aeading Lesson By this system a scholar will form a fixed habit of in-ving examined Cobb's New Series of School Books, conquiring in after life, into the meaning of every new word which may occur in his daily or occasional read ing. sisting of a Spelling and a Reading course, are of the opinion that they are far superior to any series with Juce them into our respective schools as speedily as which we are acquainted; and therefore shall introthe circumstances of the case will admit.", By this system the worse than useless practice of learn Ing the debuitions of words in the abstract columus of a dictionary, unconnected with the sentences or paragraphs in which the words are properly used, is entire-ciety, held June 7th, 1844, Cobb's New Spelling and ly done away. By this system the scholar is constantly exercised in the business of spelling in connexion with his reading, which in the ordinary plan of teaching the scholar to read is nearly or wholly omitted. The parts of speech are designated so as to enable the scholar to know the precise accent and pronunciation of every word as well the changes of orthography which take place when words are one or the other part of speech. At a meeting of the New Jersey State Education SoReading Books, were adopted by a large majority This Series is also extensively used in the Public and private schools of the cities of New-York, Philadelphia, Albany, Utica, Rochester, Buffalo, Reading, Harrisburgh, Burlington, Trenton, &c. &c., and have been recommended and adopted by a great number of County Conventions in this State. coming more popular, the subscriber is prepared to supply Teachers, School Committees, Country Mer chants and the Book Trede, with every variety of School Books of any value, together with a general assortment of Stationery adapted to the book business. He also respectfully calls the attention of Teachers, &c., to a new and In addition to the above books, which are daily be IMPROVED SCHOOL SLATE, which for beauty, durability and cheapness, is unequalled by any other slate in use. CALEB BARTLETT, 225 Pearl-st., cor. Platt. PERKINS' MATHEMATICAL SERIES, AN ELEMENTARY ARITHMETIC, Designed for Academies and Schools; also serving as an Introduction to the Higher Arithmetic BY GEORGE R. PERKINS, A. M. From the numerous commendations which this book, The work bears the indubitable mark of having been has received, we select the following extract: scientifically arranged by a practical and yet deeply "Numerous as are the School Arithmetics of the day, mathematical mind. From his familiarity with the and simple as the branch is, this work nevertheless abstruse branches of the science of quantity, and from possesses merits which are peculiarly its own. Among his adeptness in the art of instruction, Mr. Perkins was these merits we would enumerate his logical method of admirably fitted for the present task. He has silently treating Decimal Fractions, before introducing the sub- lopped off extraneous and useless matter, corrected ject of Federal Money; and also, the adoption of Mr. the expression of rules, and adapted his examples ta Horner's excellent rule for the extraction of the Cube the rule in such a form, that the pupil comprehends Root. In addition, however, to these obvious improve- with clearness, and retains with great facility all the ments, there is another excellence which is unique.-mysteries of this complicated science." HIGHER ARITHMETIC, Designed for Common and High Schools, Academies and Colleges, in which some entirely new principles are developed, and many concise and easy rules given which have never before ap peared in any arithmetic. By GEORGE R. PERKINS, A. M. of October, which will be especially adapted to the wants of the higher classes in common schools, and in style of execution second to no school-book ever pu This work has been before the public for three years, and received the unqualified approbation of nearly every mathematical teacher or professor, editor or superintendent, in whose hands it has been placed. Alished. new and improved edition will be issued adout the 1st COMMON SCHOOL ALGEBRA. We have in course of preparation, and shall publish | the same author. designed expressly for the use of som early next spring, an elementary work on Algebra, by mon schools, or for beginners. A TREATISE ON ALGEBRA. Embracing besides the elementary principles, all the higher parts usually taught in Colleges; taining, moreover, the new method of Cubic and Higher Equations, as well as the develope and application of the more recently discovered Theorem of Sturm. By GEO. R. PERKINS, AN This book is well known and highly approved, being | to have an opportunity of presenting copies of the ab used in Union and Geneva Colleges, as well as in most to teachers or superintendents who may wish to en other leading schools. The Publishers are always happyine them with reference to their introduction. Utica, August, 1844. BENNET, BACKUS & HAWLEY, Publishers. MX. Book's PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PENMANSHIP. A System of Twelve Books, in Three Parts. PUBLISHED BY APOLLOS W. HARRISON, The object of this system is to furnish to Common or District school teachers, the means of accomplishing all with their pupils in the art that the best writing masters can. This it is believed will be fully realized on trial, and at a less cost for books, than for the use of blank writing books. It has been ascertained by careful analysis, that Root's Writing Books, average four times as much writing for the pupil, as the same number of blank books; and as the cost for each number is but a trifle more than for blank books, they must be much the cheapest, at least by more than one-half. Besides there is a great saving of time to the teacher, the copies being all set in a fac-simile of the beautiful hand of the author. PLAN AND USE OF THE SYSTEM. The arrangement is such, as to enable teachers who use them, to superintend, and rapidly advance very large classes with comparatively little labor. Every exercise to be practised, and letter to be imitated, is fully and clearly explained in bold type upon the same page with the lesson. This, and the ready set copies, with cuts illustrating and exhibiting both the correct and false positions of the hand and pen, enables any one of common capacity, who will read, think, and exercise his own judgment, not only to teach himself, but become with the aid of these books, a thorough, and successful teacher of practical writing. The whole plan is pleasing, interesting, and effectual; entirely new and original with the author. then, THE PRIMARY PART Is for beginners, and is peculiarly adapted to their youthful capacities. The lessons are so arranged that short, long, and capital letters are classed and prac tised first, according to similarity of formation; alphabetically in single letters and words, so as to fix the form of each letter in the pupil's mind. Each lesson is alternated with exercises, to give facility of action to the muscles, and establish the correct man ner of holding the hand and pen. THE INTERMEDIATE PART, used as a commencement by pupils somewhat advanc Though a proper successor to the primary, may be ed, or for self-instruction. It will produce a practical business style. It comprises as exercises, single small letters, entire words, capital letters, alphabetical sen tences, and a series of bold exercises for acquiring great freedom and command of hand. THE FINAL PART Contains off-hand or whole arm exercises, capital business transactions: such as Notes, Orders, Drafts, Receipts, &c., and the ornamental branches of the art, comprising Round Hand, German Text, Old English, &c. Each part although gradually progress ive, and designed to be used in regular succession, is so planned as to make a complete series of itself, and may be used independently of the others. The whole forming the most complete, philosophical, practical, and economical system ever before published. VALUABLE AND APPROVED SCHOOL BOOKS, PUBLISHED BY PRATT, WOODFORD, & CO., LATIN AND GREEK. These books have met with a degree of favor truly remarkable; spontaneous recommendations have been received from a large number of the best scholars and most celebrated teachers in the country. A small volume of Practical Lessons in English Grammar and Composition has been added to the series, which is admirably adapted to its purposes. OLNEY'S SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY AND ATLAS.- BULLIONS' SERIES OF GRAMMARS-ENGLISH, The publishers of the work regret that they have not been able to supply the demand for the new edition, but by making more extensive arrangements for manu: facturing, they hope soon to be able to meet the wants of the public. The beauty and neatness of the new Atlas, and the fact that it is very useful for reference in the family, besides being serviceable at school; combined with the simplicity of style and excellent arrangement of the Geography, and the exceeding low price of the work compared with its execution and value, render it worthy of adoption by all teachers and parents. OLNEY'S INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY is a meat, cheap and perspicuous work, for those who wish & smaller book on the subject. OLNEY'S NATIONAL PRECEPTOR, a popular reading book for the middle classes in schools. COMSTOCK'S NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. The ra. pid sale of this book has rendered it necessary to obtain a new set of stereotype plates, and the author has taken occasion to revise it, and to embrace in it every thing useful which has been invented or brought for. ward of late. The new matter embraces the subjects of Water Wheels, Gunnery, Electrotype, showing the manner of Gilding, Silvering, and making copper casts, Photography, Daguerrotype, Russel's Planetarium, Morse's Electro-Magnetic Telegraph, Horse-Power,&c. It will be found precisely adapted to schools, and worthy of the general use it has heretofore maintained. COMSTOCK'S PHYSIOLOGY has been recently in. troduced into many schools with great advantage, and is perhaps second in importance to no other school book. ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY, BOTANY, GEOLO. GY and MINERALOGY, by the same author, are well known as convenient and valuable text books. BULLION'S LATIN READER will be issued from the press in time for classes formed the present season, and will add to the value of the excellent series of Grammars, English, Latin and Greek, by the same au thor. THE FAMILY AND SCHOOL DICTIONARY. By Rev. T. H. Gallaudet and Rev. H. Hooker. This book does not contain the names of common objects, as chair or book, neither does it contain words which young persons have no occasion to use, but its object is to train pupils to the habit of giving a definite meaning to every word. It fully sustains the reputation of Rev. Mr. Gallaudet, as all will find who test its merits. COOPER'S VIRGIL, with English Notes. In very general use. ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, used in the Rutgers' Female Institute and many other seminaries. It is the intention of the publishers, that in point of execution, durability and price, the above books shall compare favorably with any others. THOMSON'S LEGENDRE'S GEOMETRY. PUBLISHED BY DURRIE & PE CK, NEW-HAVEN, CONN. ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY, on the basis of Dr. make the chain of reasoning more complete and more easily understood, it is believed they will greatly facilitate the progress of the learner, and enhance his pleasure in the study of this useful and important science. Published by Durrie & Peck, New Haven; and Smith & Peck, Philadelphia. Sold by the Booksellers gene rally. The merits of Legendre's Geometry are too well known to require comment. It is alike distinguished N. B. The above forms one of the series of Mathefor its comprehensiveness, its lucid and systematic ar-matical works for Schools and Academies, by Jeremiah rangement, and the clearness and accuracy of its de- Day, L. L. D., President of Yale College, and James B. Thomson, A. M. monstrations. The principal embarrassment which young minds experience in the study of geometry, arises from the difficulty in comprehending abstract propositions. Legendre has successfully obviated this difficulty by enunciating his propositions by the aid of the figure or diagram, which he uses in the demonstration. After the particular truth of each proposition is demonstrated as in the original, in the present edition the general principle is deduced from the demonstration, and is printed in italics for the sake of convenient reference. Thus the pupil is taught to reason from particulars to generals, according to the inductive mode; he begins with the consideration of a particular case which he readily understands, and by aprocess of reasoning is brought to the general principle or conclusion. After the truth of each proposition in the Book on proportion is demonstrated with respect to magnitudes in general, it is verified by numbers. The Notes and Illustrations are strictly practical. The work contains all the timportant principles of Elementary Geometry; and while the above additions The series is to embrace the following works: I. ELEMENTS OF ARITHMETIC; Uniting the Inductive and Synthetic modes of instruction. (This work will soon be published.) II. ELEMENTS OF ALGEBRA; Being an abridge. ment of Day's Algebra; to which are added practical questions, with a large number of Problems and Examabout a year ago, has already passed into the 5th ediples for practice. This work, which was published tion of 2000 copies each. III. KEY TO THE ELEMENTS OF ALGEBRA, (already published,) containing a statement and solution of the more difficult problems, with various explana. tions and the answers to all the examples. IV. ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY. (Just published. See above.) V. ELEMENTS OF PLANE TRIGONOMETRY and LOGARITHMS. VI. MENSURATION : Containing the application of Geometry to the measurement of surfaces and solids. VII. ELEMENTS OF SURVEYING; adapted both to wants of the Learner and the Practical Surveyor. PIERPONT'S SERIES OF READING BOOKS, PUBLISHED BY GEO. F. COOLIDGE & BROTHER, 323 PEARL STREET, NEW-YORK. The best series of READING BOOKS published in the United States, pronounced to be so by those who have used them in their Schools for a series of years, and sold by the Booksellers generally. 1. THE LITTLE LEARNER, or Rudiments of Reading. 18mo. 2. THE YOUNG READER, to go with the Spelling Book. 19mo. 3. INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL READER, a Selection of Easy Reading Lessons. 12mo. 4. THE NATIONAL READER; being a Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking. 12mo. 6. THE AMERICAN FIRST CLASS BOOK. 12mo. These five works compiled by the Rev. John Pierpont, compose a series which is undoubtedly more suitable for the purposes for which they were designed, than any previous publications. The last three of these books are used exclusively in the Boston Public Schools, and have been republished in England, in which coun try, the American First Class Book is considered superior to their own classical reading books, and has, therefore, been extensively adopted in their Schools and Academies. From the Missouri Register, Boonville, Mo. PIERPONT'S READING BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS. There is so great a variety of books in our schools, that it is difficult for a teacher to form a class in any one: and it is highly worthy the public consideration whether some improvement cannot and ought not to be immediately made therein. Reading books are first put into children's hands and of course among the most important, because from them the infantile mind may contract habits, imbibe prejudices and receive impressions, which after years cannot eradicate. These should excite the curiosity, cultivate a taste for reading, excite and strengthen the best feelings of the juvenile heart, in favor of our civil, social and religions institutions: in fine, they should be American in matter and spirit. They should be uniform in character, and this desideratum cannot be expected from works used promiscuously from different authors. There has been a series of books, four in number, prepared by Pierpont, which are admirably American First Class Books. These books were compiled exclu sively for the public schools of Boston, (decidedly superior to any similar schools in the United States,) and have been increasing in popularity ever since, till about thirty editions of the older numbers of the series have been sold in this country, and they have secured equal popularity and circulation in England. The high literary character of their author, is a sufficient guarantee that neither thought nor word calculated to offend, or vitiate taste, will be found in any of his pages-but on the contrary much, very much that is calculated to at, tract observation and engage the thoughts of children, as descriptions of animals, scenes of external nature&c., out of school as well as in school. Children furnished with these books will eagerly anticipate the reading exercise and often request the privilege of reading a second, after having finished their accustomed lesson. I really hope these books will be introduced ence in the West as they have in the East, to improve among us, that they may exert the same happy influ the taste, cultivate the affections, strengthen the understanding, inform the mind and better prepare our youth for the duties of mankind. N. B. If any Teacher or School Committee wishing a set of these Readers for the purpose of examining them, will send word to the Publishers by letter, the books will be promptly forwarded to the address désig. nated, gratis. The cheapest Spelling Book published in the United States. COOLIDGE'S EDITION OF WEBSTER'S ELEMENTARY SPELLING BOOK. This Spelling Book is almost universally used throughout the United States, the sale of it being about ONE MILLION COPIES PER ANNUM. NEW AND CHEAP SCHOOL DICTIONARY, A SEQUEL TO THE ELEMENTARY SPELLING BOOK, OR AN ELEMENTARY DICTIONARY, CONTAINING A SELECTION OF ABOUT 12,000 OF THE MOST USEFUL WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. COMPILED BY WM. G. WEBSTER, SON OF THE LATE NOAH WEBSTER, L. L. D. N. B. Any Teacher or School Committe wishing to | for Schools. The common method of requiring scholars adopt this Dictionary in their Schools, by ordering of to commit to memory all the words as they are alphathe Publishers by mail from one to fifty copies, accord-betically arranged, is a tedious misapplication of time, ing to the number of copies which they wish to furnish, for there are more than thirty-six thousand words in a will be furnished in the first instance, gratuitously. dictionary, and if a scholar learn by rote thirty words This book is intended to follow Webster's Elementa- in a day, and take a task of definitions every other day, ry Spelling Book; it comprises as many words in gen- it will require more than eight years to go once through eral use, and their definitions, as it is necessary for a dictionary. scholars to commit to memory, in order to obtain a correct knowledge of our language. The Elementary Dictionary is printed on good paper, in large type, and well bound. The price is but a trifle More than three fourths of the words in our Diction-higher than the Spelling Book. aries ought to be omitted in a vocabulary of definitions There will be published on the first of January, 1845, A PICTORIAL EDITION OF THE ELEMENTARY SPELLING BOOK, BY NOAH WEBSTER, L. L. D., CONTAINING ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS, This Edition will be printed on good paper, and well bound. The Price will be but a triffe higher than the |