ADAMS'S NEW SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY AND ATLAS.

ADAMS'S SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY, new edition, improved; being a Description of the World, in three parts. To which is added a brief Sketch of Ancient Geography; a plain Method of constructing Maps; and an Introduction to the use of the Globes. Illustrated by numerous Engravings. Accompanied by an IMPROVED ATLAS. Designed for Schools and Academies in the United States. By DANIEL ADAMS, A. M., author of the "New School Arithmetic." Seventeenth edition, revised.

Advertisement to the Seventeenth Edition.

The present edition of this work has undergone an entire revision, without a change in its original and generally approved plan, with a design better to adapt it to the present state of Geographical Science.

In that portion relating to the United States, particularly, much useful information, touching Internal Improvements, State Governments, Education, &c. has been incorporated; together with the addition of many new and useful pictorial illustrations, which, with the improvement in its mechanical execution, it is believed, will render this edition more worthy of public patronage than the preceding ones.

The work is systematically arranged in three parts; the First Part, or Grammar, contains the elements of the science, concisely arranged to be committed to memory; with practical questions on the maps.

Instead of interspersing the whole book with statistics and exercises on the Maps, Dr. Adams has comprised this department in the First Part, occupying about one third of the Book. This part, particularly intended to be studied, simplifies the labor of the pupil and teacher, by presenting the lesson to be learned, without the necessity of marking off particular portions.

A distinguishing feature of this work is the Second Part, or Descriptive Geography, so eminently fitted for a reading book in classes. It is a kind of narrative read with great interest and attention by children who have made, or who at the time may be making geography a study.

The Third Part, entitled Geographical Orthography; comprises a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Geographical Names.

The ATLAS accompanying the revised edition of this Geography, has receiv ed various corrections and improvements, which recent changes in different sections of the United States, and other countries described in the Geography, render necessary. It contains twelve maps, including an additional map of the Southern States, all of which are handsomely engraved on steel, and beautifully painted in full colors.

Although numerous School Geographies have been issued since this work appeared, yet Adams's Geography retains all its popularity, and is constantly increasing in circulation. Indeed the excellence of its plan needs only to be examined to be admired: and, being furnished at a cheap price, it is well suited to the public Schools in the United States.

FOWLE'S GEOGRAPHY, with an ATLAS. This Geography is used with great success in the Monitorial School in Boston, and meets with universal approbation among instructers. The Atlas (which is furnished separately) is considered to be the most correct and beautiful ever presented to our schools.

Extract of a letter from an accomplished Instructer in Philadelphia.

I hope to see Fowle's Geography introduced into several schools here. It is certainly an excellent work.

PARKER'S EXERCISES IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION.

PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION. By R. G. Parker, A. M., Principal of the Franklin Grammar School, Boston. Twenty-sixth Stereotype Edition.

The reputation of this little Manual is now so well established as to render it unnecessary to present many of the numerous testimonials in its favor, received from teachers and others of the first respectability.

The School Committee of Boston authorized its introduction into the Public Schools of the city, soon after the first edition was issued, and it is now the only work on Composition used in them. It has also been adopted as a textbook in a large number of the best schools and higher seminaries in various sections of the United States, having been highly commended by all intelligent teachers, who have used it, and the demand is constantly increasing.

To show the high estimate of the work in England, the fact may be stated, that it has been republished and stereotyped in London, and nine large editions have been sold there; which, together with its favorable reception throughout the United States, furnishes sufficient evidence of its practical utility.

Among the public notices of the work in England, are the two following: The design of this work is unexceptionably good. By a series of progressive exercises the scholar is conducted from the formation of easy sentences to the more difficult and complex arrangement of words and ideas. He is, step by step, initiated into the rhetorical propriety of the language, and furnished with directions and models for analyzing, classifying, and writing down his thoughts in a distinct and comprehensive manner. —London Jour. of Education. Of the Exercises in Composition, by Parker, we can speak with unmingled praise. It is not enough to say, that they are the best that we have, for we have none worth mention. The book is fully effective both in suggesting ideas or pointing out the method of thinking, and also in teaching the mode of expressing ideas with propriety and elegance. - English Monthly Magazine.

From Mr. Walker, Principal of the Eliot School, Boston.

This work is evidently the production of a thorough and practical teacher, and in my opinion it does the author much credit. By such a work all the difficulties and discouragements which the pupil has to encounter, in his first attempts to write, are in a great measure removed, and he is led on, progressively, in a methodical and philosophical manner, till he can express his ideas on any subject which circumstances or occasion may require, not only with sufficient distinctness and accuracy, but even with elegance and propriety. An elementary treatise on composition, like the one before me, is certainly much wanted at the present day. I think this work will have an extensive circulation, and I hope the time is not distant, when this branch of education, hitherto much neglected, will receive that attention which in some degree its importance demands.

From J. W. Bulkley, Esq., Principal of an Academy, Albany.

I have examined "Parker's Exercises in Composition," and am delighted with the work; I have often felt the want of just that kind of aid, that is here afforded: the use of this book will diminish the labor of the teacher, and greatly facilitate the progress of the pupil in a study that has hitherto been attended with many trials to the teacher, and perplexities to the learner.

If Mr. Parker has not strewed the path of the student with flowers, he has "removed many stumbling-blocks out of the way, made crooked things straight, and rough places smooth." It is certainly one of the happiest efforts that I have ever seen in this department of letters, affording to the student a beautiful introduction to the most important principles and rules of rhetoric; and I would add, that if carefully studied, it will afford a "sure guide" to written composition. I shall use my influence to secure its introduction to all our schools.

PARKER'S EXERCISES IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION.

From Rev. Mr. Burroughs, of Portsmouth, N. H.

I was much gratified by the receipt of your book, entitled Progressive Exercises in English Composition; and, if possible, still more so by its original, Judicious and excellent plan. It is a valuable and successful attempt to give instruction in relation to one of the most difficult, though important departments of education; and I should conceive it would afford great pleasure, as well as benefit, to the minds of the young. I sincerely hope that it will be introduced into our schools, where such a work has been long wanted.

From Mr. Andrews, Professor of Mt. Vernon School, Boston. Parker's Progressive Exercises in English Composition will, in my opinion, aid the teacher, and encourage the pupil, in this important branch of education. I feel confident that the work will be highly acceptable to those who have experienced the difficulties to be surmounted in bringing forward a class to compose with any degree of accuracy.

From Samuel P. Newman, Professor of Rhetoric in Bowdoin Collegc.

I have examined "Progressive Exercises in English Composition," by R. G. Parker, with some care, and hesitate not to express an opinion that it is well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed. It is well fitted to call into exercise the ingenuity of the pupil, to acquaint him with the more important principles and rules of Rhetoric, and to guide and aid his first attempts in the difficult work of composition.

From Walter R. Johnson, Esq., Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.

Having often felt the necessity of reducing to its simple elements the art of composition, and having been compelled, from the want of regular treatises, to employ graduated exercises expressly prepared for the purpose, and similar in many respects to those contained in this treatise, I can speak with confidence of their utility, and do not hesitate to recommend them to the attention of teachers.

From Dr. Fox, Principal of the Boylston School, Boston.

This little manual, by the simplicity of its arrangement, is calculated to destroy the repugnance, and to remove the obstacles which exist in the minds of young scholars to performing the task of composition. I think this work will be found a valuable auxiliary to facilitate the progress of the scholar, and lighten the labor of the teacher.

From Mr. Dillaway, Principal of the Latin School, Boston.

Their clearness and simplicity strongly recommend them to the instructers in this important branch of education.

From Mr. Oliver, Principal of the Salem Classical School.

I have introduced the work into this Institution, and heartily recommend it to the notice of the profession.

From Mr. Joseph Healy, of Pawtucket.

I think it a very valuable auxiliary in the cause of education.

From the R't Rev. G. W. Doane, Bishop of New Jersey, formerly Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory in Washington College.

Your little book on composition is excellent. It is the best help to that difficult exercise for the young that I have ever seen.

The same author has in course of preparation a Second Part, or Sequel to the above popular school book, which will be published soon.

SMITH'S CLASS BOOK OF ANATOMY.

THE CLASS BOOK OF ANATOMY, explanatory of the first principles of Human Organization, as the basis of Physical Education; with numerous Illustrations, a full Glossary, or explanation of technical terms, and practical Questions at the bottom of the page. By J. V. C. Smith, M. D., formerly Professor of General Anatomy and Physiology in the Berkshire Medical Institution. New Stereotype Edition, revised and enlarged.

This work has received the highest testimonials of approbation from the most respectable sources, and has already been adopted as a text book in many schools and colleges in various sections of the United States.

The estimation in which it is held in other countries may be inferred from the fact, that a translation of it has recently been made into the Italian language, at Palermo, under the supervision of the celebrated Dr. Placido Portel. It is also in the progress of translation into the Hawaiian language, by the American missionaries at the Sandwich Islands, to be used in the higher schools, among the natives; and the plates are soon to be forwarded, with reference to that object, by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; which furnishes conclusive evidence of its value and utility.

From Rev. Hubbard Winslow, Pastor of Bowdoin St. Church, Boston. Boston, Nov. 7, 1836.

I have examined the Class Book of Anatomy, by Dr. Smith, with very great satisfaction. For comprehensiveness, precision, and philosophical arrangement, it is surpassed by no book of the kind which I have ever seen. The study of Anatomy and Physiology, to some extent, is exceedingly interesting and useful as a branch of common education; and it is to be desired that it should be more extensively adopted in all our higher schools. To secure this end, there is no other book before the public so well prepared as the one under remark. It is also a convenient compend to lie upon the table of the scientific anatomist and physician, and a very valuable family book for reference, and for explanation of terms which often occur in reading. H. WINSLOW.

We are gratified to see the attempt to introduce a new subject to ordinary students. It is wonderfu! that civilized man has been so long willing to remain ignorant of the residence of his mind, and the instruments by which it operates. The book before us abounds in information in which every adult reader will feel a deep interest, and from which all may derive valuable lessons of a practical kind. We are gratified to see frequent references to the Great First Cause of life and motion. We cordially wish success to his enterprise in a path almost untrodden.-American Annals of Education.

Copy of a Communication from Mr. C. H. Allen, of the Franklin Academy, Andover, Mass.

North Andover, Dec. 10, 1836.

Mr. R. S. Davis. Dear Sir: During my vacation, I have had time to examine Smith's Class Book of Anatomy, the second edition of which you have recently published. I do not hesitate to speak of it as the very work which the public have long demanded. It contains knowledge which should be widely diffused. The author is remarkably clear in his explanations and descriptions, and very systematic in his arrangement. So that he has rendered this neglected branch of useful knowledge highly interesting to all classes. Yours, respectfully, CHAS. H. ALLEN.

SMITH'S CLASS BOOK OF ANATOMY.

From Rev. Charles Brooks, of Hingham, who alluded to this work, in very commendable terms, in a popular lecture on Education, delivered in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Mr. R. S. Davis. Dear Sir: Dr. Smith's "Class Book of Anatomy," which you was so kind as to send me, I have examined with pleasure and profit. It is the best book of the kind which I have seen. I wish every child in the United States could be made to see its uses. Did parents fully understand physical education, how much pain and illness would be prevented, and, moreover, how would intellectual and moral culture be advanced! Our community cannot come to its growth-we cannot have whole men, until ALL the physical, intellectual, and moral powers are developed in their natural order, proper time, and due proportion. In the hands of a competent teacher, this book will be one step's advance towards such a result.

Hingham, Feb. 20, 1837.

Yours, respectfully,

CHARLES BROOKS.

Extract from a notice in the Boston Christian Watchman. We think many of your readers will be pleased to know that a book on Anatomy is prepared for popular use, on such a plan. Why should a subject of such common interest be excluded from the great mass of general readers, and confined to the medical profession? The author, a professed anatomist, has conferred a great favor on this class, by presenting, in a form as simple as the nature of the subject would allow, a popular outline of an intricate science, and by preparing for his work plates and descriptions which are otherwise to be obtained only at great expense.

From Rev. George W. Blagden, Pastor of the Old South Church, Boston. I have read with much pleasure and profit part of Dr. Smith's "Class Book of Anatomy,"-sufficient, I think, to warrant me in saying, that it will be highly useful in promoting the end for which it was designed, wherever it is used. Without, of course, being able to speak of it as an anatomist, I take pleasure in recommending it as highly adapted to impart instruction on that subject. G. W. BLAGDEN.

Very truly, yours,

From the Boston Christian Review (for March, 1837.)

The title of this book explains its object. It contains a minute, and, we presume, an accurate, account of the structure of the human body, illustrated by numerous plates. A general knowledge of the organization of the body, and of its physiology, ought to form a part of the education of every individual. It would have a favorable influence on the health, and it ought to awaken devout reverence towards the Author and Preserver of this wonderful mechanism. Dr. Smith's book has been introduced into many academies and some of the higher class of seminaries, and it has passed to a second edition. These facts indicate that it has been found to be adapted to the purposes of education. Extract from "Remarks on the Classical Education of Boys, by a Teacher," (Professor Cleaveland.)

If the pupil has leisure, as he undoubtedly will in the course of an education of seven or eight years, there are still other branches suited to his age, and which will be interesting to him; and first I should recommend that he gain some knowledge of Anatomy. This will be highly interesting, and will be available knowledge as long as he lives. I observe with great pleasure that a text book on this subject has just been prepared by Dr. J. V. C. Smith, which ought to be adopted into all our schools.

It is a very valuable production, and in all things pre-eminently calculated to gain the confidence and respect of the public.-Providence Journal.