It was our privilege to preside, during a period of four years, in connection with our "better half," over a flourishing Academy at Bolivar, Missouri. We then felt the need of just such a journal as the Educator, but were obliged to send to the Empire State for it. As we have not given up the intention of returning to Missouri, which, by the way, next to good old Vermont, is our favorite State, we shall feel something of a personal interest in the success of this periodical. It is ably conducted by W. G. Cheeny, Proprietor, and A. Peabody, Editor, Jefferson City, assisted by an able Board of Associate Editors. CORRRCT SPEAKING.-We advise all young people to acquire in early life the habit of using good language, both in speaking and writing, and to abandon as early as possible any use of slang words and phrases. The longer they live, the more difficult the acquisition of such language will be; and if the golden age of youth, the proper season for the acquisition of language, be passed in its abuse, the unfortunate victim of neglected education is very probably doomed to talk slang for life. Money is not necessary to procure this education. Every man has it in his power. He has merely to use the language which he reads, instead of the slang which he hears; to form his taste from the best speakers and poets of the country; to treasure up choice phrases in his memory, and to habituate himself to their use-avoiding at the same that pedantic precision and bombast, which show rather the weakness of a vain ambition than the polish of an educated mind.— R. I. Schoolmaster. Dana P. Colburn, Principal of the R. I. State Normal School, was suddenly killed, on the 15th of Dec. last, by being thrown from his carriage. T. B. Macauly, the eminent English historian, is dead. THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS ARNOLD, D. D., Late Head-Master of Rugby School, and Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. BY ARTHUR PENRHYM STANLEY M. A., Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Oxford. Third American from the last London Edition. "He will strike those who study him more closely as a complete character-complete in its union of moral and intellectual gifts, and in the steady growth and development of both.”— London Quarterly Review. "His correspondence is the best record of his life and affords the most vivid representation of his character. It presents us with the progressive development, of his mind and views till the one reaches the vigor and the other the comprehensiveness for which at length they became distinguished."—Knight's Cyclopaedia of Biography. The accuracy and excellent judgment exhibited in the arrangement of the Correspondence and construction of the narrative, long ago established Mr. Stanley's reputation as a worthy biographer of the noble Master of Rugby; the rapid sale of the former large editions of the work, and the constant demand for it while out of print, attest the interest which is felt in the details of the life and labors of Dr. Arnold. The Publishers, therefore, issue this new and carefully revised edition, in the hope that it will meet with favor from the general public, and especially from all who are interested in the cause of education. Every intelligent teacher should own those volumes, for the lessons they teach are of deep and permanent value; and in every School and Academic Library, the "Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold" should hold its pominent place. Elegant Holiday Edition of "Tom Brown at Rugby." WITH TEN FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, BY LARKIN G. MAAD, JR. Sixteen thousand copies of this wonderful book have been sold in England and nine editions have been prixted in this country. Every teacher and every school-boy in the land should read it, and in its new dress it will be among the most acceptable of holiday gifts. Tom Brown at Oxford. The Author's Edition of “Tor Brown at Oxford" is publishod in Monthly Parts, at 12 cents each, reprinted from the early English proof-sheets. TWO PARTS NOW READY, Lectures of the American Institute of Instruction. This volume contains a full and concise report of the Proceedings of the Institute, on the occasion of the Twenty-ninth Anual Meeting, holden at Norwich, Connecticut. This report is taken from the records of the Secretary, and embraces phonographic reports of the various Jisscussions and addresses. The lectures by Messrs. S. R. Calthcorp, John Foster, T. W. Valentines and B. W. Putnam, are also printed in full from the outhor's manuscripts. Volumes for former years can also be supplied 7 TICKNOR & FIELDS' Catalogue gratis, or post-free, and any of their publications mailed on receipt of price. TICKNOR & FIELDS, Publishers, THE Vermont School Journal AND FAMILY VISITOR Will be published every month, each number containing at least 32 pages. It is intended to be what its name imports, a Journal, of Educational News, and a welcome Visitor in every intelligent Family throughout the length and breadth of the Green Mountain State. Its columns will be open to a candid discussion of every subject of PRACTICAL INTEREST TO SCHOOLS OF ALL GRADES, from the Family, which is the first and most important School, to the College. It will aim to furnish short and practical articles, so as to give a PLEASING VARIETY TO ITS CONTENTS. Subjects that require lengthy discussion will be treated each in a series of articles. Noticies and Reports of Teachers' Institutes and Associations, and of other Educational Meetings, will be welcomed to its pages. TEACHERS, PARENTS, SCHOOL COMMITTEES, AND SUPERINTENDENTS, will find it a convenient medium of communication for such subjects and items of interest as they may wish to bring before the public. The circulation of the Vermont School Journal is rapidly increasing. For publishers of new books and sheet music; for manufacturers of musical instruments, school apparatus, and furniture for school-rooms, it is the best medium in Vermont for advertising. Address all business letters and remittances to J. S. SPAULDING, Barre, Vt. and all articles intended for publication, to A. E. LEAVENWORTH. Hinesburgh, Vt. VERMONT SCHOOL JOURNAL. AND FAMILY VISITOR: Devoted to the Educational Interests of Vermont. MARCH, 1860. MONTPELIER: PUBLISHED BY A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE VER MONT STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. PRINTED AT THE FREEMAN OFFICE. Address all business letters and remittances, to J. S. SPAULDING, Barre, Vt.; and all articles intended for publication, and Exchanges, to A. E. LEAVENWORTH, Hinesburgh, Vt. ALFRED LAWS, A. B., Principal. MONSIEUR ANTOINE LEBARD, Teacher of French. J. ADAMS SMITH, Principal of Commercial Department. Spring Term commences Feb. 22d; Summer Term, May 23; Term, Aug. 29th. For Catalogues, &c., address the Principal. Fall Chester, Jan 16, 1860. |