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READING AND SPELLING.

BY SALEM TOWN, LL. D. & NELSON M. HOLBROOK. WHOLE MATTER ENTIRELY NEW.

"UNEQUALLED IN LITERARY MERIT AND PRACTICABILITY."

It was the Only Series adopted by the New Hampshire Board of Education, for the Public Schools of that State, in March, 1857.

Also, the Only Series adopted by the Vermont Board of Education, in December, 1858.

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The Progressive Speller and Definer.

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Every person interested in the cause of education should examine this new and valuable work. contains 5,000 more words (in common use) than almost any other work of this kind; and, while it embraces all the requisites found in spellers of the present day, it also contains much additional matter that is important to teachers, as well as indispensable to the pupil. This book possesses one great advantage over all other works upon this subject, being equally adapted to the Primary, Grammar, or High School.

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JUST PUBLISHED:

SMITH'S NEW GEOGRAPHY

Containing a Concise Text, and Explanatory Notes,

WITH OVER 100 MAPS,

FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
BY ROSWELL C. SMITH, A. M.,

AUTHOR OF SEVERAL SCHOOL BOOKS....

..QUARTO. PRICE $1.00.

SMITH'S NEW GEOGRAPHY has been in course of preparationfor many years, and is the crowning production of the distinguished author. that is essential to a complete and comprehensive School Geography, and great care has been taken in No pains have been spared to combine in this work ALL its construction to render it of the greatest practical usefulness in the school-room and family.

The following are some of its features which deserve attention :

I. Clearness and comprehensiveness of expres- and terms. This feature is of great practical valsion in the Text, especially in the Definitions; it ue to teachers, and intelligent scholars. being the aim of the author to teach the pupils just what they want to know, and in as few words as practicable.

II. Superior colored Maps, exhibiting the Races, Religions, Governments, and states of Civilization of different nations.

III. Forty-four Vicinity Maps of the Principal Cities on the globe.

IV. Thirty-two large full-paged Maps of States

and Countries.

hibiting the relative size of the different Countries VI. Comparative Map on a uniform scale, exand larger Islands on the globe.

VII. Railroad Map of the United States, exhi-
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biting the principal railway lines, with their con-

System of Isothermal Lines.
VIII. Physical Geography, with Humboldt's

IX. Outline of Mathematical Geography.
X. Geographical Clock, exhibiting the relative

V. Copious Marginal Notes and Explanations, giving the derivation and meaning of difficult words time of day under different degrees of Longitude. FROM PROF. F. A. ALLEN, CHESTER COUNTY NORMAL SCHOOL.

Messrs. J. B. LIPPINCOTT & Co. :

Dear Sirs:-Some time since, we placed in the hands of our advanced Teachers' Class a supply of Smith's New Geography, both for study and recitation, and for criticism; and the result of our experience with the work has been such as to satisfy us of its value and superiority as a text-book. It is without doubt the most comprehensive work of its size now published, and sufficiently comprehensive to answer all the purposes of an advanced work for higher institutions.

An important and valuable feature in the work, and one to which the attention of teachers ought to be called, is the marginal notes and definitions. and one" questions asked by inquisitive pupils, such asIn these will be found answers to the "thousand canoes?" 66 Why are the great plains in North America called prairies or savannas, while in South Why are burning mountains called volAmerica they are called pampas and llanos, in Europe heaths, and in Asia steppes? these words pronounced, and what do they mean?" These and a host of similar questions, are answered and fully explained. Upon every page of the work this feature stands out.

"How are

The original small maps, exhibiting the Races, Religions, Governments, and states of Civilization, the Isothermal lines, Volcanic systems, etc., etc., together with the forty-four Vicinity Maps, and the thirty-two full-page Maps, are not surpassed by any other work extant.

The pages devoted to Ancient Geography, embracing Maps of the Roman Empire, and other noted places of antiquity, will prove a very acceptable feature to every teacher. full upon this point to give a clear and general knowledge of the subject. The department of Physical Geography is quite satisfactory. Enough is given to serve as an outline of the study. The work is sufficiently

Among the many excellent features in the work, we cannot fail to call the attention of all to the Comparative Map, on a uniform scale, as well as the Celestial Map and Diagrams. These, in connection with the Geographical Clock, are matters of sufficient importance alone to commend the work. The test to which we are daily submitting this work proves highly satisfactory to all concerned; and, though somewhat prejudiced against it at first, we are now fully convinced of its merits, an evidence of which is found in the fact that we have adopted it as our standard text-book in Geography. Very respectfully yours, F. A. ALLEN, Principal of C. C. N. School.

FROM THE MASS. TEACHER.

"All we have to say is, that this Geography is a novelty and a choice one too. to-day a geographical text-book for our own use we should choose this." ***

If we had to select

TEACHERS will be furnished with copies of the work, in flexible covers, by mail, for examination, upon receipt of 25 cents in money or postage stamps, by the Publishers; and schools will be supplied with the work, for introduction, upon accommodating terms.

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PALMER'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

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Showing the succession of the Crown of England,

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The History forms a 12mo. volume of 445 pages. Price $1, retail; or $9 per dozen to Teachers. The Chart, mounted on rollers, is published in two sizes. The larger is sold at $2, the smaller $1. This Manual of History and Chart have been introduced into many of the best schools in New England; including the Public High School, Springfield; Eaton's Commercial Academy, Worcester; Laselle Female Seminary, Auburndale, Mass.; Glenwood Ladies' Seminary, (Ŏrcutt's) W. Brattleboro', Vt.; Free Academy, Norwich; York Square Female Seminary, New Haven; State Normal School, Connecticut.

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