The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-11-01
EDUCATION.

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| ne attention Of School Committees
OF Instructors. of Children and Yop,h 80
requested ~ ,t IN the subject OF Education, is
published by A. PHELPS, Green6eIG' fW.s0
anu ior sale by sim, also by CI.ARESnOS{
saIIara !; WoTcesEeT, and the principal Book.
Gil nL UNIVERSAL PRECEPTOR-being.
Enn',,a Grammar ct Arts. Sciences, and Useful
knowledge. BY the Rev. Dawn BLaIR-.snthor
o Oh the Class Book, English Grammar. MoJaI. %
1anenne letters Reading Exercises, and Cram
mar OF Natural and Experimental Ph;IosonL.
ms work IS designed for Class Book far ~
;, oi SCHOOLS and academies throughout tn. H.
rnleu States and IS exceedingly well caIcnIa,sa
for those young persons who Ii M. a'Suis'eu
T, "'u ene dement's OF regular, classical education
49, Psseh's, IN an attractive and interesting form,
INC nc eIe.hehts OF the most important sciences.
smoh Various lessons are happily arranged: and.
can ova ' ~. s.ip!ehy OF the style, that no one
sah give ms attention to the subjects of which il
treats without finding his understanding enIaros
Gu, anu MS capacity for properly eneaeinp in tsa
aetlve duties of life greatly increased = mons
10 cI,eI exceilencies may be considered that or,
uIano,;o arrangement and that familiarity OF ex-
p'Snat,oh' winch render it complete instructer
10 .seh; ard, from this circumstance. II .er;vss
"sh recommendation book TO be intro5uc
w ..'o our schools and academies, and to aid ma.
ems nG IN their plans of domestic education.
H. 49, u 'Ien eutioh is greatly improved from
me latest English copies, aud in every resnect II
VIII be found worthy The appreciation and pstror-
age OF the public. p''on-
CONCENTRATIONS
From ReD. r. Strong. autho,. of ee,,-.,I .,o,...
ole Schooi Books, he Common Reader Yo,ns
ocholdr's Manual &c.
. From an examination of BLA1R's TJErvpps.1
IhhCEPloR' am satisfied that II is book which
may be used to great advantage in the imnrova.
ment of the youthful mind, 6y teachers apd NJ
rents. IL treats, i'll familiar manner, of a great
ssr'ety OF nst ful and interesting subjects and
there can be no doubt. that, as such a work is
very ihuch needed, so this will hardly fail OF hay.
S 70" criui influence IN raising the standard Of
SSuucatlon IN our cnnaman sehaais-hy eino he
iore them the principles of those sciences which
have hitherto been considered out OF the reach of
those VINO DO not receive the benefits of regular
literary instruction On this account, in particu.
lar, L think it deserves patronage and summons.
and cannot but believe that the happiest effects
may result from its general introduction in schools
ana academies as regular class book
4. STRONG.
Fran Rev C. " Fozy!er.
from the examination have bestowed on the
Cn'versat PreceptOr," am satisfied that, both
IN IN It's pan and execution, it is we'll adapted for
the use OF schools. Throughout the work surh
illustrations are presented TO the eve. through
the medium OF prints, and to The imaginar,So
through the medium OF poetry, that many .b
| slTact principles, which, as often exhibited orc
obscure and unInteresting. here assume distinc,
ano a''iS'I'e 'oF!n' WIN. Z. FOWLER.
THE CHlLD'S MONITORS primary book
| for schools, by Rev. r. SrRoNG author of III
| Common Reader, Young Scholars Manual, &c.
| THE FRANKLIN PRIMER, or Lessons in
| Spelling and Reading adapted to the under.
standings of Children; composed and published
| by Committee appointed FOR the pa pose, by
the School Convention of Franklin County.
/. These works are designed particularly for be.
| ginning the cducstion OF young children, and in
| the opinion of those best qualified TO Judge are
excellently adapted for that purpose. They ara
considered an Improvement upon the common
method. Were there nothing else to recon-
mend them, the fact that the child. in learnipo
| his alphabet and abs wears out four or five OF the
common spelling books, leach of which costs as
much as three or four of these would, it is con-
ceived, furnish sufficient reason for giving the
latter decided preference.
The last number of the American Journal f
Education Ia work of the highest authority in
questions of education) thus notices the Franklin
Primer
"This little book is Of the most ingenious
improvements in this branch of instruction, that
has iTiti,~rtu beeu reuurd e,i IN Journal
"We would not leave this highly merilorious
production, without ahverting to its excellent a.
daptation to the minds of very young chdre n
al the reading lessons are simple, easy. utclIigi.
Bile, and natural in their style; and they will
prepare the little learner TO read with an unas-
Stunning and lively manner, in works of higher
order"
THE YOUNG SCHOLARS MANUAL, or
! Companion to the Spelling -Bouk-cousisting 81
Easy Lessons in the several branches Of Early
: Education intended for the use OF Schools. by
? Rev L. STRONG.
This work is now extensively used in schools,
3 and has received the highest concentrations
from experienced instructors.
Greenfield, Oct 81, 1896. 2i2o2eow