The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-06-09
READING BOOKS FOR
SCHOOLS

VENHE AMERICAN FIRST CLASS Book. or Ex.
Il ercises in Reading and Recitation, select.
ed principally from Modern Authors of Great
Britain and America, and designed for the use
OF the Highest Glasses in Public and Private
Schools. BY JOHN PIERPoNT.
The NATIONAL READER, being selection of
Exercises In Reading and Speaking, designed
to fill the same place in the Schools of the U.
States that is held in Great Britain, by the COM
pIlations of Murray, Scott, &c. By the author
of American First Class Book
INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL READER, a
selection of Easy Lessons, designed Cor the third
or middle classes in Common Schools, prepare.
tory to the use of the National Reader. By the
author of the Class Book and National Reader.
These works compose a series of Reading
Books which is more popular than any other
which has ever been published in this country,
Murray's excepted. The design of them was
to furnish a selection of exercises for the diff
ferent classes of our Schools, which should be
better adapted to the state of society in this
country, and less obnoxious to complaint on the
ground of their national or political character
than 1t was reasonable to expect any English
compilation would be. One contains no matter
that is to be found in either of the others, so
that they may be all used by different classes
IN the same School, without firing and disgust
ing the pupil by repetitions of the same lessons,
and consequently the interest is constantly kept
up as the scholar rises step by step. For this
reason the advantage of using series of works
by the same author, must be apparent TO every
one, as no other persons could so we'll observe
the necessary gradations in style.
These works are all used in the Boston Pub
lie Schools, as will be seen by the following
certificates, and have also been introduced into
almost every city and town in the country.
american First Glass Book. At meeting
of the Boston School Committee, July l9, 1923,
II was ordered, that the American First Glass
Book be hereafter used in the Public Reading
Schools instead of SCOTS Lessons.
Attest: WIN. WELLS, Secry
National Reader. At a meeting of the School
Committee of the city of Boston, holden at the
Mayor and Aldernen,s Room, July 2, 1929.
Voted, that Pierpont's National Reader" be
introduced into the Public Grammar Schools of
this city, in lieu Of" Murray 8 English Reader"
after the visitation of the Schools in August
Attest: T. W. PHILLIPs, Secry
Of the School Committee.
" In Press, little work by the same au-
thor, designed for the smallest scholars, and
containing such easy and simple lessons as will
be adapted to the minds of the youngest read
ers. When this is completed, which will be
ere long, the series will stand unrivaled
These works are all published by RICH
ARDSON, LORD, & HOLBROOK, No. 1873
Washington street, Boston, who will furnish
School Committees with them Cor examination
gratis They may also be had of DORR d
ROWLAND, and G. HARRIS, Worcester,
and of most Book sellers.
These works were also recommended by the
Convention of Teachers, at their late meeting
in Boston. June 2.