The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-06-16
READING BOOKS FOR
SCHOOLS.

FWVHE AMERICAN FIRST Glass Book, or Ex-
III ercses 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 a 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, sc. By the author
Of American First Glass Book
INTRoDUcTIoN TO THE NATIONAL READER, a
selection of Easy Lessons, designed Cor the third
or middle classes in Common Schools, prepara-
tory to the use of the National Reader. By the
author of the Glass 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 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 it 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 a series of works
4 by the same author, must be apparent to every
( one, as no other persons could 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
.7merican First Class Book At a meeting
! of the Boston School Committee, July Is, 1923,
Book be hereafter used in the Public Reading
Schools instead Of Scots Lessons.
I Attest: WIN. WELLS, Sec'ry.
| National Reader At meeting of the School
Committee of the city of Boston, holden at the
Mayor and Aldernen's Room, July 2, 1929,
I Voted, that " Pierpont's National Reader be
introduced into the Public Grammar Schools of
this city, in lieu of' Murrays English Reader"
after the visitation of the Schools in August
Attest: T. w. PHnLLIPs, Secry
of the School Committee.
/ GP 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
I ere long, the series will stand unrivalled.
These works are all published by RICH
I ARDSON, LORD, & HOLBROOK, No. 1873
Washington street, Boston, who will furnish
School Committees with them for examination
gratis. They may also be had of DORR &
ROWLAND, and G. HARRIS, Worcester,
and of most Booksellers
These works were also recommended by the
| Convention of Teachers, at their late meeting
IN Boston. June 2.