Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-01-19
STANDARD SCHOOL
BOOKS.

Qy-The attention Of Teachers, School Com
miiiees, and oi al others interested IN The i'm.
porl sni snbjecl Of education in Common Shoots,
is requested 10 the following valuable and high.
" approved series OF School Books, viz:
/nilE FRANKLIN IRIMER This IS intended As a
y 6ist book ior ahillron. Ihis little book s une
II The most ingenious Improvements M tbs branch OF
s1acation, that Ia. hitherto been recorded IA our
| iourual.' Annals ol EJueaton.l
writer IN the Christian Register. IN a notice ol this
work remarks as follows Thsi excellent little work
The bcs; perhaps OF IL kind. ia tho Englsb language
THE IMPROVED READER, in regard to this hi.
tic volume, think that it deserves recommendation
as bi. hy valuable Ruxilury t. an attentive parent
Instructor, well calculated 10 facilitate the labor
teaching, and 10 engage the interest, wcllSs promote
The progress Of young children. II Is compiled IN a
great upon plan. having the excellent
advantage Of compelling both teacher and pupil to a
active eXercise Of the mind, than is required in
many books fr readug |, the introduction and use
Of school Book, like this, which TO rid the the lapd
oi auiomaton teachers aud pupils
Chrisiain Register
nm happy 10 express my Appreciation OF the In
proved Reader II richly merits the patronage Of the
public Rev. 5. VI. Worooser late Professor Of Rhe-
tor.c IN Amherst College.
la regard TO the Improved Reader know Of no pub.
lcation well adapted 10 the age for which IT Is de.
signed. Chi iren who shall diligently study TIN. manu-.
al, will probably acquire better knowledge of lapgu.
age by the time they eight nine years OF age,
than they woul have obtained by the books formerly
used, at fifteen or sixteen" Rev. Cyrus Mann
THE GENERAL CLAsS-BoOK-1he principal
excellence Of this rk, aud of the others which have
proceeded consist. in ITS adaptation 10 the cuppcos
o children the different stages of their early oduca
ton; we hope wiil have fair trial ~ all PRIMARY
schools" Professor Hitchcock OF Amherst College
"For the lower classes in common schools we LA We
seen nothing equal To the General Glass Book We ad-
wise all 10 whom the selection oil books committed,
10 give II an examination. Vermont Chronicle
tt.-The above are but specimen of the re.
concentrations that have been received rea'
tive TO these books, as individually considered.
The following reference to the whole as a series.
Extract from the statement Of gentleman Of
Philadelphia, made at the Teachers Conven-
ton in Andover.--"l have long since attended
the examination of School in Philadelphia, in which
the Franklin Primer Improved Reader and General
Class Book had been introduced, and astonshod
at the great change which had been Effected only
the manuor OF reading but also in the interest which
the pupils manifest IN Their lessons. They
amned through very large portion Of the books, and
such prompt,ude and deep interest have seldom
exhibited in any school, The testimony of gentle
man from New York; who acquainted with the e.
feet eli The books in school in that city, of the
same import.
From John Campbell Esq. of Montreal
Canada-"l have examined these books with
eons,defate attention, and consider them admra-
bly adapted 10 the instruction oi youth
From a Female Teacher in the State of
Massachusetts. | have no books SO admiral.
~ adapted to the young mind as the Franklin Primer,
'"P'"'s' h"~a"". cad Genor.l Glass Book"
These books-have also received the approval
oil a convention OF more than two hundred ladies and
gentlemen, teachers aud other friends Of education
they are also recommended by the Revue Ency co2e
d'que, one OF the ablest scientific journals Of Europe,
aud also, by the North American Review.-They have
also deem iavorably noticed by many of the dis.
tnsulshed professors aud scccesu teachers IN New.
England