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THE AMERICAN CLASS READER.
containing sri of lessons in r aiding; with
Introductory Elk rcses in Articulation, Inflee.
ion Emphasis, and tho other essential elements Of
correct natur Elocution d.sign,d for Ac ida.
mis- and common Schools. BY GEORGE WILL
SON, form ry Principal of the Can md iigua Aci-
denny, and late Principal of the Livingston Co.
High School,
The design of the American CIissrsader. is H.
teach scholars 10 read 1t is not sufficient for this
purpose, that book be instructive and entertain
ing. and the selections chs ste and classical in point
OF diction I; 1t should be also properly adapted to
xerciso the reader in all the varied tones, nfieo
tions and other requisites that belong to correct
locution.
Four lessons are inserted without punctuation.
These will furnish toss OF the dear 20 of intelh
g nee, and of attention to the sense, with which
the pupil reads. Tn IN ~ also BE- used in te4ch-
ing punctuation, and the use of c,pitlls.
considerable number of Lessons have bsen
selected from the Bible. Apurt from the impor.
lance and valuo of its divine instructions, tho
Sacred Scriptures abound in passages unrivallcd
in nltur-l impressive eloquencs and admirably
adapted to the purpose OF improvement in elocu.
ton. In what is call drhetorical dialogue, lee
lions no WI, reelse BE- found at III corp rible.
PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL
SYSTEM OF ARITHMETIC, containing SO.
v,rl new methods of oper .tion, and a new sys.
tenn of Proportion with Theor tic Al expl nations
of all the principal rules. Also, treatise on
Mensurltion, and brif practical system of
bookkeeping BY the author of the American
Class R,1der.
[" This system OF Arithmetic is designed for ,he
moro advanced pupils in common Schools and
Academies. IL do not att smpt to combine men
tai arithmetic with the of the slate nor TO up.
its in one book treatise for children of sir, and
tor youths of sirteea years old. In mental arith.
natc, CIV ry thing that could be dcsir ID, Is bsen
tlonc by Colburn whose admir- lblo littls work is
now SO centrally used and highly appreciated
throughout the United Stat ,s."l
CANANpAIGUA, july /, 1896.
Mr.. Morse.
Sir-H wing carefully examined "The Amer.
&c IN Class-Reader,"by GEoRGE WILSON, hesitate
not TO express my opinion decidedly in its fivor;
oec Jus, doom il work chasto in its selections
classical in point of diction, and admirably cal
culated TO assist youth in becoming corroct read
ers. hope that it wilt be universally adopted in.
our schools.
Ihave also examined your /" Practical and Thee
retic Arithmetic" by the same author contain.
ing several new methods of operations and new
system of proportions and hesitate not TO saw that
At is the best work have seen of the kind.
DANIEL GIBBS,
Teacher Of the Select School, Vienna, NJ. y.
Vienna, June Is, 1896.
Copy OF letter from tho Rev. 1. s. Spencer.
formerly Principal of the Cannndagua Academy.
:, BRooKLYN, May 10, 1896.
Mr.. Morse:
Sir--i have very carefully examined 1.-The
American Cldss- Reader" by .sGEoneE WrLsoS,,
and have no hesitation in expressing nay opinion
of It's excellence consider il the best work, for
the purpose for which it was designed, that have
ever sem. lamconfdentit will b f5uod eminsnts
y beneficial both to Teachers and PUPILS: and
n lint IT, .ls.x
Academies and Schools.
I. s. SPENCER.
10 Tho above works are published, and for sale
Wholesale a. Retail, al the Detroit Bookstore, lw
l. l.. MORSE.
Augum 4, 1890 ~