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THE AMERICAN CLASS READER :
containing series of lessons in Reading; with
Introductory Exercises in Articulation, Infiec
ton Emphasis and the other essential elements of
correct natural Elocution designed for Acadia.
mics and common Schools. BY GEORGE WILL
SON, formerly Principal of the Canandaigua Aca.
denny, and late Principal Of the Livingston Co.
High School.
The design of the American Glass. reader. is to
teach scholars to read 1t is not sufficient for this
purpose, that book be instructive and entertain.
ing, and theselectons chasto and classical in point
OF dictlon 1T should be also properly adapted to
exercise the reader in all the varied tones inflec
tons, and other requisites that belong to correct
elocution.
-Four lessons arc inserted without punctuation.
These will furnish tests of the degree of inteli.
gence, and of attention to the sense, with which
the pupil reads. They may also be used in teach
ing punctuation, and the use of capitals.
A considerable number of lessons have been
selected from the Bible. Apart from the impor.
lance and value of its divine instructions, the
Sacred Scriptures abound in passages unrvalled
In natural impressive eloquence, and admirably
adapted to the purpose of improvement in elocu-
ton. In what is called rhetorical diaIogue. selec
tons can no where's else be found at all comparable
A PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL
SYSTEM OF ARITHMETIC, containing Sc
veral new methods of operation, and a new sys
tenn of Proportion ; with Theoretical explanations
of all the principal rules. Also, a treatise on
Mensuration, and brief practical system of
Bookkeeping. BY the author of the American
Glass Reader.
[" This system of Arithmetic is designed for lhe
more advanced pupils in common Schools and
Academies. IL does not attempt to combine men
tai arithmetic with the use of the slate, nor to un
lite in one book treatise for children of sic, and
for youths of sixteen years old. In mental artll.
metic, every thing that could be DESIRED has been
done by Colburn whose admirable little work is
now so generally used and highly appreciated
throughout the United States."l
CANANDAIGUA, July I, 1886.
Mr. Morse:
Sir-Having carefully examined "The Amer
lean Class-Reader," by GEORGE WILSON, hesitate
not to express my opinion decidedly i'm its favor /;
because deem it work chaste in its selections,
classical in point of diction, and admirably cal.
culated to assist youth in becoming correct read.
ers. l hope that it wilt be universally adopted in
our schools.
Ihave alsoexamined your Practical and Theo
retcal Arithmetic" by the same author, contain
ing several new methods of operation, and new
system OF proportion; and hesitate not to say that
1t is the best work L have seen of the kind
DANIEL GIBBS.
ledCHeT " the cetect Sch00t, Vienna, ~. d.
Vienna, June IL, 1886.
Copy of a letter from the Rev. l. s. Spencer,
formerly Principal of the Canandaigua Academy.
BROOKLYN, May 10, 1886.
Mr.. Morse:
Sir-l have very carefully examined "The
American Class Reader" by " GEORGE WILSON"
and have no hesitation in expressing my opinion
of its excellence. consider it the best work. for
the purpose for which it was designed, that have
ever seen. am confdentit will be found eminent
" beneficial both to Teachers and Pupils; and