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The AMERICAN GLASS READER :.
cont lining ri Of lessons in X aiding with
Introductory Exercises in Articulation lnfiec.
ton Emph sis. and tho OTHER essential clrments OF
correct naturl Elocuiion !. d, signed for Acadia
mics and common Schools. BY GEoRoE VIII
SON, form rly Principal of the Cdn.ndIigna Acl-
domy, and late Principal of the Livingston Co.
High School. -,.
The design of the American Class-reader is to
teach scholars thread tits moi suf ,ient for this
purpose, that book be instructive n entertain
ing, and the selections chaste on las cal in point
of dction il should be also pr. Or idapted to
exercise the reader in all the varied ones, inhcc-
tions and other requisites that elong to correct
clocution.
Four lessons are inserted without punctuation.
These will furnish tests OF tho degree of intc-
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 ctpitlls.
A considerable number of lessons have boon
selected from the Bible. Apart from the mpor-
lance and value of its divine Instructions tn
Sacred Scriptures abound in passages unrv ,llad
in natural impressive eloquence, and admirably
adapted to the purpose of Improvement in clocu-
ton. In what is callrdrhetOricai dialogue selec-
tons no VIII r. else be found at II comp ,rabla.
A PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL
SYSTEM OF ARITHMETIC, containing Sc
vcrl w mthois of operation, and new sys-
tom Of Proportion with Theoretical explanations
, of all the principal rules. Also, treatise on
nj ;nsurstcn, and brief practical system Of
bookkeeping. BY the author of the American
Glass Reader.
[" This system of Arithmetic is designed for ,he
more advanced pupils in common Schools ans
Academies. IL 90 not attempt to combine mon
tai arithmetic with the use of the slate nor to un
ito in one book treatise for children of sir, and
for youths OF siSteen years old. In mental arith-
metic, every thing that could be desired has been
done by Colburn whose admirable little work il
now so generally used and highly appreciated
throughout the United St,ts"]
CANANDAIGUA, July 1, 1896.
| Mr.. More:
Sir--H wing carefully examined "Thc Amer
| lean Glass r. adler" by GEORGE WILSON hesitate
not TO express my opinion decidedly in its favor
| because deem 1 work claste in it's selections
classical in point Of diction, and admirably cal
cullted TO assist youth In becoming corr ct road.
ers. hope that it wilt be universally adopted in
our schools.
| Ihavc alsoexamned your Practical and Theo
ratical Arithmetic" by the same author, contain.
ing several new methods OF operation, and new
system of proportions and hesitate not TO say, that
| 1t is the best work have seen of the kind.
DANIEL GIBBS.
| Teacher Of the Select School, Vienna, ~. Y.
| Vienna, June lS, 1896.
Copy OF a letter from the Rev. |. >. Spencer,
formerly Principal of the Canandaiguo Academy.
BROOKLYN, May 10, 1886.
| Mr.. Morse:
SRI have very carefully examined "Thy
American Class Reader" by GEORGE WILSON,
| and have no hcsit ton in expr ssing my opinion
of its excel nee. consider it the b st work. for
the purpose for which it was designed, that l have
ever seen. | am confdentit will b. found cminen,
ly beneficial both to Teachers and Pupils; and
cannot but desire its immediate adoption in our
Academies and Schools.
/. s. SPENCER.
GJTThe above works are published, and FOR sal,
Wholesale a. Retoi, at the Detroit Bookstore, by
l.. l.. MORSE.
August A, 1885, IyS