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of March, to choose nine directors 10 mana &c the
afflirs of said institution.
BY ORDER OF THE DinEcroas.
Centrcyillc. Feb. 8, 1893. 3wel.
NALUABLEsCHOOL BOOKS
THE AMERICAN CLASS READER
containing series of lessons in Reading; with
Introductory Exercises ia Articulation, lnilec-
tion- Emphasls, and the other essential elements Of
correct naturI Elocution designed for Acadia.
mes and common schools: by GEooE Will:
SON. formerly rnncipai OF the Canandaigua AGA
denny ana late Principal OF the Livingston Co.
High School
The design Of the American Class-readcf, is 70
teach scholars to read. 1t is not sufficient for this
purpose, that book be instructive and entertain
ng and thos Elections chlste and classical in point
OF diction it should be also properly adapted 10
exercise Tie reader in all the varied tones iniieo
ions, and other requisites that btlongto corrco
elocution
Four lessons are inserted without punctuation.
ihese wiii furnish tests of the degree Of intell.
g'nce, aud Of attention to the sense, with which
.he PuPii reads Fhey may also be used In teach
ing punctuation, and the use of capitals
~ consiuerabie number os lessons have been
selected from the Bible. Apart from the impor. :,
nee and value Of its divine instructions. the
Sacred Scriptures abound in passages unrvalled
IN natural impressive eloquencc, and admirably
ton. In what is calledrhef0ricoi dialogue sclec.
tons can no whcrcelsc DO found at all comparable.
A PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL
SYSTEM OF ARITHMETIC, containing Sc
verI new methods of operation, and a now svs-
IN OF Proportion with Theoretical explanations
of all the principal rules. Also, treatise ON
NJ 'nsuration, and brief practical system Of
housekeeping. BY the aothor of the American
Cllss Reader.
''Ths system of Arithmetic is designed for ,hs
more advanced pupils in common Schools and
Academies. 1t does not attempt to combine men
tai arithmetic with the Of the slato nor TO un-
lite in one book treatise for children Of sis, and
for youths of siTteea years old. In mental arith..
metc, every thing that could be desired, has been
done by Coiburn whose admirable little work is
now so g,nsrally used and highly appreciated
throughout the United States"l
CANANDAIoUA, July /, 1886.
Mr.. Morse:
Sir-Having carefully examined I" The Amss.
lean Glass Reader" by GEoRoE Wilson, hesitate
not TO express my opinion decidedly in its favor
because deem il work chaste in its selections,
classical in point of diction, and admirably cal
culated to assist youth in becoming correct read
ers' hope that i. wilt be universally adoptedin
| our schools.
Ihave also examined your Practical and Thoo.
| retical Arithmetic" by the same author, contain.
| ing several new methods of operation, and now
system OF proportion; 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 IL, 1896.
Copy of letter from the Rev. I. s. Spencer,
formerly Principal of the Canandaigua Academy;
| BROOKLYN, May 10, 1896.
Mr.. Morse:
SRI have very carefully examined "Ths
American Class Reader" by "GEoKoE WrLsoN,s
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. lam confdentit will befound eminent
| ly beneficial both to Teachers and Pupils; and
cannot but desire it's immediate adoption in our
Academies and Schools.
/. S. SPENCER.
D'The above works are published, and for sale
Wholesale & Retail, ut the Detroit Bookstore, by
l.. l.. MORSE.
August A. 1886. ly