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| v THE AMERICAN CLASS READER
containing series of lessons in II sadng; with
Introductory Exercises in Articulation, Inflec.
tion- Emphasis and the other essential elements OF
correct nlturl Elocution designed for Acadia.
mics and com mon Schools. By GEooE VIII.
SON, formerly Principal of the Canandaigua Aca.
DENY, and late Principal of the Livingston Co
High School.
The design of the American Class. render. is 10
teach scholars to read 1t is not sufficient for this
purpose, that book be instructive and entertain.
ing and the selections chaste and classical in point
OF diction; it should bs also properly adapted to
exercise the reader in all the varied tones, nfec
tons, and other requisites that belongto correct
e.ocution.
-Four lessons are inserted without punctuation.
Those will furnish tests of the degree Of intelli
gence, and of attention to tho 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 unrivalled
IN natural impressive eloquonce, and admirably
adapted to the purpose of improvement in elocu.
tion In what is calledrhetorical dialogue, selec.
tons can no where else be found at all comparable.
A PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL
SYSTEM OF ARITHMETIC, containing so-
veral new methods of operation, and new sys.
I m of Proportion with Theoretical explanations
of all the principal rules. Also, a treatise on
M snsuration, and brief practical system Of
Book keeping. BY the author of the American
Class Reader.
["This system of Arithmetic is designed for ,he
more advanced pupils in common Schools and
Academies. It does not attempt to combine men
tai arithmetic with the of the slate nor to un
lite in one book treatise for children of sir, and
for youths of sirtesn y9ars old. In mental arth.
motic, 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 Stat,s"]
CANANDAIouA, July l, 1886.
Mr.. Morse:
Sir-Having carefully examined "The Amer.
lean Class Reader, by GEORGE WILSON, l h sitate
not TO express my opinion decidedly in its favor
because deem il work chaste in its selections,
classical in point of dction, and admirably cal.
culated to assist youth in becoming correct read.
ers. hope that it wilt be universally adopted in
our schools.
1have also examined your Practical and Theo
retical 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 have seen of the kind.
Teacher Of the Select School, Vienna, N. Y.
Vienna, June IL, 1886.
Copy Of letter from the Rev. l. s. Spencer,
formerly Principal of the Canandaigua Academy.
Brooklyn, May 10, 1886.
| Mr.. Morse:
Sir-I 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. lam confdentit will be found eminent
| ly beneficial both to Teachers and Pupils; and
cannot but desire its immediate adoption in our
| Academies and Schools.
I. s. SPENCER.
UThc above works are published, and for sale
Wholesale g. Retail, at the Detroit Bookstore, by
L. l.. MORSE.
August 4, 1886. ly6