Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-09-24

80. REGULAR Progression A. would be 'h' spe"p'
te,,au our.sl,os u the lover of the "'iEo ~
dririns u -rcrg end fotem".t
A, another reason fr' recommending u" WI
o. arc told that IN The opinion ~ the e"m~"''' ..
ssnisa acus o-i,s arc valuable ercte''e' '"' 'O"'"
a. thy asurl that Mud of discipline {" ih' m'''
and aemory which cannot fail I" be oi rrA'"'A'
tr portancc ~ after year, IN reading nsrrH"''" W.
isr,. a." | believe teacher H'aAlly agree III W,
t,r,t,x ,hort lesson where the class oil At single
reading 49, The beginning middle ana coo W
,ubieet Bot IT, for the sake ~ mcutd discipline
a , de.rahlc e. have she narrative conuhu'"'N WY
nat t.lsa b, A Of history, IL should he fcmem
b,rcs that th, ,torie. referred to. come III part
e,~rih Of the Moral lns,rnctof. They are intended
therefore for al, anccd rurts, ~ho must be capable
Of comprrhcndiug History and u deriving '"m'
benefit from IT, have used Farley Pr, aud
second Book Of History, IN schools for reading
book. and | feel pretty confident thst they make
h,,trr reading book. frr our children than any
mere ,tor, which l. made W to order
Bat there t. one reason given by the Committee
Tor recommending the Moral Instructor which Is OF
var --,,, inheritance aud If the h'ok vii accom-
pl.h oil that understand to lc claimed fr 1t by
the report 1t ourh, to bc read by every one every
instance. # believed such moral sentiment. tarr
ineulcatcdl are emueutly calculated to deVc'"pc
and strengthen the conscicntiousnes oi children
and youth which IA the opinion VI the committee
s the true basis OF Alsl obedience hnd devotion t"
truth Ia all circumstance and producing a. mi.
pruI result an entire submission To- God The Gahcs
are the committee, not mine. Truly, then, the
world ha. Mt length found great dcsidcrntnm
whose wonder working energies will accomplish Tar
t,,ere desirable results than the far famed phloto
yber's stone. Divine agency Is no more needed In
rcnovH,ing the heart of man, and curing all the
moral diseases that afhct mankind "Eutlrc sub
mi,sion 10 God is produced ndtnrHI result "
tho moral sentiments Of this book the "conscleu.
tiou,ucs.' developed byrcadine IT,
Til. i. more than Paul dare claim Tor hi. preach.
the means and iu.trumcrtnli,ics hitherto used for
this purpose have been able to accomplish II thi'
book will effect all this for our children 10y all means
let it be used Bu, did the committee know what
they were saying
Thus far in the examination Of the alcdscd excel
lcncie- Of the Moral Instructor. few word. now
concerning what appear to me to Ice defects. And |
shall coufnc my rcmarks To- Part II, OF the series,
A. Part Ill and " are not now in my possession.
Thcrei- some ground think for the objection which
Ia. been made to TIL. book that it too COT ..la'
not to sayvulgar in s style. It. pages p!cntiuly
sjrinklcd with the contractions didn't couldn't
"wouldn't," "i.u't" don't" I'll" well" "thcyn.'
Eve" you've" you're" &c. And the frequent
repetition Of the word well where it composc-
IA whole sentence period being ola each side Of It
certainly has not good usage to recommcndit
1t was evidently the great aim of the author t.
have the shortest sentences possible; and he has II
seems to me carried this to great extreme. | do
not feel very confident that am right on ths point
but cannot hu, think that child who reads rendily
and he ought not to use Part II, Till he can-wil
find it very hard work to read page in that book
1t is too much like narrowing piece ofnew ground
the roots are too thick and the harrowtceth catcl
too often. But We will suppose the sentences ARE
not too short must protest against isI ong Iue'nd
ton, in a schoo book, in order to make short sen
/ fences. And this is what We have here almos
every page and think it would be perfectly SAT
/ to leave out tn, almost" What -hould be singh
sentence is broken up into two, three or more, b.
throwing in periods as it were hap-hsrard TAX
the following on page 81 as fair spcci men Of ia
whole.
IL They rctured to the housc. Soon Aitei
| Edward and Arson came home. The cousins ha
never seen each other. So ut fret they were all
little ,hv But Mr.. Bowen told Edward to sho'
john aud james the dove, uud the poultry. An
they soon became acquainted.
-. Next morning they went TO the woods IN
city boys wee delighted here. The lofty tree
W. t',.r tpl waving IN the wind. The great "
ri,ty %, tr..Asc. The tlrds The little tquIrrc.
Every thing was new to them.
Such punctuation a. this-aul the remark
applicable to the whole Look-would disgrace
school-boy. If our children in their earlier rcadr
cAcrci.cs, must be confined to -torc, md nothir
but stories, and these manly from single pen
certainly havcs right TO demand that these Produ
e tous should be uncxccptonablc in style, and tr
from gross errors. Aud in closing this commune
u ton wish to ash the question whether the c"n',a
drilling Of children in the reading of chit.chat st
rics the best way to cultivate their taste for mo
U solid reading or does indeed properly prepare the
10 read intcllgently the author, with which 'th
ought to become familiar in subsequent life. \.