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A Practical Grammar,

IN which Words. Phrases, ana Sentences, are Class
fled according to their Offices and Relation TO each
other. illustrated by Complete system of Diagrams
| BY $. w CLARK, A. NJ, Principal of Conrilandt AGA
denny. Price so cents.
From c. E. w. Miller Principal Of Macon FsmaI Sem
! iaary, Westsrn Tennessee.
sAn acquaintance of five years with IS. w. CIark's
English GRAMMAR has taught TO esteem it the best
| [ have met My first experienc in its use w: :
gained by placing it in the ha.ias Of nunbe Of chd.
dren, umacclainted with gramnar these had used il
but few months when it was currently said Of them,
They the most accurate and really grammarians in
SCHOOL, This and To the author, not the
teacher, the merit due. In Mr. CIark's work the
Phosophc. the comprehensive and the scientific,
happily harnize as to enlist conc and highly
discipline the faculties of the youthful mind, which,
the of This ,utor is not encountered by the parrot
like repetition characterzng the majority of text books
Grammar, most of which mere challenges to the
memory, and collectively they hang an incubus upon
the science, impeding its onward march in about the
ratio the of patent have tartled the
progress OF music as d science
That use successfully the Grammar of Mr. g.,
requires much activity of mind, upna the part of both
pupil and teacher. cause the work To he longer in
gaining general circulation but, of one thing SUR,
il is, that student study the book, in Nnn
with the authors chronological Chart, and fail to gain
therefrom Unite, practical, and extended know ledge
of English Grammar in far less time than is requisite
acquire the same from the Use of any "th'r roatise
extant upon the structure OF our language
Youths Manual Of & Geography,
roMRINED with History and Astronomy Designed
~ for the use Of the Junior and ln,crm d,te classes
Price so cents,
From JosErA McKEEN, City Superintendent Common
Schools .Ne.o York.
ssIt is better adapted than any other Primary Geo
graphv in in this city it has become favore
book with the teachers"
'shis book is altogether in advance of other
in The questions concise explicit and ad j.
raby adapted to the comprehension of The children''
DAVID PATTERSON, Principal W ard School No. ;.
JAMES II. PARTRIDGE, g =" 80
ASA SMITH, g Sc sc IL
ioHN w. BoYcE, g. Z" 81
SAMUEL ). ST. JOHN, 6 60 81
81 can, from twenty years experience in the Common
Schools of New York, that it is decidedly the best
work for children have ever seen.
tIt written by teacher who well understands the
wants of the teachers and scholars the subject of
Geography
WILLIAM u. REucK, Principal Ward School No. 7.
JAMES ID. DEMILr, IS I" :" 81
From NJ. j. O'DoNNELL Principal " frd School No. 5.
"The best evidence teacher give OF his appreci
atIen Of schoolkock is n Undue" il in his school,
winch have dene The high opinion OF IFS excellence,
which formed from ths examination If il is fully
Grmsd by its practical " is the best Primary Geo
xiaphy which has ever COME tu any notice"
Eom ARTHUR Murray, Principal Of Wird School No. It,
eli efer and use it, because being the Production of
experienced and successful teacher il is better adap
ted to the purposes Of nstrucfon-if carefully
prepared, therefore, cttne scholars improve
faster and learn Thoroughly with il than with any
other l have used''
Dubuque, June 18th, 1851. dit per week Il WITT.