Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-06-18
Rer.wm. muIker,. Books, &c.

Mr.. Mulkey has recently returned from trip
South, undertaken with a view to lay before the
public, and teachers particularly, bis system OF
teaching, and his school books Amongst the many
testimonials received by him, as TO the value OF bis
works, there is one from Mr. George Z. Naif, Of
the Tennessee Conference Female College at Athens,
Ala, which deserves attention. After stating that
he had long felt the great want of systematic me-
thod Of teaching the phonetic orthepy, end ortho-
grapby of the English language, and looked in vain
for it amongst the many publications issued by the
press, be says
at has at length been nv good fortune to fall in
with system ss only taught and chiefly discover
cd by Prot. VIM. Mulkey. | have subjected his sys-
TEN to careful examination, and feel SATISFIED, that
il is the HiDo wanted, needed, and sought ait hy
ali who love their mother tongue, and desire to un-
dersiand the elementary principles upon winch 1t IS
based.
| believe that if heartily adopted and persever-
ingly adhered to- il will save the teacher hall his
labor, and the pupil half the labor deVolVed by the
old system upon him; while the uniformly dry and
poddng course, now pursued, will be exchang-
ed for an animated zeal that will give zest to the
whole performance.
have also exsmined Prof. Ms books, and from
a thorough conviction of their superiority, have
introduced them folly into my school. They are
admirably adapted to his system OF oral iDstrucuon
for while his exercises OF oral kind can be adapt
ed toany books in use. there is so manifest supe-
FioritV in his books Others that have no hes-
itaDcy in prefprring them.
LIST. HIS Primer is evidently made with an eve
to meet the wants OF the plodder, just as all ee
mentary school books should b., inssmuch as nine
tenths Of the children have to be forced TO learn.
The exercises in il systematic and progressive
taking up single phonetic element at Il time and
repeating il in a variety Of ways, until It becomes
accurately and in, fl ably impressed upon the MIND
HIS OrtLGDical Spelling Book is worthy sue
cessor his Primer In It., the monOsy lli6lc root
words examinations of acertain clan or family are
given first then follow words of two syllabeS, en-
bracing the monosylables just learned as part OF
their composition then come words OF three 81 la-
bles belonging to the same family, and so on.
Another point Of general superiority, existing In
Prof ms system is a careful servation OF the
anomalies of the language to the last. You do not
ind such words as sk,f bluff, cough, laugh, slough
all neterogeniousfy mingled together IN the same
column, appearing 60 embarrass the pupil at the
very threshold OF his course; but after the words
that perfectly regular aud conformable TO law
have been thoroughly mastered, the learner IL pac-
ed upon the anomalies, aud the labor Is compare
lively easy.
To the teacher, think this system must prove
invaluable, as be teach more pupils in grtatly
less timp and with greatly less labor, and conf
deuty believe with more underwriting accuracy than
q de the present methCd. Respectfully, &c,
GEORGE e. hAFF.
TENNESSEE CONFERENCES FEMALE INSTITUTE,
Athens Ala, Nay l7h 1887.