The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-01-19
Vermont Board of Education.

vermont bOdru OI GuucdClOn.
Adtorfatrs Lit Of Tttt Books f6c ne District
Schools IN Vermont
This certifes, that, at Meeting Of the YER
mont Board OF Education, duly called by his
Excellency, Gov. Hall, and held at Burlington,
on the 9th, 7th, and 9Th days of December, A.
D. 1865, the following List Of Text Books, for
the use Of the District Schools of the State, was
selected and approved by the unanimous vote
Of the Board, in accordance with the provisions
Of the It'll Section of g An Act relating to Com
mon Schools" enacted by the Vermont Legis-
lature Mt their October session, A d 1858
SPELLERS
For primary classes in ordinary District
Schools Progressive Lessons in the English
Language publishers n Farnham, Jr &
Co.. Bradford VT
Graded and Union Schools, -''worcest
Prononncing Spelling Book (Hickling, Swan
& Brewer Boston
READERS
For the ordinary District Schools, Town
Iolbrooks Progressive Primer and First, Sec
ond, and Third Readers and Common School
Reader and Speaker.
For Graded and Union Schools, Town s
Holbrook's Common School Reader and Speak
err, and Fourth and Fifth Readers (Bslin &
Ellsworth, Boston.)
GRAA1MARs.
For ordinary District Schools Towers Ele
ments of Grammar" CROSBY, Nichols & Co,
Boston and Goold Browns First Lines OF
English Grammar q. s. & W Wood. New
York.
For Graded and Union Schools, - Wells
Grammar eff the English Language " Qvi.on
& Phinney, New York; and Bullion's Canal
ytical and Practical English Grammar" Pratt
Oakley & Co., New York;
BIOGRAPHIES
For ordinary District Schools earn allIs
First Steps Primary and Grammar School
Biographies, ," (omitting Cornell's Intsrmsdi-
ate
For Graded and Union Schools,
High School Geography and Companion Atlas -
ID. Appleton & Co, New York
ARITHMETICs.
For ordinary District Schools, --"Greanleaf's
Primary, Intellectual, and Common seh5of'-
Arithmeties
Fol- Graded and Union Schools, -Greaulear
Higher Arithmetic (R 3 Davis s Co. Bos
TOM 49,.
For mental Exercises in all the Public Schools
Warren Colburn's intellectual Arithmetic "
Brown, Taggard & Chase, Boston
And that said list OF books, thus selected and
now published, in the language of the Act re-
ferred to, has become authoritative and bind
ling upon the Board Of Education, Superin;
"tendents, and Teachers, until January LIST, A.
- 1904 ana teachers anu superintendent
shall recommend for use in the District Schools
'as new books shall become necessary for in.
.struction in the branches named, no other
than books included In said list established"
HILAND.HALL,
BURNHAM MARTIN,
CALVIN PEASE
!. D BRADLEY,
TIM p, REnFlELb
By order Of the board,
I. 8. ADAMS, Secretary
December lith, 1858,
Penmanship, History If the United States,
and Composition, though Of great Importance in
every District School are not mentioned in the
Act rs topics, in reference to which the Board
are required to select Text Books, and therefore
they have made no M iaf recommendation OF
books for instruction IN these branches.
But Rm authorized T. say, that the Board.
f'y'fsr Pc, concur with me in recommen-
ding to the consideration Of Superintendent
Teachers and Parents, and Booksellers In Yer
mont, the following Books
Is CuMPosITIoN Tower & Tweed's Gram
mar of Composition Grossly, Nichols Co,
Boston.
Is nIsToRY OF L. S-Quackenbos' History
Of United states " (App'eton Co New
York
Is PENHASshIr Fryson, Dunton selib-
ners, Peumanshp," for copy books, (Conden-
sed in two numbers And, "Bcok keeping
adapted 10 Payson punton snd soribners' Pen
manship. Corsby, Nichols & Co., Boston
]. S. ADAMS, Secretary.