The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-03-30

A Series Of School and Family Readers,
By Marcus WtIson. iuihor Of ..PTi
mary History" Hist. United Staiss,"
'.AnsercaH Eatorg," and "Oat!iaes Of
General Hisioy."
Al adult of toe prssen. day, in locking
through this Series, cannot fai! TO contrast
its easy, familiar, and finely illustrated
lessons. with ihose he lab5rej through, aud,
BY the help Of the n asieE's rod, conquered
in childhood. FRS, is the PRIMER, With
pic;ares Of familiar objects, to illustrate
each letter Of the alphabet; and We remem
Der, With shudjsr, tbs long straight COL
umns, extending from 4 TO 4, which used
TO adorn the FIRST page Of the old ''Elemen-
iary." All honor to Noah Webster. lie
did The bes, be could for the youth Of his
day, and his Spelling Book was, IN itself, a
little library, with many a useful theme,
from ..Shs fed the old hen," and "A pony
il little horse,"to the fables Of .sThe Boy
who stole apples," "poor Tray" and
"The Lawyer and the Farmer" which
were among tie last Of the rea ing lessons,
and which, in some later editions, were IL
Illustrated with some dimly defined wood
cuts. |, cost more TO make pictures in
those days, than AZ present, and these
cuts, together with the "Frontispieee''-
representing tho .'IIIl of Science" sur
mounted by the ''TempIe Of Fame" and a
ad q, the foot With Il c IN hand, and the
master pointing GU: the beaten path up the
hill-were all the pictures the elementary"
could boast. Happy the little ones Of to-
day, for whom that up hill path is strewn
with flowers, and cleared Of many obstrue-
tons. The Primer goes on by easy
graiations to words offour and Eve letters,
and is Gs introduction to
the FIRST READER,
Which goes back to the Alphabet, and
gives for each letter a short lesson Of essy
words. as a review Of til, Primer, then
takes the little students along, BY almost
imperccptible steps, to more difficult lessons
dividing sylabled words By the hyphen,
and using language well adapted to their
tender minds. 10 part five, near the close
Of this Reader, we haYe lessons in count
ing the ten Arabic characters simple
lessons in addition and subtraction, done in
rhyme table Of United States money.
illustrated ; and the multiplication table
The old "SpelIins Book" contained none of
these, and it was not til We had conquered
It, with all its hard words, and plain unvar-
bIshed lessons, that we were considered
Fl; to enter any other book. and then a
reader was selected as much ahead of our
comprehension rs wonld have been a trea-
tise on Astronomy or Metaphysics. Verify |
tho world is wiser now.
THE SECOND READER
Contains much instructive miscellaneous
matter, both in poetry and prose, with
abundant illustrations lesson upon the
rudmcnts Of drawing; and chapter on
colors, with chart explanatory of the same,
and samples Of the most common colors.
md their names.
THE THIRD READER
Contains, after brief synopsis Of the
elements of Elocuton:''-
Part |. Stories from the Bible, told in
pleasant, familiar language; dversi fed
with poetry on SGripturaI themes, and Illus
trascd Win pictures of Oriental scenery.
Prt2. Moral Lessons.
Part 3. First Division Of Animal Life
embracing all the MammaEa with full
drawings and descriptions Of each species,
md many interesting anecdotes and poems, I
'alcaiated to amuse, while they instruct the
pupil.
Part 1. Miscclaneous.-Ple Pleasant read
NJ lessons, among which We find lesson
'a Grammar, tod in rhyme-comprsinc t
within twenty lines the nine PARTS of =,
Speech" and applications Of the same /
ne very lesson, which, in the dry unvar-
1ishcd prose of Brown, or Kirkham-6, d
'niy for the heads Of wiscacres-has puzzled :
he BRAIN OF many poor scholar for DAYS {
ND weeks, before it was fairly conquered.
rus rorRru READER.
Part l. Treats Of Human Physiology and ,
'salth-an important subject, truly. for the ,
ehooi room, where 50 many SHINES are I
made crooked By improper pastures, and
'lscs'tre organs and brains are so often
impaired by undue and iIl-timed action
iany scholars turn with disgust from the
tuiy of Physiology science, With its
nscemly and rcpulsive plascs-~as they
moose 10 style thsra-ap would fain per-
uade themselves tia, Only doctors and
urssons have to do With its stern facts and
'saln language. Bat when presented 10 the
erm Of reading lessons, with many Of its
tern facts sof,ened into poetry, its plain
language made 10 describe aad explain even
be simplest movements Of the body upon
ciensiie principles, then il lSses half it's
errors and begins to become interesting.
Ind when cuce iatera!sd, in any subject,
be pupil needs no other incentive to lead
i'm on TO thorough knowledge Of it. i
Part .. Treats Of Animal Life again
cansinuasian Of The lessons on that sub
scs begun in the Third Resier-aad en- l
races ornitholocy.
PART }. Treats Of Vegetable Pbvsiolosy,
r Botany. Though this is to most sehoI-
- M attractive study. IL is here rendered
.sIl more 50 By being Invested. q, far -
ossiele, Of all technical terms. and Greek i,
III Latin names, and where such are IN
used. they are 50 Familiarity e.
laioei, as to be no impedinsns 10 the c
aang student. These lessons. like all the /
hers. are in.erspsr.ed with arprnnriats