Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-09-08
For the Register.
School Books.

mo OF The ballads OF Pe"Ple shu care
No, who makes the laws" This was
uu. of his day AMI the reHesrsing Ct a
psrrio,ic little song paved the way to The
revolution Nat cos, James II his crown.
But now the invention Of printing aud the
multiplication OF books have superseded
tho ballad and we all know and have seen
the effect Of these papers and books upon
The people and the country. 10 nothing,
can we airitue The late civil war, more
than 10 the peraclous etfec's OF northern
books and northern literature upon the
popular heart and mind. These were
scattered over the country IN every Imag-
Unable form 10 bring about the very hing
thai has happened. The North is literal
ly book-making people. IT'S their
bread and meat aud they care not about
the character of The book, ils truth and
material, Just so it will sell and spread
abroad their hatred OF oui 'ecllOn OF
The country-l refer not 10 the printing, bnr
wiring of books. Ills well for Us to lake
advantage of their facilities for publishing
books. Any close observer, and especial.
" teachers, can not have ialieu 10 notice
what great pains northern authors have
/. ken 10 put forward the superiority Of
he North over the South and ins,l into
ihr minds of youth their theories and
ideas Of government and their multiplied
isms. Had time, | could give extracts
from histories and other school books Of
northern origin, 10 show the sEkee cute
ness In slipping in their Jaundlced Vie VS.
of Southern lille and manners. And bav-
ing succeeded so well, thus far, in carry
ing out their purposes, they are now
urged on by desire To add insult 10 inju-
~ and wTeak vengeance upon Us while
We are ihoUghl 10 be careless and our
minds drawn away from the watch tower
OF our educational interests and the pur-
suit Of literature, by the necessity OF pre-.
paIiuR for cur bodily wants. Then. it
especially becomes Us. in view Of the
wants Of The past and hose which now
threaten is TO be more careful than ever Of
the kind Of sci DOL books and other read
ing matter that are placed into the bands
oil the rising generation, and select such as
will neither fsIsiiy history nor warp the
minds Of those no see TO g'eam knowl.
edge from their pages. In view Of our
Grrai want in the SDulh, the Professors OF
The University OF Virginia have prepared
and have in press, shortly 10 be issued BY
T.. B. Richardson & Co., New York, a
series Of Southern books. and tue repula
ton Of those who are getting them up is a
sufficient guarantee that The books viii be
Ihe very best that can be had. The all.
lhors are all Southern men, mostly Pro-
I fessors in the University OF Virginia,
whose ability alone ought TO commend
their works 10 teachers and parents
throughout the South.
The Southern Elementary SpeIler;
,bs Southern Pictorial first, second, third,
fourth and fifth readers" IAN Eemen'
iary English Grammar for the use o
schools" and "A Chronological History
of the United Slatos OF North America
all by Professor Holmes. "A Gram
mar in French" in two parts; "A French
Reader for beginners. and French Read
er for Schools and Colleges" by Prof
M. Schele De We're. "OuIlines of Latin
Grsmmar," and "A Progressive Latin
Reader" by Prof. GIlderseeVe. A Sc
rles OF Mathematical Tex Books-in all
seven, By Prof VenabIe.
They are gotten up in cheap and snh
slanliaI sly lie. The I'd Reader is already
our and have carefully examined II and
believe it TO be The Gerry best Of tho kind
ever published. All teachers know the
difficulty Of teaching children al this stage
of their progress and they will find this,
the very book The child needs. The H.
Illustrations are taken from home objects
with which the child is familiar The
sentences are short and the words simple
ss far as they can be used. There is
nothing Of sectional or political charsc.
scier in lt,but Southern scenes and South
ern manners have received in it that at
tenlion which has been denied US by
northern authors and compilers, and the
child will find in ii scenes with winch he
is familiar and recognize tie language
which he i, accustomed TO hear every
day of his life in Virginia and elsewhere
IN the South.
ANY teacher. wishing TO examine the
book, can have my copy and can soon SAL
isfy him or herself Of lis vaiue.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH McMURRAN.
Shopherdstown, Va, Sept. 4, 1866.
A SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLAR DIAMOND