Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-10-23
CIRCULAR.

THE attention of Town Superintendent, Teachers,
| and others interested in the of popular ed
ucation in the State Of Vermont called to Section
1866 which reads as follows
SECTION @ The Board of Education hereby
authorized and it is made their duty on or before
July /, 1867 and or before said date every fifth
year thereafter, to select list of such grammars;
Biographies arihmetics, histories of this State, and
the United States, philosophers, algebras, readers
and spoilers, not exceeding one book Of kind in
strueton and use in the district schools in this State
in each of said branches and shall cause the list
selected to be published in all the newspapers pub
next following the making of such selection; and
also be inserted in each school register issued after
one year from the making of such selection which
list so selected shall be and remain authoritative and
binding upon the Board of Education. superintend.
after November l. 1868 and each FIVE years thcreaf-
ter ;5and superintendent and teachers shall recon-
mend fer in the district schools, as new books
shall become for instruction in the branches
med other than the books included in said list
so selected and published.
The following is extract from the Report of the
Board of Education, for the year 1867, pages
Mitchell's First Lessons, Primary and Intermedi-
ate Biographies, were adopted for these reasons.
in bref the simplicity and clearness of the text the
gradual and constant advancement from the prima-
ry truths to the higher departments of geographical
knowledge, the conciseness and completeness of the
definitions, the elegance and accuracy of the maps;
the uniform method of treating topics that are SINH
lar to each other Since the adoption of these books
the publishers have taken measures to prepare
special edition Of the Intermediate Geography for
use in the schools of Vermont This edition will
contain new quarto map OF ne state, engrayed on
prepared by Rev. ,Pliny II. White. 1t is believed
of the books will materially increase its value and
the interest with which it will be studied McNallys
Lessons in Astronomy, adopted to be used in
those departments of the study which are indicated
was adopted as Physical Geography of grade diff
| ferent from McNally's.
Inasmuch as there seems to be some misapprehen-
sion as to the intention and design of the Board in
commencing the different textbooks in Geogra-
g to ss e Mt
by all classes which have hitherto used or which
would otherwise use Cornel,s and that they did not
design that Guyots Biographies should be used
cept BY pupils who, having passed through Mitch
els desire to advance to the study of physical geo
Tie publishers of Mtchelps New Biographies will
send agents into every town in the State, to supply
ty for the speedy prosecution Of their business
$ $5E { i $E H$5s;; State Board
L. F. WARD, Education,
H Il. Z tE saARNKERRRN'
A. E. RANKIN, Secretary.
PRICE LIST OF MITCHELL's BIOGRAPHIES,
For Introduction and Erchange
Retail sd u IntT gS ~ Exchange.
Intermediate, 1,SO LAO - +" 100
In calling the attention of Superintendent and
Teachers to the above statement of the State Board
of Education. the subscribers would say that imme-
dately upon the opening of the district schools
travellers will visit each town in Vermont for the
purpose of furnishing Mitchell's New Biographies
in exchange for those in use All persons inter
who may desire further information in relation
to the exchange will please address
| LORENZO b. PECK, MONTPELIER Vt.
Has +. III. BUTLER & co.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DYE but only tc
change from Gray to Brown, try bottle of
WHITNEYS HAIR RESTORER.
It is the thing needful and is to be had at tn,