The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-28

SCHOOLS.
r,o ,o,oct &c r,ss Of School Books adopted BY the
State Board Of Education LOT use ~ Wv
Public Schools OF Virginia.
THE SELECT SERIES
ELLYSON & TAYLOR,
Ills Main street,
are the publishers agents.
McGuFFEY,S ECLECTIC SERIES,
nrenared nv Or, W. e. McGufey, Professor or
Moral Philosophy In tn 2 University OF virginia
and who has occupied that posltlon ior LULU '10"
twenty five years, embrace
McGUFFEY's sPELLER, ,
McGUFFEY'S FIRST READER anu nA"-
ER,
McGUFFEY's SECOND READER,
Mc6UFFEY's THIRD READER,
McGUFFEY'S FOURTH READER,
McGUFFEY'S FIFTH READER,
McGUFFEY'S SIXTH READER
From report on Readers by committee Oh VIZ
oin;a state Teachers Association, July, 1883
"Of DR.. McGuffey's works 1t may be truly al
Armed that they have been SO favorably receiVeo'
and 80 long and extensively used, that lneS no"
seem to have become almost an essentlai part "a
urinary school machinery, and to De Vesteo VIII
a prescriptiye title to general acceptatlon' Lucy
bear, indeed, the prestige Of great name ahu
doubtless their intrinsic worth is enttleo W DULL
an endorsement
"US1yERsITY OF YIRGINIA,}
March 10, 1871.
To,rh1un II 1nay concern: have an interest III
every page of the Eclectic Readers, PuoiiSneo ~
Wilson. Hinkle q Co." OF Cinclnnati.
" '''OA' N' ". Fl. McGUFFEY."
GuYoT,s BIOGRAPHIES. BY Professor A.
Guyot, OF Princeton, and Major Jeo' ho'enA1'''
late engineer of Stonewall Jackson's stan.
GUYOT,S ELEMENTARY GEOGhA1nn
GUYDT'S INTERMEDIARY uEoenAr IL -
with Hotchkiss,s Geography Of Virginia.
W." nTV 1t rHmMON SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY.
from Gen, Robert L. Lee, President OF W ASH
iugton College, Lexington, VAL
Tho ceonranhies and Maps of the United States
and of the World have arrivod. Some OF tnese
mans are in use in Washington College, aad re-
ceiye the hearty commentator OF those employ
ing them. I can add my own approval. flease
accept my thanks for your attention.
from Professor j. L. Campbell, Washington ano
Lee University, and County superintendent OF
Rockbrldge.]
liam not acquainted with any series OF Geog-
raphies which seem to me so well adaptco 70 IN
terest tie minds Of children, and ut the same time
to lead them gradually forward 70 thorough
knowledge of the subject"
from DR.. Barnas Sears, Of Stanton, Va, super
iptendent of the PEABODY Fund.-
Tn nv agency at The South 1 embrace all suitable
occasions 70 recommend Prof. Guyot's books on
Georpiapny This do for the public good and
not for the interest Of any parties. There nave
been other good works on the subject out since
the appearance Of Prof. Guyot's, think there are
none that can compete with 1t. d. sEAhe'
from Prof. John LIE Conte, University OF soutn
Carolina.
The obvious superiority Of these biographies
must speedily lead TO their universal adoption In
all our schools. JUN LIZ o"NA I'
rFrom Prof. George B. Taylor, Principal Boys
School, Staunton Val
Ihave introduced Guyot's Biographies, and GER
tainly regard them rs incomparably superior TO
any biographies extant. They I'LL my IDEA. also
want q act of mans GEO. B. TAYLOR.
from Prof. Francis H. Smith, University Of
Virginia.
Ihave used several Of Guyot's large wall Maps
with great satisfaction, in lectures upon Ph9slcaI
Geography. These mapG seem to me TO De aomH
able. and to lecture-room instruction they present
with sufficient accuracy and With great olstlncneeo
the leading phenomena.
From Mary j. Baldwin, Principal of A. b. seml-
nary, Staunton, Val
lido most cordially commend to the notice OF all
engaged in the instruction Of children "Guyots
New Elementary Geography" as being the best
In use.
HARvEY'S GRAMMARS.
HARyEY,S ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR,
HARVEY,S PRACTICAL GRAMMAR.
Thsse Grammars are now in use in the public
schools of Richmond and other parts Of Virginia,
and wherever introduced are regarded as the best
ever used.
We have also full supply of
STATES,
INKS,
COPY-BOOKs,
PENCILS,
PENS,
and all kinds Of
SCHOOL STATIONERY,
which we sell on the lowest terms.
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and merchants solicited.
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NH % DIV Booksellers, Richmond, Va.