The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-09

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SrRAT haze swatehed with No
little interest 'sFiIe Battle OF the
Books" and am glad 70 know that
your Association viii make an ef-
fort to secure uniformity Your
success. Boull surely save much
money TO patrons and 4 vast amount
of labor to teachers. / heartily
concur in your adoption Of certain
books of the ''Uaiversity Series, -
but wish TO speak specially. Of
Holmes Readers. 10nr decision as
regards them may be Of grcat i'm
pOrtznce in moulding not only the
minds but the: m0rals Of our youth
ful population Ia the formatiOn
Of new classes have gradually in
trOdueed them, and with moss sat
isfactOFy results. The type e clear,
distinct-s positive pleasure 70
weary eyes. The pieces are neither
too long nor too short-the subjecs
too grave nor too gay. The mat
ter, both prose and poetry, ID anpe-
rioF in style, and there b an edIai1
Table proportion Of each. The def
nitions are short, simple and SO ar
ranged and numbered in She read
ing as 60 aErsst the attention Of the
child. They set bin upon sue
cessfui search, and SO stimulate that
he is almost impatient for the new
lesson. Finally, there is purity OIL
tone and healthfHlness of sentiment /
rarely found in eSelectiOns for the /
Young" 1 might multiply reasons,
but the Weightiest one, with me, is,
our children arc being taught to /
hate "TBe Land We Love" The
literature the North has poured up
N us since the war is destructive to /
very pure principle, as the kissing
ava from the mountains mouth is
o. the tender flower at its rugged
,;.s,a. Their school books have not
.scaped the blight. In one way or
mother, s'the trail of the Serpent is
,ver them ALL" Books which were
ayorites in ante beliHm DAYS, have
interpretations and amendments
things contrary to taste
nd truth. BY a word, q picture L,
Hence or nief-ttey impress the. 4
hildren that Southern people are a
lRrbarOus folk, somewhat superior
0 the monkey tribes, but vastly in
erior to the negrol ,"Whatsoeyer
hilgs are true, whatsoever things (
re lovely, whatsoever things are of !
cod report" ''they guess they
admit ought to tell." Now, / like /;
hese Headers because they teach
q the cardinal points, and are SO
Zee from all malice and evil speak /
ig. They give as beautiful pic
lies of life this side Of the Ply Il
lOuth settlement, and introduce TO
s 1.-THE Virginians," the Carolini-
rs and Tennesseans. The stories \
lggest scenes with which South ii
m people should he made familiar; III
Otton and rice fields, sugar planta-
Ons, the sowing of seed and the /
altering of grain. They see our
wn majestic mountains, grading :
'uitful valleys-lose themselves in !
lblime stretches of prairie and L
lain, or find their way through a q
Of woods. They look Z
pom the Palmetto, the pungent :
inc, the. Orange grove, the Magno-
3 and the mOss-cr0Wned oak. They | I
ear the nOzF Of our Own rivers, and | 4
re charmed with the fragrance Of {
overs, the nests Of birds aad the |
finite variety Of life In 6eld and
rest. They become acquainted s
it'll great and 0eoa men who did .
ot land with the Eli}FLla EiaS1feEs- ;
ehOld stars not in the Northern
1nstellstion, and admire their I
lining spIendOr. I know the pOpu- G
r plea-and these may segFR small s
linEs, but q chiId's mind is forhsa- 9
y, and what he reads in the school
'Om he takes into the busy world, =
n zeal OF noe. ".The pen is might 0
T than the sword" While re e
Did as precious the memory of the ],
VOted dead, we ought not to teach :
eir children to hate the soil for n
hich they died. Let us give them ii
1uthern books 10 read aotO-it will Il
on be too late. The lessons will be p
ld the tree for many a season
ars-fruit-worinwOOd, gall and death.
Respectfully, SCE +. MOONEY. :,
May 3, 1872. &
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