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ter the close of the civil war. when one
million FIVE hundred thousand copies were
sold, the extra demand, curiously enough,
coming from the newly emancipated ne
groes. One press is kept running every
working day in the year, and year after
year, on this one book. Following the
Speller came the remarkable series of Ge-
ographies prepared by Miss S. S. Cornell.
The first publication of these was twenty
seven years ago, and their appearance. as
we are told by the Nezv York School efonr-
nal, "made decided sensation; the clear
ness of the maps, the classification of mat
ter, the mode of fmemorizing, the presenta-
ton of one thing at a time" being among
the qualities that rendered them great fav
orites. With the advance of knowledge
they have improved, and constant revis-
ions have kept them well abreast of the
times, SO that they continue to fully hold
their own in competition with all rivals.
Perhaps no one American writer of text
books has enjoyed greater popularity than
Mr.. 6. P. Ouackenbos, whose books the
Appletons have published from the first.
He has been an eminently successful teach
er in New York City and his writings are
very largely products of his own expert
ence. His First Lessons in Compost
marily for use in his own school, but it
was Immediately recognized as adapted to
the wants of teachers generally, and has
already had a sale of nearly half million
copies. The "Course of Composition and
Rhetoric" which followed in 1884, is a
condensation of the teachings of kames,
Blair, Burke and others, set forth in easily
comprehensive terms. Mr.. Quackenbos
has since written exceptionally popular
school histories, clear and comprehensive
textbook of Natural Philosophy, and ed
tied an excellent series of Arithmetics In
1876 he wrote a volume entitled "Illus
trated Lessons in our Language" which
marks a great advance in shc direction of
rutiouai nctfrods IN language teaching, II
being designed to convey the important
principles of English Grammar, without
forcing declensions, conjugaions, rules
and other stupid denominations of the old
rountine system, upon youthful memories.
Another early success was the "Class
Book of Chemistry by Professor E. L.
YOumans, now editor of the Popular
Science Monthly, which was first pub
lished in 1852, and rewritten on the basis
of the new chemical philosophy in 1875
The great popularity which this work has
won was we'll deserved, for we Doubt if any
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well combines a thoroughly scientific
treatment of the subject, with scientific
methods of developing the students under
standing of the subject, two things by no
means Identical This is a characteristic
of all Professor Youmans' works, includ
ing his "Hand book of Household Sci
ence," which is as valuable in the family
as The Chemistry" is in the classroom,
The same is true of the admirable series
of "Botanies" more recently published,
by Professor Youmans' sister, Mis-; Eliza
A. Youmans, a lady of superior dllture,
who to her scientific attainments adds a
natural aptitude for dealing rightly with
the minds of children, that is uifo -tun-
ately very rare. These "Botanies' do not
assume, as too many textbooks do, to
take the place of nature; but ain to culti-
vate the observing powers of children by
showing them how to make platts them
selves the objects of study. Judged by
purely rational standards, this se.ies must
be ranked far above all similar works, and
it has been most cordially received by
those teachers who have learned the differ
ence between education and book cram
ming.
The "classics" are largely represented
in this department, and INCLUDE the Latin
textbooks prepared by Professor Hark.
ness of Brown University which have
long been in high favor in all parts of the
country, Lincolns Horace" and "Livy''
and Owens Greek series. Drawing is
represented in the system of Herman
Krusi, disciple of Pestaloozzi, and writ
ing by the copy books of E. F. Goodman.
which, by the ingenious device of a sliding
copy do away with all excuse for writing
the bottom lines the poorest. In 1878
was issued a series of school readers
edited by w. 7. Harris, superintendent of
schools in ST. Louis, A. ]. Rikoff. super
intendent of schools in Cleveland, ard
Mark Bailey, instructor in elocution at
Yale college-which has met with marvel
Gus success, the sales in the brief intervcn-
ing period of two years footing up the
enormous total of million and quarter
of copies Besides looking after all these
works thus specially mentioned, and scores
of other important ones that we have not
space to mention, the educational depart
ment does a very heavy business in text
books printed in Spanish for South
American schools. A great many French,
Portuguese German and Italian books also
are published, and quite number in He
brew and Syriac. The whole number OF
different school books issued by this de-
partment is over goo, which includes
greater variety than can be found IN the
catalogue of any other general publishing
house, Since 1876 the general manage
ment of these book interests has been
in the efficient hands of Mr. c. w, Brown,
formerly successful teacher, and from
1864 to 1867, school commissioners of
Queens county, New York. A very large
corps of agents is employed, who are dis
tributed among all the principal AmerI-
can cities, and regular branches are MAIN
tanned in Boston, Chicago and San Fran
cisco.
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