New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-05-31
THE. COUNTRY DISTRICTS
County SUPERINTENDENT Stelnhsuser Make,
A Selection of Text Books.
The Publications of the American Book
r.. Co. Are Largely Favor d.

The American Book Company will evil
IDENTIFY come in for good share of the sale
ofbooks in this county underline new text
book law. Superintendent Steinhauser
has just issued a circular letter to the
clerks of the various districts and in this
he says. "Although it is not made obllga-
tory upon me by the law recently enacted
relating to text books to recommend a list
foryour adoption. nevertheless I feel as
sured that by so doing matters will he
greatly expedited and good text books as
sured. In preparing a list, have con-
suited and received suggestions from the
best teachers in the county and feel justi-
fled in presenting this list for your con-
sideration.''
In Reading he suggests Harper'sSeries
orBarnes New National Readers, both be-
ing published by the American Book
Co. AS supplementary reading matter
he mentions the Normal course. For the
study Of arithmetic, Greenleaf's Brief and
complete course and Whites New Elc-
mentary and Complete text books are
suggested, the latter also being the publ
cations Ct the same large firm.
He recommends the books now in use
in the county ioi the study of language.
these being Maxwell's and Reed u Kel-
logg's. Metcalf Bri gifts Language Exer-
cises, Southwark s. Goddard's works
Reeds Introductory Lessons and Hyde's
Lessons are also mentioned. Here also
it will he seen that Maxwell's an Americ.
an Book Co. publication is also favored
The same might be said with regard tc
biographies, for Niles Elementary
and advanced Biographies and Harpers
Introductory and School biographies are
the works recommended.
The superintendent says that these
books are used extensively in the county
now and he sees no good reason why
change should he made. Barnes Brie
History of the United States and Niles
School History, the text books now in US,
in many districts in the county, are sng.
gested, both published by the firm else
where mentioned and in addition he ad
vises each district to purchase one copv O
each of the following works: Montgom
ery's Beginners American History ant
also Leading Facts in American History
Johnston's History, Eggleston's Histor,
and the Electic History of the United
States. The two latter are by the Ameri
can Book Co. Harrngton's Spelling
Book by the same firm is also chosen tex
books and Kellogg's First Book in Physi
ology and Hygiene. For copy books the
superintendent mentions no series in par
ticular ~
In looking over the above it would
look as if the American Co. had come ir
for more than its share, but investigation
has shown us that the favoritism is flaw.
ored with good deal of wisdom. The
company is undoubtedly the lal gest in
the country and its publications are 81
various that the entire business of a coun.
try district can almost be done with them
alone, an advantage which should not be
overlooked. The books mentioned above
are now used by the schools of New Ulm
and Sleepy Eye to a great degree, and in
all the large schools of the country they
meet with great favor. This ought to
be recommendation enough in their IA
vor and the recommendation of the SUI
perintendent can be acted upon by the
country districts with safety. Many of
the books we are familiar with and can
therefore, speak without hesitancy.
Wagner & Saverien are prepared to
repair pnnctures in Pneumatic tires.