New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-05-31
THE C0IJN TRs STR let's,
County suderintend ent Stelnhauser Make
A Selection of Text Books.
The Publication of the American Boob
Go. Are Largely Favor d. 81

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s The American Book Comp will evi-
IDENTIFY come III for a good share Of the sale
Of boo ks in this county under the new text
book law. Sup erintendent Steinhauscr
has just issued a circular letter to the
clerks Of the various districts and II this
he says. g lthoug gil it is not made obhga-
tory upon me8by the law recently enacted
relating to text boo is to recommend a list
foryour adopt nevertheless I feel as
sured that by SO doing matters will lie
greatly expedited and good text books as
sured. In preparing = list, have con-
suited. and received suggestions from the
best teachers in the county and feel jjustii-
fed in presenting this list for your con
sheraton Z SIS
In Reading he suggests Harper'sseries
or Barnes New Natlonal Readers, both be-.
ing published BY the American Book
90. As supple mentary reading matter
he mentions the Normal course. Forthe
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.
$50
He recommends the books now in use
in the connt,yioi the study Of lang lage,
these being Maxwell's and Reed u Kel.
loggg's. Metcalf Bright Language Exer-
3cises, SouthWarth s. Goddard's works.
Re;d's introductory Lessons and 81 yde,s
Lessons are also mentioned. Here also
1t will be- 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 gergraphies and Harpers
Introductory and School biographies arc
the works recommended. 53
The superintendent says that these
books are used extensively in the county
now and he sees no good reason why
change should be made. Barnes Brie,
HISTORY Of the United States and Niles
School History the text books now in, us,
III many districts in the county, are sng-
gested, both published by the firm else.
where mentioned and in addition he ad
yises each district to purchase one copy 8.
each of the foil lowing works: Montgom
ery's Beginners American History ant
also Leading Facts in American History
Johnston's History, Eggleston,s Histor,
and the Eclectic History Of the United
States. The two latter are by the Ameri
can Book Co. Harrlngton'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
perintende lent mentions no series in par.
ticular.
In looking over the above it would
look asif the American CO. had come IN
for more than its share, but investigation
has shown us that the favoritism is fiay.
.ored with a good deal Of wisdom. The
company is undoubtedly the largest 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 lie
overlooked. The books mentioned above
are now used by the schools Of New Ulm
and Sleepy Eye to q great degree, and ii
all the large schools Of the country they
meet with great favor This ought to
be recommen dation enough in their fas
5yor and the recommendations of the su-
perintendent can be acted upon BY the
country districts with safety Many Of
the books we are familiar with and can
*. .hsrefore spsak vitllout hesitancy
Wagner & Saverien are prepared to
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