The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-01

heretofore figured that they stood no
chance whatever against the big fell |
lows and the trust There is not the |
slightest doubt but that large num- |
Der of Independent book concerns viii |
appear before the commission next |
week with fine lot of high school |
books The price will be right. 1t |
must be, as the law has fixed that |
and the limit is still low for good |
school books The only question is the |
quality and the quantity. If the COM |
mission select good books and few of |
them in each course and the various
local school boards do not allow a
multitude of additional text books to
creep into the school courses for long
SUFFERING parents to buy, there is a
line chance for Kansas to get a square
deal next year on the high school book
question
The following comprise the men,
oers OF the text book commission: E.
T. Fairchild. chairman; c. NJ Shell
don OF Topeka. Bishop T. F. Lillis of
Kansas City, Geo. w. Hodges of Ola
the; DIN Templin of Lawrence; c. A.
kimball of Manhattan; L. H MurIin
of Baldwin; Samuel Bishop of Law
renee; Richard K. Price of Hutchin
son.
In order to give in advance an idea
OF the style of books that will be Of
authors, and the publishers. all of
winch VIII doubtless be of great in
terest to school men and women all
over the state, the State Journal has
compiled the Following list from the
books submitted and now in the cases
IN me state superintendents office:
Latin.
First Book in Latin Tuell & Fow-
| Ter.
Latin Reading Book, Whittemore.
First Latin Book, Moore
First Year of Latin, Gunnison &
Early.
Essential Latin Lessons, Roberts &
| Rolfe.
Beginning in Latin, Barss.
Besides these there are books in
Latin by Lowe, Butler, Walker and
| Lodge. Allyn & Bacon. AS there are
only two books to select it can be
seen that there is brisk competition in
this course. Among the publishers
| represented in the competition for this
| one course are: Sandburn & Co., o.
| F. Barnes. American Book Co, Long
mans, Appletons, Silver, Burdett &
| Co, Scribners, Cheath & Co. The law
! sets the price on these books at 60c
| and 75c each. The bindings of the
| books on exhibition are excellent and
1 the paper and printing all that could
be desired. An ordinary work of
| fiction in this binding and the same
quality of printing and paper. if
copyrighted. would sell for about 81:
| if a standard work it would sell for
about soc to Use.
Latin Grammars.
Short Latin Grammar. by Hardness.
| Caesars Gallo Wars, Walker.
| Cicero's Six Orations, Hardness.
| Seven Orations of Cicero, Forbes.
Select Orations of Cicero Dodge.
Six Orations of Cicero, Tunstall
| Virgirs An Aeneid, Harper & Mil
Ter
Aeneid of Virgil, Comstock
Virgils Aeneid. Carter
! Caesars Gallo War Harper & Toll
man.
Then besides these there are
| Caesars by TowIe & jerks. Johnson
and Sanford, Gunnison & Harley.
The law allows rs cents each for a
| Caesar. a Cicero and Virgil. The
| binding of these books and the paper
and printing are very fine, among
the best in the entire exhibit and well
very stiff, nearly all the big concerns
and many of the little ones being
represented.
German B. Grammar, by Dippold.
Brief German Course, Keys &
| Montseyer.
German Grammar, Otis & Carruth.
Essentials of German, Voss.
New German Grammar, Learned.
! German Grammar. Edgern & Foss-
Ter.
German Reader for Beginner, Huss.
Elementary German Reader, Lutz
| Besides these there are German
grammars by Joynes, Meissner, Bier
wirth Tuckerman, Spanhoofd- There
are two books to select and the price
is to be 20 cents each
| English History.
School History of England, by
Niver.
English History for Americans
Higginson & Charming.
| Manual of English History, Lam
caster
/, Brief History of Nations. Fisher.
Compositions and Rhetoric.
Compositions and Rhetoric, by Her
| rick & Damon.
Practical Rhetoric, Quackenboss.
Studies in Literature and COMPOSE
| ton, Skinner.
Elements of English Composition
| Huntington
Elementary English Composition
Scott & Dewey.
Composition, Rhetoric and Litera-
ture, Shackford and Judson.
Progressive course in English, Steb-
bins
Enlarged Practice Book. Hitchcock
Composition and Rhetoric, Havana
and Beatty.
Elementary English Composition
Sykes.
Here is plenty of competition with
one book to select
Literature.
First View of English Literature
Moody and Lovett-
. Introduction to English and Ameri-
can Literature, Painter.
English Literature Newcomer.
Introduction to English Literature
: Pancost-
History of English and American Lit
! lerature Johnson.
) English Literature. Brooks
There are four books entered in Geom
etry, one each, by Phillips & Fisher
3 Wills, HOlgate, Bush & Clark.
There are seven entries in Zoology
; by Banks, Cotton. Davidson, Kellogg