New Reading Books---The Best in the English Language, HILLARD'S READERS, NEW SERIES. Hillard's Sixth Reader. Hillard's Fourth Reader, Illustrated. In the Fourth, Intermediate, Fifth and Sixth Readers, a few of the most approved selections in the compiler's former series are reproduced; but the selections, for the most part, are derived from other sources: and the examination of English literature has been very extensive, to find a variety of pieces of intrinsic worth and permanent merit. The Primary Readers were chiefly prepared by a gentleman long engaged in teaching, and of much practical experience in all that relates to education, but under Mr. Hillard's direct and careful supervision. They contain lessons in Enunciation, with brief directions to teachers, and selections in verse and prose for reading lessons. The Exercises in Enunciation are such as can easily be used by young children, with the aid of the teacher. These books are beautifully illustrated with original designs by BILLINGS, engraved by JOHN ANDREW. The sale of nearly 300,000 of the Primary Readers since their publication a few years since, is an evidence of their popularity. Great care has been taken to select ENTERTAINING, CHOICE, and SPIRITED pieces and that the different numbers of the NEW SERIES should be CAREFULLY GRADUATED to the capacity of the classes for which they are designed. RECOMMENDATIONS. "They seem to me an admirable series of Readers, excellently adapted to the wants of the school-room. I hope soon to introduce the Sixth Reader into our classes. Prof. Wm. Russell, who is now giving our School a series of lessons in Elocution, highly commends the series. A. G. BOYDEN, A. M., Principal of the State Normal School, Bridgewater, Mass." "I have taken the first opportunity to examine Hillard's Fifth and Sixth Readers. Te introductory treatise on Elocution presents the principles of this art in a clear light, and will be found of great value to teachers and students. I have long known Prof. Bailey as an accomplished teacher of Elocution, and I am glad to see his instructions placed in a form to benefit those who may not be able to hear him. The selections are wisely made, and are adapted to class exercises, while the biographical and historical notes will add much value to the books for class instruction. HON. DAVID N. CAMP, Supt. of Schools, Connecticut " "The entire set, enriched by large additions from modern authors in the later volumes, is an excellent one for general use in academies or private schools. The editor has not only made careful and judicious selections, but has brought to his task a large degree of sympathy with the wants of pupils, which enables him to set forth the essential rules of elocution in a simple and attractive form. He would be but a poor scholar who should fail to understand lessons so plainly given."-[N. Y. Evening Post. "The high literary cultivation and excellent taste of the compiler have left their impress on every page of the selections. These have been made from authors of signal merit, and embrace many of the finest specimens among the masterpieces of English composition. They are accompanied by biographical and critical notes of great value by the compiler, and an introductory treatise on Elocution by Prof. Bailey of Yale College. The habitual use of this series as a reading-book would be almost an education in itself. It initiates the young pupil into the healthiest and sweetest literature, gives him a tempting foretaste of the treasures contained in books, makes him familiar with the style of the greatest authors, and encircles him with an atmosphere of fragrant thoughts and high sentiments. We trust these admirable class-books will not escape the notice of teachers among ourselves, though published in another city. as, without unhandsome comparison, they have been rarely if ever equaled by popular selections."-[New York Tribune. "The entire set is pure in its morals and American in its character,"-Christian Advocate and Journal, New York. School Officers and Teachers are invited to address the Publishers. Copies of the books will be furnished to Teachers and School Officers for examination, or they will be sent by mail on receipt of the postage, which is for the Sixth, 24 cents; Fifth, 16 cents; Intermediate, 12 cents; Fourth, 12 cents; Third Primary, 12 cents; Second Primary, 8 cents; and First Primary, 8 cents. BREWER & TILESTON, 131 Washington street, Boston. Feb., 1864. AN EMINENT TEACHER, "To write illegibly or badly, is almost to forfeit one's respectability." In BARNARD'S JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, says: "Men may live and thrive, occupy responsible and useful positions in society, serve their fellow-men, become good patriots, philanthropists, and Christians, and know little or nothing of geometry or physiology, but to write illegibly or badly, is almost to forfeit one's respectability." FOR INSTRUCTION IN THIS ELEGANT BRANCH OF EDUCATION, Payson, Dunton Scribners Fational System nman STANDS PRE-EMINENT ABOVE ALL OTHERS. A SYSTEM SURPASSING EVERY OTHER IN Originality, Simplicity, and Mathematical Exactness and Beauty, Expressly adapted to the Schools of the United States, and comprehending every thing requisite for the convenience of the Teacher, and the needs of the Scholar. PRIOR IN POINT OF TIME- -It has led all others, and dates its existence, in Copy-Book form, YEARS before any other now known. THE MOST ORIGINAL-It has furnished a guide which others have not hesitated to follow, and improvements which others have time after time borrowed and subsequently claimed as their own. ELEGANT IN ITS SIMPLICITY—It commands the admiration of the lovers of this beautiful art, and has acquired a reputation as extensive as our country. POPULAR-Giving unqualified satisfaction to teachers, and exciting the greatest enthusiasm among scholars, it has become more widely known and extensively used than any other, and it would be difficult to find a township in the United States where the name of PAYSON, DUNTON & SCRIBNER, is not as familiar as a household word. THIS SPLENDID SYSTEM, THE SIMPLEST, AND AT THE SAME TIME THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE EVER PUBLISHED, These COPY BOOKS comprise a regularly graded COURSE OF INSTRUCTION, commencing with the simplest principles, passing through regular gradations, and closing with a most beautifully finished hand. No System can be taught in so few numbers, and none comprises such a variety for practice, after the hand is acquired. Parts 1, 2 & 3, contain the System and its Combinations. Parts 4, 5 & 6, afford varieties of words and sentences for Practice. Parts 8 & 9, are Designed as Finishing Books for Young Ladies. ***A Series of Drill Books will be issued from time to time. The first is now ready. On the Covers of Nos. 1 and 2, a Diagram of the Elements, Principles, and Scale of Lengths, an Analysis of the Elements and Principles, also Rules for Position, Pen-holding, Rests and Movements, and for Class Drill, commencing and closing the Exercise, may be found. On the rest of the covers, an Analysis of the Small Letters and Capitals. 2. A SYSTEM OF OBLIQUE LINES, FOR TEACHING THE PUPIL THE PROPER SLOPE IN WRITING. This consists of a page of the size of the Copy Books, with heavy black lines running obliquely. Scholars are guided and trained in the true slope by the lines showing through the page, and they are thus enabled to direct their attention more entirely to form and movement. An experienced Teacher writes-"I am happy to inform you that the students under my care are delighted with the 'Oblique Lines.' I have long felt the want of some mechanical means for regulating the slope of letters. It is difficult to conceive of a more convenient plan than the one introduced by the Oblique Lines."" Specimens sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of 10 cents for Copy Books: 20 cents for a Tablet, and printed prices for Manual and Book-keeping. Order specimens from the Publishers, Boston. Used exclusively in Brooklyn, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Milwaukee, and many other of the principal Cities in the United States; and more than all others in Boston, New York City, Albany, &c. &c. &c. More extensively used throughout the United States than any other System. THIS UNEQUALLED SYSTEM Is the result of the Author's patient thought and combined experience, aided by suggestions from the most eminent Teachers. Every curve, space, and letter, is formed according to ascertained laws, and made as perfect as is within the power of human skill. Its great Reputation and Immense Circulation Are due TO ITS MERITS, as proved by the results uniformly produced by its use in the School-Room; TO THE APPROVAL OF THE BEST TEACHERS, who find it eminently practical; and TO THE BEAUTIFUL HANDWRITING always acquired where the rules are thoroughly followed. As evidence that we claim for this popular System no more than the facts warrant, we can point to the Schools in all parts of the country, but particularly to those in the great Cities of Cincinnati, Chicago, Milwaukee, Columbus, Boston, Brooklyn, and to those in New York, where the System is taught, the beauty of whose Penmanship rivals the skill of the engraver. Specimens of the writing in these Schools, from the lowest classes upward, are inspected by visitors with admiration and astonishment. That pupils should be taught to write so beautifully, in so short a space of time, causes visitors to doubt the evidence of their own senses, but it is accounted for by the fact that under this system of teaching the SOUL of every pupil is in his work. TESTIMONIALS FROM EMINENT SOURCES, To an almost unlimited extent, can be produced to the value of this system and its splendid results, but space allows us to select only the following: OFFICE OF CITY SUPERINTENDENT, Brooklyn, July 24, 1863. You ask me for an expression, in relation to your System of Writing, Manual of Penmanship, and the Tablets designed to accompany the same. Within the past eight years we have used several of the most prominent Systems of Writing in our Schools, but for the last three years the System of Payson, Dunton & Scribner has been generally used; and is now, almost to the exclusion of all others. The most remarkable results have been produced by this system of instruction: excelling anything of the kind I have ever known With the Manual in hand, and the Tablets before the Class, any intelligent teacher can teach the System and instruct as well as the authors. Many of our teachers are doing it very successfully. Your System is based on scientific principles, carefully elaborated, and as clearly exhibited as the demonstration of a mathematical problem. I regard the Manual and the Tablets as most important auxiliaries to the teacher, and the crowning excellence of the System. Very respectfully yours, J. W. BULKLEY, City Sup't. NEW YORK, June 4, 1863. I have examined a variety of specimens of written exercises, in several of our Public Schools, on the System of Penmanship of Messrs. Payson, Dunton & Scribner, and cheerfully state my conviction, that the System itself, and the mode in which it is taught, is one of superior excellence, and founded upon correct principles. I cordially commend it to the favorable regard of teachers and parents. S. S. RANDALL City Sup't. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, New York, April 25, 1863. The System of Penmanship of Messrs. Payson, Dunton & Scribner, with their method of teaching the same, has been in use in several of the Grammar Schools of this City for some months, and has given unqualified satisfaction. The results that have come under my own personal observation are unsurpassed by any I have ever seen. I consider it an admirable System. HENRY KIDDLE, Asst. Sup't. THE Publishers are happy to be able to state, that the general testimony of the best Teachers is, that the introduction of this System and its Method of Teaching, gives an impulse to the exercises throughout the School. CROSBY 117 AND NICHOLS, PUBLISHERS, WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON. May be had of the principal Booksellers throughout the United States. Every Bookseller of any note can supply them. |