Payson, Dunton Scribners National System of Mearcantile anship. enmans IN TWELVE NUMBERS. A SYSTEM SURPASSING EVERY OTHER IN ORIGINALITY, SIMPLICITY, AND MATHEMATICAL EXACTNESS AND BEAUTY. Expressly adapted to the Schools of the U. 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 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 has commanded the admiration of the lovers of this beautiful art, and 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 familiar as a household word. The merit of introducing and establishing a system of Chirography that has become so firmly rooted that a return to the old modes of teaching would be no sooner thought of than a return to the old wells and pumps by the inhabitants of a city blessed with a copious aqueduct of pure water, belongs to the authors of this system. To their genius and industry is the world indebted for the system that has brought harmony out of chaos, and regularity out of confusion, by a few simple rules based upon a correct philosophy in applying NATURAL MUSCULAR FORCES to the production of written forms; and to them, more than to all others, are the schools throughout our country indebted for the great advance in this branch of education. Particular attention is requested to our Manual of Penmanship, Oblique Lines for teaching the proper slope in writing, and The New Writing Tablets, all of which arc entirely original with us, and are of the utmost importance to teachers. Send for circulars. ** Testimonials from eminent teachers and friends of education, and a full description of the series, will be sent to any who may desire. CROSBY & NICHOLS, 117 Washington Street, Boston. New Reading Books---The Best in the English Language, HILLARD'S READERS, NEW SERIES. Hillard's Sixth Reader. Hillard's Intermediate Reader, Illustra- Hillard's Second (Primary) Reader, Illustrated. ted. Hillard's First (Primary) 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. 66 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. The 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 sig nal 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. THE IMPROVED PROGRESSIVE SERIES OF TEXT-BOOKS. BY SALEM TOWN, LL. D., AND NELSON M. HOLBROOK, A. M. THE PROGRESSIVE PRIMER, (Newly Illustrated,) THE PROGRESSIVE FIRST READER, (Newly Illustrated,) PAGES. 64 112 208 256 304 432 604 504 THE PROGRESSIVE INTERMEDIATE READER, (Entirely New,) The authors of Town and Holbrook's Progressive Series of Text-Books, having improved the Fourth Reader of the Series, by the addition of over fifty pages of new and choice selections, the Publisher would now announce that a carefully revised, enlarged, and greatly improved edition of their Progressive Fifth or Elocutionary Reader has been issued. The best talent in the country having been employed, the public may rest assured that no similar work in use will compare with it, in its practical, comprehensive, and philosophical system of elocutionary rules; in its varied and peculiarly appropriate selections, with biographical and explanatory notes; in its happy adaptation to all schools requiring a thorough and practical Elocutionary Reader, or a book furnishing the choicest specimens of English and American Literature. This edition of the Fifth Reader contains about one hundred pages of New Selections, so introduced that it can be used with the old edition, with but littie inconvenience to teachers or scholars. The old edition, however, will continue to be published. The Progressive Intermediate Reader, a sequel to the Second Reader, and a new number to the Series, furnishes additional reading matter for classes in Primary and Intermediate Schools. Nearly all the pieces are new, many of them being original, or written expressly for this book. The Primer, and the First, Second, and Third Readers have received many new and beautiful Illustrations, and other necessary improvements, thus making them without a rival, and as perfect as the practical experience of the authors, aided by the kind suggestions of our best teachers, will admit. While the selections in the entire series are unquestionably more practical, and better adapted than any other to discipline the vocal organs and secure an easy and natural expression of the sentiment, it is also believed that no similar series contains facts, truths, and sentiments more worthy to be treasured in the memory, or better adapted to inspire a love for whatever is excellent and praiseworthy. The Publisher would also announce the issue of the Progressive Speller in a NEW, CHEAP, and DURABLE form, making it the cheapest as well as the best in the market. School Committees, Superintendents, and Teachers are respectfully invite to examine the IMPROVED EDITION OF THE PROGRESSIVE SERIES OF TEXT-BOOKS, as it can be used in all the towns where the old edition is now in use without additional expense. The guardians of our Public Schools may be assured that the authors of the Progressive Series, who have ever been foremost in furnishing the most approved system of text-books, will endeavor to hold that honoroable position, by promptly making, from time to time, such improvements in their books as our schools may require, and experience suggest. Judging from the already wide-spread patronage and the popularity of this series in New England, it being used to a greater extent than all others combined, the publisher feels confident that Town and Holbrook's system, original with the authors, is all that can for the present be desired. In towns now using the Progressive Readers, special terms will be made for the introduction of the Speller. Special terms will also be made for the introduction of the entire series in all towns not having it in use. Teachers are respectfully requested to examine the new books of the above series. OLIVER ELLSWORTH, 73 Cornhill, Boston. September-3mos. Superiorto Spencerian New System of Penmanship. H. W. ELLSWORTH, Author, Teacher of Penmanship in the Public Schools of New York City. This system is now admitted to be the most EXTENSIVE, PERFECT and PRACTICAL yet published. It is eminently adapted to meet the wants of Schools, and learners of every grade, being the result of extensive practical experience in teaching. It comprises : FOR PRIMARIES. I. A Blackboard Chart of Letters, II. A Series of Copy Slips, (66 Nos.) $1.25 1.25 FOR GRAMMAR AND HIGH SCHOOLS. III. A Series of Copy Books (8 Nos.) per doz. $1.50 1,25 1.00 IV. A Text Book for Teachers, &c., E. F. Steel Pens, per gross, Teachers and Committees desiring the adoption of the best, system, can not consistently make a selection without examining these Copy Books. To such, desiring specimens for examination, with a view of introduction, in good faith, sample numbers will be sent free on receipt of 10 cents for postage; others will remit 10 cents for each number. Purchasers will find decided advantages in dealing directly with the author. II. W. ELLSWORTH, 817 and 819 Broadway, New York City. Send for a Circular of ELLSWORTH'S MODEL WRITING AND BOOK-KEEPING INSTITUTE, for the preparation of Teachers of Penmanship and Book-keeping. Employment is guarantied to all graduates who desire it. Feb., 1864. CAMP'S GEOGRAPHICAL SERIES. CAMP'S PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY, Prepared to accompany Mitchell's Outline Maps, and designed for Primary Schools anu Classes. Price forty cents. This is a sensible book, and presents some important features in striking con trast with other Primary Geographies. Its DEFINITIONS are illustrated on the true method of "object teaching,”first showing and describing the object, then giving the name. The MAP GEOGRAPHY, of which there is a most judicious selection, is arranged so that it can be recited and illustrated from the Outline Maps. The DESCRIPTIVE PARTS are brief, but interesting, and the selection of matter throughout is such as young pupils may easily comprehend and study with profit. CAMP'S INTERMEDIATE GEOGRAPHY, Prepared to accompany Mitchell's Outline Maps, and designed for Intermediate Schools and Classes. Price sixty cents. This book contains: 1st. INTRODUCTORY LESSON. 2d. Geographical DefinitiONS, illustrated by picture and map representations of the principal bodies of land and water. 3d. MAPS, on the plan of the Outline Maps, each followed by a Key and Questions for map exercises. 4th. DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY, presenting in a concise form the more important geographical facts relating to each country and the principal cities, and in addition, such peculiar characteristics as are the most striking, and such as will be the most useful to pupils. 5th. GENERAL QUESTIONS, following the description of each grand division, designed as review questions for the Book and Outline Maps. 6th. A PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY of all the geographical names used in the book. CAMP'S HIGHER GEOGRAPHY, Prepared to accompany Mitchell's Outline Maps, and designed for Grammar and High Schools, and the higher classes of District Schools. Price $1.20. This is a new book, on the plan of the INTERMEDIATE GEOGRAPHY, but more extensive. It contains a complete Key to the Outline Maps, a more full description of countries, and an outline of Physical Geography. CAMP'S MAPPING PLATES, Corresponding in size and scales with the maps in the Intermediate and Higher Geographies. Price thirty cents for set of nine plates. MITCHELL'S OUTLINE MAPS, Revised, improved, and important new maps added, by DAVID N. CAMP, Principal of the Connecticut State Normal School, and Superintendent of Common Schools. Price, $15.00 per set. CAMP'S GEOGRAPHIES have a unity of plan, and a conciseness and perspicuity of style, rarely found in a series of school-books; while the use of the OUTLINE MAPS, combined with lessons from the Geographies, is systematized, simplified, and made in the highest degree practical. With this Series, a thorough course of Geography may be obtained more easily, and in much less time than is usually given to the study. Copies will be sent by mail, for examination, on receipt of half the retail price. O. D. CASE & CO., Publishers. HARTFORD, CONN. |