We cannot better set forth the merits of this work than by quoting a part of a comnunication from Prof. F. S. JEWELL, of the New York State Normal School, in which school this Grammar is now used as the text book on this subject: "CLARK'S SYSTEM OF GRAMMAR is worthy of the marked attention of the friends o education. Its points of excellence are of the most decided character, and will not soon be surpassed. Among them are 1st. "The justness of its ground principle of classification. There is no simple, philosophical, and practical classification of the elements of language, other than that built on their use or office. Our tendencies hitherto to follow the analogies of the classical languages, and classify extensively according to forms, have been mischievous and absurd. It is time we corrected them. 2d. "Its thorough and yet simple and transparent analysis of the elements of the language according to its ground principle. Without such an analysis, no broad and comprehensive view of the structure and power of the language can be attained. The absence of this analysis has hitherto precipitated the study of Grammar upon a surface of dry details and bare authorities, and useless technicalities. 3d. "Its happy method of illustrating the relations of elements by diagrams. These, however uncouth they may appear to the novice, are really simple and philosophical. Of their utility there can be no question. It is supported by the usage of other sciences, and has been demonstrated by experience in this. 4th. "The tendency of the system, when rightly taught and faithfully carried out, to cultivate habits of nice discrimination and close reasoning, together with skill in illustrating truth. In this it is not excelled by any, unless it be the mathematical sciences, and even there it has this advantage, that it deals with elements more within the present grasp of the intellect. On this point I speak advisedly. 5th. "The system is thoroughly progressive and practical, and as such. American in its character. It does not adhere to old usages, merely because they are venerabiy musty; and yet it does not discard things merely because they are old, or are in unimportant minutiæ not prudishly perfect. It does not overlook details and technicali ties, nor does it allow them to interfere with plain philosophy or practical utility. "Let any clear-beaded, independent-minded teacher master the system, and then give it a fair trial, and there will be no doubt as to his testimony." A Testimonial from the Principals of the Public Schools of Rochester, N. Y. We regard CLARK'S GRAMMAR as the clearest in its analysis, the most natural and logical in its arrangement, the most concise and accurate in its definitions, the mos systematic in design, and the best adapted to the use of schools of any Grammar with which we are acquainted. C. C. MESERVE, M. D. ROWLEY, C. R. BURRICK, J. R. VOSBURG, E. R. ARMSTRONG WM. C. FEGLES, OHN ATWATER, 8. W. STARKWEATHER, LAWRENCE INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, Jan. 15, 1859. MESSES. A. S. BARNES & Co:-Having used Clark's New Grammar since its publication, I do most unhesitatingly recommend it as a work of superior merit. By the use of no other work, and I have used several, have I been enabled to advance my pupils so rapidly and thoroughly. The author has, by an Etymological Chart and a system of Diagrams, made Gram mar the study that it ought to be, interesting as well as useful, MARGARET 8. LAWRENCE, Principal. WELCH'S ENGLISH SENTENCE. From PROF. J. R. BOISE, A. M., Professor of the Latin and Greek Languages and This work belongs to a new era in the grammatical study of our own language. We hazard nothing, in expressing the opinion, that for severe, searching, and exhaustive analysis, the work of Professor Welch is second to none. His book is not intended for beginners, but only for advanced students, and by such only it will be understood and appreciated. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SERIES EVER ISSUED. RECOMMENDATIONS. A. B. CLARK, Principal of one of the largest Public Schools in Brooklyn, sys:— I have used over a thousand copies of Monteith's Manual of Geography since ite adoption by the Board of Education, and am prepared to say it is the best work for Junior and intermediate classes in our schools I have ever seen.'" The Series, in whole or in part, has been adopted in the New York State Normal School. Public Schools of New York. They have also been recommended by the State Superintendents of ILLINOIS, INDIANA, WISCONSIN, MISSOURI, NORTH CAROLINA, ALABAMA, and by numerous Teachers' Associations and Institutes throughout the country, and are in successful use in a multitude of Public and Private Schools throughout the United States. From PROF. W. F. PHELPS, A. M., Principal of the New Jersey State Normal School. TRENTON, June 17, 1858. MESSES. A. S. BARNES & Co.:-GENTLEMEN: It gives me much pleasure to state that McNally's Geography has been used in this Institution from its organization in 1855, with great acceptance. The author of this work has avoided on one hand the extreme of being too meager, and on the other of going too much into detail, while he has presented, in a clear and concise manner, all those leading facts of Descriptive Geography which it is important for the young to know. The maps are accurate and well executed, the type clear, and indeed the entire work is a decided success. I most cheerfully commend it to the profession throughout the country. Very truly yours, WM. F. PHELPS. From W. V. Davis, Principal of High School, Lancaster, Pa. LANCASTER, PA., June 26, 1858. DEAR SIRS-I have examined your National Geographical Series with much care, and find them most excellent works of their kind. They have been used in the various Public Schools of this city, ever since their publication, with great success and satisfaction to both pupil and teacher. All the Geographies embraced in your series are well adapted to school purposes, and admirably calculated to impart to the pupil, in a very attractive manner, a complete knowledge of a science, annually becoming more useful and important. Their maps, illustrations, and typography, are unsurpassed. One peculiar feature of McNally's Geography-and which will recommend it at once to every practical teacher-is the arrangement of its maps and lessons; each map fronts the particular lesson which it is designed to illustrate-thus enabling the scholar to prepare his task without that constant turning over of leaves, or refer ence to a separate book, as is necessary with most other Geographies. Yours, &c. Messrs. A. S. BARNES & Co., New York. V. W. DAVIS. From CHARLES BARNES, late President State Teachers' Association, and Superintendent of the Public Schools at New Albany, Indiana. MESSES. A. 8. BARNES & Co.:-DEAR SIRS: I have examined with considerable care the Series of Geographies published by you, and have no hesitation in saying that it is altogether the best with which I am acquainted. A trial of more than a year in the Public Schools of this city has demonstrated that Cornell is utterly unfit for the school-room. Yours, &c. C. BARNES. This volume is designed for youth, and we think the author has been unusual successful in its arrangement and entire preparation. Books of the same design a too often beyond the full understanding of the scholar. As history is so much newtected in all our schools, the publication of such a work as this should be hailed with pleasure; for if scholars find their first studies of history pleasant, it will become a pleasure rather than a task. This is a book of 88 pages, and finely illustrated. It is in every way worthy of a place in every Public School in the State.-Maine Teacher. This is a most capital work: just the thing for children. Our boy commenced the study of it the day it came to hand. It is arranged in the catechetical form, and is finely illustrated with maps, with special reference to the matter discussed in the text. It begins with the first discoveries of America, and comes down to the laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable. Many spirited engravings are given to illustrate the work. It also contains brief Biographies of all prominent men who have identified themselves with the history of this country. It is the best work of the kind we have seen.-Chester County Times. WILLARD'S HISTORIES. From Rev. HOWARD MALCOLM, D. D., President of the University of Lewisburg. I have examined, during the thirteen years that I have had charge of a College, many School Histories of the United States, and have found none, on the whole, so proper for a text-book as that of Mrs. Willard. It is neither too short nor too long, all the space given to periods, events, and persons, is happily proportioned to their Importance. The style is attractive and lucid, and the narrative so woven, as both to sustain the interest and aid the memory of the student. Candor, impartiality, and accuracy, are conspicuous throughout. I think no teacher intending to commence a history class will be disappointed in adopting this book. MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY, the distinguished Authoress, writes: Mrs. Willard should be considered as a benefactress not only by her own sex, of whom she became in early years a prominent and permanent educator, but by the country at large, to whose good she has dedicated the gathered learning and faithful labor of life's later periods. The truths that she has recorded, and the principles that she has impressed, will win, from a future race, gratitude that cannot grow old, and a garland that will never fade. DANIEL WEBSTER wrote, in a letter to the Author: I cannot better express my sense of the value of your History of the United States, than by saying I keep it near me as a book of reference, accurate in facts and dates. DWIGHT'S MYTHOLOGY. The mythology of the Grecians and Romans is so closely interlinked with the history and literature of the world, that some knowledge of it is indispensable to any souolarly familiarity with either that history or literature. We have seen no book so Convenient in size that contains so full and elegant an exposition of mythology as the one before us. It will be found at once a most interesting and a most useful book te any one who wiskes an acquaintance with the splendid myths and fables with which the great masters of ancient learning amused their leisure and cheated their faith – Michigan Journal of Education. |