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WENTWORTH'S ARITHMETICS.
Adopted for exclusive use in the State of Washington, and in countless cities, towns, and schools.
MASTERY : their motto.
LEARN TO DO BY DOING: their metnod. PRACTICAL ARITH'AETICIANS: the result.
WENTWORTH'S PRIMARY ARITHMETIC.
By G. A. WENTWORTH, Professor of Mathematics in Philips Exe ter Academy, and Miss E. M. REED, Principal of the Training School, Springfield, Mass Profusely illustrated. Introduction price, 30 cents ;
In a word, this book - the fruit of the most intelligent and pains. taking study, long-continued - is believed to represent the best known methods of presenting numbers to primarians, and to pre- sent these methods in the most available form. It is commended as profoundly philosophical in method, simple and ingenious in development, rich and varied in matter, attractive in style, and prac- tical in effect.
It has been carefully and critically examined by myself and my teachers, and in our estimation it stands ahead of anything else of the kind that we have found. - PRINCIPAL CAMPBELL, State Normal School, Johnson, Vt.
WENTWORTH'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC.
Illustrated. Introductory price, 65 cents. Answers free on teachers' orders.
Intended to follow the Primary Arithmetic and make with that a two-book series for common schools. It is designed to give pupils of the grammar school age an intelligent knowledge of the subject and a moderate power of independent thought, by training them to solve problems by neat and intelligent methods and keeping them free from set rules and formulas. It is characterized by accuracy, thoroughness, good sense, school-room tact, and practical ingenuity.
Eminently practical, well graded, and well arranged. . . I consider it the brightest, rost attractive, most scholarly text-book on this subject that has been issued for years. - PRINCIPAL SERVISS, Amsterdam, N.Y.
In a word, these books represent the Best Methods, made feasible, with the Best Problems, -ingenious, varied, practical, and abundant
GINN & COMPANY, Publishers. BOSTON, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, AND LONDON.
WENTWORTH'S ARITHMETICS.
Crystallized from years of study and experience ; sharp in outline ; clear in substance. These books are characterized, like the author's academic text-books, by the closest adaptation to the needs of the pupil and the requirements of class-room study. They economize time and mental energy, while they secure the most distinct and lasting impressions. Note the following testimonials : --
PRIMARY ARITHMETIC,
Warren Holden, Prof. Mathematics, Girard College, Philadelphia : I think it admirably adapted for the purpose intended.
J. A. Graves, Prin. South Gram- mar School, Hartford, Conn .: I am glad to find at last a real Primary Arithmetic.
T. M. Balliet, Supt. Schools, Spring- field, Mass .: It is based on right prin- ciples, and the details are worked out with care.
E. C. Branson, Supt. Schools, Ath- ens, Ga. : The best to date in America ; and, in fact, the only Primary Arith- metic worth putting into the hands of pupils at all.
J. M. Green, Prin. State Normal and Model Schools, New Jersey : It is a book in which the authors manifest what seems to me to be the true un- derstanding of what constitutes pri- mary work in number.
S. A. Ellis, Supt. Schools, Rochester, N. Y .: The methods followed are ap- proved by our best educators. The examples are practical and sufficiently numerous ; and, in fact, nothing seems to have been omitted that would tend to give a young pupil a clear and sat- isfactory idea of the various processes in Arithmetic.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL ARITHMETIC.
A. B. Fifield, Prin. Eaton School. New Haven, Conn .: It is a model text-book.
John R. Dunton, Prin. Grammar School, Lewiston, Me .: It is an excel- lent book. Both its matter and meth- ods of treatment are well adapted to grammar school needs.
E. C. Willard, Prin. High School, Westerly, R.I .: Nearly every page bears the characteristic marks of the author, who easily leads to-day in mathematical book-making.
P. T. Bugbee, Prin. Union School, Newark, N. Y .: It has stood the test of several years with us, and I consider it superior to any other Arithmetic of grammar grade which I have seen.
G. S. Albee, Pres. State Normal School, Oshkosh, Wis .: The abun- dance of concrete problems tending to exercise the pupil in more respects than in a mere process, is a very com- mendable feature.
Edward Taylor, Supt. Schools, Vin- cennes, Ind .: It is sufficient to say that we have been using it as the sole pupil's text in that grade for five years past, and always with entire satisfac- tion.
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AIMS
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IT HAS SUCCEEDED
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MORE
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THAN approved by musical authorities here and abroad. ANY recommended on a careful examination of its merits.
OTHER enjoyed by the teachers who teach and the children who study it.
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. It is based on the fundamental principles of education.
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9 It is endorsed by practical teachers of school music, by superintendents, by class teachers, and by musical experts.
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MUSIC
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The needs of graded schools have long been provided for, but the ungraded schools have been condemned to desultory singing and poor music, or no music at all.
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and the accompanying Chart remove the difficulty, and are strongly commended to the attention of all connected with country schools.
The opinion of the press is voiced in the following, from
The New England Journal of Education : -
"This book is the best recognition we remember to have seen of the special need of the ungraded school. The author is not only a skilful teacher of music, but much of his life has been devoted to teaching music to those who were to teach in ungraded schools. He has not only recognized the difference between the two classes of schools, but has recognized that the difference is one of degree rather than quality. He sees
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GEOGRAPHY.
Our World Reader, No. 1.
First Lessons in Geography, being a revised edition of Our World No. 1. With new Maps and Illustrations. By MARY L. HALL. 12mo. Cloth. viii + 268 pages. Mailing price, 60 eents; for introduction, 50 cents.
TO book relating to this interesting branch of study has been
more widely used, or read with more absorbing interest by children, than Our World No. 1, which for many years has bec !! a standard text-book, or supplementary reader, in public and private schools.
The book, with some necessary changes, and with important additions, is now issued as a supplementary reader for primary schools.
The charm of the book is not only its simplicity of style and vividness of description, but also its seizing upon broad and gen- eral characteristics in its treatment of the subject. Confusing details are therefore avoided, the design being, not so much to impart a knowledge of mere facts as to present, in clearest out- line, pictures of the earth as "the home of man."
In brief, Our World Reader No. 1, is
1. A book of proved attractiveness for young readers.
2. A book that helps the regular school work.
3. A book that imparts the sort of information about our world which every intelligent person would and should possess.
4. A book in accord with the most approved principles of education.
A book full, from beginning to end, of the germs of valuable ideas.
6. A book that illustrates a sensible method of teaching geog- raphy, and that will be welcomed by many as the best primary text-book on the subject.
V. G. Curtis. Supt. of Pub. Schools, Winona, Minn .: We have used the old edition in the schools of this city E. C. Sabin, Supt. of Pub. Schools, Portland, Oregon : It is a beautiful and most desirable book. Miss Hall's as a supplementary reading-book for Some time, and I am sure that in its new and attractive form it will be, first book did incalculable good to the proper method of teaching geog- raphy, and this form will extend its
ing new edition into the schools under my supervision.
still more highly valned for that pur- pose than before. I shall take great pleasure in introducing this charm- | good influence.
HISTORY.
Washington and His Country.
By WASHINGTON IRVING and JOHN FISKE. 654 pages, including 13 maps. 12mo. Cloth: Mailing price, $1.10; for introduction, $1.00. Boards : 85 and 75 cents. QUESTIONS have been prepared to facilitate the use of the work as a text-book of United States history. Paper. 88 pages. Introduction price, 15 cents.
INVIIIS consists of Irving's Life of Washington, judiciously abridged by John Fiske, and supplemented with an Introduction and a Continuation by Mr. Fiske that make the work in effect a His- tory of the United States. It is anticipated that this History will be cordially welcomed and will exert a great influence upon present methods and courses of study. It will be found to com- bine many peculiar excellences.
1. History is taught through biography. This secures the great- est interest, unity, and clearness, and, at the same time, the greatest moral value.
2. The history is presented in a readable outline. The salient points are fully and vividly set forth, and cannot fail to impress the memory and the imagination.
3. The pupil has before him in this book the thought and lan- guage of an acknowledged master of English.
4. The abridging and the supplementing have been done by one exceptionally competent. The Introduction and the Continuation are masterly sketches, unequalled by anything hitherto published.
Thus, while acquiring a knowledge of facts and events, the pupil is gaining a love for history and literature, moulding his diction by a classic author, and ennobling his character by contemplating one of the grandest types of humanity. There will be less of mechani- cal study and more of the real, less committing to memory of trivial facts, and a firmer grasp of the important ones.
W. E. Buck, Supt. of Schools, for years. I recommend it right and Manchester, N.H .: I cannot think : left without reserve.
of another book so desirable for col- lateral reading by pupils studying history in the common schools.
E. H. Russell, Prin. of Normal School, Worcester, Mass .: I have ordered a supply for class use. It seems to me the most noteworthy book that has appeared in this field !
Thomas M. Balliet, Supt. of Schools, Springfield, Muss. : It can be used as a text-book on U. S. History; and as a book for supple- mentary reading on the subject, I don't know of anything else equal to it.
(Jan. 20, 1888.)
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FACTS
led every one to expect a great deal of the author's History of the United States. No one has been disappointed. The attractive and enduring qualities of the other books are here found in even higher degree. Not the least
OF
these are the numberless incidental touches of thought, fact, or feeling that illuminate the narrative, and both stimulate and satisfy the reader's interest, - one result of the author's mastery of his subject. As one would infer, the author is thoroughly
AMERICAN
in his sympathies and feelings, -too American, in fact, to be sectarian, partisan, local, or narrow, - and so we find remarkable life and breadth, as well as insight and instruc- tion, in this book. What we have is, in short, a
HISTORY
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WENTWORTH'S ARITHMETICS Their motto is mastery, their method is learn to do by doing MONTGOMERY'S AMERICAN HISTORY A panorama of the leading facts their causes and their results
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