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PUBLISHED BY HAYES & ZELL, No. 193 Market street, Philadelphia. The Publishers, having completed the New Edition of COLLOT'S PROGRESSIVE SERIES OF FRENCH SCHOOL BOOKS, respectfully recommend it to the attention of the public at large, and particularly to the examination of Teachers and Parents. They confidently believe that the six volumes of which it consists are amply sufficient for the attainment of proficiency, by the shortest route, "In the Arts of Speaking, Reading, and Writing the French Language;" and that they form a more complete and economical system of Elementary Manuals for the study of French, than has ever before been presented to the public. Philadelphia, June 7th, 1854. Having examined and tried Collot's Series of French Books, I can, most cheerfully, bear testimony to their efficacy and usefulness to both teacher and student of the French language. They consist of the following valuable works: 1. FRENCH GRAMMAR; a real and not a nominal improvement of Levizac's Grammar. 2. PRONOUNCING FRENCH READER; composed of admirable selections, and a great auxiliary to any one who wishes to overcome soon that great difficulty of modern languages, the pronunciation. 3. INTERLINEAR FRENCH READER; being a Key to the above, and indispensable to self-instruction. 4. FRENCH ANECDOTES AND QUESTIONS; a most excellent work, well adapted to the practice of French conversation. 5. FRENCH DIALOGUES AND PHRASES; superior to any of the same kind. Unlike other books of phrases, it is very amusing and interesting. 6. KEY TO THE EXERCISES IN THE GRAMMAR; intended also for self-instruction, and useful to many teachers. In conclusion, I will state that Mr. Collot's French books show him to be a French scholar of no common capacity, and of a standard greatly superior to the general writers of school books. FRANCIS A. BREGY, Professor of French Language and Literature in the Central High School. BLAIR'S LECTURES ON RHETORIC (University Edition); with Mills' copious Ques tions and Analyses. The title of this work, "Blair's Lectures," is sufficient guarantee of its usefulness. It is so well known, and now so generally used in all our first colleges and academies, that any description or recommendation of its merits would be needless. It has been the text-book in the University of Edinburgh for upwards of fifty years. 8vo., sheep, 557 pages. BLAIR'S LECTURES ON RHETORIC (abridged, with Questions); 18mo., half-embossed cloth. This work is an abridgement of the above University Edition of Blair, and intended for and admirably adapted as a preliminary to the larger edition. FOR SALE IN BOSTON BY SANBORN, CARTER & BAZIN. PUBLISHED BY JAMES ROBINSON & CO., 119 Washington street, Boston. The Student and Schoolmate : A MONTHLY READER For School and Home Instruction. EDITED BY N. A. CALKINS AND REV. A. R. POPE. The object of this Magazine will be to supply Teachers and Pupils with a Monthly Class Reader; coming with something new and fresh from living instructors, who are deeply interested in the education of the rising generation—whose lives are devoted to this noble work. Each number will contain one or more Speeches and Dialogues, with a chart marked for gesture, prepared expressly for the work. This is well calculated to stimulate the scholar to self-improvement. It will also embrace within its columns, articles on Natural History, Biography, Travels, Poetry and Stories. The Teacher's Desk and Museum, will contain General News, Enigmas, Puzzles, Problems, etc., etc. The work will be highly illustrated with new and splendid Cuts. It will be the aim of the Publishers to make it the best magazine in the country. Vol. 3, new series, commences with November, 1856. Sample copies sent free. TERMS - Single copy, one year, $1.00; Five copies, $4.00; Sixteen copies, $12.00, in advance. INDEPENDENT CLASS-READER. This work has been compiled with great care. It contains selections from some of our best authors in both hemispheres. Among others are the names of Prof. Louis Agassiz, Prof. F. D. Huntington, Hon. Edward Everett, Prof. H. W. Longfellow, Wm. E. Channing, H. F. Tupper, Park Benjamin, Hugh Miller, H. B. Stowe, Wm. C. Bryant, J. G. Whittier, Charles Dickens, J. J. Gurney. The publishers offer this neat work of Prose and Poetry to the educational publicto teachers, committees, superintendents, and parents-for their perusal and patronage. They believe, in so doing, they are conferring a favor on the rising generation, by excluding such matter as would have a hurtful tendency. Copies sent free of postage by remiting 75 cents. "MY FIRST EXERCISES IN COMPOSITION WRITING." CONTAINING DIRECTIONS, MODELS, ETC. This book enables the pupil to choose subjects and arrange and write Compositions with but little aid from the teacher, and to preserve them in a neat and permanent form. In schools it serves as an incentive to self-exertion among pupils, giving them just sufficient instruction, while it affords them the pleasure of doing their own work. Sample copies sent by remitting five postage stamps. THE INTELLECTUAL MULTIPLIER, Comprising concise and easy methods of multiplying numbers mentally. Designed for the use of pupils in public and private schools. "Its utility will insure its general adoption by teachers and pupils as a hand-book. It is sold at the low price of 50 cents per dozen."— Massachusetts Teacher. "This little pamphlet gives a great variety of rules for the performance of complicated multiplication, and hence is very valuable."- New York Teacher. Copies sent for examination for two postage stamps. 16mo. WE HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED A TEACHER'S EXCHANGE AND SCHOOL AGENCY: HEAD-QUARTERS FOR COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS, Where Teachers can have their names recorded, their testimonials filed, and learn of situations (by remitting us one dollar to pay the expense), and where Committees and Superintendents can come to secure the services of Teachers. We have a collection of School and Educational Works on our shelves, and all the Educational Journals upon our table, for the use of those who call. We hope Teachers and Committees will respond, and help us carry forward our plan, which cannot fail of being a great benefit to all. WEBSTER'S SERIES OF DICTIONARIES, VIZ.: 1. WEBSTER'S QUARTO DICTIONARY, Unabridged, 3. WEBSTER'S ACADEMIC DICTIONARY, 4. WEBSTER'S HIGH SCHOOL DICTIONARY, 5. WEBSTER'S PRIMARY SCHOOL DICTIONARY, 6. 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MERRIAM, Springfield, Mass.; MASON BROTHERS, New York. IMPORTANT SCHOOL BOOKS. PUBLISHED BY CROSBY, NICHOLS & CO., No. 111 Washington street, Boston. TREATISE ON ENGLISH PUNCTUATION; designed for letter-writers, authors, print ers, and correctors of the press, and for the use of schools and academies; with an Appendix, containing rules on the use of capitals, a list of abbreviations, hints on preparing copy and on proof-reading, specimen of proof-sheet, etc. By John Wilson. Eighth edition. 16mo. Price $1. An excellent treatise on a very important topic. It is clear in its style, saying just enough, and full in its illustrations, accumulating them on a particular point till they are fully and practically understood. Such a work has been needed a long time, and this will exactly supply the want. - Rhode Island Schoolmaster. An Abridgment of Mr. Wilson's Treatise-THE ELEMENTS OF PUNCTUATION; with Rules on the use of Capital Letters. Being an Abridgment of the "Treatise on English Punctuation." Prepared for Schools. By John Wilson. 12mo. Price 50 cents. It is a work of incalculable importance to the student, and this abridgment places it within the reach of every scholar. It should be introduced into all our schools, and cannot be too thoroughly studied or understood. Hampshire Gazette. The truly National Series of Writing Books, used in every State in the Union. PAYSON & DUNTON'S PENMANSHIP - REVISED SERIES: A Complete System of Writing, in Eight Parts. And Payson, Dunton & Scribner's COMBINED SYSTEM OF RAPID PENMANSHIP, In eight parts, with copies at the head of every page, in a style exactly resembling those written by the author. As an evidence of the value of these books in assisting the pupil to acquire a beautiful and legible style of writing, the publishers are able to refer to teachers in every part of the United States. FRENCH TRANSLATION SELF-TAUGHT, or the first book on French Translation (on a new system), by Guillaume H. Talbot, Professor of the French Language and Literature, etc., etc., etc. 12mo. Price $1. We think the author does not claim too much when he says that, as a first book for translating French, it "is greatly superior to any other grammar or translator yet published." Teachers and others should examine it. Telegraph. GLEANINGS FROM THE POETS-FOR HOME AND SCHOOLS; selected by Mrs. Anna C. Lowell, author of "Theory of Teaching," "Thoughts on the Education of Girls," etc., etc. A new edition, enlarged. 1 vol. 12mo. THE SCHOOL HYMN BOOK; for Normal, High, and Grammar Schools. 18mo. Price 37 1-2 cents. THE SCHOOL EXHIBITION BOOK; Containing Dialogues, Recitations, Songs, Duets, and little Dramas for the school-room. 12mo. Price 25 cents. THE AMERICAN SCHOOL HYMN BOOK. Sixteenth thousand. cents. 32mo. 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