CONTAINING A Concise Text and Explanatory Notes, with over 100 Maps. BY ROSWELL C. SMITH, A. M. # QUARTO, ONE DOLLAR. From F. A. Allen, Principal Chester County Normal School, West Chester, Pa. **It is without doubt the most comprehensive work of its size now published, and sufficiently comprehensive to answer all the purposes of an advanced work for higher institutions. * The test to which we are daily submitting this work proves highly satisfactory to all concerned; and though somewhat prejudiced against it at first, we are now fully convinced of its merits, an evidence of which is found in the fact that we have adopted it as our STANDARD TEXT-BOOK in Geography." From Jos. Ad. Thompson, Prin. Media Grammar School. Pa. During my experience of seventeen years as a teacher. I have never before found a geography that I could in all respects recommend; and I thank the skill and enterprise which have produced this one. Copies of the Geography will be furnished gratis to School Committees and Teachers on receipt of the postage (25 cents) in money or stamps. LIPPINCOTT'S PRONOUNCING GAZETTEER OF THE WORLD; OR Geographical Dictionary. A work especially valuable for teachers and school libraries. It has received the highest commendation from many of the most distinguished educational gentlemen in the country. li gives: I. A descriptive notice, with the most recent and authentic information respecting all countries, islands, rivers, mountains, cities, towns, of the globe. II. The names of important places, both in their native and foreign langurges, with their pronunciation-a feature attempted in no other work. III. The classical names of all ancient places, so far they can be accurately ascertained from the best authorities. IV. It contains a complete etymological vocabulary of geographical names. comprised in a volume of Over Two Thousand Imperial Octavo Pages. Price $6.00. From Hon. Horace Mann, LL.D. The rising generation will be greatly benefitted, both in the accuracy and extent of their information, should this work be kept as a book of reference, on the table of every professor and teacher in the country." From Dr. Sears, President of Brown University. Your work must prove an invaluable guide to the student of geography, and if generally adopted could not fail to remove that discrepancy and confusion which now so generally prevail in regard to the pronunciation of geographical names." SARGENT'S STANDARD READERS, BY EPES SARGENT. Standard Fifth or First Class Reader | Standard First Reader. Illustrated. Standard Fourth Reader. Standard Primer. Finely illustrated Standard Third Reader. Standard Spelling Book. Standard Second Reader. Standard Primary Spelling Book. Sargent's Standard Series of Readers, is now the leading series used in the Eastern States, and in most of the principal cities of the Union. The testimonials as to their superiority are so numerous, and from such high quarters, that we must refer Committees and Teachers to the pamphlet containing them, which may be had gratis, and post paid, on application to the publishers. Copies of the Readers will be sent gratis to School Committees and Teachers, for examination with a view to introduction into schools. Sent by mail, prepaid, when the amount of postage is sent in stamps. The postage rates are, on the Fifth Reader, 24 cents; the Fourth, 18 cents; Third, 15 cents; Second, 12 cents; First, 9 cents: Standard Speller, 12; Standard Primer, 6; Smaller Standard Speller, 6. SARGENT'S ORIGINAL DIALOGUES: A Collection for School and Family Reading i and Representation. By EPES Sargent. Author of the Standard Speakers, Standard Readers, &c. One vol. 12mo, 75c. 5-1] J. B. LIPPINCOTT & Co., Philadelphia. G. P. RANDALL, ARCHITECT, Would respectfully say to School Commissioners. School Directors, and the public generally, who are about to engage in the construction of buildings for ducational purposes, that they will find in his office large variety of deigns for such buildings as have been erected in this and adjoining States. which for completeness in every particular will challenge comparison with any in the country. As an evidence of the estimation in which these houses are held by Educational men in this city, he would call your attention to the report of the President of the Board of Education, for the year ending Feb. 1st. A D. 1860, on the 7th page of which, speaking of the School Houses lately built. he says The plans for the two houses are furnished, and the work superintended, by G. P. Randall Esq.. of this city. These two houses are regarded. I think, by all competent to judge of the matter, as models for buildings affording such accommodations. The arrangements for ingress and egress in both. are ample; in all the twenty rooms the light is aburadant and admitted on two sides; the halls and stairways are spacious and well lighted, and the means of ventilation seemingly perfect. In short, the whole arrangement leaves little room for improvement." The houses above referred to are very large, affording accommodations for some thirteen hundred scholars; but the same essential features, WITH OTHER IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS. have been. and may just as well be, introduced in houses of any limited capacity, and for Gruded and other Schools. If such buildings are to be constructed under your immediate control, orby others in your vicinity, please give he subject due consideration, and send your orders for plans, or call to it the attention of those having such works in charge, and send their address, that he may confer with them direct. Orders are also solicited for plans for other buildings, such as. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DWELLINGS, CHURCHES, COURT-HOUSES, BANKING-HOUSES, &c., And persons who are about to build, and who will take the trouble to send him their address. stating what they propose to build, will receive through the Post, FREE OF EXPENSE. a variety of finely exeented views of buildings which he has designed, together with much valuable information relative to the subject of building. In conclusion he is permitted to append the following note from C. E. Hovey. Esq.. Principal of the State Normal University: STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, Ill., March 23, 1860. After a careful investigation. the State Board of Education selected G. P. Randall, Esq. of Chicago, as the Architect of the State Normal University Buildings. His large experience, good taste, and unequalled constructive ability, fully justified the wisdom of the choice. It is hardly too much to say that he is the leading school horse architect in the State. as evinced by the large number of beautiful, economical, and admirably well arranged houses recently planned by him in Chicago, and in other cities and towns. I cannot too strongly urge upon school officers the necessity of obtaining a good PLAN before attempting to erect a school house. C. E. HOVEY, Prin. State Normal University. REFERENCES. JOHN C. DORE. President of the Board of Education, Chicago. WM. M. BUCKLEY. Freeport, Illinois. S. W. MOULTON, Shelbyville, Ill., Pres. State Board of Education. SIMON WRIGHT. Esq., Kinmundy. Ill. March, 1861, 3m.] G. P. RANDALL, Chicago, IL Indiana School Journal: PUBLISHED ON THE 15th OF EACH MONTH, UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE IND., STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. O. PHELPS, Resident Elitor and Proprietor, Indianapolis. ASSOCIATE A. R. BENTON, Indianapolis. J. HURTY, EDITORS: A. C. SHORTRIDGE, Centerville VOL. VI.-JUNE, 1861,-NO. 6. All Communications, Business Letters, and Remittences, to be addressed to the Journal, $1,00 per year, in advance. Advertis- additional insertion. INDIANAPOLIS: PHELPS & YOUNG, PRINTERS. 1861. POSTAGE-Six cents a year, if paid quarterly or yearly in advance BY THE INDIANA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE ECLECTIC SERIES ADOPTED. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, April 11th, 1861. AT a regular meeting of the INDIANA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, held at the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in Indianapolis, April 11th, 1861, the following list of Text-Books was approved and adopted as embracing the books best adapted for use in the Schools of the State, viz.: Orthography, etc.-McGuffey's Primary School Charts; McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book. Reading, etc.-McGuffey's New Eclectic Series of Readers; McGuffey's New Eclectic Speakers. Arithmetic-Ray's Series, embracing the Primary, Intellectual, Practical, and Higher Arithmetic. Algebra.-Ray's Series, embracing the Elementary, or First Book; and the Higher Algebra, or Second Book. English Grammar.-Pinneo's Series, embracing Pinneo's Primary and Analytical Grammars. MILES J. FLETCHER, Superintendent of Public Instruction. [Text-Books upon other branches of study are embraced in the official list: these are here omitted.] Among other books before the Indiana State Board of Education, was Goodrich's Series of Readers, published by JOHN P. MORTON & Co., of LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. Although Goodrich's Readers had been recommended two years before, yet the fact of their having failed to meet the approval of teachers and educators, or to maintain themselves where introduced, caused their rejection; and, McGuffey's New Readers were "approved and adopted as the books best adapted for use in the Schools of the State," being superior in merit, and in every way more desirable. |