61. Rolla's Address to the Peruvians, 59. Callisthenes' Reproof of Cleon's Flattery of Alexander, Q. Curtius, Thomson, . 301 303 Thomson, 304 62. Oft in the Stilly Night, Sheridan, .306 .307 64. Address to the Deity. 63. Extract from a Speech in the British Parliament in 1770, Lord Mansfield, .308 65. Causes of Differences of Opinion, 66. The Last Rose of Summer, 67. Importance of Order in the Distribution of Time, 68. The Katydid, 69. Conclusion of an Address to President Washington, . Fisher Ames, . Grattan, . Shakspeare, Hon. R. C. Winthrop, . 326 W. H. Prescott, .335 .335 88. Farewell, 89. English Travellers, 90. Speak Gently. . Moore. 356 . W. H. Prescott, .357 Anonymous. 91. Extract from a Speech in the Senate of the U. States,. Hon. Rufus Choate, 92. The Bid let loose. 94. Go where Glory traits thee. 95. Hamlet's Advice to the Players, 96. Milton's Lamentation for the Loss of Sight, 97. Intellectual Improvement, 99. Woman, Moore, Shakspeare, . Geo. B. Emerson, .378 101. Soliloquy of Hamlet on Death, 105. Hotspur's Soliloquy on the Contents of a Letter,. NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY PRINCIPAL OF THE JOHNSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BOSTON, AUTHOR OF AIDS 1. PARKER'S FIRST LESSONS IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. II. PARKER'S COMPENDIUM OF NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY. PARKER'S FIRST LESSONS IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, Embracing the Elements of the Science. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Designed for young beginners. Price 38 cts. It is the design of this little book, to present to the minds of the youth of the country a view of the laws of Nature-as they are exhibited in the NATURAL WORLD. Reading books should be used in schools for the double object of teaching the child to read, and storing his mind with pleasant and useful ideas. The form of instruction by dialogue, being the simplest, has been adopted-and by means of the simple question and the appropriate answer, a general view of the laws of the physical universe has been rendered so intelligible, as to be easily understood by children who are able to read intelligibly. It is confidently believed that this book will form an important era in the progress of common-school education PARKER'S COMPENDIUM OF NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY. Embracing the Elementary principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Pyronomics, Optics, Astronomy, Galvanism, Magnetism, Electro-Magnetism, Magneto-Electricity, with a description of the Steam and Locomotive Engines. Illustrated by numerous diagrams. Price $1.00. The use of school apparatus for illustrating and exemplifying the principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, has, within the last few years, become so general as to render necessary a work which should combine, in the same course of instruction, the theory, with a full description of the apparatus necessary for illustration and experiment. The work of Professor Parker, it is confidently believed, fully meets that requirement. It is also verv full in the general facts (12) which it presents-clear and concise in its style, and entirely scientific and natural in its arrangement. The following features will, it is hoped, commend the work to public favor. 1. It is adapted to the present state of natural science; embraces a wider field, and contains a greater amount of information on the respective subjects of which it treats, than any other elementary Creatise of its size. 2. It contains an engraving of the Boston School set of philo sophical apparatus; a description of the instruments, and an account of many experiments which can be performed by means of the apparatus. 3. It is enriched by a representation and a description of the Locomotive and the Stationary Steam Engines, in their latest and most approved forms. 4. Besides embracing a copious account of the principles of Electricity and Magnetism, its value is enhanced by the introduction of the science of Pyronomics, together with the new science of Electro-Magnetism and Magneto-Electricity. 5. It is peculiarly adapted to the convenience of study and of recitation, by the figures and diagrams being first placed side by side with the illustrations, and then repeated on separate leaves at the end of the volume. The number is also given, where each principle may be found, to which allusion is made throughout the volume. 6. It presents the most important principles of science in a larger type; while the deductions from these principles, and the illustrations, are contained in a smaller letter. Much useful and interesting matter is also crowded into notes at the bottom of the page. By this arrangement, the pupil can never be at a loss to distinguish the parts of a lesson which are of primary importance; nor will he be in danger of mistaking theory and conjecture for fact. 7. It contains a number of original illustrations, which the author has found more intelligible to young students than those which he has met elsewhere. 8. Nothing has been omitted which is usually contained in an elementary treatise. 9. A full description is given of the Magnetic Telegraph, and the principles of its construction are fully explained. 10. For the purpose of aiding the teacher in conducting an examination through an entire subject, or indeed, through the whole book, if necessary, all the diagrams have been repeated at the end of the work, and questions proposed on the left-hand page immediately opposite. This arrangement will permit the pupil to use the figure, in his recitation, if he have not time to make it on the black-board, and will also enable him to review several lessons and recall all the principles by simply reading the questions, and analyzing the diagrams. From the Wayne County Whig. After a careful examination of this work, we find that it is well calculated for the purpose for which it is intended, and better adapted to the state of natural science at the present time, than any other similar production with which we are acquainted. The design of the author, in the preparation of this work, was to present to the public an elementary treatise unencumbered with matter that is not intimately connected with this science, and to give a greater amount of information on the respective subjects of which it treats, than any other schoolbook of an elementary character. The most remarkable feature in the style of this work is its extreme brevity. In the arrangement of the subject and the man ner of presenting it, there are some peculiarities which are, in our opinion, decided improvements. The more important principles of this interesting science are given in a few words, and with admirable perspicuity, in a larger type; while the deductions from these principles, and the illustrations are contained in a smaller letter. Much useful and interesting matter is also given in notes at the bottom of the page. This volume is designed expressly to accompany the Boston School Set of Philosophical Apparatus; but the numerous diagrams with which it is illustrated, are so well executed and so easily understood, that the assistance of the Apparatus is hardly necessary to a thorough knowledge of the science. The trustees of the Lyons Union School having recently procured a complete set of the above Ap paratus, this work will now be used as a text-book in that institution. MESSRS. A. S. BARNES & Co.: LEICESTER ACADEMY, April 12, 1848. Sirs-I have examined Parker's Natural Philosophy, and am much pleased with it. I think I shall introduce it into the academy the coming term. It seems to me to have hit a happy medium between the too simple and the too abstract. The notes containing facts, and showing the reasons of many things that are of common occurrence in every-day life, seem to me to be a valuable feature of the work. B. A. SMITH Very respectfully, yours, From the New York Evening Post. Professor Parker's book embraces the latest results of investigation on the sul 'ects of which it treats. It has a separate title for the laws of heat, or Pyronom ics, which have been lately added to the list of sciences, as well as electro magnetism and magneto-electricity. The matter is well arranged, and the style of statement clear and concise. The figures and diagrams are placed side by side with the text they illustrate, which is greatly for the convenience of the student. We cheerfully commend the book to the favorable attention of the public. From the Albany Spectator. 'I his is a school-book of no mean pretensions and of no ordinary value. It is admirably adapted to the present state of natural science; and besides containing engravings of the Boston school set of philosophical apparatus, embodies more information on every subject on which it treats than any other elementary work of its size that we have examined. It abounds with all the necessary helps rosecuting the study of the science, and as its value becomes known it canno fail to be generally adopted as a text-book 14 |