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No. 165. (See last page.) ARTICLES-The Revised Instructions to Her Majesty's Inspectors.. School Boards for the Month EDUCATIONAL NEWS.. 169 171 173 175 177 180 186 SUMMER (Royal Route via Crinan and Caledonian Canals.) CLASCOW AND THE HIGHLANDS. SPECIAL TOURIST Cabin Tickets issued during the Season, giving the privilege of the run of all the undernamed Steamers to any part of the Highlands at which they may call during the time specified. One week, £3; two weeks, £5; or six separate days, £3 10s THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, Sail during the season for Islay, Lochawe, Oban, Fort William, Inverness, Staffa, Iona, Glencoe, Tobermory, Portree, Streme Ferry, Gairloch (Loch Maree), Ullapool, Loch Inver, and Stornoway, affording Tourists an opportunity of visiting the magnificent scenery of Glencoe, the Cuchulin Hills. Loch Coruisk, Loch Scavaig, Loch Maree, and the famed Islande of Staffa and Iona. Official Guide Book, 3d.; Illustrated 6d. and 18. Time Bill, with Map and Tourist Fares, Free by Post from the Proprietor, DAVID MACBRAYNE, 119, Hope Street, Glasgow. "SCHOOL" (No. 351) OTHER SOLD BY ALL STATIONERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. JOHN HEYWOOD, DEANSGATE: AND RIDGEFIELD, JOHN DALTON STREET AGENTS: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO., LONDON. CAUTION-CRYSTAL PALACE BOND'S GOLD MEDAL MARKING INK. Ask for, insist and persist in Bond's (Daughter Crystal Palace Brand. Examine labels. Some vendors for extra profit deceive you. Return spurious imitations. The Royal Marking Ink Maker. 13 Prize Medals (5 gold). Patentee of Invicta Blue and Scarlet Marking Ink (unchangeable).-Works, 75 Southgate Rd., London. JOHN HEYWOOD'S Paragon Registers, Specially designed for the Mundella Code of 1883, by R. HYSLOP MCCARTNEY, Head Master of the Poolstock Schools, Wigan, and Author of "Gill's Physical Exercises," the Poets" (set to music), &c. THE SERIES CONSISTS OF ""Selections from (1) Admission Register, for 1,500 Names. Half-bound, cloth sides, 5s. (3) Half-time Register, for 200 Names (for 54 Weeks). Stiff boards, 8d. (4) Summary Register, for One Year, containing Weekly, Quarterly, and Annual (5) Summary Register for Eight Years. Half-bound, cloth sides, 5s. Stiff Most Registers at present in use have been adapted to suit the New Code, and are therefore more or less incomplete. THESE REGISTERS have been SPECIALLY DESIGNED to meet the new requirements in every particular. They are convenient in size, and most CONCISE and CLEAR, yet SIMPLE in arrangement. They give the MAXIMUM of information with the MINIMUM of labour. THE CLASS REGISTER is ruled for 54 weeks, the names to be written HALF-YEARLY, thus enabling Teachers to get rid of superfluous names before the commencement of the last 22 weeks. SEPARATE Fee Columns are provided, with Columns for ARREARS, a great advantage, and space for Manager's Signature, &c. THE HALF-TIME REGISTER is the most complete that has yet been issued, rendering verification by H.M. Inspector a matter of no difficulty. THE SUMMARY REGISTER especially is quite unique. ON TWO PAGES are given the Weekly Totals for each Standard from the various Class Registers for 54 weeks, in convenient form for adding-boys and girls in separate columns. ON ANOTHER PAGE are given, at a glance, the Weekly, Quarterly, and Annual Returns for the whole school, also in convenient form for adding; and, on a fourth page, the whole of the information for the NEW FORM IX. is most clearly set forth. Pages are also provided for Lists of Scholars withheld, and for those presented again in the same Standard." Copies of the most recent Circulars on Registration are also given, with all necessary directions as to mode of keeping, &c., thus rendering these Registers the most complete set ever published. Especially designed for Boys', Girls', Mixed, or Infants' Schools. Crown 8vo., 128pp., cloth limp, price 1s. 6d. ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF JOSHUA With Notes Critical, Historical, and Geographical; also Maps and Examination Questions. By LEWIS HUGHES, B.A., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Rev. T. BOSTON JOHNSTONE, St. Andrew's University. Author of "Analysis of the Books of Jeremiah, Ezra, Nehemiah," &c. Chiefly intended for Candidates preparing for the Oxford and Cambridge Local, and the College of Preceptors' Examinations. In Preparation, and to be published shortly. ANALYSES OF THE BOOKS OF GENESIS AND EXODUS. In Preparation. ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF JUDGES. JOHN HEYWOOD, DEANSGATE AND RIDGEFIELD, MANCHESTER; AND 11, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, LONDON. COLLINS' SCHOOL SERIES. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Messrs. COLLINS have much pleasure in announcing to Teachers and School Managers that they are now publishing the following New Sets of Reading Books, which will be found in every way suited to the MOST RECENT REQUIREMENTS of the Education Department, including the Instructions contained in the Circular to H.M. Inspectors, with reference to the number and length of the Lessons in the various Standards. AN ENTIRELY NEW SERIES OF INFANT SCHOOL PRIMERS AND READERS. Providing a Complete Course of Elementary Reading, Writing, and Spelling, with Simple Exercises in Arithmetic. Beautifully Printed and Illustrated. FIRST INFANT PRIMER, 32 pp., 1d.; cloth, 2d. The above Primers and Readers have been prepared by a Lady, who from long experience in the management of Infant Schools, has a thorough practical knowledge of all the requirements necessary for imparting instruction to the infant mind in an attractive and interesting manner. They are offered with the utmost confidence to the attention of Managers and Teachers of Elementary Schools. They have been carefully graded, leading the child by easy steps, from the form and construction of letters, to their combination into simple words. This has been done in a very attractive manner so as to excite the interest of the child. Reading Lessons have been combined with Script and Spelling Exercises, and Arithmetic has been introduced in its simplest form, thus providing A COMPLETE INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK OF THE FIRST STANDARD. THE IMPROVED ILLUSTRATED READERS. Being revised and greatly improved Editions of these Favourite Readers, with New Lessons, New Illustrations, Poetry for Recitation, Spelling Columns, Meanings of Difficult Words, Rules for Spelling, and Script Exercises. Beautifully Printed and Illustrated. FIRST BOOK, 128 pp. Containing 40 Lessons, 80 pages of Text. Cloth limp, 6d. ; full bound cloth, 8d. Now ready. SECOND BOOK, 160 pp. Containing 45 Lessons, 90 pages of Text. Cloth limp, 7d.; full bound cloth, 9d. Nearly ready. THIRD BOOK, 192 pp. Containing FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH In the Improved Editions, each book has been entirely recast. Many new and important features have been added, which will make this Scries one of the best sets of Reading Books ever published. The books will, at same time, prove highly attractive and interesting to the pupils, the Editor and Publishers having spared no efforts to attain this desirable object. The best results both for teachers and pupils may therefore be expected from the use of these Series. THE OLD SERIES will be kept on sale for a limited period as under : First Book, 6d. Second Book, 9d. Fifth Book, 1s. 6d. * Third Book, 1s. Fourth Book, 1s. 3d. Specimens post free to Head Teachers and Managers if with a view to introduction. LONDON & GLASGOW: WILLIAM COLLINS, SONS, & CO., LIMited. In Seven Books. Foolscap 8vo. New Editions for New Code, 1883. HOME LESSON BOOKS. By ALFONZO GARDINER. The Special Features of the Series are I.-Perfect adaptation to all the requirements of the 1883 Code. III.-Systematic arrangement for 42 school weeks, thus ensuring that no part of the work is neglected. Now Ready. New Edition. Foolscap 8vo., complete. Cloth, 1s. THE NEW GRADED ARITHMETIC, IN SEVEN STANDARDS, AS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE I. OF THE "MUNDELLA' CODE, 1882. .............. ..... ld. Standard IV., 24 pages ld 1d. V., 24 1d" ld' Standard VII., 32 pages... ANSWERS to each Standard, Cloth, Price 3d. New Edition. Foolscap Svo., 164pp. Price 18. 6d. ELEMENTARY FRENCH FOR BEGINNERS. COURSE WITH EASY IDIOMATIC AND COLLOQUIAL SENTENCES DAILY USED IN Fifth Edition; Revised. Crown 8vo. Price Is. 6d., cloth. THE LOCAL EXAMINATION HISTORY FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS PREPARING FOR THE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS IN CONNECTION By ROBERT STENSON PRINGLE, LL.D. New Edition. Foolscap 8vo., 192pp. Price 1s. 6d., cloth. THE ELEMENTS OF PHYSIOGRAPHY, FOR THE USE OF SCIENCE CLASSES AND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE-CLASS SCHOOLS JOHN HEYWOOD, Deansgate, and Ridgefield, Manchester; and 11, Paternoster Buildings, London. |