ONE DOZEN MAGNETIO OBJECTS, representing men of different races, ships, steamers, light-houses, and Ferious animals, and Mrs. Smith's Globe Manual, accompany each Globe without additional cost. These Globes are securely packed, and can be sent safely any distance. WITH PERCE'S MAGNETIC GLOBES AND OBJECTS Geography becomes a most fascinating study. No school-room should be without them. They are simple in principle. They have no complicated machinery. They never get out of order And are durable, serviceable, and economical. THESE ARE THE ONLY CLOBES THAT ILLUSTRATE GRAVITATION Adopted April, 1872, by the Board of Education for use in the ELEMENTS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. -BY LEROY C. COOLEY, Ph.D., Teacher of Physics in the State Normal and Training School, Albany, N. Y. Cooley's Elementary Natural Philosophy" has been in extensive use in the Grammar Schools of this city for nearly a year, and, as far as I have been enabled to ascertain, has given unqualified satisfaction. It is, in my judgment, a work of very superior merits. HENRY KIDDLE, City Superintendent. COOLEY'S ELEMENTS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY is also used in the Public Schools of Elizabeth. N. J.; Morrisania, N. Y.; Bayonne, N. J.; Wilkesbarre, Pa.; New Bedford, Mass.; etc., etc., etc. COOLEY'S ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY. SPECIMEN OF ILLUSTRATION AND TYPE. BY LEROY C. COOLEY, PH.D., AUTHOR OF TEXT-BOOKS OF CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. One vol. 12mo, one hundred and ninety-two pages, fully illustrated. Price.. CHEMICAL LABORATORY. Shall this be done at night?-It should be done both night and day. The fear of "night air," which is very common, is very groundless. One who understands such things says: "An open window, most nights in the year, can hurt no one. In great cities, night air is the best and purest to be had in twenty-four hours." $1.00. SHELDON'S READERS. PREPARED BY Prof. E. A. SHELDON, Principal of State Normal School, Oswego, N. Y. SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED, After Designs by WHITE, EYTINGE, WAUD, BILLINGS, MISS CURTISS, and MISS. LEDYARD. Engraved by KARST, ANDREW, J. P. DAVIS, etc. SHELDON'S FIRST READER. Now Ready. SHELDON'S SECOND READER. Now Ready. SHELDON'S THIRD READER. Will be ready Sept. 15. The selections have been made with conscientious care, and are thoroughly well graded, so as to carry the pupil forward step by step, and the following considerations have been constantly kept in view : 1.-To put in the reading books only that which is designed for the children. 2.-By a careful gradation of lessons, and by a frequent repetition of words in new combinations, to avoid wearisome drills on the same lesson. 3.-To give a vocabulary of the choicest and most expressive descriptive terms adapted to accompany or to follow a well-selected COURSE OF OBJECT LESSONS, without, in any way, making such a course essential to the use of the books. 4.-To bring in as much valuable thought and information as possible, without in any degree sacrificing the utility of the lessons as exercises in reading. 5.-To form right habits of thought and expression in reading, and to cultivate a quick and lively imagination. 6.-To give the best models of excellence in composition. As regards the mechanical execution of the Readers, the books speak for themselves. Illustrations are given in sufficient abundance to make the pages attractive; and they have been carefully designed and engraved by the best artists, so as to aid the eye in interpreting the text. The type used is the clearest and handsomest that could be procured, and special care has been taken to have the books bound in the most substantial and durable manner. In brief, the publishers are confident that the new series of Readers will be found to respond in every respect to the demands of the most critical and exacting of our educators, and they feel assured that it must at once meet with that large sale to which its prominent merits fully entitle it. SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & CO., Publishers, 654 Broadway, New York. SHELDON'S READERS. Sheldon's Illustrated Primer. 60 PAGES. PRICE, 20 CENTS. This is strictly a Phonic book—the only one of the kind published in this country. It contains but twenty-four unmodified letters of the common alphabet, and each letter invariably represents the same sound; thus giving all the advantages of special type and modified letters, with none of their objections. This gives a decided advantage over every other book in teaching by the word as well as the phonic method. Nearly every page contains a beautiful cut, illustrating all the ideas expressed in the accompanying text. Sheldon's First Reader. 80 PAGES. PRICE, 25 CENTS. This book retains many of the Phonic characteristics of the Primer. A large portion of the words contain only the letters and sounds employed in the Primer. If the children have been made conversant with these, they will be able to pronounce nearly all the words in the First Reader without the aid of the teacher. All words containing new sounds are placed at the heads of the lessons, and may be taught as words. In this, the Phonic and Word methods may be combined, or the Word method used alone. Sheldon's Second Reader. 192 PAGES. PRICE, 50 CENTS. The lessons in this book are mostly original, and carefully adapted to the wants of children from five to seven years of age. Care has been taken not to introduce too many or too difficult words; and by frequent repetition to make it possible to avoid long-continued and tedious drills on the same lesson,- -a practice highly detrimental to good reading. The type is large and well spaced, and the illustrations are abundant and of the highest ordergiving the book a very attractive appearance. Sheldon's Third Reader. As in the Second, so in the Third Reader-the lessons have been specially prepared to meet the wants of a book of this grade, being designed for children from six to eight years of age, and who have completed the First and Second Readers, or their equivalent. Care has been taken to avoid all difficult and technical terms not coming within the ordinary range of the ideas of children of this age, while a large number of expressive quality and descriptive terms have been incorporated, adapted to accompany or follow a well-selected course of object lessons. We believe no book of this grade that has yet appeared, is so fully and beautifully illustrated. |