Part Two. For Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grades .15

The purpose of this book is to assist the pupil in using words correctly in any one of three relations, viz.: in speech, in oral reading, and in written composition. Its exercises recognize the laws of association, and provide a systematic drill in orthography, orthoepy, word-building, word-analysis, and other phases of word-study.

¶ The vocabulary of the book is made up of words used by the pupil in his other studies, and in his every-day experience. The work is clearly laid out and graded; reviews are amply provided, both by duplication and by dictation work.

¶ PART ONE contains a vocabulary of some 4,000 word-forms in common use, selected and graded with great care. The arrangement is such that there is afforded a variety of exercises, each containing an average of 20 words. The phonetic, the topical, the grammatical, and the antithetic and synonymic methods have received special treatment. Dictation exercises, including memory gems, illustrative sentences, and reviews, are also given.

¶ PART TWO includes a vocabulary of about 5,000 word-forms, the exercises being devoted to topical lessons, phonetic drills, pronouncing drill, grammatical forms, synonyms and antonyms, applications of rules of spelling, drill on homophones, word-building and word-analysis, words the derivation of which is indicated, and derivatives from Latin and Greek roots. Great emphasis is laid on prefixes and suffixes, the origin of words, and pronunciation.

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

SPENCERS' PRACTICAL WRITING

By PLATT R. SPENCER'S SONS

Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Per dozen, $0.60

Spencers' Practical Writing has been devised because of the distinct and wide-spread reaction from the use of vertical writing in schools. It is thoroughly up-to-date, embodying all the advantages of the old and of the new. Each word can be written by one continuous movement of the pen.

¶ The books teach a plain, practical hand, moderate in slant, and free from ornamental curves, shades, and meaningless lines. The stem letters are long enough to be clear and unmistakable. The capitals are about two spaces in height.

¶ The copies begin with words and gradually develop into sentences. The letters, both large and small, are taught systematically. In the first two books the writing is somewhat larger than is customary because it is more easily learned by young children. These books also contain many illustrations in outline. The ruling is very simple.

¶ Instruction is afforded showing how the pupil should sit at the desk, and hold the pen and paper. A series of drill movement exercises, thirty-three in number, with directions for their use, accompanies each book.

SPENCERIAN PRACTICAL WRITING SPELLER

Per dozen, $0.48

This simple, inexpensive device provides abundant drill in writing words. At the same time it trains pupils to form their copies in accordance with the most modern and popular system of penmanship, and saves much valuable time for both teacher and pupil.

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

MILNE'S PROGRESSIVE ARITHMETICS

By WILLIAM J. MILNE, Ph.D., LL.D., President of New York State Normal College, Albany, N. Y.

THREE BOOK SERIES

First Book $0.35 Second Book .40 Third Book .45

TWO BOOK SERIES

First Book $0.35 Complete Book .65

In these series the best modern methods of instruction have been combined with those older features which gave the author's previous arithmetics such marvelous popularity.

¶ Built upon a definite pedagogical plan, these books teach the processes of arithmetic in such a way as to develop the reasoning faculties, and to train the power of rapid, accurate, and skillful manipulation of numbers. The inductive method is applied, leading the pupils to discover truths for themselves; but it is supplemented by model solutions and careful explanations of each step.

¶ Each new topic is first carefully developed, and then enforced by sufficient practice to fix it thoroughly in the mind. The problems, which have been framed with the greatest care, relate to a wide range of subjects drawn from modern life and industries. Reviews in various forms are a marked feature. Usefulness is the keynote.

¶ In the First and Second Books the amount of work that may be accomplished in a half year is taken as the unit of classification, and the various subjects are treated topically, each being preceded by a brief résumé of the concepts already acquired. In the Third Book the purely topical method is used in order to give the pupil a coherent knowledge of each subject. The Complete Book covers the work usually given to pupils during the last four years of school.

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

STEPS IN ENGLISH

By A. C. McLEAN, A.M., Principal of Luckey School, Pittsburg; THOMAS C. BLAISDELL, A.M., Professor of English, Fifth Avenue Normal High School, Pittsburg; and JOHN MORROW, Superintendent of Schools, Allegheny, Pa.