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EDUCATION.
LESSONS on THINGS, intended to improve Children in the
Practice of Observation, Reflection, and Description, on the System
of Pestalozzi, edited by John Frost, A. M.
The publishers request the attention of Teachers, School Committees,
and all who are desirous of improving the methods of instruction,
to this work, which is on a plan hitherto unattempted
by any school-book in this country, and which has been attended
with extraordinary success in England.
The following remarks on the work are extracted from the
“Quarterly Journal of Education.”
“This little volume is a `corrected and re-corrected' edition of lessons actually
given to children, and, therefore, possesses a value to which no book made in
the closet can lay claim, being the result of actual experiment. The work consists
of a number of lessons, divided into five series: beginning with subjects
the most easy and elementary, it gradnally increases in difficulty, each successive
step being adapted to the mind of the child as it acquires fresh stores of
knowledge.
“Every part of these lessons is interesting to the child, both on account of the
active operation into which his own mind is necessarily called by the manner in
which the lessons are given; and also by the attractive nature of many of the
materials which form the subject of the lessons. In the first and most elementary
series, the pupil is simply taught to make a right use of his organs of sense,
and to exercise his judgment so far only as relates to the objects about him; and
accordingly the matter brought before him at this stage, is such that its obvious
properties can be discovered and described by a child who has acquired a tolerable
knowledge of his mother tongue.”
GREEK and ENGLISH LEXICON. By D. Donnegan.
Abridged for the use of Schools. In 1 vol. royal 18mo. containing
above 600 pages.
This work is printing on a handsome distinct type, and will contain as
much matter as many of the larger lexicons; but owing to the form in
which it is printed, will be sold at such price as to be within the reach of
all students. It will offer more advantages to the young student than any
other lexicon now in use. The vocabulary is more extensive and complete—comprising
not only words found in the classics, but also such as are
found in the writings of Hippocrates and the Greek Physicians. The
meanings attached to words by the several writers are also given.
Words are given in alphabetical order in every poetical and dialectic
variety.
The conjugation of verbs and flection of nouns are more complete than
in other lexicons;—the meanings of words fuller and more correct—there
being first a primary and then a secondary meaning, each distinguished
from the metaphorical and idiomatical. Phrases are also given when they
note any peculiarity in signification. The etymology of words is only
omitted where it is confused or disputed. There is nothing left out which
the young student would find necessary in studying the Classics, and
which would enable him to understand the true meaning of a word. In
short, in this work the essential advantages of a good Dictionary are combined
with those of a good Grammar—advantages not found in any Greek
and English Lexicon now used.
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