SANDERS' SERIES OF SCHOOL BOOKS, COMPRISING SANDERS' SPELLING BOOK, Do. Do. Do. Do. PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMER, RECOMMENDATIONS. From T. F. King Deputy Superintendent of Common Schools for Kings Co. Brooklyn. March 16, 1842. Messrs. Dayton & Newman-I have received the series of school books edited by Mr. Sanders, and published by your firm, and have given them at attention which the importance of the subject demands. After a careful and critical examination of the series, regard being had as well to the moral tendency of the several reading lessons as to their literary qualities, I have no hesitation in pronouncing them the best series which have been presented to me for inspection, among the numerous works which I have examined, with a view of introducing a uniform series of school books into the common schools of our county. At a meeting of the school officers of the common schools of the city of Brooklyn, Sanders' Series of Books were adopted as the reading books In the several schools. T. F. KING. Board of Education, August 25, 1841. The President, from the committee on the selection of books, reported that the committee recommended the following be adopted as a uniform series of elementary text books for the use of public schools, and that the same be procured in all the schools as soon as practicable, viz: Sanders' Primary School Primer, School Reader, First Book. School Reader, Fourth Book. Which, on motion, was unanimously adopted, and ordered to be printed. From the Deputy Superintendent of Common Schools for Albany Co. Mr. C. W. SANDERS-DEAR SIR-I avail myself of a hasty moment to inform you, that I am highly gratified with your series of text books. It gives me pleasure, as I visit the schools in my county, to recommend them as best adapted to the capacities of those who attend our common Respectfully yours, ROYAL SHAW. schools. Albany, Jan. 8, 1842. Extract of a Letter from A. S. Clement, Esq Deputy Superintendent of Common Schools for Duchess Co. DEAR SIR-You will please accept my thanks for the books you sent me. Your Spelling Book stands unrivaled in our language, and I shall at a proper time introduce it. I have given some of the books to young persons, and find them very popular. A. S. CLEMENT. From William Baxter, M.D. one of the Deputy Superintendents of Common Schools for Duchess Co. Messrs. Dayton & Newman-I have examined Sanders' Series of School Books, consisting of the Primary School Primer, Spelling Book, and School Readers, first, second, and third Books. The books are well adapted to the wants of our common schools, and I cheerfully recommend then as the best which I have had an opportunity of examining. The Readers are calculated to exert a healthful moral influence, and are progressive in simplicity of language and subject. One important feature in the First Book, is the almost total exclusion of words of more than one syllable. Stone's Speaker contains the best selection of pieces for exercising the more advanced classes in reading and declaiming that I have ever seen embodied in one volume. WILLIAM BAXTER. From Pierpont Potter, Esq. Deputy Superintendent of Common Schools for Queens Co. I have examined the several school books published by Mr. Charles W. Sanders, and I am confident that they are equal, if not superior, to any books of the kind that I have ever perused. After an experience of more than sixteen years as a teacher, I am decidedly of the opinion that Sanders' Spelling Book is superior to any work of the kind that has ever yet been published within the United States. Jamaica, 16th November, 1811. PIERPONT POTTER. From W. S. Preston, Esq. Deputy Superintendent of Common Schools for Suffolk Co. Mr. J. C. SANDERS-I received the books sent to my order, comprising the Spelling Book and School Readers, first, second, and third Books, for which I am much obliged; and having examined them, can say, that I believe them a valuable compilation of books, worthy to be adopted in an extensive manner into our common schools. They are in my view, as a whole, superior to any system of books found in our common schools, and I shall use my influence in giving them an extensive introduction. Patchogue, February 8, 1842. W. S. PRESTON. From S. Kingsley, Esq. Superintendent of the Public Schools for the city of Buffalo. I have examined with some care, the three first numbers of "Sanders' Series of Reading Books," and am satisfied that they possess many excellences that are not to be found in other series intended for the same purpose, namely, that of teaching children to read in an easy and natural manner; and I can not but hope that they will meet with extensive use in our common schools, and be the means of introducing a cheerful and intellectual manner of reading, where there at present prevails nothing but stupidity and monotony. S. KINGSLEY. Buffalo, August 18, 1841. Vote of the School Committee of Andover, Mass. for the year 1840, concerning the adoption of Sanders' Spelling Book. Voted to substitute Sanders' Spelling Book for Emerson's, whenever a new Spelling Book is wanted in the schools. N. HERVEY, Secretary pro tem THE SCHOOL READER. FOURTH BOOK. INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINING IN THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF READING, AND FOR THE USE OF ACADEMIES AND THE HIGHER CLASSES IN BY CHARLES W. SANDERS, AUTHOR OF SPELLING BOOK, AND SERIES OF SCHOOL READERS. TWELFTH EDITION. NEW YORK: MARK H. NEW MAN, SCHOOL BOOK PUBLISHER, |