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him, excuse you from performing this duty, because you hate him? You say you have no heart to pray aright. What a confession is this! This is the very thing for which you are to blame. Will you plead your sin-your desert of condemnation as an excuse for disobeying God? Do you think God will accept such an excuse?

Objection. The ground you take, leaves only one way for the sinner, and cuts off all hope of safety in any other.

Answer. This is the very thing I aim at. To cut off all hope of safety in your present course, is the grand object I have had in view. The ground I have taken is, that obedience, and that only, is acceptable to God; and that we cannot expect safety in any other way. There is not a principle more clearly taught in the Bible, than that it is the duty of all men to love God, and to worship him in Spirit and in truth.

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SCHOOL BOOKS.

Hall's Series of Reading Books.

The Reader's Guide

Is the first in a series of very popular reading books, by John Hall, Esq., late Principal of the Ellington High School, Conn. This book is designed for High Schools and Academies. 12mo. sheep, 333 pages.

The Reader's Manual

Is the second in the series, and is designed for Common Schools. Of the first edition of this work, 2000 copies were taken off the publishers hands in about eight weeks from the time of its publication, and it has the best evidence of being a superior book for Common Schools.

The Primary Reader,

This book is the third and last of the series, and is designed for the younger classes in Common Schools.

The following are a few of the many Recommendations received by the publishers of the above series of reading books.

From J. P. Brace, Principal of the Hartford Female Seminary. I have examined, carefully, the new Reading Book of Judge Hall's, and have no hesitation in saying that I have never met with one so well adapted to the wants of the community as this treatise. The care, the taste, and the judgment exhibited in the selection of the pieces, the appropriateness of the rules to the habits of New England Schools and Colleges, and to the best models of our New England orators; the great distinctness with which they are expressed, all render it a valuable book for our schools and academies.

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From Mr. D. H. Chase, Principal of the Preparatory School, connected with the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.

An examination of "The Reader's Guide" has satisfied me that it more fully meets the wants of Schools than any similar work now in use. Its merits consist mainly in an excellent analysis of Primitive Sounds-an accurate description of the positions of the Organs of Speech-copious instructions on Inflections and Prosody, and an admirable adaptedness of the selections to the practice of the Scholars. I shall adopt the work, and recommend it to the attention of others engaged in instruction.

Principal of Connecticut Literary Institution.

I have examined "The Reader's Guide" by John Hall, Esq., Principal of the Ellington School, and am gratified that the public are furnished in this work with so valuable an auxiliary to the attainment of a correct style of reading, and shall immediately introduce it into the Seminary.

From William M. Holland, A. M., Professor of Ancient Languages. WASHINGTON COLLEGE, Hartford.

Few persons read well-few, even of those whose duties require them to read in public. A practical guide to the attainment of this useful art, cannot fail to be acceptable both to teachers and pupils. The ripe scholarship and judgment of Mr. Hall, together with his great experience and success as a teacher, led me to expect a valuable treatise when I opened his volume, and the expectation has been fully realized. In Part First, the analysis of the elementary sounds in our language, and the description of the position of the organs in forming them, are striking, and, so far as I know, wholly original. It is evident that the author has devoted to this part of his work great study and practice; and its utility will readily be perceived. The new ideas in this part of the volume, will be of more value to the practical teacher, than the cost of the whole.

Inflections, Cadence, Emphasis, &c., are discussed in the Second Part. The author's principles and rules are evidently the result of original investigation and experience; and are much more concise, clear and practical, than any others I have seen.

Prosody is very properly made the subject of the Third Part. Much new light is thrown upon the quantity of syllables in poetry; and the different kinds of English verse are briefly described and illustrated by examples.

The Fourth Part consists of well selected reading lessons, so marked as to exemplify the preceding rules and principles. The lessons, so far as I have read them, are excellent.

Altogether, the "Reader's Guide" appears to me the best treatise on the art of reading, both for teachers and pupils, I have ever seen.

From Professor Emerson, of Andover Theological Seminary. I am happy to say, that I think the Reader's Guide a truly excellent work, every where fraught with useful remarks and directions, and characterized by an air of original and interesting investigation, which is fitted to produce a two-fold benefit to the pupil-to lead him both to think for himself, and to think right, on the important practical topics which are there presented. I hope it will have a wide circulation. On some minor points, I should feel disposed to differ from the author. I think, for instance, that there are more vowel sounds in our language than are enumerated in the book. But the grand principles seem to me to be as well founded as they are happily presented.

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From Professor E. A. Andrews, Boston, to the Author.

So far as I have been able to examine the " Reader's Guide," and to reflect upon the principles upon which it is founded, it appears to me deserving of a very high place in the class of books intended to teach the art of Reading. The account which you have given of the simple sounds of the language, and the notation by means of which the various inflections of the voice are denoted, are peculiarly clear and satisfactory. The reading lessons are probably second to none which have been published, in their adaptation to the purpose for which they are selected. From Heman Humphrey, D. D., President of Amherst College, to the Author.

JOHN HALL, ESQ.

Dear Sir,-I have looked over your "Reader's Guide" with no ordinary interest and satisfaction. Any one may see at a glance, that it embodies the results of a great deal of experience; and I am sure that an enlightened public cannot be slow to appreciate and acknowledge its merits. For myself, I have no hesitation in saying, that I am not acquainted with any elementary book of the kind so well adapted, in all respects, to answer the great end to which it aims.

I agree with you, perfectly, that the legitimate object of education is to elevate the mind of the pupil; and that this never can be done by that extreme simplification, which is now so popular in the whole range of elementary instruction.

I am particularly pleased with the Parts I. and II. fraught, as they are, with the original and discriminating remarks in regard to training the organs of speech, to accent, faults of utterance, cadence, pauses, interrogative sentences, emphasis, &c. This portion of the "Reader's Guide," must have cost you much time, as well as careful and discriminating observation.

Prosody, as you remark, has been strangely going out of fashion, of late; and I am glad that you have given it that prominence in Part III. which its importance so justly demands.

Wishing you every encouragement in your efforts to advance the cause of education, I am, with great respect, your obedient servant, From Simeon Hart, Esq., late Principal of Farmington Academy. After an examination of Judge Hall's "Reader's Guide,” I am prepared to express my conviction of its excellence, and its peculiar adaptedness to the wants of our academies and schools.

The judicious author, long engaged in superintending the instruction of youth, is eminently qualified to direct and aid others, who are devoting their lives to the same employment.

THE READER'S MANUAL: designed for the use of Common Schools in the United States. By John Hall, late Principal of the Ellington School, author of the Reader's Guide, and Primary Reader.

From the Connecticut Observer.

"The work now before us, bears the same marks of sound judgment, accurate taste, and virtuous feeling, which distinguish his former publications. We doubt not it will find its way into all the schools of Connecticut; and we can recommend to our brethren in Massachusetts, whose school books we thankfully receive, in all deserving cases, to adopt this work in place of certain reading books of very inerior grade, which we are about to cast out."

From the Editor of the Congregationalist, Hartford, August, 1839.

THE READER'S MANUAL. The author of this book is well known by the public as an eminent critical scholar, and a successful teacher of youth. Much of his peculiar skill in the business of teaching, has been understood to result from the favorite application of his ingenious powers to the practice of philosophical discrimination and mental analysis. This, too, is just the cast of mind which would be of special service in an attempt to prepare a reading book on the principle of the one before us, in which not only the selection of pieces appears to be peculiarly judicious, but a system of notation is employed to guide the learner in the modulations of his voice, agreeably to the nicest and yet the most natural dictates of the sense.

The Reader's Manual is one of a series of reading books by the same author, consisting of the Reader's Guide, and the Primary Reader, and intended for the use of a class of learners between those for whom the other books were designed, and which is by far the most numerous class in our common schools.

From C. Hammond, Principal of Monson Academy.

We would present our acknowledgments for the copies of Hall's Reading books, made to us last summer, and inform you, that they are introduced upon our catalogue of books used in the institution. We think them the best of any we have yet seen, to illustrate and teach the principles of a just and elegant elocution. The name and literary standing of the author is alone an ample recommendation of the works. From I. H. Gallup, A. M., Principal of the Norwich Eclectic School. I have examined the Reader's Manual, and cannot allow this opportunity to pass without expressing my admiration of the work. Its selection of matter surpasses any other I have ever seen, for the same purpose, and, for its tendency to promote the interests of morality and religion, is, I believe, unequalled. I shall use every exertion to introduce this excellent Reading Book wherever my influence extends, and most cordially do I wish the author and publishers the success they so richly deserve.

An Improved System of Arithmetic,

For the use of Common Schools and Academies, by J. Olney, A. M. 12mo. 312 pages. The following are among the numerous Recommendations furnished the publishers.

The following is from Rev. Silas Totten, D. D., President of Washington College, Hartford, Conn.

I have carefully examined Olney's Arithmetic, and think from its simplicity, clearness, and practical nature, that it would be a useful book for Common Schools.

From Mr. S. Bliss, Principal of the South School, Hartford.

I have examined, and used in my School, "A Practical System of Arithmetic," by J. Olney, A. M., and believe it to be just such a work as our schools have for a long time greatly needed. The rules are given in plain, concise, and familiar language, such as any child of ordinary capacity can fully understand. The ground which the author has taken, I consider a judicious one, and wish him much success.

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