We respectfully call attention of all who desire the true advancement and well being of our schools to a work, just published, entitled THE MANUAL OF COMMERCE. It contains just that practical information respecting things with most of which we are familiar by name, but of the origin of which and the changes through which they pass to fit them for the market, far the larger portion of our teachers and pupils are ignorant. The work contains over 400 pages, besides a complete alphabetical index. "I have no doubt it will be a very useful and a very popular book." New Haven, Conn. N. PORTER, Pres. of Yale College. Rev. B. G. NORTHROP, Supt. of Schools, State of Connecticut, says: "It is a capital work and such as I have been desiring for a long time to see in the schools." "The book contains a fund of useful and valuable information, and will undoubtedly prove valuable work in the school-room." E. A. APGAR, Supt. of Schools, State of New Jersey. Trenton, N. J., Sept. 6, 1871. "I have examined, with great interest, THE MANUAL OF COMMERCE, by S. H. Browne. It contains a great deal of valuable information not readily obtained from any other source." HENRY KIDDLE, Superintendent Schools. New York City. "Your excellent MANUAL OF COMMERCE is received, and I shall recommend its use by our teachers generally." T. W. BICKNELL, Commissioner of Public Schools. Providence, R. I. "THE MANUAL OF COMMERCE is a valuable contribution to the literature of common things: an adequate knowledge of which, even among teachers and students, is lamentably uncommon. The book is in line with the healthful tendencies of our times, and should have a place in every library and in the class-room also, even to the exclusion, if necessary, of some far less useful Readers. We need more of such books." NEWTON BATEMAN, Supt. of Public Instruction for the State of Illinois. "A most excellent book, and I shall take very great pleasure in noticing it and introducing it as REV. A. R. 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