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A Short Grammar of the English Tongue

With Three Hundred and Thirty Exercises

This little book is written in the clearest and simplest style for beginners. It contains:

(i) The simplest Definitions.

(ii) Slowly graduated Exercises.

(iii) Clearly printed Tables.

(iv) Graduated Methods of Parsing.

(v) Bad Grammar Corrected, with Reasons.

(vi) Analysis, with plain Diagrams.

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An Atlas of English Grammar
To be used along with Grammars

By EASTON S. VALENTINE, M.A.
Second English Master in the High School of Dundee

'Mr. Valentine's "Atlas of English Grammar," published in Professor Meiklejohn's Series, gives, as its title indicates, tabular views of English grammar, wherein are exhibited and explained by grouping and definition the main points in the accidence and syntax of English Grammarthe points, in fact, that form the osteology of the science. Five tables on analysis of

sentences and a parsing scheme complete the book. The method pursued-one may call it the diagrammatic method-is in itself good, and, when well applied, as here, to a subject that has clamant claims on its exercise-is sure to better the results and brighten the process of teaching.'-Dundee Advertiser, 28th October 1890.

Adopted by the School Board for London
Crown 8vo. 150 pp. Is. 6d.

Mental Arithmetic

For the Use of Pupil-Teachers, Students in Training Colleges, and Candidates for the Civil Service

With full solutions to Certificate questions since 1864

most of the complicated puzzles, and saves much valuable time. The insertion of the papers of questions set for so many years past forms a marked feature in the book.' -Thos. H. Huitt, Esq., Headmaster of Bat

'The work shows an immense amount of thoughtful, interesting, and useful matter. Many of the hints are very ingenious, and materially help in the solution of the difficulties set year by year in the Mental Arithmetic Papers. . . . The volume affords tersea P.T. School. hints to aid the candidate in unravelling

Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 160 pp. IS.

Fables, Anecdotes, and Stories

For Teaching Composition, with Outlines and Hints on
Letter Writing

This little book gives about 200 fables and anecdotes, written in a very simple style. It begins with very short stories in short, simple sentences. It goes on to stories a little longer, and to the use of complex sentences. There are also letters and forms for business notes, etc. etc.

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A New Spelling Book

With Side Lights from History

All kinds of aids have been brought in for the assistance and furtherance of the learner: Comparison, Contrast, Derivation, Rules, and Hints from the History of the Language.

'The idea is undoubtedly good.'-W. S. Thomson, M.A.

'We agree with the main principle here

Third Edition.

followed-that spelling should be learnt through the eye rather than through the ear.'-School Guardian,

Crown 8vo. IS.

The Spelling List

For Civil Service and other Examinations
With a Key to Correct Spelling.

'Your Spelling List is a very decided advance in the right direction, ably conceived, and brilliantly written. We shall

| certainly strongly recommend it to our pupils.'-Rev. H. P. Gurney, M. A. (of Messrs. Wren & Gurney), Powis Square, London.

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A New Poetry Book

For the Use of Schools and Families

This new Poetry Book contains three kinds of poems :

(i) Original poems.

(ii) Poems such as have not appeared in any previous selection.
(iii) Well-known poems, such as are written in a spirited style and

lend themselves to good reading.

This neatly-bound little collection, which is one of Professor Meiklejohn's series of school manuals, may be confi

dently recommended to teachers in search of new selections for recitations.-The Schoolmaster.

Word-Building as a Guide to Spelling Arranged for the Standards

By PROFESSOR MEIKLEJOHN

STANDARD I. 24 pp.
STANDARD II. 32 pp.
STANDARD III.
32 pp.
STANDARD IV. 40 pp.

One Penny. Third Edition.
Three Halfpence. Third Edition.
Three Halfpence. Third Edition.
Two Pence. Second Edition.

STANDARDS V. & VI. 40 pp. Two Pence. Second Edition.

'These are very useful little books, based on rational lines.'-The Schoolmaster.

'Excellent alike in matter and method is the verdict which a thorough inspection of these modest little manuals enabled us to arrive at. The part for the third Standard is the beau ideal of a spelling book for children.' The Teachers' Aid.

'Word-building has now come to be recognised as essential in the infant room, and is done in Standards I., II., and III., it should be taught with system and completeness, and these little guides are carefully compiled with a view to show how this may best be done.' - The Schoolmistress.

A New Choice of Standard Recitations Selected and edited by J. H. YOXALL, M.P.

Each difficult word, phrase, or allusion is explained with fulness and simplicity. In the books for younger scholars the explanations are parallel with the text, on the opposite page. Right through, simple paraphrases are used as explanations; and where any single word is explained several synonyms or synonymous phrases are given. Notes on the works and lives of the authors are supplied.

The type is distinct and artistic; the paper is fine and tough.

CONTENTS-BOOK A. for Standards I. and II., 1d.

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CONTENTS-BOOK D. for Standards V., VI., and VII., 3d.

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Adopted by the School Board for London

THE NEW READERS

NEW MATTER NEW STYLE NEW PICTURES

EDITED BY

PROFESSOR MEIKLEJOHN.

No time, labour, nor expense has been spared to make these books worthy of their purpose.

The type in which they are printed is NEW, and is perfectly clear and open. Every device has been employed to aid the eye, and to prevent its powers being strained.

The whole Series has been produced in such a way as to make the work of the Teacher easier, and that of the Pupil more interesting, than usual. By far the larger number of lessons consist of original matter written expressly for this Series. The lessons have been graduated in the most careful way, and contain a mixture of the grave and gay, the lively and the interesting, with the useful. One prevailing and prominent feature is the introduction of DIALOGUE.

1. The First Primer. 32 pages.

2. The Second Primer. 48 pages.
3. The Infant Reader. 80 pages.
4. Book First (for Standard I.).
5. Book Second (for Standard II.).

Cloth, Price 3d.

Cloth, Price 4d.

Cloth, Price 6d.

128 pages. Cloth, Price 8d.

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THE NEW READERS

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

The title "New" Readers is well deserved, as their contents are culled from new and very popular sources. The Fourth Reader gives clear and interesting accounts of wild animals, tales of adventure, moral tales, and poetry. It also contains many useful spelling rules. The Fifth Reader contains stories of heroes and heroines, old-world stories, and clear accounts . of natural phenomena. It also contains chapters on word-branching and word-building.'-The Schoolmistress of February 1, 1894.

'These reading books possess the excellent features which characterise the series of educational works so ably edited by Professor Meiklejohn. The matter in each volume is strikingly fresh and attractive, and well adapted to stimulate thought and cultivate a high tone of moral feeling. Each volume is admirably printed, well illustrated, and strongly bound. Spelling lists and notes of meanings are appended to each lesson. Teachers wishing for a change of reading books will do well to examine this capital series.' Books IV. and V.-The Practical Teacher.

'Like the preceding books of Professor Meiklejohn's Series, the more advanced Readers are marked by careful selection, excellent graduation, clear and open typography, pleasing illustration, and bountiful aids. They are thoroughly educa

tive, and their use must produce the best results.' Books IV. and V.The Teachers' Aid.

'We are glad that we can speak in terms of commendation of this new series of general reading books. Their contents are varied and interesting, and the pages are brightened and relieved by a considerable number of attractive pictures, while what may be called the supplemental sections are limited to spellings, notes on difficult words and phrases, and appendices on word-building and word-formation, all of which may legitimately be considered as coming within the scope of a reading book. The New Readers" are printed in an unusually clear type, and are bound in a way that is likely to prove well adapted to the everyday wear and tear of school work.-The School Guardian.

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'We were thoroughly pleased with the earlier readers of this series; we are no less pleased with this later instalment. The illustrations are exceedingly well chosen, and are not merely good pictures thrust in upon the text. We most heartily commend these readers to the notice of teachers. -The Teachers' Monthly.

The choice of the selections exhibits taste and a fine sense of that variety which is so charming to all— but most of all to the young . . .' Book VI.-The Educational News.

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