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It is therefore authoritative history 1. ference, cross reference, and non-repetition the compiler is enabled to place in six volumes quire a score, while the Inter Relations of History are shown as never before attempted. housand volumes above mentioned, there are, throughout the work, specific references upon imusand other volumes, and, instead of history by one man, re-making it from other historians, batim from the best historians. with increasing confidence still make this unparalleled statement that it will answer more questhoritatively and with greater excellence in literary expression and with a greater economy of of the largest and most comprehensive encyclopedic works in the world. MODERN BALD MURRAY qualifications that will attract the cators generally. 1 method, while used, is not abused. s are the first to embody in practicathe results of recent agitation of cal subjects. s are in no sense radical, though tone. bsolutely the first series of arithmake sane use of color in illustration. anical work, illustrations, etc., have en equaled by any text-book on ical subjects. folding exercises used to develop are illustrated by superb cuts. o long existing between the kinderd the common school is filled with painstaking care by objective exere elementary conception of number. covering Primary and rades is now Ready d ORMATION WRITE TO THE -nal Department TIERNAN PRINTING CO. Springfield, Mass. MA EDITED BY HARRY PRATT JUDSON, LL.D., f the Faculties of Arts, Literature, and Science, University of Chicago AND DR. IDA C. BENDER, rvisor of Primary Grades in the Public Schools of Buffalo, N, Y, the Report of the Committee on Text= ks-Included in the Latest Report of the rd of Education, Washington, D. C. rous readers were furnished for examination, many of them ctive and of a high literary order. After a careful consideracommittee selected the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth udson and Bender's Graded Literature Readers, published ard, Merrill & Co., which we considered superior to all I best adapted for our purpose. ecting the above books, we postponed our final determinaable to secure the opinion and advice of the superintendent, nt superintendents, and the supervising principals. It was fying to your committee to find that the selections made by with the unanimous approval of the officers of the schools. idd, with some pardonable pride, that since our action the ned have been introduced into the schools of many of the es of our country, the wisdom of our selection having thus quasi indorsement. HARD, MERRILL, & CO., Publishers 9-31-33 E. 19th St., New York City. Revised Edition Thoroughly revised in both Text and Maps. T most beautiful book published AVERY'S PHYSICAL SCIENCE SERIES Still leads all others; is more extensively us than any other because teachers find it the best. MORTON'S GEOGRAPHIES The best series of School Geographies ever pu lished. Pupils delight to study them. Teache prefer them to any others. They are new. Th are beautiful. They are RELIABLE. THE PROGRESSIVE COURSE IN READING has taken, and holds, the first rank as TEXT-BOOKS READING. Their literary excellence is of the high order. Their plan is pedagogically sound. 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Colorado News Letter. ed into primary been made as perfect as possible. grades. There sewing and em. ely related to exD. is representative in response to ade thruout the Idren to put into owledge of proclass room walls. Hd, will appeal to -ve in connection on of children's ade by the arts to onstruct and to . Ham. one. At the close of the first week 119 An editorial note in THE SCHOOL JOURNAL of October 4, stated that Mrs. Grenfell was nominated by "both parties." This is not quite correct, as she is not endorsed by the Republicans. Both parties" refers only to Democrats and Popu Mrs. Brandt, of Cripple Creek, is LAWRENCE, KANS-Dr. Frank Strong, The character of Mrs. Helen L. Grenfell great extent the ability of gaining the is revealed thru her dignified conduct at respect and confidence of those that are the time of the Democratic convention. under his care, which circumstance in it- The leaders of the party asked her to self is a sure sign of success. His position come to the Coliseum hall and from the means extra efforts to put the university platform declare herself a Democrat. . Charles Henry to the front, as he said: This she refused to do; tho the refusal on Oct. 16. He "I accept from you as representative of might have lost her the nomination. She , N. H., in 1831, the Board of Regents of the University of has been twice nominated by the Silver He was at one Kansas, the trust which you place in my Republicans and elected on a Fusion of Cook county, hands. I accept it with a deep sense of the ticket. This fall the Silver Republicans cago, a school of honor and responsibility it brings. I feel held no convention. Here is a woman blished there his the responsibility the more keenly because who is willing to go before the people on and his "Ten- of what the university has done in the her merits alone. ing the last ten past; because he who, more than any his journalistic other man, represents the achievements Pres. James H. Baker, of the State uni A Inter-Ocean, he of the past, sits in the providence of God versity and Pres. Wm. F. Slocum, of School education, upon this platform to day. I feel it again Colorado college, have returned from a because of that other man who cannot be vacation spent in Europe. d author. W g pa m of ra 1 REE TEXT-BOOK SCHOOLS DON'T Let your new books go into the hands of the children Unprotected when for 1 1-4 cents you can have a heavy, strong, waterproof, germproof Holden Book Cover on each book. Did you ever see large Geographies or other costly books with their backs all worn off? WE HAVE! and it never could occur if the "HOLDEN SYSTEM FOR PRESERVING BOOKS " had been thoroughly adopted. 10 worth of our articles takes proper care, outside and inside, of about $1000.00 worth of books. EN PATENT BOOK COVER CO. Absolutely Indispensable Laing's Planetarium is one of the best instrume devices to impart useful knowledge pertaining t planetary system, that I have ever examined. 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