By HENRY E. SHEPHERD, M.A., Superintendent of Public Instruction, Baltimore, Maryland.

This work consists of a collection of extracts representing the purest historical literature that has been produced in the different stages of our literary development, from the time of Clarendon to the era of Macaulay and Prescott, its design being to present to the minds of young pupils typical illustrations of classic historical style, gathered mainly from English and American writers, and to create and develop a fondness for historical study.

The book is totally devoid of sectarian or partisan tendencies, the aim being simply to instill a love for historical reading, and not to suggest opinions or inculcate views in regard to any of those great civil and religious revolutions whose effects and whose influence must remain open questions till the last act in the historical drama shall be completed.

The biographical and critical notes are just sufficient to stimulate inquiry and independent research.  The intention of notes and comments is to suggest new lines of thought, and to develop a taste for more extended investigation.

Price, post-paid, $1.25.

AMERICAN STANDARD SERIES.

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APPLETONS’ GEOGRAPHIES

Another Signal Improvement.

The remarkable success which Appletons’ Readers have attained, both commercially and educationally, is due to the fact that no effort or expense was spared to make them not only mechanically superior, but practically and distinctively superior, in their embodiment of modern experiences in teaching, and of the methods followed by the most successful and intelligent educators of the day.

We now offer a new series of Geographies, in two books, which will as far excel all geographical text-books hitherto published as our Readers are in advance of the old text-books in Reading.

THE SERIES.

Appletons’ Elementary Geography.  Small 4to, 108 pages.  Price, 65 cents. 
Appletons’ Higher Geography.  Large 4to, 128 pages.  Price, $1.50.

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CORNELL’S GEOGRAPHIES.

COMMON-SCHOOL SERIES.

1.  Primary Geography.  Price, 65 cents. 2.  Intermediate Geography.  Price, $1.30.

SUPPLEMENTARY.

Grammar-School Geography.  Same grade as the Intermediate, but fuller in
  detail.  Price, $1.50. 
Physical Geography.  For advanced classes and High-Schools.  Price, $1.40. 
First Steps in Geography.  Child’s 4to, 72 pages.  Price, 40 cents. 
High-School Geography and Atlas.  Geography, 405 pages, 85 cents.  Atlas,
  very large 4to. $1.70. 
Cornell’s Outline Maps. 18 Maps, mounted on Muslin, with Key.  Price,
  $13.25. 
Cornell’s Map-Drawing Cards.  Price, 45 cents. 
Patton’s Natural Resources of the United States. 45 cents.