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  • Introduction to the Pictorial Reader, Containing a Variety of Easy and Instructive Lessons Upon the Most Familiar Subjects: Illustrated with Numerous Engravings, and Adapted to the Capacities of Young Children

    Document thumbnail: Introduction to the Pictorial Reader, Containing a Variety of Easy and Instructive Lessons Upon the Most Familiar Subjects: Illustrated with Numerous Engravings, and Adapted to the Capacities of Young Children
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1847 printing of 1842 copyrighted text. Author is credited as the author of the pictorial spelling book, pictorial primer, etc. Includes a recommendation of the Ward School Teachers' Association of the City of New York for a set of three books by the author. Preface states there are three objects of importance: to make the lessons pleasing, instructive, and moral. The work contains original and selected lessons (readings) on familiar subjects adapted to their level of comprehension. Engravings illustrate many lessons. Moral principles are taught through binaries such as good and evil, kindness and cruelty, and truth and falsehood. Schultz Archive copy is roughly the entire text. TOC is at the end and is partially cut off.
    Creator/Author:
    Bentley, Rensselaer
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/20/2020
    Date Created:
    1847
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • New Zetetic Method for English Composition: Series of Progressive Exercises containing imitations of fables, legends, poems, &c., amplifications, letters, narrations, descriptions, speeches, etc.

    Document thumbnail: New Zetetic Method for English Composition: Series of Progressive Exercises containing imitations of fables, legends, poems, &c., amplifications, letters, narrations, descriptions, speeches, etc.
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1847 printing of the 1847 copyrighted work. Roux is credited as Professor of French Language and Literature in the Mount Pleasant Academy, and as the author of "The Zetetic Method, or Easiest Method of Learning French." The text does not aspire to rhetoric for mature minds, but is rather a "first book." The method is influenced by Aristotle who argues youth should be taught composition through rewriting fables in verse into prose. Cicero and Quintilian are also quoted on the value of given pupils the ideas and structure for them to modestly amplify or adorn. The exercises in the book are meant to be written ex tempore in class. The sections of the book are: imitation of fables (2), imitation of legends and poems, amplifications and letters, and arguments. The Schultz Archive is roughly the complete text and includes the first few pages of "New Zetetic Method for English and French Composition"
    Creator/Author:
    Roux, Alphonse A.
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/23/2016
    Date Modified:
    03/13/2020
    Date Created:
    1847
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • First Lessons in Grammar: abridged from the grammar of the English language

    Document thumbnail: First Lessons in Grammar: abridged from the grammar of the English language
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    Excerpt includes preface, section on letter writing, and conclusion.
    Creator/Author:
    Peirce, Oliver Beale
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/23/2016
    Date Created:
    1847
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Hazen's Composition Book: No. I. and No II. Designed to Accompany the Grammatical Readers, or Any Other Grammar

    Document thumbnail: Hazen's Composition Book: No. I. and No II. Designed to Accompany the Grammatical Readers, or Any Other Grammar
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1847 printings of the 1846 copyrighted texts. The author is credited as having a Master of Arts. The text includes exercises with pictorial illustrations accompanied by connected phrases to teach parts of speech, such as articles and nouns; article, adjective, and noun; and intransitive predication. No instructions are given for each exercise. The Schultz Archive's copy of these two texts appears to be complete, although no table of contents exists to verify.
    Creator/Author:
    Hazen, Edward
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/19/2019
    Date Created:
    1847
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • A Grammar of the English Language: Adapted to the Schools of America

    Document thumbnail: A Grammar of the English Language: Adapted to the Schools of America
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1847 printing. No copyright date provided. The author is credited as Editor of the United States Gazette. A grammar handbook for those who feel "the need of simple and familiar explanations and illustrations, and oft-repeated rules." Chandler claims that this textbook is intended to present grammar instruction in a more interesting manner than it is usually presented. He claims that his text accomplishes this goal through the use of familiar language, numerous examples and illustrations, and through exercises in parsing. Chandler does not intend for this textbook to replace the grammar instructor, but that the book should be used as an effective supplement to in-class instruction. The Schultz Archive only includes a brief excerpt of the cover page, preface and the first 11 pages of content. The scans are good quality, but there are a few markings that obscure the text.
    Creator/Author:
    Chandler, Joseph Ripley, 1792-1880
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/18/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/07/2019
    Date Created:
    1847
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0