carded subject our own language. Why should not Shakspeare and Macaulay be as well thumbed by English youth as were the Horace and Virgil of the Roman school-boy? I should consider no system complete which did not embrace the following subjects: Divinity. The most important, and, if properly taught, the most interesting lesson in the school course. English. Besides GRAMMAR, with PARSING and ANALYSIS, LETTERS OF THEMES should be written weekly upon stated subjects. Paraphrasing or expressing the thoughts of a good author in different but equivalent terms, will be found a most useful exercise. DICTATION and SPELLING must be carefully attended but parents should remember that bad spelling is generally the result not of imperfect teaching, but of a general want of observation; a difficult defect, it must be owned, for the schoolmaster to rectify. to; Arithmetic, Euclid, &c. Steady and sure progress should be aimed at in the study of Mathematics. Euclid may be commenced by boys of from 10 to 12 years of age, but the greatest care should be taken to render it an exercise of the mind, not of the memory. Diagrams of various shapes and with different letters should be used. ALGEBRA should not be begun until a pretty ac curate knowledge of Arithmetic has been obtained. MENSURATION will be found useful, as embodying the application both of Euclid and of Arithmetic. History and Geography. The historical landmarks should be well learnt, and their dates committed to memory by the aid of Memoria Technica. Current events should be noticed. In Geography the Physical character of countries, and the customs and manners of their inhabitants should be considered. Map drawing is instructive, and but little cause will be found for making it compulsory. General Information. Boys should frequently read aloud in class from interesting books in SCIENCE, NATURAL HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, &c. The substance of what has been read should afterwards be written from memory. Simple explanations of common things will be found of great service; for what all should know ought undoubtedly to be taught, and the teacher's constant aim should be to show the practical application of the subject, and thus make it as interesting as possible. A weekly Lecture upon Familiar Science should be given. Latin with especial attention to its bearing on the constitu tion of the English language. French and German should be taught conversationally and grammatically. German should not be commenced until the rudiments of French are completely mastered. The Commercial subjects treated of in this little volume will be added to the studies of those boys more immediately preparing for mercantile pursuits. They will supersede the elementary English branches. Book-keeping is so varied in practice, and so easily ac quired by a boy who has been well grounded in the above subjects, that but little time need be devoted to it in the school course. Drawing, Music, Practical Chemistry, &c., must necessarily be dependent upon the taste or destination of the pupil. A. N. N. 71 73 Models of English Commercial Letters Forms of English Receipts, Bills of Exchange, .. List of Abreviations in frequent use. Instructions for addressing Persons of Rank.. French and German Commercial Vocabulary.. Models of French Commercial Letters Forms of French Receipts, Bills of Exchange, &c. Models of German Commercial Letters Forms of German Receipts, Bills of Exchange, &c. Rules adapted to Thrower's Examples in Arithmetic Mental Arithmetic and Concise Modes of Calculation |
