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THE YOUNG LADIES' CLASS BOOK. A Selection of 

 Lessons for Reading hi Prose and Verse. By E. BAILEY. A.M., 

 late Principal of the Noting Ladies' High School, Boston. Stereotyped 

 Edition. 12mo. sheep. Price 83X cents. 



From the Principals of the Public Schools for Females, Boston. 



" GENTLEMEN : We have examined the Young Ladies' Class Book with interest and 

 pleasure ; with interest, because we have felt the want of a Reading Book expressly de- 

 signed for the use of females; and with pleasure, because we have found it well adapted 

 to supply the dericiency. In the selections for a Reader designed for boys, the eloquence 

 of the bar, the pulpit, and the forum may be laid under heavy contribution ; but such 

 selections, we conceive, are out of place in a book designed for females. We have been 

 pleased, therefore, to observe, that in the Young Ladies' Class Book such pieces are rare. 

 The high-toned morality, the freedom from sectarianism, the taste, richness, and adapta- 

 tion of the selections, added to the neatness of its external appearance, must commend it to 

 all; while the practical teacher will not fail to observe that diversity of style, together with 

 those peculiar points, the want of which, few, who have not felt, know how to supply. 



Respectfully yours, BAKNUM FIELD, ABRAHAM ANDREWS, 



R. G. PAKKEE, CHARLES Fox" 



From the Principal of the Mount Vernon School, Boston. 



"I have examined with much interest the Young Ladies' Class Book, by Mr. Bailey 

 and have been very highly pleased with its contents. It is my intention to introduce it 

 into my own school ; as I regard it as not only remarkably well fitted to answer its particu- 

 lar object as a book of exercises in the art of elocution, but as calculated to have an influ- 

 ence upon the character and conduct, which will be in every respect favorable. 



JACOB ABBOTT." 



"We were never so struck with the importance of having reading books for female 

 schools, adapted particularly to that express purpose, as while looking over the pages of 

 this selection. The eminent success of the compiler in teaching this branch, to which we 

 can personally bear testimony, is sufficient evidence of the character of the work, consid- 

 ered as a selection of lessons in elocution ; they are, in general, admirably adapted to 

 cultivate the amiable and gentle traits of the female character, as well as to elevate and 

 improve the mind." Ann'ils of Education. 



" The reading books prepared for academic use, are often unsuitable for females. We 

 are glad, therefore, to perceive that an attempt has been made to supply the deficiency ; and 

 we believe that the task has been faithfully and successfully accomplished. The selections 

 are judicious and chaste ; and so far as they have any moral bearing, appear to be unex- 

 ceptionable." Education Reporter. 



ROMAN ANTIQUITIES AND ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY. 



By C. K. DILLAWAY, A.M., late Principal in the Boston Latin School. 

 With Engravings. Eighth EcL, improved. 12mo. half mor. Price 67 cts. 



From E. Bailey, Principal of the Young Ladies' High School, Boston. 



" Having used Dillaicay's Roman Antiquities and Ancient Mythology in my school for 

 several years, I commend it to teachers with great confidence, as a valuable text-book on, 

 those interesting branches of education. E. BAILEY.' 



" The want of a cheap volume, embracing a succinct account of ancient customs, 

 together with a view of classical mythology, has long been felt. To the student of a lan- 

 guage, some knowledge of the manners, habits, and religious feelings of the people whose 

 language is studied is indispensably requisite. This knowledge is seldom to be obtained 

 without tedious research or laborious investigation. Mr. Dillaway's book seems to have 

 been prepared with special reference to the wants of those who are just entering upon a 

 classical career; and we deem it but a simple act of justice to say, that it supplies the 

 want, which, as we have before said, has long been felt. In a small duodecimo, of about 

 one hundred and fifty pages, he concentrates the most valuable and interesting particulars 

 relating to Roman antiquity ; together with as full an account of heathen mythology as is 

 generally needed in our highest seminaries. A peculiar merit of this compilation, and 

 one which will gain it admission into our highly respectable female seminaries, is the total 

 absence of all allusion, even the most remote, to the disgusting obscenities of ancient 

 mythology; while, at the same time, nothing is omitted which a pure mind would feel 

 interested to know. We recommend the book as a valuable addition to the treatises in 

 our schools and academies." Education Reporter, Boston. 



"We well remember, in the days of our pupilage, how unpopular as a study was tho 

 volume of Roman Antiquities introduced in the academic course. It wearied on account 

 of its prolixity, filling a thick octavo, and was the prescribed task each afternoon for a 

 long three months. It was reserved for one of our Boston instructors to apply the con- 

 densing apparatus to this mass of crudities, and so to modernize the antiquities of the old 

 Romans, as to make a befitting abridgment for schools of the first order. Mr. Dillaway has 

 presented such a compilation as must be interesting to lads, and become popular as a text- 

 book. Historical facts are stated with great simplicity and clearness ; the most important 

 points ore seised upon, while trifling peculiarities are passed unnoticed." Am. Traveller. 



