Daiuobk Sdjooi Books. 



THE YOUNG LADIES' CLASS BOOK. A Selection o< 

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

 late Principal of the Vuung Ladies' High School, Boston. Stereotypes 

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



From the Principals o/ Ihe Pui-lic Schools for Females, Boston. 



" GENTLEMEN : We have examined the Vuung Ladies' Class Book with interest atd 

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

 tigued tor the use of females ; and with pleasure, because we have found it .well adapted 

 to supply the deficiency. In the selections f,r a Reader designed for boys, the eloquence 

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

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

 pleated, therefore, to observe, that in the Vuung Ladies' Class Book such pieces are rare* 

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

 Han of the selections, added to the neatm.- > of it* x;on:al appearance, must commend it to 

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

 Uaow peculiar points, tiie want of which, few, who h.ive not felt, know how to supply. 



Respectfully yours, tJ.ii:.xuM FIELD, ABUAHAM ANORKVCE, 



R. G. PAUKEE, CUARLES Fox " 



From the Principal of the Mount I'ernon School, Boston. 



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

 tnd 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- 

 *nce 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 wr 

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

 2red as a selection of lessons in elocution ; they are, in general, admirably adapted tc 

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

 improve the mind." Annals of Education. 



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

 ire glad, th.ereu.Te, to perceive that an attempt lias been made to supply the deficiency : and 

 ve believe that the tak 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 DiUaway's Roman Antiquities and Ancient Mythology in my school foi 

 several years, 1 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 longben 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. Diilaway'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 bay, that it supplies the 

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

 one h i-.dred and fifty pages, he concentrates the most valuable and interesting particulars 

 f elatii to Roman antiquity ; together with as full an account of heathen mythology as it 

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

 one which will gain it admission into our hiehly respectable female seminaries, is t>^ total 

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

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

 Interested to know. W r e 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 the 

 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 ola 

 Romans, as to make a befitting abridgment for schools of the first orde . 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 

 notnti are seis&l upon, while trifling peculiarities are passed unnoticed." Am. Travelltr 



