8 ORIGQ & ELLIOT'S COMMON SCHOOL READERS. 



From the Peoria (III.} Register. 



Through the politeness of Andrew Gray, Esq., who has just returned from the 

 city of Philadelphia, we have been presented with a copy of Grigg & Elliot's new 

 series of Common School Readers, intended for the instruction of children, and 

 upon a careful examination of them, we feel justified in saying that a better series 

 of school books cannot be put into the hands of the rising generation. 





RUSCHENBERGER'S FIRST BOOKS OF NATURAL HISTORY, 

 For Schools, Colleges and Families. 



1. Elements of Anatomy and Physiology, 



2. Elements of Mammalogy, the Natural History of Quadrupeds, 



3. Elements of Ornithology, the Natural History of Birds, 



4. Elements of Herpetology and Ichthyology, the Natural History of 

 Reptiles and Fishes, 



6. Elements of Conchology, the Natural History of Shells and Mol- 

 lusca, 



6. Elements of Entomology, the Natural History of Insects, 



7. Elements of Botany, the Natural History of plants, 



8. Elements of Geology, the Natural History of the Earth's Structure. 



To Teachers, Principals and Controllers of Schools, Academies 

 and Colleges. 



We take the liberty of calling your attention to a Series of Books on the subject of Natural Hia- 

 tory, which, in the opinion of many of the most eminent men in our country, is second to no branch 

 of knowledge now taught in schools. We ask your attention to these books, because we believe them 

 to be superior to any works of the kind ever offered to the American public. They are small in size, 

 extremely cheap, as accurate in scientific arrangement as the most voluminous works on similar sub- 

 jects, and in every respect, such as parents and teachers would wish to place in the hands of their 

 children. Very respectfully, your obedient servants, 



GRIGG & ELLIOT. 



These books have been introduced into the Public Schools of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and no doubt 

 will, ere long, be introduced into all the public schools of our other States. 



" We regard the introduction of these works into our public schools, among the highest compliments 

 they have received ; for we feel sure that the gentlemen who constitute the committee for selecting 

 books, possess too much discernment and general knowledge, to pass favourably upon works of infe- 

 rior pretensions. The following gentlemen composed the Committee for selecting books for the use of 

 Public Schools." GEORGE M. WHARTON. Esq. 



THOMAS H. FORSYTH. Esq. 

 GEORGE EMLEN, Jr., Esq. 

 ^_ FRANCIS LYONS, Esq. 



JOHN C. SMITH. Esq. 

 Philadelphia. ^^^~^~^~~^~~~~~~~~ 



In addition to numerous flattering notices of the American Press, the publishers have received up- 

 wards of one hundred recommendations from the most prominent professors and distinguished teachers 

 of our country, to the superior claims of these works, and urging their introduction as Class Books 

 into all the Schools, Academies, &c., throughout the United States. 



These Books can be procured from Country Merchants and 

 Booksellers generally throughout the United States. 



