GRIGG & ELLIOT'S COMMON SCHOOL READERS. 



sons are well calculated to induce a fondness for reading, and to imprint upon the 

 youthful mind the soundest moral impressions. One great fault of some other read- 

 ing books, is completely remedied in this : the transition from one book to the 

 other is easy and natural. The scholar is not presumed to have doubled his know- 

 ledge when his text book is doubled in size. The embellishments (a thing not to 

 be neglected when catering for juveniles) are remarkably good. To be had at 

 White's. 



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From the Washington (Pa.) Reporter. 



We are indebted, through Mr. H. M. Koontz & Co., to the firm of Grigg & El- 

 liot, extenlive book publishers of Philadelphia, for a complete "series of Common 

 School Readers," comprised in 4 volumes. We have given them a cursory peru- 

 sal, and also handed them to an esteemed female teacher, an admirable judge in 

 such matters, who unites with us in pronouncing them most meritorious. 



The series is handsomely gotten up, being interspersed with appropriate engrav- 

 ings. The arrangement is excellent, and the matter unexceptionable in its moral 

 tone and tendency. 



From the Heading Gazette. 



Messrs. Grigg & Elliot, of Philadelphia, have favoured us with copies of their 

 new series of Common School Readers, selected from some of the best works of 

 their kind, and prepared for the gradual instruction of scholars, which would be 

 found of great service if introduced into all our common schools. 



The Reader, No. 1, is prepared specially for beginners, and contains pieces 

 easily intelligible, instructive and interesting, illustrated with engravings, and treats 

 of matters and in language such as any child can understand. 



Reader, No. 2, is the old Pleasing Companion, a work which has, for some 

 years, held a deserved esteem in school instruction. The selections it comprises, it 

 is well known, are of the most pleasing kind ; and instead of making reading a 

 task, sufficiently interests the scholar to read and understand its fascinating instruc- 

 tions. 



Reader, No. 3, is another work of reputation and its admirable lessons of moral 

 and religious instruction, have secured it a place in many schools. The object of 

 the work " to inculcate the necessity and duty of general, domestic and national 

 economy and simplicity of manners," is one of interest to every patriot ; and there 

 certainly can be no better mode to perpetuate that object, than to instruct the rising 

 generation in its principles. 



An examination of the work will strictly satisfy, that if the end be not accom- 

 plished, it is no fault of the compiler. 



From the Gallatin (Tenn.) Union. 



We acknowledge the receipt, from Messrs. Grigg & Elliot, Philadelphia, of four 

 volumes of reading books for common schools. From a cursory review of their 

 contents we are well pleased with them, and would recommend them to be used in 

 our schools. 



