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certificate of a man well qualified to form a correct opinion of its 

 merits. S. S. Randall, superintendent of common schools, has also 

 warmly recommended its introduction into all our seminaries. We 

 are also advised that one of the most distinguished professors of the 

 University of Pennsylvania was so fully convinced of its importance, 

 and felt such interest in its success, that he gratuitously inspected 

 every proofsheet. 



Central High School, ) 

 Philadelphia, July 15, 1845. ) 



I have examined, with some degree of care, the " Universal Pronouncing 



Gaze'.teer," by Thomas Baldwin and others, and am satisfied tiiat it is 



a work of uncommon excellence and value. It is a book that has been very 



much needed, both in families and in schools. Its general introduction 



would greatly facilitate the study of geography, by preventing the present 



confusion in regard to the pronunciation of foreign names. It ought to be 



in the hands of every teacher, and of all pupils who can afford it. The 



principles of pronunciation adopted by the compilers seem to be judicious, 



and, so far as I have seen, are carefully applied to the details of the book. 



The work, in other respects, is also worthy of high commendation. It 



contains, in a small compass, a large amount of important geographical 



and statistical information, accurate in its character, judiciously selected, 



and well arranged. JOHN S. HART, 



Principal of Philadelphia High School. 



We are not disposed to withhold an expression of approbation of 

 this work at this time. Scarcely a work has been issued from the 

 press, so valuable and useful as this. The want of it had been felt 

 for a long time ; and now that it has appeared, it is extremely gra- 

 tifying to find it better and more important than was anticipated. 

 We believe that there is but one opinion of its value, and that is 

 extremely flattering to the author of the work, of whom we should 

 be glad to speak if we were permitted. 



Editors Q. J. A. i( S. 



