The Gresham Publishing Company. 



A CYCLOPEDIA OF SELF-INSTRUCTION. Edited by SAMUEL 

 NEILj Author of Culture and Self-Culture", "Art of Reason- 

 ' m S"'> Editor of the "Cyclopedia of History", &c. &c. Copiously 

 illustrated with full-page plates, and engravings in the text. In 

 5 volumes, imperial 8vo, in handsome cloth cover, price js. net each. In complete sets only. 



ALL THOUGHTFUL PERSONS have come to see that the most urgent need of 

 the day is thorough and wide-spread education. Much will probably be done 

 by public authorities to render more efficient, and more generally available, the 

 means of popular education. But there are, and must always be, thousands, 

 and these numbering among them many of the brightest intellects of their time, 

 whose occupations compel them to rely mainly upon home study for further pro- 

 gress on the road to knowledge. 



To such persons THE HOME TEACHER brings opportunities of self-culture 

 which it would be hard for them otherwise to obtain; for the vast majority of 

 people have not the time to work out courses of study for themselves ; they do 

 not know what books to read, and they would expend more time than they have 

 at disposal in merely finding out how to make use of the library. But here 

 comes THE HOME TEACHER to the assistance of such people ; a compendium 

 of courses of study in the most important branches of human knowledge; a 

 library that is easy of reference and always available. 



THE HOME TEACHER will be of practical assistance to you whatever walk in life you may be pursuing. 

 If you are engaged in business in any capacity, you ought to know French or German or both, for want 

 of knowledge of which we are daily being " cut out " by the Germans. THE HOME 

 TEACHER provides complete courses of study in these languages, and in the history 

 and literature of both countries. Book-keeping also you should know thoroughly. 

 Many a man has foundered in business for want of a knowledge of this essential 

 art, who by study of the course in THE HOME TEACHER might have averted dis- 

 aster. Shorthand, too, is of the greatest value in business, and can be learned 

 from THE HOME TEACHER. If you are in a trade, a knowledge of the scientific 

 basis of your trade is important to you, and will help you to step up into the ranks 

 of the leaders. For instance, to builders, engineers, carpenters, a knowledge of 

 Mechanics is all-important. Miners ought to know Geology. Chemistry enters 

 into a multitude of crafts. THE HOME TEACHER gives complete courses in 

 these various Sciences as well as others, such as Physics, Botany, Physiology, 

 Astronomy, &c. 



A well-stored mind unable to express itself may be excelled by one less well- 

 stored but trained in neat expression. Ability to write well is not a gift of nature. 

 It is only acquired by study and practice of Composition and of Grammar, and in 

 THE HOME TEACHER these subjects are fully treated. 



THE HOME TEACHER unlocks the storehouse of English literature, introducing the student to what is 

 greatest and best in the language, and gives valuable courses of study in history and geography. For those 

 who are musically inclined it provides instruction in music, and for the artistic 

 a graduated series of drawing lessons. 



THE HOME TEACHER does not concern itself solely with educating the mind. 

 It designs also to provide instruction in physical training of the body, a section 

 being specially devoted to such sports as have been found of the greatest value in 

 the development of a sound mind in a healthy and vigorous body. 



As a general book for the household there could hardly be one more valuable 

 than THE HOME TEACHER. It fulfils many of the purposes of an illustrated 

 Encyclopedia, and in its great number of illustrations gives pictorial representa- 

 tions of much that could not otherwise be made clear. 



It is a perfect Library for Home Study. Indeed it might not inappropriately 

 be called The University at Home, for it brings right to the home what is best in 

 the Universities, namely the essence of the books there collected. 



Bookbinding a Speciality. 



