2 GriffirCs Series of Southern School Books 



MilledgeviLle, December 20, 1836. 

 Dear Sik: — Having examined your compilation under the tide of "The 

 Southern First Class Book," it gives us great pleasure in expressing our entire 

 approbation of its matter, form and object; and we cheerluliy recommend its 

 speedy adoption in all our schools and academies. 



Receive, sir, our united and ardent wish for your entire success, in every ef- 

 fort to advance the interest of general education. 

 Respectfully your obedient servants, 



J. H. STEELE, Esqr., Putnam County. 



J. BR AN HAM, 



Col. HAZARD, Glynn, 



N. B. t OWELL, Talbot, 



M. HALL -M'ALLISTER, Chatham 



M. MYERS, 



SAMUEL SPENCER, Liberty, 



HENRY LOCKHART, Warren 



J. B. LAMAR, Bibb, 



GEO W. CRAWFORD, Richmond 



HOWELL COBB, Sol. Gen. W. C. G- 



1 have introduced " The Southern First Class Book" into our Institution 

 and its use more than confirms me in the high opinion I before entertained of 

 its merits. It is the book we have long needed, containing sentiments calcu- 

 lated to advance the principles of virtue, religion and patriotism. 



J. DARBY, A. M., 

 Prmcipal of the Sigourney Institute. 



Marshalville, Twiggs Co., Oct. 10, 1839. 

 Dear Sir: — I have the pleasure to inform you that the "Southern First 

 Class Book" has been introduced into my School, and its merits duly appre- 

 ciated by its patrons. We consider it far preferable to any compilation of the 

 kind, and recommend it to the patronage of the public. 



WM. LEWIS, Rector. 



Augusta, 21st April, 1840. 



Sir : — Within a few days past I have exaniined a series of Books, published 

 by you, entitled "The First, Second and Third Class Book,'' and am gratified 



to find that it is what its title purports it to be, a " Southern' compilation. 



By Southern, I do not mean sectional, but equally suited to the South, with 

 other parts of the United States. In point of matte'-, it is candidly be'lieved 

 it will not suffer by a comparison \vith any similar selection in the language- 

 It is true, many excellent publications of a similar nature, have, wit&n the 

 last few years, made their appearance before the American public, in rapid 

 succession. Indeed, so many,_so excellent, and in such rapid succession, tl. at 

 it would be a difficult task to fix a standard of merit, by which to determine 

 the prepedence. There is one point, however, which should not be passed by 

 unnotified, in drawing a comparison between it and other similar compilations 

 in which it is believed to possess a decided advantage. 



In other similar selections, those pieces which related to the manners, cus- 

 toms, and institutions of the South, have either been avoided altogether, or 

 else such have been selected as were blindly filled with reproachful remarks, 

 with ridicule or abuse, in relation to these subjects. The " Southern Class' 

 Books," on the contrary, being compiled in the midst of Southern Scenes, by 

 a Southern compiler, is enabled to present a picture which is familiar to 'the 

 mind of every Soutiiern child, and thus, by meeting many things, he is en- 

 abled to realize, be the more able to appreciate, and consequently to relish the 

 whole. Many other, perhaps equally important considerations, might be ad- 

 duced, to recommend the series to the patronage of the public, but they are all, 

 doubtless, sufficiently prominent to attract that attention which their merit so 

 jusdy claims. Yours, respectluUj^ 



CYRUS PIKE, 

 Mr. B. F. Griffin. Of the Ellis Street Elementary Academy 



