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Macon, Octobtr 10, 1839. 

 We cheerfully recommeiu' the "Southern First Class B«K»k,*' ns well ad- 

 apted to the purposes ooiiteraplnted by iho compiler, !:?uch a work has been 

 needed in .iuvenilc instruction — a work judicious in its selections, moral in its 

 ^ ■»naliii : ' c-ts, and conveinenlly arrarmed in its divisions 



1 'US. I; in by teachers tliroujjliout the country we rc- 



: i able, no' only because of itsintrinsic meriis. its fitness for thecnd 



I. - It as an act of justice, a paironao;c due to the ijenerous zeal, ihe 



home-bred teelinss of the proprietor and publisher. Southern people ought to 

 support Southern manufacture, or cease iheir complaints of dependence. 



GKOIUJl:: F. IMHKCK, Prcs't. 

 AVM. If. ELLISON, Pr.f 

 THU.MAS B. SLADE. 



Georgia Female College. 



Gre(ushorough, Go. July 2, 1840 

 Mr. Griffix — Sir: I am happv to say, that alter a carefid examination of 

 the " Series of Southern School Books," I feel no hesitation in saying that I 

 consider them e»iurJ, and in some respects superior to any series of reading 

 books now in use. The selections are judiciously arranged, and combine in 

 an eminent degree, that which instructs, and at the same time improves and 

 elevates the mind. I shall take pleasure in introducing the series into my 

 school, as soon as circumstances will permit. 



Very respectfully, A. P. HAMILTON, 



Principal of Greensboro' F. Seminary. 



From the Ansus^ta (Ga.) Mirror. 

 SouTHERx School Books — " The Southern Second and Third Class 

 Books,'' by Mrs. Sarah L. Griffin, have been placed on our fable. From 

 an attentive examination of ilie arrangement and contents of these Tolumes, 

 we have no hesitancy in recommending them to the use of Southern schools. 

 The selections are mainly from Southern writers, and beside being free from 

 sentiments inimical to our domestic institutions— which are of late fre- 

 ' ' introduced into school books of northern ori<:in — are of a character 



i to the capnciries of youths usually embraced in the rcspecUve classes 

 lor wiach they : 'ned. That the people of the South, with interests and 



institutions so (i ir to those of the North — at a time, too, when every in- 



fluence, moral and political, is exerting for the destruction of her dearest 

 right — should not see the madness of her continued dependence upon that 

 section of the country for the means of mental culture, is truly astonishing. — 

 That we should feel and talk as we do on this subject — hold commercial 

 conventions and threaten non intercourse, and at the same time continue in 

 a more abject state of dependence upon the North, than that of the colonics 

 of old upon the mother country, is indeed ridiculous. Is it asked why is this 

 80 ? The answer is plain The great leaders of party, those teachers of po- 

 litical ethics, the speech-makers of the day, have altogether overlooked and 

 neglected the great superstructure of all correct national or moral senti- 

 ment. While they have fermented and excited the public mind upon the 

 subject of tariffs and sub-treasuries, battling with the pecuniary mterests 

 and political prejudices of ''"• J'"'nl volerg, they have leti the youth of the 

 country to imbibe all their . )ns and sentiments from foreign sources, 



and to grow up, if not in inmir n ace for their home and Slate, at least with 

 a preponderating reverence and respect for the sources from whence they 

 received their first and most lasting impressions, \ye are brought up 

 Northern br.ya to become Southern men. Hence our imbecility, and our 

 hun e. The publisher of the series of Southern Scliool 



Boj . gun at the right place ; and from flie pure patriotism 



and »ound inoraiitv inculcated in his volumes, truly s may 



be anticipated. We are glad to learn that the First ( j rh has 



been before the public only about eichteen months, has pa~scd tiiroii^h three 

 editions. We hope to see Mr- GrifTin's school books universally adopted by 

 Southern teachers. 



