Grijiins Scries of Soulhcrn School Books. o 



I haverxamir.eil "The Southorn First, Second nmi Third Class Books" 

 nn! ' innsw'" ' -o the purposst-alor wliich thry nre dfsicncd. 



I li . in that i w will hv liiily iippri-cint tl, niul that at no 



distant ptjritxi, thcv will be Keuerully introduced in iho srh^ols of thr South. 



\V. HRNKNTL rsCH. 

 Rector, Richmond Academy. 



De.\r Sir :— I have examined, with some care, the " Southern First Class 

 Book," and cheerlullv accord to it my hoartv approval. pisiii,Micd •'"• ''"> 

 first classes in our schools and ucadenues, it affiirdsquiie a variety of ju 

 ly > ' ■ ' ' ' ' adiiiL', recitation and declamation, i iinu 



in I fhf ia<'o or the scljolar, or to weakeri the 



str fill ;i!iU rti. !e ; on the contrary, tin sc nro ••'lUilious- 



ly - J. Your l)u i acccpiablo, pnrti'-nlarly to the South 



firn piiiiiK-, in as nmch as it contains short extracts i isand svri- 



tinijs of many of our own {lis'iniiuished men — all I' iiinitnta in 



harmony with Southern principles and Southern institutions. It aliords an.pie 

 testimony that Southern cenius, when directed to the walks of literature, is 

 capable of the iughest distinction. 



RespectfuUv, your friend. 

 To Rev. M. M. Mason. E. A. MSBET. 



My views correspond with those expressed bv Euffcnius A Nisbet, Esqr. 



JAMES C.TATTERSON, 

 Principal of the Gwinnett Institute. 



Macon, Dec. 15, 1837 

 Dfar Sir : — I approve of your book, first, as a man — it is to instruct youth. 

 I approve of if, as once a teacher myself— it is absolutely needed. I appr >ve 

 of it so far as I am a scholar — the matter is well selected and is truly liter; ry, 

 I approve of it as a citizen — it is thrice native — its matter is much of it nai.ve 

 —its desiiin is native — its publication native. And I approve of it as a Chris- 

 tian teacher — it co-operates with the good in doins eooci 

 Sev. M. Ma<:on SAMUEL J. CASSELS, 



Pastor of the Presbvterian Church, Macon. 



From the Macon Messenger, Dec. 14, 1937. 



The pieces are moral and well written ; and wc think it high time that our 

 youths should have the writings of Southern American authors placed before 

 them, instead of eir.g confined, as htre'(»fore, almost exclusively to those of 

 Great Britain and the Northern States, We have too justly proved the tru- 

 ism, that " A prophet is n(jt without honor, save in his own country," by our 

 neslect of our own authors ; but in the present posture of affairs, it should bo 

 6e! i to the most careless and unthinking, that our children should be 



pa: .- cnnvrr?an; with the writers of our own section of country, whose 



vii •miiments must of course be governed by our do- 



mi , ;iS. 



In ills rfior's to promote this obiect, wc most sincerely wish Mr. Mason the 

 gUccess of which we think him dfeserving. 



From the Aufrusta Chronicle <^ Sentinel, Dec. 20, 1839. 



" The Southf rn First Cla.«is Book." a nev» work, designed for the use o' 

 Schools and Acadennrs in thn South and West, a copy of which has been 

 laid on our table, by t! '» us with such sTomi roromtnend- 

 ations, thnt wo firm !tie. We have irlanced through it, 

 and t;. nldm:,' ly to that of many others already 

 given, , in an ' ^rcr, tho pairnna::e of the public of 

 the Soufh. We i rnctors of youth will ifiirodu<e it into im- 

 mediate asc in thi . of learning. It is by M^ ^t M Mason, 



Principal of the Vineville Academy, at .Macon, Georgm. 



