8 Griffin's Series of Southern School BooJcs. 



Sir — I congratulate you as the proprietor and publisher of a work so lone 

 needed here, as your third edidon of "The Southern First Class Book." ft 

 is well adapted to the whole desisfp, and will, no doubt, be much preferred in 

 all the schools of the South and West. 



GEORGE P. COOPER, 

 Mr. B. F. Griffin. Rector of Ocmulgee Academy. 



Having carefully examined the " Southern First Class Book," it affords me 

 much pleasure to recommend it to public patronage. Its real merit could 

 scarcely fail of securing it a most favorable reception Its particular adapt- 

 ation to Southern Schools I think an additional reason for its o-eneral and 

 speedy adoption. NATHAN LONGFELLOW, 



Principal of the Female High School, Scottsboro'. 



I have the " Southern First Class Book," by M. M. Mason, in use in my 

 academy, and take pleasure in bearing testimony to its peculiar merits and 

 adaptation to the wants of those institutions for which it is intended. 



MILTON WILDER, 

 Principal of the Jefferson Academy. 



Richland, Twiggs Co., Feb. 8, 1840. 

 Dear Sir — But a cursory examination of the reading books now used in 

 some of our academies, is requisite, to discover that they contain sentiments 

 inimical to Southern institutions, and therefore unfit to be placed in the hands 

 of those who are shortly to act their parts as citizens of the South. It is im- 

 portant, also, to interest pupils in any branch they pursue. To give them a 

 work whose authors are mostly their acquaintances, and impartinir sentiments 

 congenial to their own feelings and principles, will measurably effect this de- 

 sirable end. The " Southern First Class Book," portraying briefly the genius 



and sentiments of the South, is admirably adapted to secure these objects. 



The introduction of it in my school as the principal reading book, is not only 

 to encourage Southern publications, but from a conviction of its own utility, 

 hoping also that it may shorily supercede everv similar work in Southern ac- 

 ademies. MILTON E. BACON, 

 Mr. B. F. Griffin. Rector of the Richland Academy. 



Saaannah, Ga. April 11, 1840. 

 Mr. Griffin— I have examined the " Southern First Class Book," which 

 you had the kindness to present me through Mr. Boardman, and I feel a 

 pleasure in saying that I regard it as meriting the most extensive patronage 



GEORGE WHITE, 

 Principal of the Savannah Academy. 



Georgia Female Academy, February, 1840. 

 The Southern Second Class Book is a compilation judiciously selected, and 

 aptly designed to catch the attention — awaken the interest and promote the 

 love of leading among the children for whose benefit it has been prepared. 

 Without making any ostentatious claims to extraordinary merit — to exclusive 

 preference, it is yet entitled on many considerations to circulation and use. 

 We hope the toil of the compiler will meet with its just reward in the general 

 adoption of the work by the Southern schools. 



G. F. PIERCE, Pres't. 



W. H. ELLISON, Prof. 



Dear Sir— The copy of the Southern Second Class Book you had the 

 goodness to forward to me was duly received, and I have given it a sufficient 

 examination to convince me of its superior merits. It is what our middle 

 classes need ; and its compilation, and the dress in which it appears, reflect 

 equal credit on both the compiler and publisher. You have our most hearty 

 wishes for success in your endeavors to furnish our Southern schools with 

 Southern books. J. DARBY, A. M., 



Mr. B. F. Griffin. Principal of the Sigourney Institute. 



