Among the numerous recommendations to this valuable School Book, are the following:-- _Extract of a note from the Hon. Thomas Jefferson, late President of the United States._ "I thank you, sir, for the copy of your '_Moral Instructor_.' I have read the first edition with great satisfaction, and encouraged its reading in my family." * * * * * _Extracts of a Letter from the Hon. James Madison, late President of the United States._ "Sir--I have received your letter of the 15th, with a copy of the _Moral Instructor_. "I have looked enough into your little volume to be satisfied, that both the original and selected parts contain information and instruction which may be useful, not only to juvenile but most other readers. "With friendly respects, JAMES MADISON." DR. TORREY. * * * * * _From Roberts Vaux, President of the Controllers of the Public Schools in Philadelphia._ "The Moral Instructor" is a valuable compilation. It appears to be well adapted for elementary schools, and it will give me pleasure to learn that the lessons which it contains are furnished for the improvement of our youth generally. Respectfully, ROBERTS VAUX. _Philadelphia, 5th month, 8 1823._ HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the First Invasion by Julius Cæsar, to the Accession of George the Fourth, in eighteen hundred and twenty: comprising every Political Event worthy of remembrance; a Progressive View of Religion, Language, and Manners; of Men eminent for their Virtue or their Learning; their Patriotism, Eloquence, or Philosophical Research; of the Introduction of Manufactures, and of Colonial Establishments. With an interrogative Index, for the use of Schools. By William Grimshaw, author of a History of the United States, &c. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, from their first settlement as Colonies, to the cession of Florida, in 1821: comprising every Important Political Event; with a Progressive View of the Aborigines; Population, Religion, Agriculture, and Commerce; of the Arts, Sciences, and Literature; occasional Biographies of the most remarkable Colonists, Writers, and Philosophers, Warriors, and Statesmen; and a Copious Alphabetical Index. By William Grimshaw, author of a History of England, &c. Also, QUESTIONS adapted to the above History, and a KEY, adapted to the Questions, for the use of Teachers. "_University of Georgia, Athens, June 4, 1825._ "DEAR SIR,