(_Others in preparation_.) The object of these primers is to convey information in such a manner as to make it both intelligible and interesting to very young pupils, and so to discipline their minds as to incline them to more systematic after-studies. The woodcuts which illustrate them embellish and explain the text at the same time. APPLETONS' SCHOOL READERS, _Consisting of Five Books._ By WM. T. HARRIS, LL.D., Sup't of Schools, St. Louis, Mo. A.J. RICKOFF, A.M., Sup't of Instruction, Cleveland, O. MARK BAILEY, A.M., Instructor in Elocution, Yale College. * * * * * Appletons' First Reader. 90 pages. Price, 23 cents. Appletons' Second Reader. 142 pages. Price, 37 cents. Appletons' Third Reader. 214 pages. Price, 48 cents. Appletons' Fourth Reader. 248 pages. Price, 64 cents. Appletons' Fifth Reader. 471 pages. Price, $1.15. SOME OF THE PROMINENT FEATURES. Large and clear type. Finest pictorial illustrations. Excellence of material, paper, and binding. Fresh in matter, philosophical in method. A practical system of Language Lessons. The combination of the Phonic, Word, and Phrase methods. The combination of the Spelling-book with the Reader. Full directions and suggestions appended to each lesson. The attention given to the use of diacritical marks, silent letters, and phonics. The introduction of instruction in Elocution, _at internals_, through the entire series in an interesting and natural way. Appletons' Elementary Reading Charts. 46 Numbers. Price, complete, with Supporter, $10.00. STANDARD SUPPLEMENTARY READERS. Edited by WILLIAM SWINTON and GEORGE R. CATHCART. I. Easy Steps for Little Feet. 30 cents. II. Golden Book of Choice Reading. 35 cents. III. Book of Tales. 58 cents. IV. Readings in Nature's Book. 75 cents. V. Seven American Classics. 58 cents. VI. Seven British Classics. 58 cents. JUST PUBLISHED. * * * * * AN HISTORICAL READER FOR THE USE OF _Classes in Academies, High Schools, and Grammar Schools._ By HENRY E. SHEPHERD, M.A., Superintendent of Public Instruction, Baltimore, Maryland. This work consists of a collection of extracts representing the purest historical literature that has been produced in the different stages of our literary development, from the time of Clarendon to the era of Macaulay and Prescott, its design being to present to the minds of young pupils typical illustrations of classic historical style, gathered mainly from English and American writers, and to create and develop a fondness for historical study. The book is totally devoid of sectarian or partisan tendencies, the aim being simply to instill a love for historical reading, and not to suggest opinions or inculcate views in regard to any of those great civil and religious revolutions whose effects and whose influence must remain open questions till the last act in the historical drama shall be completed.