In addition to the above we have text-books in English and American Literature, and many texts edited for use in English Literature classes. D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS. BOSTON, NEW YORK & CHICAGO. _READING._ _Wright’s Nature Readers: Sea-side and Way-side._ Boards. Illustrated. No. I., 95 pages. Price, 25 cents. No. II., 184 pages. Price, 35 cents. No. III., 300 pages. Price, 50 cents. No. IV., 000 pages. Price, 60 cents. Designed for schools and families. Intended to awaken in children a taste for scientific study, to develop their powers of attention, and to encourage observation, by directing their minds to the living things that meet their eyes on the road-side, at the sea-shore, and about their homes. The First Reader treats of crabs, wasps, spiders, bees, and some mollusks. The Second Reader treats of ants, flies, earth-worms, beetles, barnacles, star-fish, and dragon-flies. The Third Reader has lessons in plant life, grasshoppers, butterflies, and birds. The Fourth Reader treats of world life in its different aspects and periods. _Badlam’s Suggestive Lessons in Language and Reading. A Manual for Primary Teachers._ Cloth, square. 283 pages. Price, $1.50. A thoroughly helpful book, the outgrowth of a real experience, and of such a suggestive character that its lessons cannot fail in their adaptability to the various grades. The first part gives _Outline Lessons for Oral Work_, specimens of stories told by children, and simple fables for reproduction. The second part is devoted to _Suggestive Lessons_ for blackboard reading and word-building. The plan embraces the best known features of the various methods of teaching. _Badlam’s Primer._ In the series “Stepping Stones to Reading.” Illustrated. Boards. 131 pages. Price, 25 cents. Its main features are its simplicity, variety, and gradual development of the lessons. _Badlam’s First Reader._ Illustrated. Boards. 170 pages. Price, 30 cts. Follows and develops the general plan of the Primer. _Fuller’s Illustrated Primer._ Illustrated. Boards. 103 pages. 25 cts. This book presents the “Word Method” in an attractive form for little children. _Fuller’s Phonic Drill Charts._ Three Charts. Manilla paper. 30 × 42 inches. Price, unmounted, $1.25; mounted, $2.25. These charts have been prepared for the purpose of exercising pupils in making the elementary sounds and in combining these to form syllables and words. _Smith’s Reading and Speaking. Familiar Talks to Young Men who would Speak well in Public._ Cloth. 171 pages. Price, 60 cents. A collection of suggestions to would-be speakers, consisting of informal talks on matters of importance to all young men. _Readers for Home and School._ A series of volumes to be edited by Professor CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, of Harvard University, and Miss KATE STEPHENS.