WEBSTER'S SCHOOL DICTIONARIES.
REVISED EDITIONS.
Webster's School Dictionaries in their revised form constitute a progressive series, carefully graded and especially adapted for Primary Schools, Common Schools, High Schools, Academies, etc. They have all been thoroughly revised, entirely reset, and made to conform in all essential points to the great standard authority—Webster's International Dictionary.
WEBSTER'S PRIMARY SCHOOL DICTIONARY.
| Cloth, 12mo. 336 pp. | $0.48 |
Containing over 20,000 words and meanings, with over 400 illustrations.
WEBSTER'S COMMON SCHOOL DICTIONARY.
| Cloth, 12mo. 416 pp. | .72 |
Containing over 25,000 words and meanings, with over 500 illustrations.
WEBSTER'S HIGH SCHOOL DICTIONARY.
| Cloth, 8vo. 530 pp. | .98 |
Containing about 37,000 words and definitions, and an appendix giving a pronouncing vocabulary of Biblical, Classical, Mythological, Historical, and Geographical proper names, with over 800 illustrations.
WEBSTER'S ACADEMIC DICTIONARY.
| Cloth, 8vo. 736 pp. | $1.50 |
Abridged directly from the International Dictionary, and giving the orthography, pronunciations, definitions and synonyms of the large vocabulary of words in common use, with an appendix containing various useful tables, with over 800 illustrations.
| The Same, Indexed | $1.80 |
SPECIAL EDITIONS.
| Webster's Condensed Dictionary. Cloth | $1.44 |
| The Same, Indexed | 1.75 |
| Webster's Condensed Dictionary. Half calf | 2.40 |
| Webster's Handy Dictionary. Cloth | .15 |
| Webster's Pocket Dictionary. Cloth | .57 |
| In Roan Flexible | .69 |
| In Roan Tucks | .78 |
| Webster's American People's Dictionary and Manual | .48 |
| Webster's Practical Dictionary. Cloth | .80 |
| Webster's Countinghouse Dictionary. Sheep, Indexed | 2.40 |
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ENGLISH LITERATURE.
Brooke's English Literature.
By Rev. Stopford Brooke, M.A.
| Flexible cloth, 18mo. 226 pages, | $0.35 |
New edition, revised and corrected. A complete, condensed handbook of English Literature, with an appendix on American Literature.
Cleveland's Literature Series.
By Charles Dexter Cleveland.
| Compendium of English Literature. Cloth, 12mo. 800 pages, | $1.75 |
| English Literature of the 19th Century. Cloth, 12mo. 800 pages, | 1.75 |
| Compendium of American Literature. Cloth, 12mo. 784 pages, | 1.75 |
Gilman's First Steps in English Literature.
By Arthur Gilman, M.A.
| Cloth, 18mo. 233 pages | $0.60 |
Gilmore's English Language and Its Early Literature.
By J.H. Gilmore, M.A.
| Cloth, 12mo. 138 pages | $0.60 |
It contains a topical abstract of the English Language and its Early Literature, with a brief summary of American Literature.
Smith's Literature Series.
By M.W. Smith, M.A.
| Elements of English. Cloth, 12mo. 232 pages, | $0.60 |
| Studies in English Literature. Cloth, 12mo. 427 pages, | 1.20 |
The first book of this Series is preparatory and treats of the English Language as a whole and of the features which constitute good literature. The second contains a history of English Literature from the earliest times, with complete selections from the works of the five great founders of English Literature: Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Bacon, and Milton.
Watkins's American Literature.
By Mildred Cabell Watkins.
| Flexible cloth, 18mo. 224 pages, | $0.35 |
A simple, practical text-book on original lines for the study of American Literature in schools.
SUPPLEMENTARY BOOKS FOR THE STUDY OF LITERATURE.
| Alden's Studies in Bryant. Flexible cloth, 12mo. 127 pages, | $0.35 |
| Cathcart's Literary Reader. Cloth, 12mo. 541 pages, | 1.15 |
| Dowden's Shakespeare. Flexible cloth, 18mo. 167 pages, | .35 |
| Gladstone's Homer. Flexible cloth, 18mo. 153 pages, | .35 |
| Guerber's Myths of Greece and Rome. Cloth, 12mo. 438 pages. Illustrated, | 1.50 |
| Jebb's Greek Literature. Flexible cloth, 18mo. 166 pages, | .35 |
| McGuffey's Literary Reader. Revised edition. Cloth, 12mo. 479 pages, | .85 |
| Shepherd's Historical Readings. Cloth, 12mo. 424 pages, | 1.00 |
| Skinner's Readings in Folklore. Cloth, 12mo. 448 pages, | 1.00 |
| Skinner's Schoolmaster in Literature. With an Introduction by Edward Eggleston. Cloth, 12mo. 608 pages, | 1.40 |
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COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.
BAIN'S ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.
By Alexander Bain, LL.D. New Edition. Cloth, 12mo.
| Part I. Intellectual Elements of Style. 310 pp. | $1.20 |
| Part II. Emotional Qualities of Style. 325 pp. | 1.20 |
This standard text-book has long been recognized in all English-speaking countries as the best authority and text-book for the study and use of the English Language. It has recently been entirely remodeled and enlarged by the hand of its eminent author in order to more perfectly adapt it to the latest methods of teaching the subject.
BARDEEN'S RHETORICS. By C.W. Bardeen.
| Complete Rhetoric. Cloth, 12mo. 673 pp. | $1.50 |
| Shorter Course in Rhetoric. Cloth, 12mo. 311 pp. | 1.00 |
| Outlines of Sentence-Making. Cloth, 12mo. 187 pp. | .60 |
A complete and thoroughly practical series of books in which the principles of language are developed and taught by examples rather than by rules.
BOYD'S ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.
By James R. Boyd, D.D.
| Cloth, 12mo. 406 pp. | .90 |
BOYD'S KAME'S ELEMENTS OF CRITICISM.
| Cloth, 12mo. 486 pp. | $1.10 |
BUTLER'S SCHOOL ENGLISH. By George P. Butler.
| Cloth, 12mo. 272 pp. | $.75 |
A short, comprehensive, and thoroughly practical manual, designed for the written English work of secondary schools. It is based on the principle of learning to do by doing.
DAY'S RHETORICAL PRAXIS. By Henry N. Day.
| Cloth, 12mo. 357 pp. | $1.00 |
The principles of Rhetoric exemplified and applied in copious exercises for systematic practice. Designed for use in schools and colleges.
HEPBURN'S MANUAL OF ENGLISH RHETORIC.
By A.D. Hepburn.
| Cloth, 12mo. 312 pp. | $1.00 |
A compact manual, designed for high school and college classes.
KERL'S ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.
By Simon Kerl, A.M.
| Cloth, 12mo. 408 pp. | .90 |
A simple, concise, thorough, and practical work on a new plan, designed to occupy an intermediate position between common Grammar and higher Rhetoric.
QUACKENBOS'S ADVANCED COURSE OF COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.
By Simon Kerl, A.M.
| Cloth, 12mo. 453pp. | $1.05 |
A series of practical lessons on the origin, history and peculiarities of the English language, punctuation, taste, figures, style, and its essential properties, criticism, and the various departments of prose and poetical composition.
WADDY'S ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.
By Virginia Waddy.
| Cloth, 12mo. 416 pp. | $1.00 |
This consists of the elements of Composition and Rhetoric, with copious exercises in both criticism and construction, sufficiently elementary for the lower grades of high school classes.
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