-THE SCHOOL BULLETIN PUBLICATIONS.

Specialties in Arithmetic.

1. Intermediate Problems in Arithmetic for Junior Classes; containing more than 4000 problems in Fractions, Reduction, and Decimals. By EMMA A. WELCH. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 172. Price 75 cts. Key to Part II, pp. 30, 50 cts. In Syracuse and many other large schools, this takes the place of the small arithmetics in common use, forming with any larger or "practical" arithmetic a complete two-book series. The results obtained are in every instance far above those reached by the ordinary text-book. For city and graded schools no other collection of problems will compare with these in practical value and satisfactory results.

2. A Work in Number for Junior Classes in Graded Schools. By MARTHA ROE. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 116. Price 50 cts.

This is similar to the above, and was prepared expressly for the Cortland State Normal School.

3. The CO Possible Problems in Percentage, embracing a full and exhaustive discussion of the Theory of General Percentage, with 100 illustrative examples. By W. II. BRADFORD. Manilla, 16mo, pp. 34. Price 25 cts.

4. Latitude and Longitude, and Longitude and Time. Embracing a com. prehensive discussion, with over 100 illustrative questions and examples. By J. A. BASSETT. Manilla, 16mo, pp. 42. Price 25 cts.

5. Metric Tables and Problems: a comprehensive drill in the Metric System, with 175 Problems and Answers. By OSCAR GRANGER. Manilla, 16 mo, pp. 23. 25 cts.

6. The International Date-Line, or Where does the Day Begin? By HENRY COLLINS. Paper, 16mo, pp. 15. Price 15 cts.

7. A Manual of Mensuration, for use in Common Schools and Academies. By H. H. HUTTON. Boards, 16mo, pp. 150. Price 50 cts.

These five books treat exhaustively and with abundant illustration those features of arithmetic that are so often the occasion of difficulty. It is characteristic of good teaching to make the weak places strong, and these books will make pupils surest just where the average pupil is most uncertain. 8. Algebra for Beginners. By O. S. MICHAEL. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 120. Price, 75 cts.

A remarkably simple presentation of the subject, that may be used with profit in every beginning class.

9. Number Lessons, somewhat after the Grubé Method, giving on one side the combinations of the digits, and on the other an unlimited series of drill-exercises. Heavy card-board, 10x11 inches. Price 10 cts.

10. Age-Cards, containing 9 columns of figures, to determine a person's age by adding the top numbers of those columns in which the number representing the person's age is found. Heavy card-board, 4x6. Price 10 cts.

11. The Regents' Questions in Arithmetic, containing the 1293 questions given from 1866 to 1882. Manilla, 16mo, pp. 93, 25 cts. Key, pp. 20, 25 cts. The Arithmetic Questions on Slips are no longer published.

12. Dime Question Book, No. 18, Arithmetic. By ALBERT P. SOUTHWICK. Paper, 16mo, pp. 39. Price 10 cts.

C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher, Syracuse, N. Y.

Helps toward Correct Speech.

1. Verbal Pitfalls: a manual of 1500 words commonly misused, including all those the use of which in any sense has been questioned by Dean Alvord, G. W. Moon, Fitzedward Hall, Archbishop Trench, Wm. C. Hodgson, W. L. Blackley, G. F. Graham, Richard Grant White, M. Schele de Vere, Wm. Mathews," Alfred Ayres," and many others. Arranged alphabetically, with 3000 references and quotations, and the ruling of the dictionaries. By C. W. BARDEEN. 16mo, cloth, pp. 223. 75 cts.

Perhaps the happiest feature of the book is its interesting form. Some hundreds of anecdotes have been gathered to illustrate the various points made. These have the advantage not only of making the work entertaining, but of fixing the point in the mind as a mere precept could not do. The type indicates at a glance whether the use of a word is (1) indefensible, (2) defensible but objectionable, or (3) thoroughly authorized.

2. A System of Rhetoric. By C. W. BARDEEN. 12mo, half leather, pp. 813. $1.75.

3. A Shorter Course in Rhetoric. By C. W. BARDEEN. 12mo, half leather, pp. 311. $1.00.

4. Outlines of Sentence Making. By C. W. BARDEEN. 12mo, cloth, pp. 187. 75 cts.

5. Practical Phonics. A comprehensive study of Pronunciation, form. ing a complete guide to the study of elementary sounds of the English Lan guage, and containing 3,000 words of difficult pronunciation, with diacritical marks according to Webster's Dictionary. By E. V. DE GRAFF. 16m0, cloth, pp. 108. 75 cts.

The book before us is the latest, and in many respects the best, of the manuals prepared for this purpose. The directions for teaching elementary sounds are remarkably explicit and simple, and the diacritical marks are fuller than in any other book we know of, the obscure vowels being marked, as well as the accented ones. This manual is not like others of the kind, a simple reference book. It is meant for careful study and drill, and is es. pecially adapted to class use.-New England Journal of Education.

6. Pocket Pronunciation Book, containing the 3,000 words of difficult pronunciation, with diacritical marks according to Webster's Dictionary. By E. V. DE GRAFF. 16mo, manilla, pp. 47. 15 cts.

Every vowel that can possibly be mispronounced is guarded by danger signals which send one back to the phonic chart for instructions. We are glad to notice that the Professor is leading a campaign against the despoilers of the vowel u; he cannot hold communion with an educated man whose third day in the week is "Toosday."-Northern Christian Advocate.

7. Studies in Articulation: a study and drill-book in the Alphabetic Elements of the English language. Fifth thousand. By J. H. HOOSE. 16mo, cloth, pp. 70. 50 cts.

This work not only analyzes each sound in the language, but gives as illustrations hundreds of words commonly mispronounced.

Dr. Hoose's "Studies in Articulation " is the most useful manual of the kind that I know of. It should be a text-book in every Teachers' Institute. -A. J. Rickoff, formerly Sup't of Schools at Cleveland and at Yonkers.

8. Hints on Teaching Orthoëpy. By CHAS. T. POOLER. 16mo, paper, pp. 15. 10 cts.

9. Question Book of Orthography, Orthoëpy, and Etymology, with Notes, Queries, etc. By ALBERT P. SOUTHWICK. 16mo, paper, pp. 40, 10 cts.

10. Question Book of Reading and Punctuation, with Notes, Queries, etc. By ALBERT P. SOUTHWICK. 16mo, paper, pp. 38. 10 cts.

C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher, Syracuse, N. Y.

THE SCHOOL BULLETIN PUBLICATIONS.

Books for Young Teachers.

1. Common School Law for Common School Teachers. A digest of the provisions of statute and common law as to the relations of the Teacher to the Pupil, the Parent, and the District. With 500 references to legal decisions in 28 different States. 14th edition, wholly re-written, with references to the Code of 1888. By C. W. BARDEEN. 16mo, cloth, pp. 120. Price 75 cts. The reason why the teacher should make this his first purchase is that without a knowledge of his duties and his rights under the law he may fail either in securing a school, in managing it, or in drawing the pay for his services. The statute provisions are remarkably simple and uniform. The decisions of the Courts, except upon two points, here fully discussed, follow certain defined precedents. An hour to each of the eleven chapters of this little book will make the teacher master of any legal difficulties that may arise, while ignorance of it puts him at the mercy of a rebellious pupil, an exacting parent, or a dishonest trustee.

2. Hand-Book for Young Teachers. By H. B. BUCKHAM, late principal of the State Normal School at Buffalo. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 152. Price 75 cts.

It anticipates all the difficulties likely to be encountered, and gives the beginner the counsel of an older friend.

3. The School Room Guide, embodying the instruction given by the author at Teachers' Institutes in New York and other States, and especially intended to assist Public School Teachers in the Practical Work of the SchoolRoom. By E. V. DEGRAFF. Thirteenth edition, with many additions and corrections. 16mo, cloth, pp. 398. Price $1.50.

As distinguished from others of the modern standards, this is a book of Methods instead of theories. It tells the teacher just what to do and how to do it; and it has proved more practically helpful in the school-room than any other book ever issued.

4. A Quiz-Book on the Theory and Practice of Teaching. By A. P. SOUTHWICK, author of the "Dime Question Books." 12mo, pp. 220. Price $1.00.

This is one of the six books recommended by the State Department for study in preparation for State Certificates. The others are Hoose's Methods ($1.00), Hughes's Mistakes (50 cts.), Fitch's Lectures ($1.00), Page's Theory and Practice ($1.25), and Swett's Methods ($1.25). We will send the six post-paid for $5.00.

5. Mistakes in Teaching. By JAMES L. HUGHES. American edition, with contents and index. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 135. Price 50 cts.

More than 15,000 have been used in the county institutes of Iowa, and elsewhere superintendents often choose this book for their less thoughtful teachers, assured that its pungent style and chatty treatment will arrest attention and produce good results.

6 How to Secure and Retain Attention. By JAMES L. HUGHES. 16mo, cloth, pp. 97. Price 50 cts.

This touches attractively and helpfully upon the first serious difficultythe teacher encounters. No young teacher should neglect these hints.

7. Primary Helps. A Kindergarten Manual for Public School Teachers. By W. N. HAILMANN. 8vo, boards, pp. 58, with 15 full-page plates. Price 75 cts. In these days, no primary teacher can afford to be ignorant of "The New Education," and this is perhaps the only volume that makes kindergarten principles practically available in public schools.

8. Dime Question Book, No. 4, Theory and Practice of Teaching. 16mo, paper, pp. 40. Price 10 cts. By A. P. SOUTHWICK.

A capital preparation for examination.

C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher, Syracuse, N. Y.

1.

Official Question Books.

The New York State Examination Questions from the beginning to the present date. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 274, 50 cts.

These annual examinations, only by which can State Certificates be obtained in New York, have a reputation all over the country for excellence and comprehensiveness. The subjects are as follows:

No answers are published, except in the following special volume.

2. Dime Question Book on Book-Keeping, containing all the questions in that subject given at the first 15 New York Examinations for State Certificates, with full Answers, Solutions, and Forms. Paper, 16mo, pp. 31, 10 cts.

3. The Uniform Examination Questions. By voluntary adoption of the 113 School-Commissioners of the State of New York, certificates are now given only on examinations held under these questions, which are issued sealed from the State Department. All these Questions from the beginning to March 14th, 1889, are now published as follows, and we commend them as worth the attention of all who have to conduct or undergo examinations. 317 Questions, 10 cts.

I. Arithmetic,

II. Key, 10 cts.

III. Geography,

709

66

IV.

66

66

V. Grammar,

VII. U. S. History,

IX. Civil Government, 355

XI. Physiology,

4. The Civil Service Question Book. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 282, $1.50. 42,000 places are now filled exclusively by appointments dependent on examinations. No favoritism is possible. You do not need the influence of Congressman or of politician. You have only to learn when the next examination is held, apply for the necessary papers, present yourself, and answer the questions asked. The appointments are made from those who stand highest, and are open to women as well as to men. All the particulars as to these examinations, the places and dates where held, and how to apply, are here given with 943 specimen questions in Arithmetic, 575 specimen questions in Geography, 400 specimen questions in English Syntax, 100 each in American History and Civil Government, with full treatises on Book-Keeping and on Letter-Writing. To prepare for competition for places at $1,000 and higher these subjects and these only are required. Any one who can answer the questions here given, to all of which full and complete answers are added, is ready to enter the next examination.

Hon JOHN B. RILEY, Chief Examiner, State of New York. July 10, 1888, says: "I am pleased with your Civil Service Question Book. It will not only be of service to those intending to try the Civil Service examinations, but teachers or others who are obliged to prepare questions for examinations in the common English branches will find it a great convenience."

The N. E. Journal of Education says, Aug. 23, 1888: "It is rarely that any book can be found with so many valuable and so few unimportant questions."

5. 3000 Grammar Questions, with Answers. By HENRY KIDDLE, A. M., formerly Superintendent of Schools, New York City, and now editor of Brown's Grammars. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 220. Price. $1.00. It is a great thing for teachers to be sure they are right, especially on some of the puzzling questions. As an authority Mr. Kiddle is second to no man living, and these answers prepared by him may be regarded as absolutely correct.

C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher, Syracuse, N. Y.

THE SCHOOL BULLETIN PUBLICATIONS,

The Regents' Questions.

1. The Regents' Questions in Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar and Spelling from the first examination in 1866 to June 1882. (No questions of later date will be printed.) Being the 11,000 Questions for the preliminary examinations for admission to the University of the 3tato of New York, prepared by the Regents of the University, and participated in simultaneously by more than 250 academies, forming a basis for the distribution of more than a million of dollars. Complete with Key. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 473. $2.00.

2. Complete. The same as above but without answers. Pp. 340. $1.00. In the subjects named, no other Question Book can compare with this either in completeness, in excellence, or in popularity. Dy Legislative Enactment no lawyer can be admitted to the bar in the State of New York without passing a Regents' Examination in these subjects.

3. Separately. The same, each subject by itself, all Manilla, 16mo. Arithmetic, 1293 Questions, pp. 93, 25 cts. Geography, 1987 Questions, pp. 70, 25 cts. Grammar, 2976 Questions, pp. 109, 25 cts. Spelling, 4800 Words, pp. 61, 25 cts. Keys to Arithmetic, Geography, and Grammar, each 25 cts. 4. The Dime Question Books, with full answers, notes, queries, etc. Paper, pp. about 40. By A. P. SOUTHWICK. Each 10 cts.

Elementary Series.

3. Physiology.

4. Theory and Practice.

6. U. S. History and Civil Gov't.

10. Algebra.

13. American Literature.

14. Grammar.

19. Physical and Political Geog. 20. Reading and Punctuation.

These 10 in one book. Cloth, $1.00.

These 10 in one book. Cloth, $1.00. Extra Volumes, 21. Temperance Physiology, 22. Book-Keeping, 23. Letter-Writing, each 10 cts.

The immense sale of the Regents' Questions in Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar, and Spelling has led to frequent inquiry for the questions in the Advanced Examinations. As it is not permitted to reprint these, we have had prepared this series, by which the teacher need purchase books only on the subjects upon which specia. help is needed. Frequently a $1.50 book is bought for the sake of a few questions in a single study. Here, the studies may be taken up one at time, a specia, advantage in New York, since applicants for State Certificates may now present themselves for examination in only part of the subjects, and receive partial Certificates to be exchanged for full Certificates when all the branches have been passed. The same plan is very generally pursued by county superintendents and commissioners who are encouraging their teachers to prepare themselves for higher certificates.

5. Quizzism. Quirks and Quibbles from Queer Quarters. Being a Mélange of questions in Literature, Science, History, Biography, Mythology, Philology, Geography, etc. By A. P. SOUTHWICK. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 55. 25 cts. The same with Key, $1.00.

A stimulus for home study, and invaluable for school or teachers' gatherings.

6. A Quiz-Book on the Theory and Practice of Teaching. By A. P. SOUTHWICK. Cloth, 12mo, pp. 220. Price $1.00.

This is one of the six books recommended by the State Department for study in preparation for State Certificates.

C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher, Syracuse, N. Y.