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From the Rev. W. H. De Lancey, D. D., President of the University of Pennsylvania, to the proprietor of the work.

MY DEAR SIR,

Philadelphia, July 2d, 1830.

In reply to your note requesting my opinion of the volume which accompanied it, entitled "PRACTICAL READING LESSONS," &c. &c. I cheerfully state, that I am very much pleased with the plan, and, as far as I have examined the selections, with the execution also. I find in the work a very great variety of interesting anecdotes, aptly applied, and well calculated to attract the youthful mind to the duties and maxims with which they are connected, as illustrations and examples. The volume will, I think, prove to be a most useful and popular addition to the class of works to which it belongs. And I trust its success will not only reward you for the labour bestowed upon its preparation, but also accomplish the principal object you have in view, that of directing the minds of the young towards the great principles of moral and religious duty.

I remain, very respectfully, yours,

W. H. DE LANCEY.

From the Rev. G. R. Livingston, D. D.

The undersigned concurs in the opinion expressed above by Dr. De Lancey. G. R. LIVINGSTON.

From the Rev. Edward Rutledge, Professor of Moral Philosophy, e, in the University of Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia, July 19th, 1830. I have looked through the volume of "Practical Reading Lessons, c." with much pleasure, and deem it admirably adapted to the purpose for which it was prepared. Its introduction into our schools would, in my opinion, greatly subserve the interests of taste and of morality. EDWARD RUTLEDGE.

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From Walter R. Johnson, Esq., Principal of the Philadelphia High School. July 14, 1830. Having perused the "Practical Reading Lessons," I feel confident that the work is, both as to its design and its execution, fitted to please, instruct, and benefit the youthful reader.

By arranging the maxims and illustrations of moral duty under the appropriate divisions of the general subject, and by preserving a due mixture of abstract doctrine and characteristic anecdote, you have infused more life and spirit into this performance than generally belong to collections of the same class. The work presents a favourable view of moral philosophy, teaching by example, and will, I doubt not, meet an encouragement corresponding with its merits in this important particular. WALTER R. JOHNSON.

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From Benjamin Tucker, a respectable Teacher, of the Society of Friends. Philadelphia, 7th Month 22d, 1830.

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I have perused with much pleasure, as far as my other engagements would permit, a recent publication, entitled "Practical Reading Lessons, &c. intended for the instruction and amusement of youth :" and I think the work well calculated for a class book in our English seminaries.

Besides appropriate rpaxims and moral extracts, the compiler has been peculiarly happy in his selection of biographical and historical facts, with

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which he illustrates and enforces the deeply interesting duties that he has adopted as the distinct divisions of his work.

The attentive youthful reader will seldom rise from the perusal of this interesting volume without an impression of benefit. The proprietor has, therefore, my best wishes, for its extensive circulation.

BENJ. TUCKER.

From the Rev. Samuel Eccleston, President of St. Mary's College,

Baltimore.

St. Mary's College, 11th. Sept. 1830.

I have read the Practical Reading Lessons with much satisfaction. It is with me a matter of surprise, that a plan at once so obvious and so judicious, has not been more generally adopted in works of this class. All admit that the great secret of elementary education is to combine amusement with instruction, and to inform the understandings of children by stimulating their curiosity. But this principle, though admitted in theory, is seldom successfully pursued in practice. The judgment, the taste and historical knowledge which are requisite for the execution of the task, are not always the characteristics of school books. I am happy to express my opinion that the Practical Reading Lessons are, in this respect, peculiarly and favourably distinguished. I am acquainted with no book which has so nearly accomplished the object announced in the preface.

SAMUEL ECCLESTON.

From the Rev. Wm. Nevina, Pastor of the let Presbyterian Church,

Baltimore,

Baltimore, Sept. 9, 1830.

I have examined with some care the volume entitled "Practical Reading Lessons," and take pleasure in saying that I entirely approve the plan of the work, and the arrangement of the subjects; and think the selection of matter made with a good degree of judgment and taste.

WM. NEVINS.

From the Rev. Wm, E. Wyatt, D. D., Pastor of St. Paul's Church, Baltimore,

September 6th, 1830. Having examined a considerable part of the volume of Historical Anecdotes," Practical Reading Lessons,"I am so favourably impressed with what I have seen, that I can confidently trust the principles and taste of the judicious compiler for the remainder, and shall procure it as a school book for my children. While it is both instructive and amusing, it is calculated to cherish the most generous sentiments. W. E. WYATT,

From Mr. Joseph R. Chandler, Editor of the "United States' Gazette."
Philadelphia, Sept. 18, 1830.
I have carefully revised the school book, entitled "Practical Reading
Lessons," &c, and cheerfully bear testimony to its adaptation to the re-
quirements of a school.

I am persuaded that no class of scholars can read the lessons of this interesting volume, without imbibing therefrom high ideas of moral excellence, and forming determinations of attaining to the standard which the great and good of other days have erected for them.

The arrangement of the work is good, and the manner, hence, becomes

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happily auxiliary to the matter; and I think I discover in the work, the
assurance of the highest reward that its compiler has ever sought for his
literary labours-the moral, and consequent physical, benefits of the rising
generation.
JOSEPH R. CHANDLER.

From S. S. Griscom, Principal of the Clermont Academy.

Clermont Academy, 9 mo. 16, 1830.
I have examined the "Practical Reading Lessons;" and believing that
very great evil results to society generally, and especially to youth, from
the multitude of books which are put into their hands, on trifling and ficti-
tious subjects, tending to vitiate the taste, and to destroy in the mind all
relish for solid truths; I feel much pleasure in saying, I think this vo-
lume a valuable addition to the stock of books, for the "instruction and
amusement of youth."

I shall give it a place in our Students' Library; and also use it as a class
book for reading exercises.

SAMUEL S. GRISCOM.

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