PUBLISHED BY F. J. HUNTINGTON, HARTFORD,

CARTER, HENDEE & CO., BOSTON; COLLINS AND HANNAY, NEW-YORK; JOHN GRIGG, and KEY, MEILKE AND BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA ;

A SYSTEM OF SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY,

CHIEFLY DERIVED FROM MALTE-BRUN,

AND ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE INDUCTIVE PLAN OF INSTRUCTION, ACCOMPANIED WITH AN

THE MALTE-BRUN SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY.-Many attempts have been made at improvement in works upon the above science, and perhaps each successive effort has achieved some advance in the march towards perfection. But hitherto, all these works have been marked with a radical error-that of presenting general views first, and particulars afterwards. Thus Woodbridge, Worcester, Morse and others, begin with astronomy, and require the pupil, "with a small stock of ideas, and a very limited vocabulary of words, immediately to grasp the solar system; a task which demands the energy of a mature mind. It then proceeds in the attempt to make the pupil, before he knows the world in detail, embrace its vast circumferences, with its continents, oceans, rivers, seas, kingdoms, empires and states, in one grand view. A single glance is sufficient to satisfy us that in this way we require of the pupil what he is unable to perform."

The author believes, and we think justly, the very brief, dry, and uninteresting manner in which countries are described in most books, is a capital defect. This he has endeavored to remedy, by more copious and lively details, and by the introduction of amusing incidents and descriptions.

The engravings throughout the work, of which there are, we believe, about 150, for beauty and correct drawing, entirely surpass every attempt of the kind we have seen. The grotesque pictures of lions, elephants, and hippopotami, that are to be found in some of our school geographies, are positively mischievous. The publishers of the present work have expended about 2000 dollars, as we understand, in these engravings; a liberality which, we trust, will be amply rewarded.

The Atlas which accompanies this work, consists of 21 maps and charts. The maps are all engraved on steel, and are beautifully colored. The map of New-England, that of the Middle, Southern and Western States, of the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific, and the Polar Projection of the World, must be found valuable accessions to the means of teaching geography. The comparative chart is of great value, and suggests many curious and interesting views. The picture of the world is original, and the best possible substitute, we think, for an artificial globe.

From the Journal of Education.

This work exceeds any of the kind we have seen, in the beauty of its execution; the engravings, and the general appearance of the work, reflect the highest credit on the imagination and taste of the author, the skill of the designers and artists, and the enterprise of the publishers. We cordially wish success to this bold attack on the spirit of parsimony which spends without hesitation for the food which pampers the appetite, and the dress which cherishes the vanity of childhood, but almost refuses to pay for that neatness and beauty in a book of instruction, which not only give a child equal pleasure, but promote his improvement and cultivate his taste.

I have lately introduced in my academy, composed of fifty young gentlemen, the Geography of S. G. Goodrich, which you published. It is, I think, one of the best school books I have seen. It does honor to the author and credit to the publisher, for it is beautifully got up. It will no doubt come into general use when known. I have already caused a friend of mine to adopt in his school.

Philadelphia.

A. BOLMAR.

PETER PARLEY'S GEOGRAPHY, designed for children just commencing the study, illustrated by 75 engravings and nine maps.

PETER PARLEY'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD, designed for children, and a companion of the Geography, illustrated by 75 engravings.

It is needless to introduce recommendatory notices of the above little books, especially the first, its excellency being far more powerfully attested by its almost universal use. The following testimonial is however too

gratifying to be withheld.

From the Missionary Herald.

PARLEY'S GEOGRAPHY IN MODERN GREEK.

By the following extract of a letter from a gentleman now in Greece, the Rev. Mr. Temple, the Missionary, it appears that the popular Geography of Mr. Parley is about to be introduced into that country.

"We have Peter Parley's Geography translated; but I have not put it to press, because we want the cuts for it. There could scarcely be a better book on this subject for Greece, if we had all the cuts for the costumes of the different nations. I perceive that this little book has passed through seven editions in one year in the United States of America, and it well deserves its good reputation. Will not the Board, or some friend, procure for us all those cuts? If Mr. Peter Parley (I know not who he is), would make a donation of them, I should feel peculiarly happy in introducing him to more than 20,000 youths in the Greek nation, who would not fail to cherish for him more than ordinary reverence and gratitude."

We are happy to learn that the author has generously offered to make a donation of the cuts and plates, and that they will shortly be transmitted to Malta.

THE AMERICAN PSALMODY; a collection of Sacred Music, comprising a great variety of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Set Pieces, Anthems and Chants, arranged with a figured bass, for the Organ and Piano Forte, to which is prefixed, Elements of Musical Elocution, being a methodical arrangement of the principles of Vocal Music, by which the theory and practice of the art are made easily intelligible. Designed for the use of schools and private pupils. By E. Ives, jr. and D. Dutton, jr.

This work has the Chants for the Morning and Evening Service of the Church, and the only printed copy of Jackson's celebrated Chant of the Te Deum. 1 vol. 8vo.

THE AMERICAN ELEMENTARY SINGING BOOK; designed as the first book for the study of Music, and introductory to the American Psalmody. 1 vol. 18mo.

FAMILIAR LECTURES ON BOTANY; by Mrs. ALMIRA H. LINCOLN, Vice Principal of the Troy Female Seminary. Illustrated by 200 Engravings. Third Edition.

From the Troy Sentinel.

This work, which has just issued from the press, will be found a valuable accession to the circle of class-books for the higher schools of our

country. The want of some work, more inviting and comprehensible than a dry exhibition of systematic botany, but yet of convenient size and adapted to the use of the uninitiated, has long been felt. This want is supplied by the work in question, in a manner highly creditable to the author and to the excellent institution with which she is connected. These lectures unite literary attraction with the accuracy of scientific description; and what has been very commonly regarded as a complicated, tedious, and forbidding subject, is here presented in a method so judicious, well arranged, and clear, as to render the study simple, easy, and inviting.

The work exhibits not only the artificial system of Linnæus, according to which the study of botany is usually pursued; but it presents also the natural orders of Linnæus and Jussieu ; and besides teaching the analysis and classification of plants, it presents many very interesting views of vegetable physiology. Every thing is made so plain that the book is of itself, abundantly sufficient for teaching the science, without the aid of oral explanation; and on this account it is as happily adapted to popular use and to the solitary student, as it is to the use of schools; and we do not hesitate to recommend it, not merely to teachers by occupation, but to all who wish to acquire clear ideas of this department of natural history; it is a work which should be in every private library as well as in every academy and high school.

THE CHILD'S PICTURE DEFINING AND READING BOOK, by T. H. GALLAUDET, late Principal of the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. Second edition, enlarged and improved, with particular reference to Infant Schools, with 50 engravings.

A COURSE OF CALISTHENICS FOR YOUNG LADIES, in Schools and Families, with some Remarks on PHYSICAL EDUCATION, with sixty-two engraved Illustrations. 1 vol. 18mo.