THE ECLECTIC MANUAL OF METHODS. A practical exposition of the best method of teaching Language Lessons, Com- position, Reading, Spelling, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, History and Physiology. Adapted especially to assist the many thousands of teachers using the text-books of the Eclectic Educational Series. 262 pages, full cloth. Specimen copy will be sent, post-paid, by mail, on receipt of 60 cents. Also, now ready: LONG'S LANGUAGE EXERCISES, PART III. Language Exercises, Grammar and Composition. By C. C. LONG, Principal of 27th District School, Cincinnati. One hundred and fifty pages. Long's Language Exercises, Part III, follows the Inductive Method. The essentials of English Grammar are presented. The relations of words, phrases and sentences to one another are taught by an easy, natural and progressive method of analysis. Practice in writing short, easy sentences is begun at the very outset. jects adapted to the comprehension of young students are presented for formal Long's Series of Language Exercises is the cheapest series published. Following are the the prices for first introduction into schools, and for single specimen copies, by mail, post-paid, for examination with a view to first introduction: Long's Language Exercises, Part II.. Long's Language Exercises, Teacher's Edition, including Parts I and II. Syllabus Department f Texas School Journal. J. E. RODGERS, PALESTINE, EDITOR. The object of this work is to present, on the subjects prescribed by the state to be taught in the public schools, an outline or an epitome as exhaustive as the limits of our space in the JOURNAL will allow. Instead of the teachers reading all the old dry, stale "chaff and chopped straw" so common in many of our textbooks, by this plan they may be guided in their study to find the full "corn in the ear"-they will be able to gather a vast amount of information at the very least effort. It was once claimed that a promise was made to base questions for examination at the summer normals on the syllabus as presented in this journal. Had this been true to the full extent of the meaning or interpretation of which it was susceptible, then the syllabus work would have been nothing more nor less than a cramming for the aforesaid "examinations," a thing all teachers abhor. However, if we furnish the teachers with an exhaustive syllabus on all the subjects it would be practicably impossible to shape the aforesaid questions without touching upon the syllabuses. When the syllabuses shall have been published in "pamphlet form" as contemplated by the present management, they may be made very useful in conducting topical recitations in the school room. The teacher can place upon the board as much of the syllabus as he may deem necessary for a lesson, and then require his pupils to fill in the work and be ready by the following day, or at some other specified time, to develop the entire subject from its heading in the syllabus. Hoping that the efforts put forth in the preparation of this important work will prove beneficial to all true teachers and be duly appreciated by them, I remain their obedient servant, J. E. RODGERS. 2 |