• THE INDUCTIVE ALGEBRA EMBRACING A COMPLETE COURSE FOR SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES. BY WILLIAM J. MILNE, PH. D., LL. D., Principal of State Normal School, Geneseo, N. Y.; Author of Milne's Inductive NEW-YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES. McGuffey's Revised Readers, Speller and Charts. Harvey's Revised Grammars. Eclectic Histories of the United States. Ridpath's Histories of the United States. Murdoch's Analytic Elocution. Kidd's New Elocution. Etc., Etc., Etc. Descriptive Catalogue and Price List on application. GIFT OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION COPYRIGHT, 1881, BY JOHN T. JONES. Printed at PREFACE. In this work on the Elements of Algebra, the author has followed the same plan that was adopted in his works on arithmetic. He has endeavored to present the subject in such a manner as to make it simple and attractive by rendering the transition from arithmetic to algebra easy and natural, while he has preserved all the valuable features which give discipline and skill in algebraic processes. The method of teaching the subject, as given in this text-book, has been thoroughly tested in the class-room, and the results attained through its use have been more gratifying than could have been expected or hoped. The student is led, step by step, to a thorough and accurate comprehension of the principles of the science, and then they are fixed in the mind by abundant practice upon appropriate examples. The order and treatment of the subjects will be found to be different from that given by most authors, yet it is confidently believed that the candid instructor will find the changes introduced to be of great assistance in interesting his students, and in inspiring them with a desire to investigate the beauties of this most attractive science. |