BY JACOB WILLETTS, FOURTH EDITION, CORRECTED AND IMPROVED. [STEREOTYPED BY H. WALLIS, NEW-YORK.! POUGHKEEPSIE: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY PARACLETE POTTER, BY ALL THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS IN THE UNITED STATES. 1822. re ation. RECOMMENDATION. The following is from the eminent and worthy President Davis, formerly of Middlebury College, Vermont, but now of Hamil ton College in the state of New-York. The subscriber has examined with attention "The Scholar's Arithmetic," compiled by Mr. Jacob Willetts, and is confident in the opinion, that the judicious arrangement of its parts, the manner of its execution, and the very moderate price of the book, justly entitle it to general patronage H. DAVIS, Pres. Mid. College. Middlebury, 30th May, 1817. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK, s3. REMEMBERED, That the twenty-fourth day of February in the Scholar's Arithmetic, for the use of Schools in the formity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the erein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled "an Act, supplementary Act, entitled an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the s of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such co, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." THERON RUDD. Clerk of the Southern District of New-York. W. L. Clements bs. PREFAC 2-23-36 THE Compiler of "AN EASY GRAMMAR OF GEOGRAPHY, for the use of Schools, upon Goldsmith's much approved plan," has been induced by the very flattering reception of that work, to undertake the compilation of an Arithmetic, which he has completed, and now offers to the same public who have already so liberally rewarded his humble efforts to serve them. So many different Arithmetics have been published, that the subject was, by many, supposed to be exhausted.-The compiler of the following work, however, has for some time entertained the opinion that there was still room for improvement. He accordingly undertook this work, not so much with the view of acquiring credit as an original writer, as with the hope of being able to make a useful book. He has accordingly made free. use of Dilworth, and most other authors, in whose works he found any thing that met his approbation. In the arrangement of the Rules, as well as in the examples adapted to them, some improvement has been attempted; great care has also been taken to make the rules as concise and familiar as possible. A great variety of promiscuous examples have been introduced in the different parts of the work, which it is thought will contribute greatly to its utility. But the improvement upon which the compiler places his principal reliance, as giving his work a decided superiority over any other work of the kind, is the questions which he has introduced on the different rules. These questions, if properly used, cannot fail to be of important service in giving the learner a perfect understanding of the different rules. Indeed it is believed that no method hitherto devised, is so effectual for making the scholar thoroughly master of his studies, as that of requiring him to answer questions embracing all the important particulars of what he has been learning. Experience has proved the utility of this method in the study of Geography, and the compiler of the following work, is sanguine in the belief, that it will not only be found equally useful in conducting learners to a knowledge of Arithmetic, but that it may be advantageously introduced into most other studies. Great care has been taken throughout the whole work, so to adapt it to the mode of instruction and the course of business in the United States, as to make it particularly useful to American schools. With these remarks, the compiler submits his work to the judgment of his fellow-citizens. All he presumes to ask for it, is, that no one will pass sentence upon it, until he has given it a candid examination. MECHANIC, Dutchess County, 2d Mo. 1822. |