of having numbered you among my
hearers the still greater happiness of calling you my assistants.
E. LEGOUVE.

We commend this valuable little book to the attention of teachers
and others interested in the instruction of the pupils of our
public schools. It treats of the "First Steps in Reading,"
"Learning to Read," "Should we read as we talk," "The Use and
Management of the Voice," "The Art of Breathing,"
"Pronunciation," "Stuttering," "Punctuation," "Readers and
Speakers," "Reading as a Means of Criticism," "On Reading
Poetry," &c., and makes a strong claim as to the value of reading
aloud, as being the most wholesome of gymnastics, for to
strengthen the voice is to strengthen the whole system and
develop vocal power.

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HOW TO PARSE.

AN ATTEMPT TO APPLY THE PRINCIPLES OF SCHOLARSHIP TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
With Appendixes in Analysis, Spelling, and Punctuation. By EDWIN A.
ABBOTT, M.A., Head Master of the City of London School. 16mo. Cloth.
Price $1.00.

"We recommend this little book to the careful attention of
teachers and others interested in instruction. In the hands of an
able teacher, the book should help to relieve parsing from the
reproach of being the bane of the school-room. The Etymological
Glossary of Grammatical Terms will also supply a long-felt want."
_N.Y. Nation._

"'How to Parse' is likely to prove to teachers a valuable, and to
scholars an agreeable, substitute for most of the grammars in
common use."--_Boston Daily Advertiser._

"The Rev. E.A. Abbott, whose books, 'English Lessons for English
People,' and 'How to Write Clearly,' have been accepted as
standard text-books on both sides of the ocean, has added another
work to his list of sensible treatises on the use of English. It
is called 'How to Parse,' and is best described by the further
title, 'An Attempt to apply the Principles of Scholarship to
English Grammar, with Appendices on Analysis, Spelling, and
Punctuation.' The little book is so sensible and so simple that
the greater number of its readers will perhaps forget to observe
that it is profoundly philosophical also, but it is so in the
best sense of the term."--_N. Y. Evening Post._

"Of all subjects of study, it may be safely admitted that grammar
possesses as a rul