the Gospel of
Christ." If obedience to this injunction may not guard him who heeds it
against the commission of such mistakes as are numbered in this catalogue,
it will not fail to lead him out of the way of errors more grievous and
solemn.

THE SPELLER AND DEFINER'S MANUAL.

BY WILLIAM W. SMITH, Principal of Grammar School No. 1, New-York; Author
of The Speller's Manual.

This work contains about fourteen thousand of the most useful words in the
English language, correctly spelled, pronounced, defined, and arranged in
classes, together with rules for spelling, prefixes and suffixes, with
their significations, rules for use of capitals, punctuation and other
marks used in writing and printing, quotations from other languages used
in English composition, abbreviations, &c., to which is added a
+Vocabulary+ for reference. Words which resemble each other in
pronunciation, but have different meanings, are arranged together, and
occupy about one eighth of the entire work, containing nearly three
hundred pages. The sentences for examples for pupils (each embracing two
or more of these words) will be found very instructive and interesting.
While +The Speller and Definer's Manual+ supplies all that can be desired
in an ordinary dictionary or speller, it furnishes much important
information that cannot be found in these, and presents a study, usually
dry and uninteresting, in a natural and attractive manner. It is adapted
to the capacities of children, and will essentially aid the teacher in the
work of instruction by suggesting _questions_ and _ideas_ that are very
often overlooked amid the anxieties of the school-room.

It will be found to be one of the most useful works for schools or
+SELF-INSTRUCTION+ ever issued as a text-book, and its examination will
abundantly repay any friend of education.

The Manual has been adopted by the Board of Education for use in the
Public Schools of New-York City.

We invite attention to the following extracts of notices of this work from
city papers:

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

"The volume is not only valuable as a text-book for schools, but will be
+USEFUL TO ADULTS+ whose knowledge of the mechanics of literature has
grown rusty."--_Commercial Advertiser._

"We like the plan and execution of this new work, and recommend it to the
attention of teachers."--_Life Illustrated._

"The author of this excellent little manual is the principal of one of our
grammar schools, and is