Word: primers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...School Bulletin, in which Mr. J. H. Allen, so well known as a scholar, has taken the trouble to reply in detail to the criticisms which Mr. D. T. Reilley, said to be of Rutgers College, made on a little book of Mr. Allen's called the "Latin Primer," and designed to "teach little children the elements of Latin as a living and flexible tongue, by familiar use in actual narrative and dialogue." Our readers may remember that we have already published an article which showed the unfairness of Mr. Reilley's insinuations against Harvard, and also that, so eager...
COPIES of the current number of this publication have been sent to several teachers, and their attention has been called to an article on "Elementary Instruction in Latin," signed D. T. Reiley. It appears to be a very caustic review of Allen's "Latin Primer," a work published over five years ago. This manual of elementary Latin composition has its sentences hauled over the coals one after another with a view to show their blunders, and the article is closed by "seriously asking the question, Whether this is the same Joseph H. Allen whose Latin grammar Harvard University recommends...
...Condensation of Carey's Social Science," "Blanqui's Histoire de l'Economie Politique," "McLeod on Banking." With the great interest shown in Political Economy, it is to be hoped that as many electives will be given as practicable. A "passing" knowledge of our amiable friend Mrs. Fawcett's little primer would prevent many of the ridiculous blunders committed every day by "the powers that be"; and the time may come when a clear comprehension of the vital principles of Political Economy will be of vast importance to us as well as our country...