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    866 The Publishers' Circular August 15,1...

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    Upright Penmanship. (By A Teacher.)

    serio ship u which sly injured demands , and that or any encoura system ges of penman twisted

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    hygie Upri nic g , h c t penmanship graphic , or , edu on cational the other science hand . , ' not k onlthe strong k t of antiqui kPF Pto ty and the

    unqualified ^^ J ^ m ^ W ppf P ^^^ f" pfc ^ t J * k y W ^ "P * " - " ** ^ Pk" co *^*^ ^^ - ^^ oper ^^^ ^^ " ^^ . ^^^^ ation suppor r ^^ P » P ^^* W ^^ of ^^ ^^ ^ hygiene * PPFPkl ¦!! ^ 1 ^ k > * Ppi "k * ¦ ~ " — , ^ K- ^ cal ^ P" J i grap ^ ^™ ^~ ^ r-m- h -pp > - y , and education , it is recommended by utilitarian

    reasons of vertical also . writing Looking submi at tt the ed t unique o our notice specimens , we much question whether they are not absolutely

    unapproached Certain it is we for have readable never ness seen and any uniformity thing like . themand several C 4 JX teachers \* S fcj here i / to whom fL Ap . L th f

    have % J x , JL V- / " 1 * - , a been £ - ^ J X , J . v ^ L -l ^ J ^ exhibi - ** ^^ pL ted L > V ^ Cf * v ^ pI ^ t houg A > A ht .. X ^^ pL \^ the ^ V-f / % work V A A ^^ ' was A * . A ey ^ . y T lithographed , so regular and well-written were

    the pa ° res from beginning to end . Whether for the and kkbFk college qlowns ¦ ¦ ¦ trai or g the h ¦ t' counting is ¦ equall - house and ¦ , pre this -emine * upri ntly ght

    adap ^ 1 ^ K ^ K * v ^ pp » ted ^ W ^^ ~ ~ w . w " ™^ " The ^ " ^^^ ^~ ^^ ^^ ^^^ " ^ m - Unwersity — — ^^^^ ^ - ^ ™ ^ ^^ — ^^ ^ examiner -- — , - ^ — _ - - - _ — leans - ^^ - ^— — — - ' back — - w in 111 his . LJ-ik ) s * D tudy \ J \ A . \ A-J chair V-L-il « i , J . , a MJl nd ^ VA e V / x kVAWJi claiming -lAJ-llJ . ^ ' This JU AJ . XkJ is JLkJ t

    splendid' ! marks the paper fully 15 per cen , hi star gher ting than with lie ^¦ v ¦ would pleasan otherwise t surprise do . r The emarks mercli to & h nt s fed ,

    fH ^ j ^^^ ^^ y ^ J ^^^» ^^ J ^^ m ^ ft ^ k ^ tf ^ k ' * ^^> v ^^ ^^* ^ f ^ m w ' ^ i ^ ^^^ ^ k ^ ^^ r ^ v *^^ ^^ v ^ Bh *^* ^ B' ¦ ^^^ ^ ^^ h h ^ ^ p ^ ^^» ~~ v * ^ a ^ , ^ h ^^« ^^ r ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ k ^ ^ kr ^^^ ¦ ^^ ^« ~ ^^ ¦ ¦ ^^ v ^^^ m par resul here tner t . ' and , * The As promotion l p friend lain as prin reads to k the t , n his o next room ¦ ¦ letter vacancy for with mis is takes face the

    ri p ^ | Bb i ^ ^ k leasing ^ , ^ Bb ^ pp « ~ ^ ^ « 0 ~ ^ k 1 ^ ^ ling m k ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^* ^ kta ^ ^ i ^ ^ kta ^ kfjkf ^ with rep ^ ^ ^ " ^^ k- - ^ ¦ *^ 1 " ^^ ¦ | ly I ^ . smiles » ^ F" Then ~~ ~ ~^ - ^ ^ " ^ I ~ , , ^ k ^ k , ^ ^^^ which ^ again ^ ' ^ ^ ^ VMM " ^< - ^ ^—^ - ^ ^ ^ " W - ^^^ — - ^^ , kl augur " ^^^ ^ the k ^ - ^ - ^^ — i ^ - ^^ ^ economy k - ^ m ^ ^ - ^ - ^ a - ^ r ^ " ^ ^»^ ^ " p - ^^ romp v ^ ^ _ — ^^¦ — - ^^ ^^ ¦ of -m ^ - t — ink and ¦ - ^^— ^ ^^» — ^^ , - »

    paper , and time that obviously must attend the adoption of upright penmanship seems certain to commend ^^ ^ r ^ J >_^ ^ k . «_ . atW ^ ki ^ ^ kk . ^ fe ^ ^^ "k « ^ i K tself ^ s P * kk * ^ k , ^ ^ kk . ^ kk » to ^^ ^^ p the ^ v ^ k » - ^ - ** r approval k ., 1 kki ¥ ^ - * 1 " ^ ^^^ ' - ^ k ^^* ^ fc of * - ^ ^ kkkk a k ^^«> discrimi - « ' ^ « k » k ^_ r ¦ ^^ ikto ^ i— ikki ^ -

    nating public . If this style jof caligraphy is more easily acquired and traced , and also more rapidly writtenas the author statesand as many teachers

    and wri , ters assure us it is , , there can be only 'one future before itand that future 1 universal

    adoption K . S A A V |^ kJk * " 4 ^^ ^ J ^ p ^ . ^ , ^^ PNi' - ^ mS * kUt ^ k # ^ ^ h > ^ k ^ > kt % ^ , I ^ AA ^— ' ^ ^ A .. TL * 4 h ^ L / V ^ kkt- ^ ' ^ ^* ^ -h ^ , " ^ p ^ 4 *^ # ^ % ^ V' ^ r ^ ^ C ^ C ^*^ IX Some of us may be slow to recognise the

    merits of this system , but eventually those merits will be detected and appreciated by the general communi hkL 4 kh 1 ty .

    1 ^ ka ^ ^ k ^ * k ^ It . kT is ^ ' ^ k . « kk ^ known k > ^ kj m ^ r V that for many years vertical writing has been taught in-some of our largest schools ,

    the teachers in which have been simultaneously and independently following the same natural dictates , the same educational instincts , and thus

    furnishing the strongest possible evidence of the superiority of the system , viz ., experience . Mr . John jk Jacksonthe writer and iler

    and •^ * " Messrs > "W m V ^ p ^ ^ f " - a . -a Sampson , ^ kT * . l ^* ^^ r kmAhk- f ^ h ^ 4 ^ , m Low ^* > kK A ^ -k * & ; ^ kW A Co tiv ^ . ^ jk . , t ^ bvv he « A . ^ . " ^ publishers comp ^^^ * -k * . f ^ ' ^ * " ^« ' ^ , V of ~ ~'" a ^*< ^^ series ^^ ' ^^^^ ^~ - ™ ™ ^ kkv ' « - — of — !~ ¦ ^ ' New r ^^ ^ ^^ r p Sty v ^ kkv' ^ kkP r le H ^ ki ^^ pr Ve v ^ k ^ p ^ ^ rtical kk ^ «^ «> k . ^ pp ^ h ^ ' ^ V >^ ki Writing ¦ V dk , jk ^ ^ k' rfkk ^ ^ VBk | k Copy ^ kp .. ' *^^ r V '^^ k' W -

    Books , ' are to be congratulated on being the p will ioneers welco in me a as mo the vemen mos ~ ¦¦ t t na w t hich ural kl k > k kF school teachers children as the

    mos — ~ ~~~ ¦ - ^ t easy ^^ P — ~^^ - * r ^ , r" and ¦ ™ »» ^ ^ ' - ~ mankind ^^ ^^» ^^ l | IP ^ k . pikb *^ V ~ | . » ^ " as " ^ " » ^» - ^» the . ^ ^ kj ^^ ¦¦ ^ most ^^ , ^ T ~^ m * - "m ^»* ^^ pp * legible P > ^ k | ^ k ^ r ^ ^^ — . » ^ ' ^* r * n ^ and ^ k * pikb kk | ^ k » - *» consistent rated for their system adoption of penmanshi . p hitherto

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    866 The Publishers' Circular August 15,1...

    866 The Publishers' Circular August 15 , 1887

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    From Messrs . Blackie <& Son . —' A Practical ^ Arith " * " "' " ~ *^ - ¦ metic " " ^ " ¦ ^ FPF P . ' kFFP ^ 1 ^ , & ^^ ¦ ^^ ^ " ^ c , "P fo < F . ^ P ^ -P * r pt , Schools P ^ ta-PF * ^ pp- ' J & k « M ^ -F » \ ^ -J ^ fc , P , K Colleges ^» fc ^ ^ . f ¦ - ** 1 * ^ , * k * PpW ^ , * % , ' , ^ and - V « A ^ r ' . l Can tl ^ - *^* P * 4 -

    didates Preparing for Examinations , ' second the edition ' New , by - Sty j John le »_ Yertical Jackson "Writing , F . E . I - . S Copy ., auth Books or of '

    ^ ¦ ' ^~ « " — ' »^ .-. — ., , ¦ ^ , ^ p » v . *• . x . * - « .-v > s . | f jk , « , V'pK . a —* U ^ , ^_^ V ^ f ^ 7 p- * .. ^ ^^ ^ ' »¦ -V , »¦ * . ¦ We ^ V Y ^ arc pleased * 1 ^ ^ to 1 see that Ai j this . ^ ptpl excellent » Mppl . manual has endorsing reached other the a , favourable ¦ » second > 4 , » - ^» ft edition opinions \/ ««\/ ; and from , whilst good

    authori ,- -, r- -.. — ~ ., — t -, - ies ^ y . . w- wo ~ _ ^» , . would ^^ , , - ^^ i * recommend rx ^ . , v ^ | i ^ At . » l » , ' all JU * . who \^»» A ^» ^ are ^ V ,- * \ *¦ anxious to , toach avithnactic in an efficient

    manner , not only to procure tins treatise , but

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    ( corrected ) to all the questions . From tr Messrs ¦¦¦ . Burns ¦ ¦ & Oates ( Limited ¦ ) . —Mr

    .. Ak . a - ^ ' r - ** m *^ ^» # » fci- ^»^^^ ^^ v ^ . «»^ - ^ - —»^ - . — —— — — — * —• ^ ¦ •^ M AU ¦ X . John Leo XIII x Oldcastle . ' as a has contribution compiled to a brief the literature ' Life of

    _ of the Jubilee of his Holiness the Pope . The work is * popula ^* r' in style , and contains chapters - - ' . — . ^ «* kVl P * PkB . . A

    introduced hy various . eminent to show Catholics some of . the Illustrations surroundings are of Papal life .

    Prom the Clmroh . of England , temperance Society - ^^ j . —The Rev kpppfc . J . kk- Grant Mills —— M . A ^— . is

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    temperance pen ¦^ # ¦ ^_^ Ifc pi * 1 ^^ ^ of * " " ^ ' ^*^^ p ^ the ^ p ^ ^ .- ^ b »* p ^ Rev y ¥ p Mr ^^ p—^ . . v Canon Lewis ¦ . ¦ — - - ^ - — Ellison ^ Morris — - ^ , ( ^ . by a —I poem the way on fc ,

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    ¦ T ta * ¦ ^' his P .., jk ^ ^^^ — , *¦ litt r \* T le F . *• work » *¦ * PkffB * W , specially »»^ pfc ^ p * ^ p < "ip * ' - , » " » kppk— ^ - ^ desi p < ^ bp- kp m gned P" ' ^ ¦ p ^^ for X , t he ^ ' ^^ use " ¦ » of the senior students of the College of Science

    a ** he ^ k t W ^ kW ^ k ^ Po subj k" *^^ ^^ o ^^ k » ¦ ¦^ na fcp' e ~ , |» ct P pp ^ contains p ^ k * , VB de ^^ kpj ^^ pp * v Br oid -k ^ pT ¦ kkp . ^ k . ^ ' ^ , , kj in as 111 . concis f ppp ^ ar mtf ^^ -t as pjkj ^^ pr »^ e p form kr ^ ppT o ^ p ~ ¦ ssibl ki ¦ " * ^ pp > , . - ^^ so ^^ e ^ p ^ , mu of - ~ refei — ch - ^ ^ — of

    for ence the to student the higher ' s course mathematics . Mr . Moos , as has is ne arranged cessary his -pWk ^ k ) ^ k . * k »^ matter ¦ kP . ^ fe ^ p , P > w-mf P ^ f PpPPf P ^^ pkkpp with P | PJ pkbp kppr ^ kkpkVpp grea VBPk PPP > ^ BpT PH W t kkk- c ^ kkjpV lear ^^ -4 ^ ^ pr ^ PPB . PPkkppPJk ness ^ k ^ - ** P- ^ P ^ a PP-P- n I d » P" forc P- ~ k ' ^ —— ^ PP ^ e — , J and ,

    be for widel the purpose y apprec iated aim s nd at profi , Ms tably treatise studied should . From the same . — ' Storm-Beaten and Weary'by

    Evelyn Burne . Many stories impress the reader , ra almos ther t their wo i m nt anliness pfcy ^ rinsic ^ pgpi - ^ prf kk goodn than ess b , y or any , we actiuil might

    m &^ mr pfp . pffki eri ^ Jpi * k ^* ' t 9 + ~* s * say Vip of ^ tL ^^ pT m , _ c ons w -p ^^^ *— pp t — ruc ^ pwfc ppp . t io ppp » ^ k ^ n , ; pp charac pppr p > , ^ PpfTv ^ p ^ jh r ^** t erisa y pw ^* kkkppkfc ¦ tio ¦^ n ^ pp , t ^ ^^ or ¦— ' - — - style that they possess . Miss Burne ' s novel is

    one of these . It has many faults , but somehow pleasurable the faults seem interest to be . lost No si doubt ght of much in a sense of this of

    results from the natural manner in which the s tory % x periences are rela of M ted arie and Duval the , the skilfill heroine thoug of pHkptv the h

    ¦ p a p paren ^ , Jp * J , ffL < t ly « ppb un ^ kp * " * p * W ^ c k / V ^ onsc ^ ^ hpr * ^ p ^ fk « B , ious ¦» p * V *¦« . pmb ^ p ^ " 4 way Vp > pf pff . Jk ^ PkX in P- ^* kVklp > A ¦¦ « - A w . ^^^ hich pkfti vw . ^ . p p ^ * the pm — — th " »* kf pTfcppffp ough Vpp , * ^ --Vki >^ k k «> , pmi t * W s P * . ^ ^ and h ^* V p 1 Pr . B >> ^ -kT * in p « Ap . c ^ ^ . T li kRpt «¦« . n » ppp > ations TA ^ V kkp * . Pkp ^^ * ± JkW kF ^ r of *^ r Jpp " a Ib ^ V woma * V ^~ S AAdhBUV n f ""* ' "s ^ - * * m ^ ' — — ind

    are delineated . Our chief cause of complaint lies against the p rinter , whose to numerous the

    typomost a grap prn wor / nhir hic interesting k al which al errors errors , de do reading spi much much te m . to mar mn failings / r the , success success furnishes of or

    From the same . —The familiar St . Paul ' s Churchyard house has , for some time past , been sending out some charming books which ht not

    - to fail in very their effort to teach the young oug idea . Of these we single out the * Story Book Readers

    for Six-Year-Old Scholars . ' The reputation which the successors of John Newbery ha ^ e kept -pkk pp . ~ p ^> ' m L r ** up ak-ppi KVBIr oug *^ f ^ ^ ^ yp " ph h ppppp Fpj t p ^« t ^ p ^ o **^^ be v ^ - * ^ p « ^ a Pxi- ^ kT n pp . rfppj assurance kkj , i ^ pk ^ ¦> . ' pfc kk * - ^ kt " .. ^^ pu p ^ j ^ ^( ^ kpT that . if " ^ > " ¦ pv > p ( ppp- any ^ v -- _«

    lishmen children t ' s should books be emanatin ready g to fro meet m their the keenest estabcriticism . These ' Story Book Readers , ' under "K FP-i ft fl PfeH ^ 4 ^ fh kkkPht -PRkf ^ kPPkJ PkffpPk > PPJppPP ¦ ' 1 P . # & kkkpPFkkp .

    have tlie ^ editorship been well of chosen Mr . G . H and . Sergeant attractively of Dover pro- , duced % \ ft \ the bri IV ^ At . h HAU t illus L 1 M tr % at «/ ions ft being of \ 7 Jk the kind

    that V . . ^^ -J x delig *• , * 1 * - ' * - * ^ - > ht the g A eyes * S ¦* of . -B ~ -U , young V- ' * * K- * rs- ' ^ - —* A folk A A W . a n -U- * A d XV mak . < -. •*• -- >— - e them lo \ e their books , The stories comprise :

    ' The Robins / by Mrs . Trimmer ; ' The Sand

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1887, page 866, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081887/page/16/