JOHN HEYWOOD'S EDUCATIONAL WORKS. HEYWOOD'S (JOHN) NEW PARAGON READERS. JOHN HEYWOOD begs to call the attention of Teachers, Managers of Schools, and Members School Boards to his New Series of ILLUSTRATED PARAGON READERS, which will be found suitable for all classes of Schools, both Public and Private. These Readers are drawn up with a view of teaching reading in a natural and therefore easy manner, and in every respect they will be found to comply with the requirements of the Education Code. The Editor, a gentlemen of high University honours, has been engaged for many years in the art of teaching, at the head of a successful private school. He knows from long and pleasant experience the importance of awakening the interest of children in their work, and he has endeavoured in compiling these Readers to carry out his work purely from the children's point of view. In each standard the language, the ideas, and the subjects are carefully adapted to the capacities of those for whom the book is intended. He has been assisted by the master of one of the largest and most successful Elementary Schools in the Kingdom, and the whole has been revised by another teacher of extensive and varied experience. With such guarantees of care and adaptation, the publisher has much pleasure in placing this series of Readers before Teachers and Managers of Schools. Primer I. has been designed upon an entirely new plan, and the preface, kindly drawn up by one of the Head Inspectors of Schools, contains most valuable hints on the art of teaching reading to infants. These hints are based on the German system, and will be found most helpful in teaching what so often proves a real difficulty,- the art of clear, intelligent reading. As is generally the case, the simplest will prove the surest and most scientific method of attaining the required end. The Primer is profusely illustrated, and special attention has been paid to paper and binding. Primer II. is a continuation of Primer I., and based on the same plan. Each lesson forms a continuous narrative in the child's own vocabulary. In both Primers, revisals of words are placed as spelling lessons at the end of the books in script type. It is believed that this plan will teach spelling in an easy and efficient manner, as the children will see the words as they are written, and they may also be made excellent writing lessons, if the pupils are encouraged to copy them on their slates. The following special features are carried out throughout the Series: 1. The language and subject of each lesson will be adapted to the capacities of those for whom it is intended. 2. At the head of each lesson a few of the meanings of the chief words will be explained in simple language, such meaning being the one applicable to the special use of the word in the lesson. 3. Each paragraph will be numbered. 4. The most difficult words will be placed in columns at the end of each lesson, divided and accentuated for spelling lessons. 5. Questions on the subject matter of each lesson will be given as models to the young teacher. These questions are framed so as not to admit of a simple " yes or "no" for an answer. 6. The poetry has been carefully selected for each book, and adapted to the requirements of the Mundella Code. 7. In each Render a model letter in script type, and spelling lessons suitable to the standard are given. 8. The lessons will indicate those high moral duties which are so essential to the well-being of a people; such as reverence for parents, honesty, truthfulness, kindness to animals and the cultivation of habits of thrift. The great question of temperance will find an important place. 9. The lessons on "familiar animals, plants, and substances used in ordinary life will be adapted to cultivate habits of exact observation, statement, and reasoning.-Code 1883. 10. Throughout the series careful attention will be given to the paper, the binding, and the illustrations. Primer I., 32pp., cloth, 24d. Primer II., 48pp., cloth, 3d. Readers IV., V., and VI. in active preparation. "These little publications well deserve commer with great care, and seem to be admirably ada peginners in reading. The alphabet and easy Primer I., and we are glad to note that more a generally the case. The second Primer is on very one step more advanced than its predecessor. Practical Teacher, September, 1883. Bot JOHN HEYWOOD, Deansgate and Ridgefield, Manchest Reader I., 96pp., cloth, 6d. mpiled uthful tter of than is y way ted. JOHN HEYWOOD'S EDUCATIONAL WORKS. ENGLISH LANGUAGE. HEYWOOD'S (JOHN) MANCHESTER READERS. CAREFULLY REVISED AND COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED. A New Series of Books of rudimentary instruction for Elementary Schools of all grades and classes, specially prepared to suit the requirements of the NEW CODE, and affording the most efficient instruction in Reading for the various standards of examination. The READING AND SPELLING LESSONS will be found of inestimable value, being based upon a perfect system of gradation, and differing in style from any others published. In the Spelling Lessons, the etymological division of words has been always preserved, except where it would interfere with the usual pronunciation of vowel sounds, in which case the etymological division has been subordinated to the phonetic. Full and clear lists of the most common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots are appended to the Fifth Book. F'cap 8vo, cloth. Primer or Elementary Reader.... 64pp., 4d. Third Book, for Standard III....160pp., 10d. First Book, for Standard I. Fourth Book, for Standard IV...192pp., 18. Od. Fifth Book, for Standard V.&VI.224pp., 1s. 2d. 96pp., 6d. Second Book, for Standard II.....128pp., 8d. HEYWOOD'S (JOHN) NEW CODE READERS. In Five Books. Designed to supply the requirements of the Education Department for a Second Series of Reading-Books. These books are compiled on the principle recommended in the "Instructions to Inspectors," that books for teaching reading should be of a nature to interest children. The earlier books consist of a number of simple tales specially adapted for the amusement and instruction of the young. Neither spelling, writing, nor arithmetic lessons are introduced, as the object of the New Code Readers is simply to supply extra reading matter, and not to take the place of distinct manuals on other subjects of education. In the higher standards the books are varied in nature, and made up of lessons on subjects calculated to excite the interest of the children, while conveying to them valuable information. The lessons are carefully graduated, so that each standard is perceptibly more difficult than the previous one. Pieces of poetry are interspersed throughout, and care has been taken to exclude from each book any extracts which would be difficult of comprehension to the child in the particular standard. First Book, adapted to Standard I. F'cap 8vo, 96pp. Cloth, 6d. Second Book, adapted to Standard II. F'cap 8vo, 128pp. Cloth, 8d. Third Book, adapted to Standard III. F'cap 8vo, 160pp. Cloth, 10d. Fourth Book, adapted to Standard IV. F'cap 8vo, 192pp. Cloth, 1s. Fifth Book, adapted to Standards V. and VI. F'cap 8vo, 224pp. Cloth, 1s. 2d. ADVANCED READERS FOR THE NEW CODE. The Scientific Reader. F'cap Svo, 224pp. Cloth, 1s. 6d. Comprises reading lessons in most branches of science to which it is desirable to call the attention of the youthful learner, viz., Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Astronomy, Architecture, and Physical Geography, in combination with others on the Properties of Matter, the Laws of Motion, Mechanics, the Pressure and Motion of Liquids, the Atmosphere, Sound, the Eye, Heat, Meteorology, Electricity, and Chemistry. To some of the lessons a Glossary of Difficult Words and Scientific Terms has been prefixed, while to others lists of words of a similar kind have been appended as Exercises in Meanings and Derivation for the pupil to prepare after the manner of the Glossaries. In The Historic Readers. DIVISIONS I. and II. (each 240pp.) F'cap 8vo, cloth, 1s. 6d. each. A series of selections from various histories and other works by writers of acknowledged merit. Division I. comprehends the period of English History which extends from the invasion of Britain by Julius Cæsar to the death of Queen Elizabeth; while Division II. embraces that which extends from the accession of James I. to the present time. order to maintain the chain of history unbroken from beginning to end, an Historical Epitome of the events of each reign has been prefixed to the selected portion of history in immediate connection therewith. The epitomes are written in such a manner as to serve the double purpose of Reading Lessons and a Chronological Summary of Events; and thus the Historic Readers are made to serve as effectual remembrance of the principal events of our country's history. JOHN HEYWOOD, Deansgate and Ridgefield, Manchester; and 11, Paternester Buildings, Lond |