EARLY ILLUSTRATED SCHOOL BOOKS. We shall avail ourselves of recent applications of Photography to transferring engravings to electrotypes, ready to be used in ordinary type printing, to give our readers exact impressions from the illustrations of some of the earliest school books. We have before us a little book of about the size of the "New England Primer Improved," with the following title, "A GUIDE FOR THE CHILD AND YOUTH, IN TWO PARTS. The first for Chil dren: containing plain and pleasant directions to read ENGLISH; with Prayers, Graces, and Instructions, fitted for the capacity. The second for Youth: Teaching to write, Cast Accounts, and Read more perfectly; with several other Varieties, both pleasant and profitable. By T. H., M. A., Teacher of a private school. London: 1762." In his Address "to the Parents, or others," Mr. T. H., says: "When I consider how Ignorance of late had prevailed amongst the Vulgar, and how those who never learned anything themselves, will yet pretend to teach others; I was almost at a loss whether I should proceed in this small but useful Tract. But since a blessed Sunshine hath appeared in our Horizon, I resolved to publish it for the use and Benefit of Children, and those of riper years." This is followed by "The Capital Roman Letters;" "The Small Roman Letters ;" "The Vowels," "The Consonants;" "Double Letters;" "The Great Italick Letters ;" "The Small Italick;" "Syllables, ab, eb, ib, ob, ub, and ba, be, bi, bo, bu, by, &c. ;" which is followed by a page of "The Dutiful Child's Promises," viz. : "I will fear God and honour my King. I will honour my Father and Mother. I will obey my Superiors. I will submit to my Elders. I will love my Friends. I will hate no Man. I will forgive my Enemies, and pray to God for them." Then follows the illustrated Alphabet for "The Child's Guide," which is again introduced as "The Youth's Guide," with extracts mainly from the Bible. We combine the two in the following pages. The illustrations, as well as the rhymes, were either copied from, or suggested by "The New England Primer Improved," or else introduced into the latter from "The Guide," or else both were copied or suggested from an earlier original, which we have not the facilities at hand for determining. The illustrations were copied for this 207 Queen Esther came in Royal State, To save the Jews from dismal fate. When the King saw Esther the Queen, he held out the golden Scepter which was in his hand. R. Rachel doth mourn For her first-born. S. Samuel auoints Whom God appoints. T. Time cuts down all Both great and small, U. Uriah's beautious Wife, Made David seek his Life. In Rama was a voice Rachel weep heard, ing, &c. Samuel took a vial of Oil, and poured it on Saul's head, and kissed him. Time and Patience teach all men to live content: or Time is life's best Counsellor. Arist. When the Wife of Uriah heard that her Husband was dead, she mourned, and afterwards she became David's Wife. THE CHILD'S BEHAVIOUR FROM MORNING TO NIGHT. First in the Morning when thou dost To God for his Grace thy Petition make. Child, after thou hast prayed to God for Rules. Down from thy Chamber when as thou shalt go, Thy Parents salute & the household also. Thy Hands see thou wash, thy Head also comb; Keep clean thy apparel both abroad and This done,thy Satchel, & thy Books take; At going to School. In going your way, and passing the street, When from School you shall take your Make haste to your home, and stay not to play : The House then entering, in the Parents Be meek in thy Carriage, stare none in the Face; First hold up your Hands, and then say The Grace being said, if able thou be If thou canst not wait, presume in no case, Suffer cach Man first served to be; Goodness. In the Church comely thy self well behave; Sober in carriage, with countenance The Lord doth call it the House of Prayer. AMERICAN TEXT-BOOKS. PART I. AUTHORS AND BOOKS. Ack.) The Little Philosopher. Boston, 1833, ('55.) Philosophy. See John Abercrombie. See N. W. Fiske & J. Abbott See the following. ABBOTT, J. & C. E., A. | (Ada ADAM, ALEXANDER, Summary of Geography and Hist. London, (1794. 2d ed., 1797. Roman Antiquities. Ed. by Wilson. N. Y., 1819 (2d ed., 1814, 1826. Phila., new edition, 1858.) Rudiments of Latin and English Grammar. Edin burgh, (1772.) 4th ed., 1793. Boston, 1st ed. 1799. 2d ed., 1803, (1809, '12, '14, '25.) Alb. 1st ed., 1820. N. Y., (1818.) 2d ed., 1820. (3 ed., 1826, '31, '39. New Hampshire, 1825.)** Edited by J. D. Johnson. N. Y, 3d ed., 1838, '39. New edition. By W. W. Cam.* Abridged by W. Biglow. (Elements of Latin Gram mar.) (Leominster, 1804.) Boston, 2d ed., 1811 Rudiments of Latin Grammar. Troy, 3d Am. ed. 1806. 2d ed., 1809. Edited by C. D. Cleveland. Hartford and Phila Simplified by A. Fiske. N. Y., (1822.) 2d ed., 1824 Improved by B. A. Gould. Boston, 1825, '27, '30 Revised by D. Patterson, N. Y., 1830, 1833. Abridged by W Russell. N. H., 1824. 2d ed., 1825.** by Wells. Boston 1843.* Abridgement, with corrections, &c. Boston, 1824. Compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue. Edin burgh, 2d ed., 1814. ADAMI, C., Commentar zu den Relief- und Karten-Globen. Ber.,'52 ADAMS, CHARLES, English Grammar. Boston, 1st ed., 1838.* ADAMS, C. B. Geology. See Gray & Adams. Common School Drawing Cards. Three Sets. N. Y.* | ADAMS, DANIEL, |