,, No. 54. 828 66 EDITED WITH NOTES BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL, A. M., AUTHOR OF OUTLINES FOR THE STUDY OF ENGLISH CLASSICS," NEW YORK: CLARK & MAYNARD, PUBLISHERS, 771 BROADWAY AND 67 & 69 NINTH ST. Two-Book Series of Arithmetics By JAMES B. THOMSON, LL.D., author of a Mathematical Course 1. FIRST LESSONS IN ARITHMETIC, Oral and Writte Fully and handsomely illustrated. For Primary Schools. 144 p 16mo, cloth. 2. A COMPLETE GRADED ARITHMETIC, Oral and Wr ten, upon the Inductive Method of Instruction. For Schoo and Academies. 400 pp. 12mo, cloth. This entirely new series of Arithmetics by DR. THOMSON has be prepared to meet the demand for a complete course in two books. following embrace some of the characteristic features of the books: T First Lessons.-This volume is intended for Primary Classes. It divided into Six Sections, and each Section into Twenty Lessons. The Sections cover the ground generally required in large cities for promotio from grade to grade. The book is handsomely illustrated. Oral and slate exercises are cor bined throughout. Addition and Subtraction are taught in connectic and also Multiplication and Division. This is believed to be in accordan with the best methods of teaching these subjects. Complete Graded.-This book unites in one volume Oral ai Written Arithmetic upon the inductive method of instruction. Its aim twofold: to develop the intellect of the pupil, and to prepare him for t actual business of life. In sccuring these objects, it takes the most dirc road to a practical knowledge of Arithmetic. The pupil is led by a few simple, appropriate examples to infer f himself the general principles upon which the operations and rules deper instead of taking them upon the authority of the author without explan tion. He is thus taught to put the steps of particular solutions intc concise statement, or general formula. This method of developing pri ciples is an important feature. It has been a cardinal point to make the explanations simple, the ste in the reasoning short and logical, and the definitions and rules brief, cle and comprehensive. The discussion of topics which belong exclusively to the higher depar ments of the science is avoided; while subjects deemed too difficult to! appreciated by beginners, but important for them when more advance are placed in the Appendix, to be used at the discretion of the teacher. Arithmetical puzzles and paradoxes, and problems relating to subjec having a demoralizing tendency, as gambling, etc., are excluded. All th is obsolete in the former Tables of Weights and Measures is eliminated, a the part retained is corrected in accordance with present law and usage. Examples for Practice, Problems for Review, and Test Questions a abundant in number and variety, and all are different from those in t author's Practical Arithmetic. The arrangement of subjects is systematic; no principle is anticipate or used in the explanation of another, until it has itself been explaine Subjects intimately connected are grouped together in the order of the dependence. Teachers and School Officers, who are dissatisfied with the Arit metics they have in use, are invited to confer with the publishers. CLARK & MAYNARD, Publishers, New York. Copyright, 1885, by Clark & Maynard. |