AUGUST.
Parental Sympathy,
...... 161
FIRESIDE DEPARTMENT.
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress,
.. 163 Geographical Enigma.-Answer to Puzzle.. 189
The Gold Miner.-The Speed of the Mind.. 166 Hospitality,
Hints to New Teachers,
The Tale of the Tub of Water, ............ 183
Provincialisms and Peculiar Dialect of the
EDITOR'S DEPARTMENT.
West,
Debate on Bill Establishing Free Schools .. 171
Providence Conference Seminary ..........
Girls' Schools, No. 3,
National Teachers' Association ............
174
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Inspiration,
SCHOOL EXERCISES.
Valedictory Poem,
Questions for Examination, ......
The Best Scholar.-Correct Speaking ...... 178 Solution to Mathematical Questions........
1 Peculiar Disi.......169
SEPTEMBER.
Influence of Modulated Sound on Brute An-
FIRESIDE DEPARTMENT.
imals and Diseased Minds, ............ 193 | Dr. Franklin's Integrity
... 193 Dr. Franklin's Integrity.-Joe Douglass... 212
Joe Doug
Importance of a Longer Course at School.. 194 Story of the Bottle,
The Calico Cloak,
... 195 | Only Me.-The Boy at the Dyke........... 214
Girls' Schools, No. 4,
... 198 A Bright Example.-Kind Acts............
Debate on the Bill Establishing Free Schools 201 Good Humored Rebuke.-Hear the Old Man 216
Modern Coins,
............ 203
EDITOR'S DEPARTMENT.
To-day and To-morrow, ............ 205 | The Atlantic Telegraph.-American Insti-
School Songs.-Geology,
206 tute of Instruction,
...... 217
The Names of States,
207 | National Teachers' Association.-Schooi In-
Talents no Protection.--History in Words.. 208 cidents,
219
The Old Cottage Clock.--Bad Spelling..... 209 | How Plants Grow,
............ 220
Religious Instruction,
..... 210
Our Book TABLE.
223