SCHOOL BOOKS.
-. . : ■• ■•■■■>: ToiheSditw'i ■ i. Sib,—l am glad your cojrespondeat ** J. C." ha? directed attention to the sy.stfm, unfortunately too prevalent, of schoolmasters Wldebly ©rdering their pupils a change of books I -have two children attending one of the public' , schools, and I find thafX'bave on hand no!less than six different school geographies, and'had congratulated myself that no further outlay. . would be, required as far as geography was concerned, when, to my astcnishment, my childi en were ordered to procure Maokay's Geography. Well, as it, was no use complaining, I resolved, to get copies, and for that purpose have searched the town, but without success—several of the booksellers remarking they heyer even he ml of ' the book. In respect to arithmetic the same tale could be told.—:l am, &c, ' 'f. ; Duncdin; February 9.
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Evening Star, Issue 4043, 10 February 1876, Page 3
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132SCHOOL BOOKS. Evening Star, Issue 4043, 10 February 1876, Page 3
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