NELSON'S SCHOOL SERIES.

I.

THE "STEP BY STEP" BOOKS,

FOR INFANT CLASSES, &o.

STEP BY STEP; or, The Child's First Lesson-Book.

Parts I. and II. Price 2d. each.

18mo.

Part I. may also be had in Two Books, Price 1d. each, under the title of "THE SCHOOL PRIMER."

SEQUEL TO "STEP BY STEP." 18mo, price 4d.

READING-BOOK, No. III. 18mo, cloth, price 6d.

All who have experienced the drudgery of teaching children to read, will at once perceive the superiority of these books over all others hitherto published. By the system adopted, the task becomes a pleasant one to both pupil and teacher.-See more fully Preface to "Step by Step."

"THE FOUR SEASONS"-New No. III. Reading-Book. 18mo, price 6d.

This new volume is intended to be used with the No. III. already published; but where two books cannot be adopted, it may be used alone; and it is recommended for this purpose in preference to the former No. III., as it contains a greater variety of lessons both in poetry and prose.

LESSONS ON COMMON THINGS. 18mo, cloth, price 9d.

FOR THE SCHOOL-ROOM.

STEP BY STEP; or, First Lessons for Children. Very Large Type.
Demy 4to, price 1s.

EARLY LESSONS. Part II. Large Type. Demy 4to, price 1s.
FRAME FOR EXHIBITING ABOVE. Price 1s.

Teachers will find these books greatly superior, and much cheaper, than the sheets mounted on pasteboard hitherto in common use.

II.

"THE PROGRESSIVE ENGLISH READING-BOOKS."

JUST OUT.

THE JUNIOR READER: Forming the First of this new Series. 12mo, cloth, price 1s. 3d.

(A Specimen Copy sent free by post to any Teacher for 12 Postage Stamps.) THE JUNIOR READER, No. 2, forming the Second of the Series, price 1s. 6d.

THE SENIOR READER, forming the Third of the Series, price 2s. 6d.

This volume, formerly advertised as No. 7 of Nelson's School Series, is arranged on the plan of a Voyage Round the World. It will consist of pictures of travel and adventure, stories of history, descriptions of the scenery and the productions of the principal countries of the world, &c.

LATELY PUBLISHED, FOURTH EDITION.

READINGS FROM THE BEST AUTHORS. Edited by A. H. BRYCE, one of the Classical Masters of the High School, Edinburgh. 12mo, cloth, price 1s. 6d.

Containing Historical and Descriptive Selections from Macaulay-Prescott -W. Irving-W. H. Russell. Fiction from Croly-Bulwer Lytton-ScottMrs. Stowe - Dickens. Oratory from Pitt- Burke - Sheridan - Lord Brougham. Poetry from Cowper-Campbell-Scott-Mrs. Hemans-Bell -Macaulay-Rogers-Wordsworth-Goldsmith-Byron-Tennyson, &c. THE WORD EXPOSITOR AND SPELLING GUIDE. A School Manual, exhibiting the Spelling, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Derivation of all the Important and Peculiar Words in the English Language. With Copious Exercises for Examination and Dictation. By GEORGE COUTIE, A.M., High School, Liverpool Institute. 12mo, cloth, price 1s. 3d.

THE ENGLISH WORD-BOOK. A Manual exhibiting the Sources, Structure, and Affinities of English Words. By JOHN GRAHAM. Part I. Prefixes and Postfixes, illustrated by parallel columns in the Primary and Secondary Meanings. In wrapper, price 3d. Part II. Roots, Derivatives, and Meanings. In wrapper, price 6d. The Two Parts in one Volume, cloth, price 1s.

MILTON'S PARADISE LOST, AND PARADISE REGAINED. With Notes for the Use of Schools. By the Rev. J. EDMONDSTON. 12mo, cloth, price 2s. 6d.

HISTORIES, &c.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. By WILLIAM FRANCIS COLLIER, LL.D. 12mo, cloth, price 2s.

"Mr. Collier's book is unrivalled as a School History of the British Empire. The arrangement is admirable."—English Journal of Education. THE GREAT EVENTS OF HISTORY from the beginning of the Christian era till the present time. By W. F. COLLIER, LL.D. 12mo, cloth, price 2s. 6d.

This work supplies a want long felt in English school literature. It consists of a series of narratives of those great events which constitute the landmarks of general history.

HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. By the Rev. JAMES MACKENZIE. 12mo, cloth, price 1s. 6d.

In plan, arrangement, and style, it will be found superior to any School
History of Scotland yet published.

BIBLE HISTORY, in connection with the General History of the
World, with Descriptions of Scripture Localities. By the Rev.
W. G. BLAIKIE, A.M. 470 pages 12mo, with Maps, price 3s.
A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, in a Series of Bio-
graphical Sketches. By WILLIAM FRANCIS COLLIER, LL.D.,
Author of "School History of the British Empire," "The Great
Events of History," &c. &c. 12mo, cloth, price 3s. 6d.

GEOGRAPHIES.

MODERN GEOGRAPHY, for the Use of Schools. By ROBERT AnDERSON, Head Master, Normal Institution, Edinburgh. Foolscap 8vo, cloth, price 1s. 6d.

This work has been pronounced, by upwards of one thousand teachers, to be the best, as well as the cheapest, School Geography published. EXERCISES IN GEOGRAPHY, adapted to ANDERSON'S Geography. 18mo, cloth, price 6d.

This work contains about 10,000 Questions and Exercises in Geography, and will be found useful to both teacher and pupil.

GEOGRAPHY FOR JUNIOR CLASSES. By ROBERT ANDERSON, Head Master, Normal Institution, Edinburgh. 18mo, price 11d.

BIBLE GEOGRAPHY for the Use of Schools. By the Rev. W. G. BLAIKIE, Author of "Bible History in Connection with the General History of the World." With Coloured Maps, price 1s. 12mo, cloth; or with the Maps mounted on Cloth, 1s. 3d.

NELSON'S SHILLING ATLAS. Containing 16 Maps, plain. Stiff Wrapper. 4to.

NELSON'S SCHOOL ATLAS. Containing 22 Maps, Full-Coloured. 4to, cloth. Price 3s. 6d.

NEW SERIES OF SCHOOL-ROOM MAPS.

NELSON'S WALL MAPS.

Price 13s. 6d. each, Mounted on Rollers and Varnished.

THE MAPS in this Series are beautifully executed in a bold and effective style for use in the Class-room, and will be found to possess advantages for Educational purposes over any hitherto published. ENGLAND AND WALES. With the Railways. Divided into Squares of 100 English Miles, -the whole Map forming a square of 400 miles. The Counties are coloured according to their River Basins.

THE BRITISH ISLANDS: In connection with the Continent of Europe. Divided into Squares of 100 English Miles, - the whole Map forming a square of 1000 miles.

A Hand-book to this Map, for the use of Pupils, is just ready, Price 3d. THE WORLD (in Two Maps). 1. The Eastern Hemisphere. 2. The Western Hemisphere.

Each of these Maps forms a Circle four feet in Diameter. They are so large that, with the exception of Europe, of which a separate Map is in preparation, the General Geography of all the great Divisions of the Globe can be taught from them. The advantage of this for Educational purposes will be apparent to all practically acquainted with the work of the School-room.

Another valuable feature in these Maps is their being so constructed that the direct Distance of any place from London (in English Miles) can be seen at once.

For example, from the Map of the Eastern Hemisphere, it will be seen that Naples is 1000 miles from London, Calcutta nearly 5000, Pekin about 5100, Sydney about 10,600, &c. &c.

From the Map of the Western Hemisphere it will be seen that Quebec is about 3100 miles from London, New York about 3500, Mexico about 5600, Rio Janeiro about 5800, Cape Horn about 8400, &c. &c.

These Maps are enlarged copies of the Maps of a NEW ATLAS OF THE WORLD in preparation by T. NELSON AND SONS, and in regard to which the following, among many other testimonies, have already been received by the Publishers:

From the Rev. Canon Mosely.

"I have seen enough of these Maps to feel assured that you have introduced a great improvement in Map-making for popular and educational purposes. The plan of squares of hundreds and thousands of miles cannot but commend itself to general approval, for the facilities which it affords of estimating at sight the distances of places from one another, and the superficial measurement of different portions of the earth's surface."

From Sir John Herschel.

"I have seldom or never seen Maps more beautifully executed.

The idea

of dividing each Map into squares of a hundred and a thousand English miles, and of inserting circles indicating the distances from London, is a happy and useful one for popular Maps."