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"Mr. Nasmith's work is evidently the fruit of no small labour, and it will do much to lessen the time required for the acquisition of German, while, at the same time, the tedium of the process will be greatly lightened."-Dundee Advertiser, 10th October, 1870.

"In accuracy of detail, perfection of arrangement, and distinctness of type, the entire work is eminently deserving of praise, and we can with confidence recommend it to our readers."-The Civilian, 19th November, 1870.

"We can unhesitatingly say this much, -we have seen no better plan for teaching one of the most difficult of modern languages."-Sunday Times, 16th October, 1870.

"We cordially recommend the book. It is not only cleverly thought out, it is usefully contrived. We unhesitatingly pronounce it to be a sound, useful grammar-an excellent key to the intricacies of what is said to be one of the finest, and what is certainly one of the most difficult, of all modern languages." -Jewish Chronicle, 9th December, 1870.

"Mr. Nasmith's two volumes contain the essentials of the grammar clearly and fully stated, exercises, vocabularies, reading lessons, and grammatical commentaries."-Athenæum, 5th November, 1870.

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Clear, comprehensive, facile, and correct, this work is decidedly the best of its kind that has yet been published for the use of English scholars."- European. Mail, 7th October, 1870.

THE

PRACTICAL LINGUIST, ENGLISH.

"The restless activity of those who interest themselves in the education of the young, loads our tables with productions intended, though not always caloulated, to smooth the path of the little learner, and to lessen the labours of those who teach the young idea how to shoot.' There is, as a rule, such a sameness in these works that it is a positive relief to find, as in Mr. Nasmith's productions, freshness and originality, as well as practical sagacity, in the carrying out of the object in view. The work before us is well called the 'practical' linguist, for its production would have been impossible to one who had not had considerable experience in tuition. The book is clear, simple, and gradually progressive. The separation of the 'permanent' from the auxiliary vocabufary disburdens the youthful mind, and reduces its labours, as it were, to a

minimum.

"The words to be mastered as to their signification and their use are dealt with in proportion to the relative frequency of their recurrence. The same may be said of grammatical forms and rules. Equal importance is not given to all rules. The attention is primarily and chiefly directed to those which are of hourly application. The desirability of this course is sufficiently obvious. the ordinary speech and writing of the uneducated masses, and we fear we may also say of those who have had some schooling' in their youth, the simplest rules as to the relations between nouns and verbs, for instance-are most

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commonly disregarded, while those of a more abstruse description are less frequently violated. No one can examine the work before us-at any rate no one accustomed to grapple with the difficulties of training the youthful mind-without being struck by the tact and care displayed in its preparation. The clearness and simplicity of the system adopted also deserve our hearty commendation. Every work calculated, as this is, to lighten the mere drudgery of the earlier stages of instruction deserves to become widely popular; and such a book only needs to be known to be cordially appreciated by those who have to teach the young, and whose hearts are in the work. We may add also that the typography and general appearance of the book are attractive."-Morning Advertiser, 26th August, 1871.

"The idea is so simple, so good, and so well worked out, that we cannot do better than let Mr. Nasmith explain it in his own words."-The Examiner, June 17th, 1871.

"The system, to say the least, has a philosophical basis, and we should much like to see it fairly tested in actual teaching."-Educational Times, July 1st, 1871.

"Teachers will find it well worth examining."-Publishers' Circular, July 1st,

1871.

"We cordially recommend this book to the notice of acting teachers in elementary as well as middle-class schools; and indeed to all who take a practical interest in the instruction of the young."-Public Opinion, July 15th, 1871.

"The principle is a sound one, and the care and labour which Mr. Nasmith has bestowed upon the work in carrying out the details, entitle him to the highest praise."-Oxford Chronicle, July 29th, 1871.

"The system is decidedly preferable to any other we have examined, and is equally effectual in either English or German."-British Trade Journal, August 1st, 1871.

"Mr. Nasmith, whose Practical Linguist' in German we have noticed, has now published Part I. of the English course. It is intended and well adapted for the use of children, and certainly well deserves its title 'Practical.' The division of vocabularies into 'Permanent' and 'Auxiliary,' is perhaps somewhat arbitrary, and will not bear pressing to a hard and fast line; but within bounds it works well, and the little book as a whole will be of much use for early instruction. The anecdotes are well selected both for style and subject."Standard, August 8th, 1871.

"The author has applied to the English language a principle which he had previously introduced in the teaching of German and other foreign languages. He first ascertains by calculation the comparative frequency with which words are used in ordinary speech or the most common books, and then frames a series of lessons, based upon introducing words according to the frequency of their actual use. The principle appears to be well wrought out, and results in a series of eaidng lessons, by which it is evident that learners will be gradually familiarised with their difficulties."-The Economist, October 28th, 1871.

WORKS ON BRITISH INDIA,

&c. &c.

By ILTUDUS T. PRICHARD, Esq.,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

THE HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF INDIA FROM 1859 TO 1868. 2 vols. 8vo. 21s.

"A very able work.

[MACMILLAN & Co. 1870.

Mr. Prichard's style is clear and forcible, and he has evidently an intimate knowledge of the country with which he deals."-Law Times.

"Mr. Prichard has accumulated an immense amount of information respecting India in the two volumes before us. The whole course of

its administration since it came into the hands of the Crown is detailed and considered. We can heartily recommend the work to all who are in any way interested in the progress of India."-Standard.

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"A most ample and lucid history of the country at large, with interspersed chapters at frequent intervals which deal with such important historical elements as the physical features of the various provinces, natural products, trade, means of communication, and the characteristics of the occupant tribes. . . . . The recent history and condition of India, their relation to the immediate past and the immediate future, and that in all departments, civil, military, legal, and commercial, have been described in a manner which great knowledge, personal experience, indefatigable industry, and sound judgment could alone attain."-Bombay Gazette.

"We are mistaken if these volumes are not widely read by our countrymen as faithful records, written by an able, thoughtful, and observant man, who has had unusually good opportunities of making himself acquainted with his subject."-Law Magazine and Quarterly Review.

THE CHRONICLES OF BUDGEPORE.

8vo. 12s.

2 vols. [W. H. ALLEN & Co.

"It is seldom that a book is to be found which so entirely carries out its purpose as this. It professes to be intended to illustrate some

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characteristics of social and official life in Upper India, both in European and native society, and to show the quaint results which an indiscriminate and often injudicious engrafting of habits and ideas of Western civilization upon Oriental stock is calculated to produce; . and it is meant, while seeking to amuse, to draw attention, under the guise of fiction, to serious abuses and defects, patent to all who have studied British India from an impartial or independent point of view. It can be assuredly said that every atom of this purpose is literally fulfilled. . . . It would be almost vain to set down within a reasonable space any but a vague idea of the infinite variety of the contents of this book. In two small volumes are concentrated an immense amount of entertaining matter, as well as of suggestive illustrations of the working, administrative and social, of that great anomaly—the rule of India by England. It is the happy art of Mr. Prichard to be able ridentem dicere verum, and, while he indites a most amusing series of stories, in almost every sentence to point a moral."-Morning Post.

RAMNODDY'S APPEAL.

Price 6d.

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SOCIAL PROGRESS IN INDIA. An Inaugural Lecture, delivered at the Society of Arts Room, Adelphi, June 8, 1871. Price 6d.

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR,

ASSISTED BY

MEERZA KHUDADED BEG AND SYED JAAFFAR HOSAIN.

THE INDIA EDUCATIONAL SERIES; being Elementary Readings in Physical Science and History in English and Oordoo.

No. 1. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, English, with Vocabulary and Map. Price 1s. 3d.

Ditto

ditto

Oordoo, with Oordoo Map. Price 1s.

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THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, according to Nasmith's "Practical System," in Oordoo.

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