SCHOOL BOOKS PUBLISHED BY JENKS, PALMER & CO.

PARLEY'S HISTORIES FOR COMMON SCHOOLS.

THE FIRST BOOK OF HISTORY, OR HISTORY ON THE BASIS OF GEOGRAPHY; comprehending the Western Hemisphere, with sixty Engravings, and sixteen Maps of the different sections of the United States and countries of the Western Hemisphere, from steel plates; revised edition.

THE SECOND BOOK OF HISTORY; comprehending the Modern History of Europe, Asia, Africa. &c., illustrated with fifty Engravings and sixteen Maps, (from steel plates.) of the different countries; revised edition.

THE THIRD BOOK OF HISTORY; by the same author, and on the same plan; comprehending Ancient History, in connexion with Ancient Geography; with Maps and Engravings.

In preparing this series of Histories, two prominent things have been kept constantly in view,-in the first place to make it useful-and in the second, to make it entertaining. A familiar style has been adopted, and great care taken to introduce precise dates. Engravings have been inserted for illustration and for fixing certain ideas in the pupil's memory. Each book is furnished with questions on both the History and Geography of the countries described, and a chronological table is added, recapitulating the principal events noticed in the work.

The first edition of this (First Book) work was published several years ago, since which time, it has run through nearly two hundred editions, and acquired a very extensive circulation. The maps have been redrawn and newly engraved, and this edition may be considered as adapted to the existing condition of the political Geog. raphy of North and South America, the general views having been enlarged so as to embrace the leading events of interest, not before noticed.

The Second Book has recently been carefully revised, by a judicious practical teacher. bringing the work down to the present time, and it is believed to be the only School History of the Eastern Hemisphere brought down to so late a date.

The revised edition of these books, it is hoped, will be found still more worthy of the unexampled encouragement heretofore extended to the series.

EMERSON'S ARITHMETIC, IN THREE PARTS. PART I. is a small book, designed for children from five to eight years of age. The lessons are illustrated with cuts and unit marks.

PART II. contains a complete system of Mental and Written Arithmetic, sufficiently extensive for all the common purposes of business, and is a standard book for Common Schools.

PART III. is designed for advanced scholars. It comprises a synthetic view of the science of numbers, a copious development of the higher operations, and an extensive range of commercial information. Scholars who are to be educated for the business of the counting-room, or the duties of any public office, as well as those who are to pursue a full course of liberal education, will find this book suited to their purpose. QUESTIONS on this work, and a KEY, for teachers, are published separately.

BAILEY'S ALGEBRA.

FIRST LESSONS IN ALGEBRA, designed for the use of Academies and Common Schools. By E. BAILEY, Late Principal of the Young Ladies' High School, Boston. A KEY TO THE FIRST LESSONS IN ALGEBRA, containing the Answers to the Questions and Solutions of all the difficult Problems.

This is an elementary treatise on the inductive plan. It is especially intended for the use of Common Schools, and Teachers not acquainted with the science.

EMERSON'S SPELLING BOOKS.

THE NATIONAL SPELLING BOOK, and Pronouncing Tutor, on an improved plan; with Progressive Reading Lessons. By B. D. EMERSON. Revised Edition. THE INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL SPELLING BOOK, on the plan of the above Work, for the use of the Youngest Classes, and for Primary Schools; by the same author.

These works are highly recommended by several distinguished Clergymen, by Presidents and Professors of some of our Colleges, and by various Teachers.

MUSIC BOOKS FOR COMMON SCHOOLS.

THE LITTLE SONGSTER: An Elementary Singing Book for Scholars of 6 to 9 years of age. By GEORGE J. WEBB, Professor in the Boston Academy of Music. THE COMMON SCHOOL SONGSTER, intended as a Sequel to the above, for scholars from 9 to 15 years of age. By the same. Just published, under the sanction of the Boston Academy of Music. Fourth edition. Price reduced.

THE VOCAL CLASS BOOK, designed for Young Ladies' Schools and Music Classes. By the same. Just published, under the sanction of the B. A. of Music. The above form a progressive series for the use of Schools and Families. Teachers and others interested are requested to examine the above works.

SCHOOL COMMITTEES, MERCHANTS, and COUNTRY TRADERS generally, can be supplied with the various SCHOOL and other Books and STATIONERY, on satisfac tory terms, by JENKS, PALMER & Co., Boston.

THE
(OLD)

FARMER'S ALMANACK,

CALCULATED ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN,
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

1849;

Being first after Bissextile or Leap Year, and (until July 4) 73d of Am. Independence.
Fitted for the City of Boston, but will answer for all the New England States.
Containing, besides the large number of Astronomical Calculations,
and the Farmer's Calendar for every month in the year,
as great a variety as any other Almanack of

NEW, USEFUL, AND ENTERTAINING MATTER.
ESTABLISHED IN 1793,

BY ROBERT B.//THOMAS.

God of the seed and harvest time, the sunshine and the shower!
Propitious from thy throne sublime, o'er earth thy blessings pour;
With plenty be our labors crown'd, our hearts unbow'd by care,
And may our gratitude be found, boundless as thy mercies are.

Anon.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY JENKS, PALMER & CO.

Sold, also, by most Booksellers and Traders throughout New England. [Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1848, by J. H. Jenks and G. W. Palmer, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.]

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TO PATRONS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

WE have again the pleasure of appearing before our numerous friends and patrons, and of presenting them with another number of our annual, being the FIFTY-SEVENTH of the series.

To the elder, who have gone hand in hand with us for over half a century, and to their children, who extend to us the favor that their parents have so kindly shown, and to all other patrons, we would express our sincere and cordial thanks, and earnest hopes that we shall have many happy greetings in future years.

Our thanks are due again to Hon. Chief Justice Shaw, for information as to the Supreme Judicial Court; to W. R. C., Esq., of Maine; to C. W., Esq., of Connecticut, and to J. Winsor, Esq., Attorney at Law, East Greenwich, R. I., for the prompt and courteous manner in which they have been ready to give us all information as to the courts in their several states; and to our old friends, B. B., and J. W. D., for their favors.

We feel obliged to J. N. M., to J. T. A., to M. S. A., to G. W. C., to J. T. A., to J. W. H., and C. W. L., for problems or enigmas, but they are all too long for insertion. Will our friends have future favors of this kind, short and accompanied, in all cases, with their solutions?

It will be noticed that a column has been added, by which the morning and evening tides are given daily. The Tide Table, at page 33, will enable our friends on the coast, or approaching it, to calculate the tides for other ports.

Where new information is furnished, as to Courts in New England states, and statistical or other matters, we have endeavored to be correct, and trust our pages will be found so; still, if errors are discovered, we shall feel obliged to friends if they will advise us, when any corrections can be made in future numbers. Communications should be addressed to the editor, care of the publishers, and it is very desirable they should be forwarded before the 1st of July, annually.

In the language of the editor, many years since, "Our long continued, though feeble endeavors to be useful and to please, have been crowned with unprecedented success. If we may judge from the patronage afforded, we have every reason to be content, and every cause to be gratified-this prompts us to continued efforts-and we pledge ourselves, so long as we are permitted to continue them, to persevere, that we may never forfeit, by remissness, the kind acceptance of the Old Farmer's

Almanack.

EXPLANATION OF THE CALENDAR PAGES.

On each page, at the LEFT HAND, under Astronomical Calculations, stands the true place of the Sun in the ecliptic for every day of the month. Under this may be found the Changes of the Moon.

Column FIRST shows the days of the month; SECOND, the days of the week; THIRD, the rising of the sun; FOURTH, setting of the same; FIFTH, the days' length in hours and minutes; SIXTH, the days' increase or decrease in hours and minutes; SEVENTH, clock equations in minutes, (S., Sun too slow, F., too fast;) EIGHTH, the moon's age, in days; NINTH and TENTH, morning and evening tides in Boston, in hours and minutes, adapted to other ports by the Tide Table at page 33; ELEVENTH, the moon's place in the signs; TWELFTH, time of the moon's rising and setting; THIRTEENTH, moon's southing.

On the RIGHT HAND page, column FIRST shows the days of the month; SECOND, the days of the week; THIRD, Massachusetts' Courts-Supreme Judicial Court, (S. J. C.,) Do. law terms, (S. J. C. L.,) Court of Common Pleas, (C. P.,) and County Commissioners' Meetings, (C. C.,) with Observable Days, Interesting Events, Aspects, Weather, &c.; FOURTH, Farmer's Calendar, &c., &c.

NEW ENGLANDERS.

The editor of the Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, in writing of the dependence of the Southerners upon the Northerners, remarks: "They build our houses and adorn them with every comfort and convenience-educate our children- we eat their cheese, butter, apples, codfish, potatoes, pickles, pork, and onions- we feed our cattle with their hay, drive their horses, in their harness, to their carriages, with their whips-we use their paper, soap, brooms, pails, axes, hammers, &c.—and, last and best of all these blessings, we marry their pretty girls, who make the best of wives."