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The study of language and literature can never be successfully united in the same recitation.
Grimm & Co. are deserving of all praise from educators everywhere, and that without stint. Their books are in use the world over, and ought to be, and the house is fully deserving of all the success that attends it. They have shown the right kind of "push;" that is, they have "launched out into the deep," and disclosed thereby a multitude of books that make glad the heart of every true teacher.
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Gerstacker's Germelshawsen is a wonderfully interesting story of an adventurous German who came to America in 1837, returning in 1843, and having in the time lived a more varied life than could be imagined. No better plan could be conceived of for learning the German language than this series. The mechanical make up of all these books is unique and tasty.
But to the making of books there is no end, and in all departments of use, great care is needed in their selection. They are like the deeds of men, wise and otherwise.
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There is nothing that can meet the literary needs of our time like old English —" pure and undefiled." To pass these books by is certainly not to know a good thing when you see it.
The "Primer" series, published by this house, comprehending Science, History and Literature, are already known by those who know anything about books, to be unrivalled.
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