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771 HAT are the schools doing to enrich the pupil's vocabu-
lary ? In most schools is not the learning of the correct
meaning and use of words a matter of accident rather than
the result of systematic daily instruction ?
pHE systematic and daily study of words will help pupils
in every branch of study, for the pupil having words
at his command need not make himself a slave to the textbook. He need only gather the thought from the book and
recite in his own language.
M*OST recitations are merely exhibitions of the power of
memory, and are, therefore, very unsatisfactory. True,
the pupil has learned the lesson, but he doesn't know it until
he can recite in his own language, and the teacher doesn't
know that a pupil knows his lesson when the recitation is in
the exact language of the author. How can this be avoided ?
By the careful and constant use of the dictionary.
C VERY well-arranged school programme provides for some
specific exercise on the study of words; not the orthography and pronunciation only, but the meaning as well, for
it is only the thorough understanding of the meaning of
words which will conduce to the fluent expression of thought
and to the correct interpretation of the thoughts of others.
While such study of words in the lower grades must necessarily be incidental, in the grammar and high schools it
should be made a separate branch. Such knowledge will
greatly facilitate the progress of pupils in all other studies.
po pursue this study successfully it is essential that pupils
have a good text-book. Experience proves that a good,
small dictionary is best adapted for this purpose. The New
England Journal of Education has well said: "A good
working dictionary should be in the hands of every child in
the upper grades of the grammar school. There is no substitute for the dictionary; it is an essential tool to a learner.
The spelling-book cannot take its place; the teacher, however erudite, cannot supply the need; it is as important and
as essential for acquiring a correct knowledge of the meanings of words and of the spelling of words as is a map for
topographical study."
RESTED by all the requirements of a good school dictionary—orthography, etymology, pronunciation, and
definition—Worcester's are conceded to be the best.
Educational Department.
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY,
Publishers,
227-231 SOUTH SIXTH STREET.
Philadelphia,
dear sir:
We desire to direct your attention
to Worcester's School Dictionaries, and to
solicit your order for the same.
We will send you a supply, freight paid,
at net prices, as follows!
Worcester's New Primary Dictionary .$0.36
Worcester's New School Dictionary. . 0.60
Worcester's New Academic Dictionary,
without index . . . . . .1.10
Worcester's New Academic Dictionary,
with index . . . . . . .1.35
Worcester's New Comprehensive Diction
ary.
without index.
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35
Worcester's New Comprehensive Dictionary, with index .....
The distinctive feature of the Academic
is its treatment of the derivation of words.
In this it conforms to the latest and best
authorities. The vocabulary of each is very
full, the New School Dictionary containing
35,000 words, the Academic more than 40,000,
and the Comprehensive nearly 50,000.
These books are of convenient size, and
can always be kept at hand for ready reference. Teachers say that they can obtain
better results from the use of our School
Dictionaries than when pupils had access to
an unabridged dictionary only. These smaller
books are more frequently consulted, with a
resulting perceptible benefit to pupils, both
in accurate usage and in pronunciation, and
their use leads to a more thorough and careful study of words, a habit of incalculable
value to every student.
To aid you in the introduction of these
valuable
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We shall be pleased to receive an order
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Very truly yours,
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
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