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    lg lg g 4 The Publishers' Circular 27

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    Lg Lg G 4 The Publishers' Circular 27

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    THE NEW SCHOOL ARITHMETIC . Now ready , crown 8 vo . cloth , price 36 * . AN EXPLANATORY ARITHMETIC . By Gr . BASTCOTT SPIOKEENELL , Principal of the Royal Naval Academy , Burgoyne House , Southsea . PLAN OF THE WORK . This School Text-Book has been prepared in the hope tbat Pupils may be encouraged to read up Book-work for themselves ; and that Tutors may find the necessity for oral instruction lessened to a certain extent . Book-work has , therefore , been , given in a simple form and in as few words as seem consistent with proper explanations . References are given , with Questions set as Miscellaneous Exercises , that reasons for results may be again and again considered . OPINIONS OP THE PRESS-* We cannot do better than recommend this admirable work by an able and experienced teacher of mathematics . Besides a very careful explanation at the head of each section , the author has adopted the admirable plan of giving references to these explanations , with the questions set as miscellaneous exercises . j £ or Practice and Stocks the unitary method , as well an that ordinarily in use , has been given . The examples for working out are numerous and varied , and will enable any person of average mental ability to obtain for himself a considerable acquaintance with this useful but troublesome branch of learning . We welcome the book as a valuable addition to the many works on the subject already published/—Oxford Chroniclk . 1 peculiarity of this arithmetic is that * pupils are in working its sums required to read and think for themselves ; therefore its rules are given in a very simple form and as ecncise as possible . The examples are so classified and arranged that by repetition a thorough knowledge of each rule is gained ; and still further to facilitate work without a tutor ' s help , explanatory book-work is given with questions set as miscellaneous exercise . '—Cambridge Chronicle . 1 Students going in for any of the Civil Service Examinations we " are certain it w'll prove of much advantage , from the circumstance tliat by the constant references to previous portion * the reasons for results may be considered again and again . '—Liverpool Mercury . * The figuring is carefully explained , and the measurement of surfaces and solids is made plain to the Student . '—Western Morning Nkws . f Gives pupils a helping hand , which should lessen many of their difficulties . Classification , arra ngement , and references are so cornhmed 'as to facilitate greatly the acquisition of arithmetical knowled ge , and explanatory matter is so clearly placed at the Student ' s service as to ^ be a boon both to kim and his tutor /—Torquay Times . J . GRIFFIN & CO ., 2 The Hard , Portsmouth . 8 IAIPKIN , MARSHALL , & CO ., London . ^ -. - - ¦'" ¦ ¦ ¦ «*

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 18, 1884, page 27, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_18011884/page/27/