The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . ton, display a full lineof their educational publications and text books. Mr. Plimpton,of the same firm, makes an interesting exhibit of old school booksillustrating the growth of education. For Instance, he begins thesubject of arithmetic with two manuscripts which were writtenbefore the days of printing; then there is the first arithmetic everprinted, which was made In 1478. Then follow others of 1491,1503, the earliest arithmetic printed in EngHsh, and so on down tQthe presenttime. Afterthe same man-ner are exhib-ited series ofgeographies, o
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . ton, display a full lineof their educational publications and text books. Mr. Plimpton,of the same firm, makes an interesting exhibit of old school booksillustrating the growth of education. For Instance, he begins thesubject of arithmetic with two manuscripts which were writtenbefore the days of printing; then there is the first arithmetic everprinted, which was made In 1478. Then follow others of 1491,1503, the earliest arithmetic printed in EngHsh, and so on down tQthe presenttime. Afterthe same man-ner are exhib-ited series ofgeographies, ofgrammars, ofreading books,primers, etc. In tlie rello--ious section theAmericanTract Societymakes an Inter-esting historical exhibit of the progress of its work and theextent to which it has spread. The Society shows the chair usedby the Dairymans Daughter, about whom one of the widestcirculated tracts ever published was written. There Is also shownthe curious movable pulpit used by the famous Whitefield in hLs-preaching tours as an LONDON SCHOOI/ BOARD. 398 LIBERAL ARTS. Numbers of school supply houses make interesting Prang Educational Co., of Boston, shows charts, drawings,examples of clay modeling, wood-working, paper-folding, etc., illus-trating the Prang course in form study and drawing for public
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