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It will be a distinguishing characteristic of this new edition that the different features of the study, such as Freehand, Model and Object, Geometrical, Perspective, and Mechanical Drawing, will be treated as distinct elements, and yet as parts of a general plan, harmoniously blending them for the production of definite practical results. The new edition will comprise : FIRST, A Primary Course, consisting of Two SERIES OF CARDS containing copies for Slate Drawing in Primary Schools. Per series, 15 cts. A TEACHER'S MANUAL, containing full directions for the teaching of Drawing on Slates to young children. 50 cents. Two TEXT-BOOKS for the upper classes of Primary Schools, arranged to furnish pupils with first practice in Drawing on Paper, numbered 1 and 2. Per dozen, 80 cents. A TEACHER'S MANUAL, containing full directions for the exercises in Books I and 2, and suggestions to teachers. 50 cents. SECOND, A Grammar Course, consisting of TWELVE TEXT-BOOKS, arranged to give instruction in the different features of the study of Drawing in Grammar Schools in a practical and progressive manner. The books will each contain 20 pages for exercises, and each will be arranged for one term or for one half year. Price of Books No. 3 to 5 inclusive, per doz., 80 cents. Price of Books No. 6 to 14 inclusive, per doz., $1.60. THIRD, A High-School Course. This course will consist of six books, numbered 15 to 20 inclusive, and will embrace advanced instruction in Perspective; Light and Shade Drawing with crayon and stump; Analysis of Plant Forms for design, and Mechanical Projection and Drawing. Per doz., $2.40. Carefully prepared Manuals for the Grammar and High-School Courses will also be published. The Manuals for the Grammar Course will be divided up into sections, so that teachers will be able to get the portion of the Manual which relates to their particular classes, or the particular books they may have to use, without being obliged to procure the Manuals for the whole course. Prices of Grammar and HighSchool Manuals will be announced later. PRANG'S PATENT COMPASSES AND DRAWING PENCILS. PRANG'S PATENT AMERICAN COMPASSES, FOR SCHOOL containing 100 each, or are sewed on cards of one dozen each, put up in paper boxes of one gross. Price, "A" Compasses, AND OFFICE WORK. THESE Compasses are the cheapest and most practical instruments in the market for School and Office work. They are strongly made of German Silver, avoiding the poisonous oxidation caused by the frequent handling of brass instruments. "B" 35 cents. 25 Special grades of pencils, about 2 inches long, and expressly made by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. to fit the Compasses, can be furnished at $1 per gross. PRANG'S AMERICAN GRAPHITE DRAWING PENCILS, There are no screws in them to drop out and get For use of Schools and for artistic study, made exlost. pressly by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., of Jersey City, N. J. There are no extra pieces to be attached or detached in changing from compass point to pencil or pen point. When closed, all points are protected, and the in strument can be carried in the pocket as conveniently as a lead-pencil. They are now used very largely in Public Schools. Two numbers of these Compasses are made: FIRST, the "A" Compasses, containing compass, pen, and pencil-points, are intended for High-Schools, Drawing-Classes, and common office work, where a pen-point is desirable. SECOND, the "B" Compasses, comprising compass and pencil-points only, are intended for lower classes of Public Schools, where only a compass and pencil-point are necessary. These instruments are put up in wooden boxes The following styles are made: Prang's Industrial Pencils, for most advanced L. PRANG & CO., Publishers, BOSTON. |