Chapter C: B. TREGO, Secretary

_Nov. 22, 1824._

THE MORAL INSTRUCTOR AND GUIDE TO VIRTUE, by Jesse Torrey, Jr.

Among the numerous recommendations to this valuable School
Book, are the following:--

_Extract of a note from the Hon. Thomas Jefferson, late
President of the United States._

"I thank you, sir, for the copy of your '_Moral Instructor_.' I
have read the first edition with great satisfaction, and
encouraged its reading in my family."

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_Extracts of a Letter from the Hon. James Madison, late
President of the United States._

"Sir--I have received your letter of the 15th, with a copy of
the _Moral Instructor_.

"I have looked enough into your little volume to be satisfied,
that both the original and selected parts contain information
and instruction which may be useful, not only to juvenile but
most other readers.

"With friendly respects,
JAMES MADISON."

DR. TORREY.

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_From Roberts Vaux, President of the Controllers of the Public
Schools in Philadelphia._

"The Moral Instructor" is a valuable compilation. It appears to
be well adapted for elementary schools, and it will give me
pleasure to learn that the lessons which it contains are
furnished for the improvement of our youth generally.

Respectfully,
ROBERTS VAUX.

_Philadelphia, 5th month, 8 1823._

HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the First Invasion by Julius Caesar, to the Accession of George the Fourth, in eighteen hundred and twenty: comprising every Political Event worthy of remembrance; a Progressive View of Religion, Language, and Manners; of Men eminent for their Virtue or their Learning; their Patriotism, Eloquence, or Philosophical Research; of the Introduction of Manufactures, and of Colonial Establishments. With an interrogative Index, for the use of Schools. By William Grimshaw, author of a History of the United States, &c.

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, from their first settlement as Colonies, to the cession of Florida, in 1821: comprising every Important Political Event; with a Progressive View of the Aborigines; Population, Religion, Agriculture, and Commerce; of the Arts, Sciences, and Literature; occasional Biographies of the most remarkable Colonists, Writers, and Philosophers, Warriors, and Statesmen; and a Copious Alphabetical Index. By William Grimshaw, author of a History of England, &c.

Also, QUESTIONS adapted to the above History, and a KEY, adapted to the Questions, for the use of Teachers.

"_University of Georgia, Athens, June 4, 1825._

"DEAR SIR,

"With grateful pleasure, I have read the two small volumes of
Mr. Grimshaw, (a History of England, and a History of the
United States) which you some time since placed in my hands. On
a careful perusal of them, I feel no difficulty in giving my
opinion, that they are both, as to style and sentiment, works
of uncommon merit in their kind; and admirably adapted to
excite, in youthful minds, the love of historical research.

"With sincere wishes for the success of his literary labours,

"I am very respectfully, your friend,
"M. WADDEL, _President_.

"E. JACKSON, ESQ."

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"D. JAUDON presents his respectful compliments to Mr. Grimshaw,
and is much obliged by his polite attention, and the handsome
compliment of his History of the United States with the
Questions and Key.

"Mr. J. has been in the use of this book for some time; but
anticipates still more pleasure to himself, and profit to his
pupils, in future, from the help and facility which the
questions and key will afford in the study of these interesting
pages.

"_October 10th, 1822._"

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_Golgotha, P. Edwd. Va. Sep. 26, 1820._

"DEAR SIR,

"MR. GRIMSHAW'S 'History of the United States,' &c. was some
time ago put into my hands by Mr. B----, who requested me to
give you my opinion as to the merits of the work. The history
of the late war is well managed by your author: it has more of
detail and interest than the former part; and I consider it
much superior to any of the many compilations on that subject,
with which the public has been favoured. It may be said of the
entire performance, that it is decidedly the best chronological
series, and the chastest historical narrative, suited to the
capacity of the juvenile mind, that has yet appeared. Its
arrangement is judicious; its style neat, always perspicuous,
and often elegant; and its principles sound.

"American writings on men and things connected with America,
have been long needed for the young; and I am happy to find,
that Mr. Grimshaw has not only undertaken to supply this want,
but also to _Americanise_ foreign history for the use of our
schools. In a word, sir, I am so fond of American fabrics, and
so anxious to show myself humbly instrumental in giving our
youth American feeling and character whilst at school; that I
shall without hesitation recommend Mr. Grimshaw's works to my
young pupils, as introductory to more extensive historical
reading. In fine, the work is so unobjectionable, and puts so
great a mass of necessary information within the reach of
school-boys, at so cheap a rate, that I feel the highest
pleasure in recommending it to the public, and wish you
extensive sales.

"Yours respectfully,
"WILLIAM BRANCH, JR.

"MR. BENJAMIN WARNER,
"_Philadelphia._"

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"_History of the United States, from their first settlement as
Colonies, to the Peace of Ghent, &c._ By William Grimshaw, pp.
312, 12mo.

"This is the third time, within the space of two years, that we
have had occasion to review a volume from the hand of Mr.
Grimshaw. He writes with great rapidity; and improves as he
advances. This is the most correctly written of all his
productions. We could wish that a person so well formed for
close, and persevering study, as he must be, might find
encouragement to devote himself to the interests of
literature."

"Mr. G. has our thanks for the best concise and comprehensive
history of the United States which we have seen."

_Theological Review, October, 1819._

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"_History of England, from the first Invasion by Julius Caesar,
to the Peace of Ghent, &c._ _For the use of Schools._ By
William Grimshaw. Philadelphia, 1819. Benjamin Warner. 12mo.
pp. 300.

"We have copied so much of the title of this work, barely to
express our decided approbation of the book, and to recommend
its general introduction into schools. It is one of the best
books of the kind to be found, and is instructive even to an
adult reader. We should be pleased that teachers would rank it
among their class-books; for it is well calculated to give
correct impressions, to its readers, of the gradual progress of
science, religion, government, and many other institutions, a
knowledge of which is beneficial in the present age. Among the
many striking merits of this book, are, the perspicuity of the
narrative, and chasteness of the style. It is with no little
pleasure we have learned, that the author has prepared a
similar history _of the United States_; a work long wanted, to
fill up a deplorable chasm in the education of American youth."

_Analectic Magazine, October, 1819._

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"_Philadelphia, 28 June, 1819._

"SIR--I have read with pleasure and profit your History of
England. I think it is written with perspicuity, chasteness,
and impartiality. Well written history is the best political
instructor, and under a government in which it is the blessing
of the country that the people govern, its pages should be
constantly in the hands of our youth, and lie open to the
humblest citizen in our wide-spread territories. Your book is
eminently calculated thus to diffuse this important knowledge,
and therefore entitled to extensive circulation; which I most
cordially wish. With much respect,

"Your obedient servant,
"LANGDON CHEVES.

"WILLIAM GRIMSHAW, ESQ."

GRIMSHAW'S IMPROVED EDITION OF GOLDSMITH'S GREECE.--Among the numerous recommendations to this valuable School Book, are the following:--

Although there are many worthless School Books, there are but
few which are equally impure and inaccurate with the original
editions of Goldsmith's Histories, for the use of Schools. I
congratulate both teachers and pupils upon the appearance of
Mr. Grimshaw's edition of the "History of Greece," which has
been so completely expurgated, and otherwise corrected, as to
give it the character of a new work, admirably adapted to the
purpose for which it is intended.

THOS. P. JONES,
_Professor of Mechanics in the Franklin Institute
of the State of Pennsylvania, and late Principal of
the North Carolina Female Academy._

_Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1826._

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MR. JOHN GRIGG.

DEAR SIR--Agreeably to your request I have examined, with
attention, "Goldsmith's Greece, revised and corrected, and a
vocabulary of proper names appended, with prosodial marks, to
assist in their pronunciation, by William Grimshaw;" and I feel
a perfect freedom to say, that the correction of numerous
grammatical and other errors, by Mr. Grimshaw, together with
the rejection of many obscene and indelicate passages improper
for the perusal of youth, gives this edition, in my opinion, a
decided preference over the editions of that work heretofore in
use.

The Questions and Key, likewise supplied by Mr. Grimshaw to
accompany this edition, afford a facility for communicating
instruction, which will be duly appreciated by every judicious
teacher.

I am, Sir,
Yours truly,
THOS. T. SMILEY.

_Philadelphia, Sept. 8, 1826._

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The Editor of the United States Gazette, in speaking of this
work, says--"Goldsmith's Greece, without a revision, is not
calculated for schools; it abounds in errors, in indelicate
description, improper phrases, and is, indeed, a proof how very
badly a good author can write, if indeed there is not much room
to doubt Goldsmith ever composed the histories to which his
name is attached. Mr. Grimshaw has adopted the easy descriptive
style of that writer, retained his facts, connected his dates,
and entirely and handsomely adapted his work to the school
desk. The book of questions and the accompanying key, are
valuable additions to the work, and will be found most
serviceable to teacher and pupil.

"From a knowledge of the book, and some acquaintance with the
wants of those for whom it was especially prepared, we
unhesitatingly recommend Grimshaw's Greece as one of the best
(in our opinion, the very best of) works of the kind that has
been offered to the public."

THE UNITED STATES SPEAKER, compiled by T. T. Smiley--preferred generally to the Columbian Orator and Scott's Lessons, and works of that kind, by teachers who have examined it.

GOLDSMITH'S HISTORY OF GREECE, improved by Grimshaw, with a Vocabulary of the Proper Names contained in the work, and the Prosodial Accents, in conformity with the Pronunciation of Lempriere--with Questions and a Key, as above.

GRIMSHAW'S ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY AND EXPOSITOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

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Transcriber's note:

Spelling variations where there is no obviously preferred choice have been preserved, except as noted below. Irregularities include: "bason" and "basin;" derivatives of "enquire" and "inquire;" "learned" and "learnt;" "sidereal" and "siderial;" "sun-rise" and "sunrise;" "sun-set" and "sunset."

The original use of commas was preserved, except where explicitly noted below.

The original spelling of "pourtray" was preserved.

Both Roman and Arabic numerals are used to number the plates; the text was left as is.

Preserved the non-standard order in the index, where U comes after V.

Removed extra comma after "which" on page v: "about which the parts."

Changed "Sideral" to "Siderial" on page vi: "Solar, Siderial, and Equal."

Added comma after "Mrs. B." on page 9: "your assistance, my Dear Mrs. B., in a charge."

Changed "errroneous" to "erroneous" on page 10: "an erroneous conception."

Added comma after "Mrs. B." twice on page 23: "Yet surely, Mrs. B., there;" and "But, Mrs. B., if attraction."

Added commas before and after "Mrs. B." on page 25: "Pray, Mrs. B., do."

Changed "pullies" to "pulleys" on page 64: "a system of pulleys."

Changed "plate 6. fig. 5" to "plate 5. fig. 5" on page 65 in the body of the text and in the associated question, to designate the correct figure.

Changed "twelves" to "twelve" on page 65: "twelve times less."

Changed "stream" to "steam" on page 66: "expansive force of steam."

Changed "Pray Mrs. B," to "Pray, Mrs. B.," on page 68.

Changed "nonelastic" to "non-elastic" on page 70: "non-elastic like water."

Removed extra comma after "one" on page 73: "one would ultimately have prevailed."

Changed "eliptical" to "elliptical" on page 73: "elliptical or oval orbit."

Changed "eclipse" to "ellipsis" on page 73: "motion in an ellipsis."

Changed "elipsis" to "ellipsis" on page 75: "but an ellipsis."

Changed "fig. 4 plate 3" in the question on page 75 to "fig. 4. plate 6" to designate the correct figure.

Changed "day-light" to "daylight" on page 77: "see them by daylight."

Changed the second question numbered 40 to "41" from page 79.

Changed "eliptical" to "elliptical" on page 83: "they were elliptical."

Capitalised "Mercury" on page 83: "made upon Mercury."

Added question mark on page 84 after "those beautiful lines of Milton."

Removed repeated word, "it", on page 88: "provided it were steady."

Changed "aeriform" to "aeriform" on page 136 (in versions supporting full Latin-1 character set).

Changed "atmospherical" to "atmospheric" on page 139: "the atmospheric air."

Changed "rarifies" to "rarefies" on page 140: "heat rarefies air."

Changed "to day" to "to-day" on page 157: "our lesson to-day."

Changed "re-appearance" to "reappearance" on page 159: "reappearance of the sun."

Changed question 20 to "29" on page 174 to maintain proper sequence.

Changed "proportionably" to "proportionally" on page 198: "proportionally distinct."

Inserted comma after "Circle" on page 206 in the glossary entry for "Circle, Lesser."

Inserted period on page 207 at the end of the glossary entry for "Cylinder."

Changed "musisical" to "musical" on page 208 in the glossary entry for "Harmony."

Changed "perpendidicular" to "perpendicular" on page 211: "perpendicular to each other."

Changed "oppoite" to "opposite" on page 212: "the opposite direction."

Capitalised "Aries" on page 215: "the first degree of Aries."

Change "jr." to "Jr." in the advertisement for "A Pleasing Companion ...": "By Jesse Torrey, Jr."

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