Show 4 nel nea NE 1 B BOOKS 0 0 X S I 1 itow itou ip thac teach manua manual I 1 jf methods for a graded course of tiou tion embracing the subjects usually pursued in primary intermediate gram grammar mar and high scho schools also suggestions relating to in and school management this is a work intended expressly to aid rin du discharging their highly important functions in training and developing the mental faculties of their pupils its authors are kiddle harrison and calkins prominent educators of new york I 1 and in ity k pages is developed the system which chichis ebis chis Js pursued in the schools of that city the method here set ret forth contains a course for ten grades of classes and such a work wa we should think can not be otherwise than useful to intelligent schoolteachers school teachers among whom it is almost sure to lavearl have an exten extensive sivo circulation it is on sale at book store salt lako city and will be mailed mailed to any address for wo we have also received nos 10 11 and 12 of a work now bel bei being n g issued in philadelphia each elch nu number aber of which contains one hundred choice selections poetry aud and prose sacred and secular eomie comic and sentimental from the best writers in the english language including bryant hemans campbell leton dickens shakespeare ellza eliza cook charles sumner more Shil labe longfellow kingsley bailey harte whittier lover taimage talmage Tal tai mage mago and aud many others other the selections are of the choicest character and sufficiently varied to suit all tastes but the corrupt and vitiated they are just the books from which to select pieces for recitations for schools and other celebrations and found very useful and entertaining by members of mutual improvement associations E elder eider id e r iones lones jones and party we wo make tile the following extracts from a letter dated at el paso co texa feb from elder J S Z stewart a member of elder D W jones missionary party to brother james allies dwyer of this city the padro padre who was so severe on us has since been heard to say that we aro are gentlemen minding our own business and und instead of our being shunned by the people generally we are treated with the greatest I 1 est bat respect repe ct especially by the more enlightened portion of the community the prospect is favorable for us baptizing a few in this section Brot brother lier iier pratt and myself held an evening meeting at W a private house last week jn san Eli eil Elizario zano seven miles below here hige and we were treated kindly and had a very pleas ant time our congregation vas was americans mexicans and Ind indiana lamz lawz being catholics are forbidden by the priests prist sto to attend the principal part of the people here are in the depths of poverty and are likely to remain so unless their minds mind sare are enlightened by the spirit of god for they are very ignorant and an the dt efforts sot of the priests are to keep them so they are very devoted to their religion and actually attend church every day in the week they are not nob allowed to read the bible bibie or talk WIth yuh i those wh ohp p are not of their faith on remigious 9 subjects they make no improvement improvements 1 they almost universally sell their crops before they are matured and frequently before they come como up in the spring the land in this vicinity is good and there is good grazing lumber is highl high the nearest saw timber being at least miles the river bottom is sparsely covered with cottonwood cott colt onwood trees black willow and a kind of wood called 1 11 i there is notia a stationary attore jn in this or cravo county and books etc are extremely scarce we have tried ever since we left utah to get a map of mexico and have utterly failed thus far and when I 1 read your letter leetter and came to that part which speaks of iad mapa bro jones spoke up and said that is just what we want tell tel bro dwyer you will accept of his kind offer I 1 i 1 1 we are doing the tiie best 0 can I 1 whenever an opportunity is afford ed to enlighten the minds of the indiana upon the principles of the everlasting gospel bro pratt and I 1 are together berei here bro jones and son on and ivins are at el paso mexico ma making king saddle saddles sand and bro Tenne Terille yand smith are on tharold the tha road to ysleta new kew mexico intending to labor among the indians in that territory we expect to dostart starl start to thi tu city of chihuahua about the lath of march after which we think from what we have learned concerning the postal regulations of mexico that we will wili not be able nule to write much letters costing from 50 to 55 cents each J Z STEWART |