Excerpt from Normal School Outlines of the Common School and Advanced Branches: Designed as an Aid to Teachers and Pupils in the Method of Teaching and Studying by Topics, as Pursued in Normal Schools The author of this little volume, having been actively engaged in the work of teaching for many years, has felt the need of a text-book adapted to the school work of all grades, and more particularly re quired in the higher grades and normal schools; a text-book that would engender habits of thought on the part of pupils and aid them to develop subjects naturally and logically one that would present at a' glance the correct outlines of the subjects and give the leading principles of the various branches taught in our schools. Such a text book the author believes this to be. While it may not be complete in itself, by a little elucidation of the subjects on the part of the instructor, and a careful study of the out lines and principles on the part of the pupils, a fair knowledge of each branch may be gained without reference to any other text-book. More particularly is it calculated to be supplementary to ordinary text-books. Its classified arrangement of topics and facts saves much unnecessary labor on the part of pupils. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.