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Johston's United States Histories
Freeman's Historical Course
Gardner's English History
Martin's Human Body
Newcomb & Holden's Astronomy
Packard's Zoology
Walker's Political Economy
Bessey's Botany
[Maclosrie's?] Elementary Botany

Newcomb's Mathematical Course
Lounsbury's English Language
[Sain's?] English Grammars
Whitney's German Course
Klemm's Lese-und Sprachbücher
Heness's Natürliche Methode
Stern's German and French Courses
[Pylodet's?] French Course
Gasc's French Dictionaries

Otto's French and German Courses

And numerous other Educational Works
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29 West Twenty-third Street, New York
Sept. 28 / 85.

Prof. Charles E. Bessey,
Dear Sir:

We are certainly with you in
the conviction that "the study of
botany is the study of plants &
not the study of books," & that it
would be a great wrong to the learner
to assign home lessons to be got by
heart out of the book. But a teacher
who would be guilty of such an
outrage has no business with these
"lessons" & we cannot help thinking
that the other sort of teacher would
appreciate & use rationally many
more cuts than they now contain.

But our plea is not simply for