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Auditors.

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(From the New Zealand Gazette, October 3, (No. 49.))

NOTICE is hereby given, that a sitting of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held within the Supreme Court House, Lambton Quay, in the City of Wellington, upon Saturday, the twelfth day of October next, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, when all persons having business before the said Court, are required to give their attendance.

ROBERT R. STRANG,
Acting Registrar of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.

Wellington, 26th September, 1867.

Just Published, price 3s., 12mo., cloth boards,

HALLIWELL’S GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

RECOMMENDATORY NOTICES.

As it is, perhaps, the first time that a standard educational work of the dimensions of that now before us (pp. 216) has been issued in Dunedin, the author must feel gratified at the very respectable manner in which it is presented to the public, and well deserves complimenting on the ability with which he has executed his task ... Every subject on which the author treats he has illustrated with the utmost clearness and perspicacity, so that the difficult process of mastering our language in its various departments has been here so greatly simplified, that he who runs may not only read, but he who reads may understand; and it is no fault of the author if all the students of his book do not become accomplished grammarians.—Daily Times, 4th July, 1867.

So far as a cursory glance enables us to speak, the work has been composed with a method which will render it of great utility to the scholar. The rules are treated in a very judicious manner, progression being evidently provided for; and altogether we may safely recommend the Grammar as a very suitable school-book.—Evening Star, 5th July, 1867.

We have been presented with a new edition, by Mr. T. Halliwell, of his work on “English Grammar and Composition.” It is deservedly worthy of every praise—not only for the manner in which the author has arranged and treated his subject, but as a specimen of his intimate acquaintance with the nicest shades of difference which exist in the different combination of English words. ... We sincerely wish, as it deserves, all success, and trust that it will find, throughout the Colony, as cordial a reception which its merits have elicited from us.—Evening Mail, 6th July, 1867.

The work is essentially concise, and while it is amply comprehensive, it is very methodically arranged, so the information is presented in a pleasing and attractive manner to the beginner, while it also carries the pupil forward step by step to the more advanced parts of literature. It contains 220 pages, is neatly and substantially bound, and otherwise it is a very respectable book.—Waikouaiti Herald, July 24, 1867.

The little work before us is very neatly printed by Messrs. Mills, Dick & Co., is substantially bound, and the literary arrangement of the matter is excellent. It is a cheap and comprehensive school-book, and will be found of great utility, alike for the use of the beginner and the more advanced student in the study of the English language.—New Zealand Advertiser, 22nd July, 1867.

It is exceedingly well arranged, and we do not think a better work of the kind could be put into the hands of a child, or of any one anxious to learn the principles of the English language.—Oamaru Times, July 26, 1867.

Upon a careful examination, schoolmasters, parents, and guardians of youth will find this work of Mr. Halliwell’s vastly superior to many of the old works now in use, and we therefore cordially commend it to those for whom the work is designed. Further, being a colonial work, we are in duty bound to assist the development of talent—especially so where educational works are concerned, designed for the instruction of our youth.—Bruce Herald, 31st July, 1867.

The author’s aim in the work under notice has evidently been to make it the best “class-book” and guide to assistant teachers extant. We think he has succeeded. It will be also useful to persons wishing to instruct themselves, besides being an excellent book of reference for those who are not at all times sure of the correctness of their forms of expression.—Southland News, Aug. 4, 1867.

Mr. Halliwell’s chief aim appears to have been to combine simplicity with comprehensiveness, and he has well succeeded. It is an improvement upon any other school-book of a similar kind, and will no doubt soon become generally adopted by public and private educators.—Southland Times, Aug. 17, 1867.

A pleasant feature of the work is the apparent ease with which the author proceeds from orthography to etymology, syntax, punctuation and composition—the five parts into which the work is divided. We are afraid the work will not be remunerative, but we hope we may be mistaken. The book seems well suited for schools—even for those who have got beyond that stage, a fingering of the leaves would do them good.—Illustrated New Zealander, Aug. 17, 1867.

Its varied contents appear to be well arranged, and more than usually comprehensive. It is well adapted as a school-book for our elementary schools.—Thomas Brass, D.D.

I should think the use of your Grammar will teach young people not only to speak and write accurately, but what is of very great importance, to know why they do so. I wish it a wide circulation.

J. Langdon Parsons.

Knox Manse, Dunedin, 24th August, 1867.

Dear Sir,—In looking over your English Grammar, I met on every page proof upon proof, not only of the care and industry of the scholar, but of the experience and skill of the practical teacher; and my opinion of your work is that it is well fitted to be the Teacher’s Vade Mecum.

D. M. Stuart.

The mass of examples which you have accumulated cannot but be of service to any master. I have noticed, even in my cursory examination, some of those valuable hints which can only proceed from a person with a practical knowledge of a schoolmaster’s business.—Frank C. Simmons, M.L.A., Oxon.

After looking through your new Grammar with some care, I am happy to bear testimony to its merits. It is a useful text-book upon its subject, and I doubt not will become popular in all our elementary schools.

A. R. Fitchett.

Many thanks to you for the copy of your Grammar-book with which you have politely favoured me. I shall place it in my library as a book of reference, for I can scarcely conceive of any grammatical difficulty or doubt which your book does not solve.

Richard Connebee.

Many thanks for your most excellent Grammar, which I have just received. I have looked into it with some degree of attention, and it gives me no ordinary pleasure to be able to say that I can most conscientiously recommend it as a most valuable work in itself, and for general adoption as being practically the best book of the kind for New Zealand schools.

Robert Scrimgeour.

Mills, Dick, & Co., Stafford-street, Dunedin.