We are told that no word of complaint was uttered concerning the administration of the library law during last year, by those who took part in the de

bate.

What will be the fortune of the bill in the House, where it now is, we have limited data for the formation of an opinion.

Mr. Garfield has introduced a bill so to amend section 46 of the school law as to allow School Examiners $2.50 per diem, instead of $1.50 as now, for ser vices.

In the House Mr. Monahan, of Athens, has introduced a bill “To encourage Teachers' Institutes."

Mr. Robinson, of Union, offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the Commissioner of Common Schools be, and he is hereby directed to correspond with the Auditors of the several counties [of this State] and ascertain and report to this House the amount of money paid to School Examiners, between December 1st, 1858, and December 1st, 1859, in each of the counties of this State.

Mr. McSchooler of Pickaway, has introduced a bill to amend section 63 of the School Law so as to allow one half of the school monies collected in each county to be retained there, and the other half to be distributed as at present.

The Board of Education in Cleveland have forwarded to the Assembly an earnest remonstrance against the repeal or suspension of the school library law.

Rev. J. E. Twitchell, the highly successful, Superintendent of the Public Schools in Xenia, has received a pressing invitation to the pastoral charge of the Congregational Church and Society in Dayton. We have not learned whether he will accept or decline the call.

The schools in Xenia are in an exceedingly prosperous state. The report for the last term, of which the following is a recapitulation, appears in a recent number of the Torch Light:

Whole number enrolled in all the Departments,

884

Number of pupils not absent during the entire session,

101

On the 14th inst., the Western Female Seminary at Oxford was destroyed by fire. In our next number we shall speak more at length in regard to this institution.

Gov. Chase lectured in Cleveland on Monday, January 16th, for the benefit of the Children's Aid Society.

We understand that Horace Greeley visited the schools of our city yesterday -making a brief call at the Lagrange Street School, and a longer one at the High School Building. Mr. G. addressed the scholars, giving them some good advice and complimenting or criticising such exercises as came under his observation. With our school system he seemed well pleased, and during his brief visit we trust that many of the better features of our city came under his notice in a manner calculated to leave a favorable impression.—Toledo Blade, Jan. 17.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.-Regular meeting held last night. The pay-roll of the teachers was presented and sent to the Council. The renewal of insurance on school buildings was suggested to Council. The change of teachers on Hudson and Pearl streets was refused. The committee on the petition of residents of Sixth Ward to have a separate school for colored children, reported adversely to granting said petition. They regret the necessity of associating the races, but report that the Board has no power to establish such a school. Mr. Bradburn presented a minority report, expressing no regret that the races be associated, but agreeing that it is expedient to grant the request. The majority report was accepted. Cleveland Nat. Democrat.

GRANVILLE FEMALE ACADEMY.-The Spring and Summer session and the twenty-sixth year of this popular educational institution, commences on the second of February. Mr. W. P. Kerr, the Principal, has labored long and diligently to render his school all that an Academy should be, and now finds his reward in its established popularity and high character. It is in a pleasant and healthy location, and has every facility desirable in an institution of its character, both as regards the instruction of pupils and their comfort and convenience. The terms of tuition at Granville, together with the facilities of a thorough education are inducements, we believe, not equalled by any other Academy in the State.-Statesman.

DEATH OF DANA P. COLBURN.--The providence Journal announces the death of D. P. Colburn, Principal of the State Normal School at Bristol, R. L. He had been taking a ride to Bristol Ferry in a light two-wheeled buggy, and on his return, when near the corner at Walker's bridge, he was suddenly thrown out, and in striking the frozen ground, as is supposed, his skull was badly fractured.

Mr. Colburn was a teacher of wide reputation, and author of some arithmetical works.

During the last summer we met Mr. Colburn at Trenton, N. J., and again at New Bedford, Mass., at educational meetings. He was prominent among New England Teachers, and his untimely death is a severe loss to the profession."

MARIETTA COLLEGE-We have received the catalogue of this institution for 1859-60. A few changes have been made in the Corporation and officers, as follows: Rev. Dr. Pratt, of Portsmouth, and Samuel Shipman, of Marietta, have been added to the Corporation; and Rev. Dr. Fisher, late of Cincinnati, has resigned his place in that body. Mr. S. Shipman has also been transferred from Overseer of the Fund to the Executive Committee.

The Faculty are:

L W. Andrews, D. D., President, and Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy.

John Kendrick, M. A., Professor of the Latin and Greek Languages, and Lit

erature.

E. B. Andrews, M. A., Professor of the Natural Sciences.

E. W. Evans, M. A., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and Lecturer on Astronomy.

A. M. Washburn, B. A., Tutor.

David E. Beach, B. A., Principal of the Preparatory Department.

The whole number of students is 96, of which 56 belong the College proper, as follows: Seniors 9; Juniors 14; Sophomores 17; Freshmen 16. In the Preparatory Department there are 40 pupils.

SPRINGFIELD FEMALE SEMINARY.-The semi-annual examinations of this institution, just closed, show that the course of study is thorough, and that the acquirements of the young ladies are of a high order. The corps of teachers in this school, headed by Messrs. Sturdevant and Rodgers, possess more than ordinary ability, and this feature, combined with the business tact and energy of those gentlemen, is securing for the institution a career in every way successful.

THE COUNTY SPELLING MATCH.-The Board of School Examiners for Trumbull county, believing that spelling, as an important branch of education, has not received the attention it deserves, in the Common Schools of the county, and that such means as may be available should be employed to awaken a greater interest in this division of education, have resolved to hold a Spelling Match on Saturday, the 11th day of February, 1860, at the Bazetta Academy, that place being the most central point of the county. One pupil from each school in the county, will be allowed to enter the class. Each candidate for the prize will be required to present a certificate from his or her teacher, as evidence of his or her appointment.

Webster's Unabridged Pictorial Dictionary will be awarded as a prize to the best speller of words pronounced from McGuffey's Spelling Book; and if any of the class should be found to be masters of the spelling book, they can then have a trial on words selected from the Primary Dictionary of Webster. Candidates are requested to be prompt in attendance at 10 o'clock A. M.—Chronicle.

WHITTLESEY ADAMS.

Book Notices.

MODERN PHILOLOGY: ITS DISCOVERIES, HISTORY AND INFLUENCE. BY BENJAMIN W. DWIGHT.

No work upon Philology has appeared--certainly none in this countrywhich will bear comparison with the above named, in thoroughness as well as breadth of research; boldness and yet accuracy of statement; richness of illustration, and attractiveness both to the scholar and the general reader. The author has evidently made the subject his speciality, pursuing it with the zeal of an enthusiast; and he cannot fail to kindle a corresponding ardor in the mind of every intelligent person who will follow him in the wide range of thought which his essays open. A theme which would generally be supposed dry and barren, seems under his touch full of life and meaning. The style is ornate, almost to excess, though always clear and fitting. It charms by its poetic beauty, and lures as for its own sake. His purpose he states to have been to "attract the greatest possible number of eyes to the glory of the new Philology;" and certainly none can look even casually upon what he displays of it without admiration, or without desiring to behold more. We learn to value language not as a mere useful medium for the interchange of ideas, but as in itself a treasure, for the possession of which we may well dig deep. "Ancient words are kept as precious coins," no longer valuable for commodity, yet having more than their original price for classification and preservation, the means by which to revive obsolete histories, trace the progress of nations, ascertain the influences of climate and occupation, and study character.

The book is divided into three parts, treating, 1st, of the history of Indo-European languages; 2d, of the progress of modern Philology; and 3d, of the science of Etymology. To enter at all into detail upon these points, or suggest possible defects, would swell a book notice into a review, and we must therefore close by cordially commending the volume (which, by the way, is an elegant specimen of the printer's art) to students of every class, confident that they will find themselves amply repaid for its perusal.

THE TEACHER'S ASSISTANT; or Hints and Methods in School Discipline and Instruction being a series of familiar Letters to one entering upon the Teacher's work. By CHARLES NORTHEND, A. M., author of The Teacher and Parent, etc. Boston: Crosby, Nichols & Co. Chicago: George Sherwood.

Those who have read the former work of Mr. Northend, will require little prompting to procure and peruse this. The same warm and genial spirit, and the same easy style characterize both. We heartily commend it to all teachers who desire to rise and excel in their calling; and as heartily advise all other teachers to treat it as the Priest and Levite did the man who fell among thieves.

WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY; Pictorial Edition; Unabridged.

To copy the title-page of this great work, would require a full page of the Monthly; and to detail its characteristic merits would fill our thirty-two pages every month for a year. It is one of those books in regard to which there is no need of speaking at length. It speaks for itself, wherever the English language is spoken.

This edition is a great improvement upon the former. We cannot doubt that there will be for it a large demand.

THE READABLE DICTIONARY; or, Topical and Synonymie Lexicon: containing several thousand of the more useful terms of the English language; classified by subjects and arranged according to their affinities of meaning; with accompanying Etymologies, Definitions and illustrations; to which are addedI. Lists of foreign terms and phrases frequently occurring in English books. IL A table of the common abbreviations. III. An alphabetical table of Latin and Greek roots, with derivatives. For the use of schools and private students. By JOHN WILLIAMS, A. M. Columbus, O.: M. C. Lilley. 1860.

It is easy to puff a new publication, and pronounce it a "necessity in every library," but we are determined that such shall not be the practice of the Monthly. Unless we believe a work to be really valuable, it shall receive from us no praise.

But the work whose title-page we here copy, is one which we can heartily commend without doing the least violence to consciente. As a text-book for schools of advanced grade, and a work for reference in the family, it is admirable. We have long been familiar with the best lexicons in our language, and have supposed ourselves tolerably well posted in respect to definitions. But an examination of this learned, though simple and popular work, has convinced us that we have a great deal yet to learn in the matter.

The author has long been a teacher in the public schools of Lancaster, and a School Examiner for the county of Fairfield. The work does honor to Ohio; and we trust that it will receive the patronage which it so well deserves.

GREAT LITERARY ENTERPRISE.-Brown, Taggard & Chase, of Boston, are engaged in a literary enterprise that will be hailed with satisfaction in all parts of the country. They have in press the complete works of Lord Bacon, to be issued in superb style in twelve crown octavo volumes. They intend to make this new edition of Bacon, for which a great necessity exists in the market. the beginning of a series of standard works of the first class. Every effort will be made to issue the volumes in a style of excellence and magnificence that shall surpass anything yet produced by book makers at home or abroad. Messrs. Houghton & Co., of the noted Riverside press at Cambridge, have these works in hand. The books will be printed upon the finest tinted paper, and bound in a style which for beauty and durability will commend itself to all tastes. Lord Bacon's works will be followed by a complete edition of the works of Sir Walter Scott, including his novels and poems, and his life by Lockhart. We commend this enterprise to the literary public, in the full assurance that it will be in every respect worthy the most liberal support.